Any number of your damage dice may be rerolled. This reroll may only be made once per instance of the SA. You activate Aggressive Strategy after the initial damage roll is made. If you have multiple figures with the Aggressive Strategy SA, then the ability may be used to get multiple re-rolls by activating additional SAs as required.

Yes. Aggressive Strategy is triggered after making any Damage roll.

8.24 Aggressive Strategy: You may re-roll any number of your damage dice in this warrior's combat. Activate after you make your damage roll for this model's combat.

Other SAs may still be triggered such as Armor and Assassin and Bodyguard, since they are triggered by the damage dice not the damage roll. In Bodyguards case it is Before the Dice are assigned.

Don't look at it as ASSASSIN doing the converting. Critical hits are converted as normal, and remember die rolls belong to the chain, not any particular figure. What assassin does is make any converted hits do 2 wounds IF those converted damage dice are assigned to an enemy in the assassin's kill zone.

The good player must announce what Special Ability it is activating. The Special abilities resolve in the following order: Good activates whatever Power. Evil activates Dread, which activates BEFORE Good's ability, (whenever an enemy adjacent to this model is about to activate an ability or spend action points.) Good reacts by using Steal Essence, which in copying Dread inserts itself BEFORE Evil's Dread triggers (dizzy yet?)

If you begin in an enemy Kill Zone and move you invite a Free Attack, but may activate Fast Strike after moving at least 1 hex. Please note that you do not get the Flanking Bonus when using Fast Strike.

Yes this is legal as well.

There is a bit of confusion here. “Activated abilities” does not mean “abilities that have been activated” An activated ability is defined in the rulebook under the following rule: 8.082 Activated abilities are abilities that tell you when they can be activated by using a phrase similar to “activate when…” Other abilities (like The One Ring) are non-activated.

Yes he may, but only during the action phase. If Frodo’s side is the attacker and moves first he may not do so in reaction to the Defender’s movement.

There are several ways this can happen. A moving Ringwraith may still end its movement closer to Frodo, but enter a Kill Zone while doing so, also if the only route to Frodo is blocked or is in an enemy Kill zone, this may occur. In addition if the Ringwraith’s player is the attacker, the defenders action may result in the Ringwraith being in combat.

When you put the ring on you match the slider on the blank base to match what the sliders were on the Frodo fig base. The blank base merely has more lives to accommodate a different version of Frodo.

Redemption is our way of saying thank you to our players by allowing them to redeem their credits for promotional foil cards and figures.

There are a number of ways to earn credits for redemption. Each booster pack for our CCGs comes with one card that players can turn in for credits. In WarCry they are called Gold cards and in Horus Heresy you’ll find Imperial Credit cards. They are inserted in random denominations of 10, 20, 50 and 100. Plus, once in a while at a tournament or other special events you may find a 500 Gold piece or 250 Imperial Credit card. You can also report home games and play in tournaments to earn more points!

Of course! You can get credits for just playing the game. You can enter the results of your home games for credits yourself. When you participate in store games and tournaments the organizer will report the results and you’ll receive credits for that as well. Another quick way to earn credits is to answer the polls on the website.

Definitely. All of our credits are global, which means that no matter how you get the points they can be used to redeem for any of our games. When you send us Gold cards or Imperial Credits they are added to your account as credits, so it is all the same stuff.

Just check out the redemption page and print out the redemption form for the language that you’d like to redeem in. The redemption form will have the addresses that you’ll need to mail your order to depending on which country you are living in. For example, if you’re redeeming for cards in English you’ll print out the form and have the option to send your order to the U.S., U.K. or Australia. Make sure to check the address on the form and make sure it is complete before you send it. Otherwise your stuff may never reach you.

The best way to pay is by check or money order. However, we will accept credit cards (Visa and Mastercard only) if those don’t work for you. You’ll need to include your card number, the expiration date and type of card. While we accept cash, we don’t recommend sending it through the mail. If you do send cash, you’ll do so at your own risk.

We can get very busy and get a lot of redemption, so our policy is that you’ll get your redemption order within 4-6 weeks. You will know that we received it by checking your account. We deduct the points from your account shortly after receiving it, so you’ll notice the change and know that we got your order.

We separate everything as we get it, so we probably made a mistake and forgot to add your gold to your account. This is our fault, but if you write how much gold you’re enclosing on your form it will make sure that this doesn’t happen.

There are a couple of possibilities. If you paid by credit card it is possible that your card was declined. We try to email you if this happens, but if you have a junk mail filter it isn’t uncommon that the email won’t reach you. If this isn’t the problem and you haven’t seen any change in your account then it is possible that we never received your order. Email us at support@sabertoothgames.com and we’ll check out the situation.

We send out a lot of mail and sometimes the post office decides it’s going to show us that they don’t like us adding to their workload by shredding an envelope (and spilling it’s contents who knows where). If you are the unfortunate recipient of such an order just email support@sabertoothgames.com and we’ll get it straightened out. : )

Yes. Send away.

Yes and no. It’s great if you’d like to send it all together so that it costs less for you to send to us. For some people overseas this can make a real difference. However, the shipping and handling charge is not reduced. For example if you’re redeeming for 3 Ugluks and 4 participation figures the shipping charge will be $20 ($4 for your 3 redemption figures + $16 for 4 participation figures).

Redemption is our way of thanking our players for supporting our games. We do that by offering special cards and figures as well as giving players a break on the shipping and handling charge. Participation figures are a different matter and in order to adequately cover the shipping costs for these figures we need to charge $4 for each figure. Please understand that we are not making money on these figures. Whatever money we have left after sending the participation figures goes into our prize support program and enables us to keep sending tournament kits to venues for free.

There is a common misconception about this. In fact there are Evil Heroes as well as Good Heroes on dark green bases. Light green bases are for minions of both Good and Evil persuasion.

The word didn’t get changed before the rulebook got printed. It should read minion.

Yes. In fact you get several Promo Figures in the Starter Set.

Not at all. The uniqueness restriction is per side. Both of you may play Aragorn.

The targets are not engaged unless they too have an enemy in their kill zone.

It gives another die. Please note that the rules say "+1 attack", not "+1 to attack" a subtle difference that changes the interpretation.

No each Archer will resolve his shots separately. It is actually more advantageous, as extraneous hits will not have been committed to a target. If the first Archer, or the second, deals enough damage to eliminate the target, the next archer is free to target someone else.

Yes it is handled differently. An Archer may convert as many as he can afford. It compensates for the fact that shooting is done singly, while combat is done in a batch.

An Archer may convert as many as he can afford. It compensates for the fact that shooting is done singly, while combat is done in a batch.

You can find the latest Game Q&A in the following places: The Q&A Forum and the Tournament Rulebook in the Downloads section . Please check there for the latest information!

Since all of a warriors stats are printed right on its base, paper records during a game are unnecessary. The hex map eliminates the need for measuring tape, and calculators might be useful when you are building your army, but not during gameplay.

Yes!! We have an extensive tournament support program in the works. Tournament organizers will have exclusive figures sent to them to hand out as prizes.

Most of the stories of Middle Earth involve the war between good and evil, and sometimes evil vs. evil. Since the TMG must stand up to tournament play, there are no rules preventing your good army from fighting another good army. This prevents tournament players from having to build 2 armies – 1 good and 1 evil.

No. Each hero has a “unique number.” For Aragorn, it’s 1. Every version of Aragorn has the unique number 1. When you build your army, you cannot have multiple warriors with the same unique number.

No. There are two sides to choose from: Good and evil. When you build your army, you must choose a side. All of your warriors must be from the chosen side.

Actually, no. Due to something called a “bell curve,” the more dice you roll, the more average your result. For instance, if you were to roll a single 12-sided die, you have an equal chance of getting any number between 1 and 12. Roll 2 six-siders, adding the dice together, and you could get any number between 2 and 12, but you stand a much greater chance of rolling a 6, 7 or 8 than any other number. Being able to turn 1’s into 6’s with action points further reduces randomness.

The game uses standard 6-sided dice, and sometimes you can end up rolling a handful at a time. Rolling dice is fun!

Each model has 2 sliders on its base. One tracks that warrior’s wounds. The other tracks that warrior’s action points, which can be spent to activate special abilities or to change 1’s into 6’s. Finally, a game where 1’s are good!

The game uses a map with hexes on it for movement. The hexes speed up game play, while eliminating confusion over line-of-sight and movement. It also means you will never play on a blank table top!

A standard 1000 point army consists of 12-20 figures. How many is up to you.

A typical game with 1000 points of warriors on each side lasts about 30-45 minutes.

We will replace BS017 with a random rare fig. You can send in the bag as proof. If you have already disposed of the bag we will accept either the full fig or base as proof.

Please send it to

OH MY BS017!
C/o Sabertooth Games
6211 East Holmes Rd.
Memphis, TN 38141

Should you open a figure that was broken within the packaging, you may send it to us for a free replacement. Collect the broken figure and the opaque green bag it came in and ship it to:

Broken Figure Replacement
C/o Sabertooth Games
6211 East Holmes Rd.
Memphis, TN 38141

We will replace the figure with another of equal rarity within 6-8 weeks, via postal service. We will try to replace the figure exactly, however we cannot guarantee that this will be possible in all cases. This policy only applies to figures broken within the packaging upon purchase.

They are made out of a soft form of plastic, which makes them very hard to break, and also makes them safer for the youngin’s.

The base set will contain figures representing characters in all three movies! Planned expansion packs will spotlight each individual movie down the road.

They tell you which version of that model you have. Each hero has 2 versions in the base set, while each minion has 3 versions. These version have different abilities and points costs, but use the same sculpt and paint job. The slider colors are used to give players a quick way to determine versions on the battlefield. White Slider – Starter Exclusive Orange Slider – Level 1 figure Red Slider – Level 2 figure Purple Slider – Level 3 figure Blue Slider – Level 4 figure

They are 40mm, so they stand taller than the average miniature. They are all pre-painted and assembled, so all you have to do to play is pull them out of the box!

Yes. We have many of them planned for our tournament system to be given out as prizes. Others will be used for specific events and promotions.

Each booster contains a random assortment from both sides of the struggle.

You can get it in booster packs and starter sets. Two-player starter packs with a set eight figures, including unique versions of Aragorn, Frodo, Lurtz, and a Ringwraith that can only be found in the starter packs. Starters additionally come with a two-by-two foot reversible hex map, 4 Battle Dice, and a rules book complete with reference card. Additionally it comes with a special Frodo Wearing the Ring base. The booster packs contain 4 warriors – 2 common, 1 uncommon and 1 rare. Sometimes, the rare will be replaced with an ultra-rare! Each booster pack also contains 1 deluxe battle die, with the Eye of Sauron for the 1. The starter sets MSRP at $19.99 USD, while the boosters are $9.99 USD.

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