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Hello all, new poster and player here, just played the first scenario with the girlfriend and had a few questions that came up. First, I read in the big rulebook that throwing weapons could not be used in combat. Does that mean any dwarf in the escape from goblin town set that uses throwing axes counts as unarmed in a duel? That's how we played it, basically using the throwing axe charge ( with -1 to hit rolls for moving) but once in the duel phase I gave them the penalties of being unarmed. No idea if we played that right.

Secondly say 2 goblins are in base contact with a single dwarf at the start of the fight phase. Those 2 goblins also have two goblins in base with them, giving them support as per the horde rules. This means the goblin player rolls 4 dice for the duel and if won 4 dice for wounds? If I'm reading the rules correctly that's how it seems it should go, but it seems pretty powerful! Anyway if you guys could clear this up it would be much appreciated! Thanks for your time.

XvReaperXv wrote:
First, I read in the big rulebook that throwing weapons could not be used in combat. Does that mean any dwarf in the escape from goblin town set that uses throwing axes counts as unarmed in a duel?

No as per page 62 of The Hobbit SBG rulebook, the second paragraph under the heading 'Single-handed Weapons'.

Unless specificly(Unarmed) stated all models have a hand weapon.(At least it was in LOTR era.Or Am I getting them mixed up again?)

Yeah, your throwing weapons are different from your hand weapons, so you get both. All good dwarves have a spare axe!

And you're right on the goblins, you do get 4 attacks on both fight and wound rolls. This is even better if you can surround or trap the enemy, as you can get a ridiculous double attacks and bonuses. I've had even the best heroes go down simply being being mobbed with orcs/spears/pikes and dying to 18 attacks and 32 wound rolls. No one in the game (except possibly Sauron and the Balrog) can take that kind of punishment!.

Thanks all for the quick and descriptive answers!