Middle Earth Elves defend the crossings from the Orcish host

 Having a bit of time on my hands I decided to try out a Midgard scenario I'd put together as a solo game, before inflicting it on others. Inspired by the excellent Crossings of the Eyewash scenario by David Hunter, a small force of Noldor Elves are defending two river crossings against a larger force of Orcs. The orcs need to break through quickly as Elvish reinforcements will arrive as the game progresses.

Led by a hero, a unit of spears, supported by a unit of archers defend the northern crossing. The archers peppered the approaching foe, damaging the lead unit of orcs and forcing them back, delaying the orc advance.

Unfortunately this made space for a unit of trolls to take the lead and the elf arrows just bounced off their hide.

The other ford is guarded by a hero with a unit of 2-handed swords and axes, backed up by a unit of spears.

Without archery cover, the orcs start massing on the far bank.

The elves brace themselves for the onslaught, but the orcs waver (the lead unit failed their test to make a second move!).

At the other ford the trolls charge across the river, crashing into the elf spears causing serious losses.

The elf hero moves up to join the melee whilst the archers force the orcs behind the trolls to retreat. The elves are hurting the trolls, but their losses are greater.

Seeing how things are going at the northern ford, the elves to the south decide to charge across the  rivers, catching the orcs off guard.

The elves gain the upper hand and the orcs fall back, into the masses crowding up behind them,

Things are looking bad for the elves to the north, but in the nick of time the first elf reinforcements arrive, a unit of heavy cavalry.

They rush to the aid of their hard pressed kin.

Just in time as the trolls keep up the momentum pushing the spears out of the ford, clearing the way for more orcs to cross the river.

I neglected to take any more photos of the closing moves. The elf spear at the north crossing broke, leaving the hero standing solo to face down the trolls. But the elf cavalry came to the rescue, getting a flank charge in and wiped the big beasts out (they were already a half strength after the prolonged melee at the ford). 

At the southern ford the lead unit of orcs was destroyed, after retreating into the unit behind and trampling some of them as well! Supported by the elf spears, the elf axemen went on to charge the next orc unit and lucky dice routed that as well. 

At the end of turn five more elf archers arrived, but as the orc Reputation was down to minus 1 to the elf plus 4 they were just spectators really. I was quite pleased with how the game went, it seemed an easy victory for the elves, but lucky shooting dice kept the orcs from following up the successful trolls. Plus the elf cavalry arriving within easy reach of the northern ford helped. If they had turned up further away I'm not sure how things would have gone for the lone elf hero.