Today it is the turn of Issue 3 of SBG magazine. Again, I will present a brief summary of each of the articles and follow up the post with an overview/thoughts on this particular issue.
SBG Magazine - Issue 3
The first few pages are the standard Editorial and Contents pages, as well as a behind the scenes snippet page about what is currently going on in the editors' world. The Hobby Blog is again at the back of the magazine.
Overhill and Underhill - No Dr's Corner this issue, but another informal chat piece about attending tournaments (3 pages)
Tom's Top 10 - Under-costed heroes Part 2 (another 4 pages this issue on under-pointed hero models in the game)
Scenario - The Siege of Dol Goldur (a 4 page scenario idea - when the White Council confronts the Necromancer in his lair)
Tactica - The Ring Wraiths (a 5 page article on how to get the best out of your Ring Wraiths)
Battle Report - a write-up of the SBG team's run through of the above scenario (a 17 page article detailing a turn-by-turn battle report, culminating in an aftermath discussion of how each player felt the scenario went for them, what they could have done better, and which miniature on each side was the stand-out performer)
Summoning the Nine - A conversion guide to recreating the ring Wraiths from the movies (4 pages)
Shadow & Flame - The Necromancer and Saruman (an article by the Shadow & Flam guys for creating an original sculpt for the Necromancer and how to paint The Hobbit version of Saruman - 4 pages)
Although there were some very nice articles about the Ring Wraiths, this issue had a little more what seemed like filler than the previous magazine. The battle report was overly long but the gaming related articles - painting, model points costs, tactics and the scenario idea etc. - were all very useful. Again, the magazine was primarily focused on the Hobbit era of the game, so not too much information if your main interest is the Lord of the Rings era.
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