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Features

Find and attend events

Easily find and participate in local events and see what other events are happening around the world.

Detailed statistics

Research the metagame with game and faction statistics, a leaderboard, and worldwide player rankings.

Host events

Put away your calculators and spreadsheets! Player ranking, tie breakers, and event statistics are calculated automatically.

Customize your events with multiple formats, pairing systems, and tie breakers to choose from. Streamline data collection and get rid of paper round slips by allowing players to submit their own game results.

Many supported games

Numerous game systems are already supported. If your favorite game isn't here, you can request it.

If you represent a game publisher and would like to have your game officially supported, please contact us! We love working directly with game developers and organized play teams whenever possible.

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The core features of Longshanks are free to use for players, spectators, and event hosts and always will be.

Please consider joining to support site maintenance and continued development. Subscribers gain access to display name customization, more detailed statistical tools, and other advanced features.

What is Longshanks?

Longshanks is an online organization system for tabletop game tournaments and other events.

Longshanks allows organizers to easily publicize events and manage player pairings. It allows players to easily find and participate in local events, see what other events are happening around the world, and follow the global metagame.

Why the name?

In the lore of Guild Ball, tournaments and games between the various guilds are organized by a powerful and secretive society known as "the Longshanks." Because this site was originally developed specifically for Guild Ball, the name was a perfect fit.

Since expanding to support other game systems, Longshanks has outgrown that reference. We continue using the name as a respectful nod to the game that got us started and all the players and event hosts who have supported us since the beginning.

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Game details Game details
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Publisher Games Workshop
Link https://middle-earthstrategybattlegame.com/
Administrator Sam RedSam Bredeson #52 

Terminology

Generic term Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game
Faction → Army
With priority → With priority With priority
Without priority → Without priority Without priority

Longshanks applies game-specific terms whenever possible, but you may see the generic terms or acronyms in some places.

Rating & award thresholds

Game threshold 15 – What is this?
Dabbler awards 5+ games per Army
Devoted awards Initiate 5+
Enthusiast 10+
Disciple 15+
Fanatic 20+
Zealot 25+

Tournament points

Win Loss Draw
3 0 1

Byes

A player who receives a bye WINS that game. The following scores are used when calculating tie-breakers for a bye game.

Player Phantom
VP 10 0
Armies Armies

Players each choose 2 Armies during registration and one for each game.

Legacy (Evil) Colors
Army of Dunland
Assault on Lothlorien
Far Harad
Fell Beings of Mirkwood
Ravagers of the Shire
The Spider Queen's Brood
Variags of Khand
Legacy (Good) Colors
Battle of Greenfields
Expedition to the East
Fields of Celebrant
Reclamation of Moria
Lord of the Rings (Evil) Colors
Assault Upon Helm's Deep
Barad-dur
Besiegers of the Hornburg
The Black Gate
The Black Riders
Cirith Ungol
Corsair Fleets
Depths of Moria
Army of Gothmog
Harad
Legions of Mordor
Lurtz's Scouts
Minas Morgul
Muster of Isengard
Ugluk's Scouts
Usurpers of Edoras
Army of the White Hand
Wolves of Isengard
Wraiths on Wings
Lord of the Rings (Good) Colors
Atop the Walls
Breaking of the Fellowship
Defenders of Helm's Deep
Defenders of the Hornburg
Defenders of the Pelennor
The Eagles
Army of Edoras
Fangorn
The Fellowship
Garrison of Ithilien
Kingdom of Rohan
The Last Alliance
Lindon
Lothlorien
Men of the West
Minas Tirith
Numenor
Realms of Men
Reclamation of Osgiliath
Return of the King
Ride Out
Riders of Eomer
Riders of Theoden
Rivendell
Road to Helm's Deep
Road to Rivendell
The Shire
Middle Earth (Evil) Colors
Army of Carn Dum
Army of the Great Eye
Buhrdur’s Horde
Dragons of the North
The Easterlings
Grand Army of the South
Host of the Dragon Emperor
Host of the Witch-King
Moria
The Serpent Horde
Shadows of Angmar
Sharkey's Rogues
Umbar
Wolf Pack of Angmar
Middle Earth (Good) Colors
Arathorn's Stand
Army of Dale
Army of Erebor
Arnor
Battle of Bywater
Battle of Fornost
The Beornings
Defenders of Erebor
The Fiefdoms
Fords of Isen
The Grey Company
The Grief of Éomer
Kingdom of Khazad-dûm
Paths of the Drúadan
The Hobbit (Evil) Colors
Azog's Hunters
Desolator of the North
Goblin-Town
Army of Gundabad
Pits of Dol Guldur
Rise of the Necromancer
The Three Trolls
The Hobbit (Good) Colors
Assault on Ravenhill
The Battle of Five Armies
Erebor & Dale
Erebor Reclaimed
Garrison of Dale
Halls of Thranduil
The Iron Hills
Army of Lake-Town
Survivors of Lake-Town
Radagast's Alliance
Rangers of Mirkwood
Thorin's Company
Army of Thror
The White Council
Scenarios Scenarios

Players choose a Scenario for each game.

Assassination
Breakthrough
Capture & Control
Clash by Moonlight
Command the Battlefield
Contest of Champions
Convergence
Destroy the Supplies
Divide & Conquer
Domination
Escort the Wounded
Fog of War
Heirloom of Ages Past
Hold Ground
Lead from the Front
Lords of Battle
Reconnoitre
Retrieval
Seize the Prizes
Sites of Power
Stake a Claim
Storm the Camp
To the Death!
Treasure Hoard
Doubles
Clash of Champions
Cornered
Duel of Wits
No Escape
Take & Hold
Total Conquest

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