Fog on the Barrow-Downs

September 28, 3018 The hobbit find themselves in the house of Tom Bombadil. Taking their leave of him, they traverse the Barrow-downs, but soon a pale chill mist falls, and the hobbits lose their way. Will the hobbits learn of their danger before they are found by the barrow-wights who wish to slay them?

Layout

The map is of the battle field looking north.
Forces
The good side is made up of Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, each carrying a sturdy blade, and Tom Bombadil, unarmed.
The evil side is made up of 4 barrow-wights, each with heavy armor and carrying a blade of great age and exceptional craftmanship.
Deployment
The hobbits are placed across the center of the battlefield. Tom Bombadil enters from the western edge later.
The barrow-wights are deployed each in contact with one of the barrows.
Objectives
The evil player wins if two hobbits are slain or Frodo is slain. The good side wins if three hobbits escape the east edge of the battlefield.

The hobbits blundered about in the fog, trying to find the way out of the Barrow Downs. Frodo went in the entirely wrong direction, while purely by luck the others went the right way. The wights soon jumped into action, attacking Frodo and Sam. Merry and Pippin were paralyzed. Frodo and Sam fought off their attackers. The wights seized the stunned hobbits, but Sam was able to successfully sing out for Tom Bombadil's help, and soon he arrived from the west. Frodo and Sam continued to fend off the wights. Tom Bombadil was able to free Pippin from the wight's spell. Sam was finally able to escape the Barrow Downs. A wight tried to paralyse Frodo, but Tom's magic was stronger! The wight carrying Merry had finally reached its barrow and began trying to sacrifice him. Tom soon came to the hobbits rescue, and Merry sprang back out into the sunlight. Tom Bombadil was then able to successfully banish the wights attacking Frodo, Merry, and Pippin, allowing them to escpae.

Thanks to Tom Bombadil, the hobbits had evaded the clutches of the barrow-wights and could make their way on to Bree.

Warriors of Middle-earth: Barrow-wights

After the Last Alliance of Elves and Men and the Fall of Sauron, the Witch-king fled to the North and there built the kingdom of Angmar. He sent dark spirits south to the Barrow-downs and the skeletal forms of the long-dead rulers walked once more, bedecked with gold and carrying dark blades, their actions directed by the dread will of Sauron's cheif servant. In time, the Witch-king was defeated and his kingdom of Angmar destroyed, but the Barrow-wights remain within their tombs, luring the unwary to their doom.

In many ways, the Barrow-wights are a lot like the Ringwraiths. The main difference is that the Ringwraiths wear heavy, dusty black chlothing, while the Barrow-wights are pale, luminous phantoms.