Buckleberry Ferry

 Arthur and I continued following the Quest of the Ringbearer, as Frodo and company flee toward the Buckleberry Ferry.  This scenario is similar to the Short Cuts... scenario, with three ringwraiths starting the game as sentries, and the hobbits trying to cross the table to the escape point.  This scenario increases the challenge level for the hobbits in several ways:  the ringwraiths are not impaired by the daylight, so the hobbits no longer benefit from the stalk unseen rule, Frodo must reach the ferry in particular, and not just any point on the east side of the board, and most importantly, Gildor Inglorion, 70-point elf hero of fortitude and nemesis of the ringwraiths, has been replaced by Merry, 10-point minor hero.

Here is the ferry, the goal for the hobbits.  Dock is from the Laketown House kit!

The hobbits enter, staying together, as the ringwraiths cast about searching for the ringbearer.

As the ringwraiths slowly search toward the hobbits, they swing right to try to avoid the searchers.

A ringwraith finally gets close enough, the alarm is raised and no more sentries rule for the evil side!

And so the Nazgul attempt to pile on to Frodo, while his friends try to run interference.  Hobbits must pass a courage test to charge the Nazgul, with a -1 penalty due to their Harbinger of Evil aura - as a general rule, this means Sam almost always is successful, while Merry and Pippin are more hit or miss.

Merry gets taken out, but Sam and Pippin keep doing their best to distract the Nazgul while Frodo makes for the ferry.

The hobbits make good use of their wounds and fate rolls, plus a great amount of luck, and outlast two of the ringwraiths.  Each time they enter combat, they lose a point of will, so eventually they lose their last point and their corporeal presence dissolves.  Actually, this only happened to one of the Nazgul, as Sam, after many unsuccessful attempts, finally managed to wound the other and (temporarily) banished him from the mortal realm!

With two of the Nazgul gone, it's now a race between Frodo and the remaining ringwraith!

Frodo reaches the ferry with the Nazgul hot on his tail!  It all comes down to a single die roll:  who will win priority for the next turn?

Priority goes to the forces of Good!  Frodo launches the ferry, and even though it only travels 1", that is enough as the Nazgul cannot enter the water.  Victory to the ringbearer, by the narrowest of margins!