Interested to see how flexible it can be.

Hey there Andy,
*Spears are a free swap out for your CC weapon most of the time. And you only can throw them in the ‘exchange of missiles’ phase of close combat. P.S. Always throw them because you don’t lose them.
*Throwing rocks sounds fine. When you test to see if ’empty’, it just means you ran out of throwable rocks.
*You definitely don’t want big units(11+)in the game. That is more for your sake as a player. This game uses the order dice system. Now most of the time, you want as many order dice in the bag as possible. So some players use 7 or 9 count units. Why? Because smaller unit size means you can get more units and thereby get more order dice. So for a 7 count unit, you need to lose 4(same as a 8 count unit) or with 9, you need to lose 5(same as 10 count). But if you have a 20 unit, you only get 1 order dice for it. Or two 7 counts and a 6 count for 3 order dice.
*I think the model base size is up to 50mm base(?). I’m not sure.
*Using orc models as humans is fine. Or maybe try barbarians, or beastmen? Have fun and find the flavor of army you want.

I am hoping to bring back my Swiss from Warhammer Ancients and my Japanese as well.

I think it is quite a flexible system and would work well for LOTR type games.
There are two types of spears – spears, which can be thrown in the exchange of missiles phase (as well as somehow then being used in melee), and long spears, which cancel charge bonuses. If you don’t see your elves throwing their spears, class them as long spears.
There are lots of different troop profiles in the book, so you should be able to find one to match how you think your orcs and goblins should be represented.
Regarding unit sizes, you could go higher than the numbers in the army lists, especially for weaker troops like goblins.
However, all the combat is one unit vs one unit and everyone in the unit fights. So if you get too big units it could get a bit silly as you might have 20 figures in one unit all fighting against a single figure hero unit. So I would say the upper limit on unit size is based on how many could feasibly fight against a single enemy.
For giant spiders, there are actually three types in the monster list – giant spiders (which come in units of up to three and are similar in combat power to an ogre or troll), gigantic spider (more like a giant in combat power) and spider swarms (units of 3-5 bases of smaller spiders). So there is quite a lot of flexibility in the lists and you should find an appropriate profile for what you want.

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