Turn 1: Gandalf Falls

But not alone. Terrible tidings from the deeps of Khazad Dum, as Mithrandir confronts the Balrog on the Bridge of “whateveritscalled. (Ancient Dwarfish spelling)”. Both were last seen plummeting into the bowels of the Earth (euch).
Rumours abound of a dark secret within the lands of Middle Earth and shadows steal through the night, searching…..
A general free for all landgrab has resulted in surprisingly little blood spill.. although the map now looks like a sea of blood spreading from the pits of Mordor.