lord of the rings

Wargaming the Siege of Minas Tirith

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The Siege of Minas Tirith is one of the epic battles in literary history. Here’s an entire page dedicated to gaming Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings battle, including photos, terrain suggestions and rules. It’s a major work.

Battle of The Ring

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Battle of the Ring is a free-for-the-download, print-and-play reproduction of a game first published in Wargamer magazine in 1977. For two to three players (Sauron, Saruman, Alliance).

The Fall of Gondolin Lord of the Rings Fan Supplement

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The Fall of Gondolin is a fan written supplement for Games Workshop’s Lord fo the Rings Skirmish game. The author writes that the game

is set back in the First Age, before the treachery of Sauron and the forging of the great Rings of Power. Included within these pages are stats for mighty elven heroes named in the Silmarillion such as King Turgon and Tuor. There is the possibility of creating your own elven lords for each of the twelve houses of the Gondolindrim. The good side have the chance to wield battalions of the houses that make up Gondolin, each with their special trait. Like any decent supplement the evil side has not been forgotten, introducing mighty Fire Drakes and Balrog warriors to spice things up!

There are also twelve scenarios linked into a campaign format depicting the Gondolins Fall; narrated in four acts through the eyes of a surviving elf.

This is an excellent product.

Lord of the Rings Dragon Rules

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Wyrmworld has a well-thought out and complete set of rules for using dragons in Games Workshop’s Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle game.

Making Mallorn Trees

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The Last Alliance has an article on making Mallorn Trees — those huge trees amongst which the elves live in The Lord of The Rings. The idea is that the trees are so large — and their branches so high that only the trunks come into play in a game.

Now, I don’t have much use for Mallorn Trees, but it occurs to me that the same technique also could be used to make the trunks of trees in, say, the Brazilian rain forest. You could use some of those Copplestone pygmies and Amazon explorers.