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Background
The game is based on Tolkien's world. It takes place in Middle Earth, the continent where elves, dwarves, orcs and men live among various other sentient races. The followers of Melkor encounter Good in several conflicts throughout the Third Age, a period of roughly three millennia. In this game the mightiest realms from all over the history clash in one epic war.
General
The main structure of the game is complicated compared to many other TripleA games, so make sure you understand all rules, unless you want unexpected events. Basic rules are explained here, more complex rules have their own sections.
- Although most units can move 2 or more territories, they can not usually Blitz.
- Units are produced by invisible factories, any territory that could produce units in principle does have one. Elsewhere fortresses and towers can produce 1 unit.
- You can still collect PUs from territories without controlling your capital, but not from objectives. PUs are not captured when taking a capital.
- Units with 2 or 3 hitpoints regenerate one hitpoint each turn.
- Battles can not last more than 10 turns. This is only a technical rule, for infinite battles where neither side has firepower left can occur.
- On the map, undeeps (South Undeep and North Undeep) are connected to The Wold, and Belfalas is connected to Tolfolas. Water territories are connected through towns and fords (but not through the Falls of Rauros).
Unit abilities
In this game, units can have abilities the effects of which are not obvious. This list contains theese with short descriptions included. They only appear by name both in tooltips and the "Units" table below due to lack of space.
| Unit Abilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Short | Ability | ||||
| infantry | inf | - | ||||
| cavalry | cav | - | ||||
| creature | cre | - | ||||
| melee | mel | - | ||||
| archer | arch | - | ||||
| siege | sie | different from "X (xY) siege" | ||||
| fortification | fort | different from "X fortification" | ||||
| unseen | uns | unaffected by terror, different from "X unseen" | ||||
| flying | fly | air unit | ||||
| mountainwalk | mw | can enter mountains | ||||
| raider | raid | can blitz, +2 when attacking settlement | ||||
| garrison | gar | +2 when defending settlement | ||||
| cave dweller | cd | +1/+1 in cave | ||||
| forest dweller | fd | +1/+1 in forest | ||||
| X armor | X arm | can give -X support to 1 enemy melee units | ||||
| X (xY) ranged | X (xY) ran | can give +Y attack support to X allied melee units | ||||
| X (xY) fortification | X (xY) fort | can give +Y defense support to X allied infantry units | ||||
| X leadership | X lead | can give +1 support to X allied non-fortification units | ||||
| X terror | X ter | can give -1 support to X enemy non-fortification non-unseen units | ||||
| X web | X web | can give -1 attack support to X enemy melee units | ||||
| X (xY) charge | X (xY) charge | attack only, targets infantry, X/12 chance to hit, Y attacks, first battle round only | ||||
| X formation | X form | defense only, targets charging units, X/12 chance to hit, first battle round only, max. 1 attacks per target | ||||
| X flank | X flank | targets archer-infantry and siege units, X/12 chance to hit | ||||
| X antiair | X aa | defense only, targets flying, X/12 chance to hit | ||||
| X unseen | X unseen | targets units with unseen attack, X/12 chance to kill, max. 1 attacks per target | ||||
| X (xY) siege | X (xY) siege | targets fortification units, X/12 chance to hit, Y attacks | ||||
| X (xY) flood | X (xY) flood | targets any unit, X/12 chance to hit, Y attacks, first battle round only, max. 1 attacks per target | ||||
Units
| Units | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | cost | mov | hit | att | def | special | support | category | ability |
| swordsman | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | inf,mel | - |
| spearman | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 form | 1 arm | inf,mel | gar |
| axeman | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | inf,mel | mw,raid |
| archer | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 aa | 2 ran | inf,arch | - |
| peasant | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | inf,mel | - |
| hobbit | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | inf,mel | - |
| ranger | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 aa | 1 ran | inf,arch | mw |
| tower guard | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | 2 arm | inf,mel | gar |
| goblin stabber | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 form | - | inf,mel | cd |
| goblin archer | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 aa | 2 ran | inf,arch | cd |
| snaga skirmisher | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 ran | inf,arch | mw |
| orc marauder | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 form | - | inf,mel | mw,raid |
| uruk pikeman | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 form | 1 arm | inf,mel | - |
| uruk swordsman | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | 2 arm | inf,mel | - |
| morannon guard | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 form | 2 arm | inf,mel | gar |
| light cavalry | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 flank | - | cav,mel | - |
| horsearcher | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 flank | 1 ran | cav,arch | raid |
| axe cavalry | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 charge | - | cav,mel | raid |
| lancer | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4x2 charge | 1 arm | cav,mel | - |
| knight | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4x2 | 3x2 | 6 charge | 2 arm, 6 lead | cav,mel | - |
| chariot | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6x2 | 2x2 | 6x2 charge | - | cav,mel | - |
| chariot archer | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4x2 | 3x2 | - | 2 ran | cav,arch | - |
| war wagon | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2x2 | 4x2 | - | 2 fort | cav | - |
| dwarven axeman | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 arm | inf,mel | mw,cd |
| dwarven axethrower | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 ran | inf,arch | mw,cd |
| dwarven phalangite | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 form | 2 arm | inf,mel | cd |
| dwarven halberdier | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 form | 3 arm | inf,mel | cd |
| elven archer | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 aa | 2 ran | inf,arch | fd,uns |
| elven hunter | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 aa | 2 ran | inf,arch | mw,fd,uns |
| elven warden | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 form | 1 armor | inf,mel | fd,uns,gar |
| troll | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | 2 ter | cre | mw,cd |
| olog hai | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5x2 | 4x2 | 4 charge | 2 ter | cre | - |
| spider | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3x2 | 6x2 | - | 8 web | cre | cd,fd |
| bear | 22 | 2 | 2 | 5x2 | 3x2 | 4x2 charge | 2 ter | cre | fd |
| olpihant | 36 | 3 | 3 | 5x3 | 3x3 | 6x3 charge | - | cre,cav | - |
| warg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 charge | - | cre,cav | mw |
| huorn | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | - | 2 ter | cre | mw,fd |
| ent | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3x2 | 4x2 | 3 siege | 8 lead | cre | mw,fd |
| dragon | 48 | 4 | 3 | 6x4 | 5x4 | - | 4 ter | cre | fly |
| bat | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | cre | fly,cd |
| eagle | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4x2 | 3x2 | - | - | cre | fly |
| oathbreaker | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 ter | - | uns |
| wizard | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4x2 | 5x2 | 6 unseen | 12 lead | - | uns |
| balrog | 36 | 4 | 2 | 6x3 | 5x3 | 6 unseen | 8 lead, 8 ter | cre | cd,uns |
| nazgul | 16 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 unseen | 12 lead, 6 ter | cav | uns |
| winged nazgul | 32 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 unseen | 12 lead, 12 ter | cre | fly,uns |
| catapult | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3x2 | 4x2 | 4 siege | 3x2 ran | sie | - |
| trebuchet | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4x2 siege | 2x2 ran | sie | - |
| wall | 20 | - | 2 | - | 3x2 | - | 3 fort | fort | - |
| fortress | 50 | - | 2 | - | 3x6 | - | 6x2 fort | fort | - |
| tower | 50 | - | 2 | - | 3x6 | - | 6x2 fort | fort | - |
| flood of Bruinen | 20 | - | - | - | - | 3x36 flood | - | - | - |
Territory Effects
Territory effects are comparatively complex in this game. There are eight of them, but a single territory can have up to three. This, together with the fact that multiple bonuses from territory effects are always cumulative, makes calculations troublesome, you must keep them in mind though. As a proof and also to present how it works, here is an example:
Suppose you want to attack Cerin Amroth which is defended by an elven archer and has forest, hill and settlement territory effects with a knight. Then you look up the table below. Your knight is a cavalry, and has armor support, so it is armored. Three columns have effect on your unit: all, cavalry and armored. For the hill, you only get 1 defense bonus, but no one cares since you are attacking. For the forest you get -3 attack penalty (-2 for cavalry and -1 for being armored). The settlement makes this even worse, adding -2 more penalty. Finally, you end up with -5 penalty, so you only have -1x2 attack left meaning you can't attack at all, opposed to the elven archer, which ends up boosted to 13 defense - sadly, this is capped at 12, because nothing can pass that limit (+2 for the forest, +2 for the hill, +3 for the settlement and +1 for forest dweller).
| Territory Effects | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | All | Cav | Cre | Arch | Sie | Fly | Fort | Armored | Other | ||
| mountain | +2 | -3 | +1 | +1 | -3 | +1 | +2 | - | No Blitzing, only mw and fly can enter | ||
| hill | +1 | - | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | - | - | ||
| cave | +1 | -3 | +1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | +3 | - | No Blitzing, cavalry can not enter | ||
| pass | +1 | -2 | +1 | +1 | -1 | +1 | +2 | - | No Blitzing | ||
| marsh | -0 | -2 | - | - | -2 | +1 | - | -1 | No Blitzing | ||
| forest | +1 | -2 | +1 | +1 | -1 | -0 | - | -1 | - | ||
| river | -0 | -0 | - | +1 | +1 | +1 | - | -0 | No Blitzing | ||
| settlement | +1 | -2 | -1 | +2 | +0 | - | +1 | - | - | ||
Game Options
- All units Blitz: there is no much to explain, all units (except flying and immobile ones) can Blitz
- Territory effects allow all units: all units can enter mountains, not only mountainwalk; cavalry can enter caves
- Fortification prevents charge and flank: when attacking a territory with any fortification unit present, charge and flank attacks will not work. Defending formation is therefore not expected to work either, it does though. Possibly it will be fixed in the future.
- Free For All: game is free for all; normal objectives do not work; weaker players get some extra PUs each turn for better balance
Version 1.2 (for TripleA 1.9) Changelog
- Upgraded to 1.9
- Small changes to starting situation
- Added new objectives
- Other minor changes
Version 1.1.1 Changelog (work done by Frostion)
- New map design
- Sounds changed to classical
- Other minor changes
Version 1.1 (for TripleA 1.8.0.7) Changelog
- Added new units for better balance
- Sea units option is now editable, added territory connections instead of canals
- Isengard is now the Industrial Might of Middle Earth (12 PUs -> 20 PUs)
- Renamed net --> web, spear --> formation and militia --> garrison for more clarity
- Changes in unit graphics
- Added small flags
- Other minor changes
Please contribute to the map by sharing your experiences or ideas! You can help with playtesting and balance, but you can contribute graphics or whatever you feel is necessary to improve this map.
Creator and maintainer: alkexr (find me on the tripleadev forum)
Map design by Frostion
Nations: Dwarves Freefolk DolGuldur HighElves Saruman Gondor Mordor Lorien Harad Northmen Rohan Orcs Arnor Angmar Dale Rhun WoodlandRealm
Units: factory hobbit peasant swordsman spearman axeman archer knight lancer horsearcher axe_cavalry light_cavalry goblin_stabber goblin_archer uruk_pikeman uruk_swordsman snaga_skirmisher orc_marauder war_wagon chariot chariot_archer dwarven_axeman dwarven_phalangite dwarven_axethrower dwarven_halberdier wall tower fortress troll olog_hai spider bear oliphant warg huorn ent dragon bat eagle elven_archer elven_hunter elven_warden wizard balrog nazgul winged_nazgul oathbreaker catapult trebuchet ranger tower_guard morannon_guard swan_boat caravel merchant_ship flood_of_Bruinen
