Round 5 Matchups for Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth
Ajmdemen
vs
soulfein
ice
vs
Admetus
Veqryn
vs
DeadTom
Make_It_Round
vs
wirkey
alexgreat
vs
lalapalooza
Noll
vs
Hepps01
pug6000
vs
Bacala
P@nther
vs
Narushima
Most Holy
vs
Gekkepop
Wassmuss
vs
SantaClaus2
kabloom
vs
AmorphousCube
Funcioneta
vs
Nothing to see here
Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth
Rule Clarifications and Hints
-> The game uses Revised rules.
Neutral air and normal blitz clarification:
-> You can fly over neutrals with air units.
-> You can NOT blitz neutrals with land units.
-> You can however blitz through formerly neutral territories on noncombat move phase.
-> Good understanding of these rules is crucial in the first rounds, especially for Goblin and Elf player.
-> Low Luck is On by default, you can switch it off in game options.
(Low luck means that all attack or defense powers get added up and divided by 6 to determine the number of hits a side will do. The remainder is then rolled for. So, for example, 3 trolls have 9 attack total, so they will get 1 hit for sure and roll one dice at 3 to determine if they get a second hit.)
Strategical Hints for Beginners:
-> Saruman should attack and retreat Fangorn ents rnd1 (by attacking with everything except for 3 uruks he can safely kill 7 of them in 2 combat rounds, assuming low luck).
-> Goblins can take Lorien rnd 2.
-> Elves should try avoiding getting their Lorien army trapped.
-> Buying extra nazguls with Mordor can be effective as it threatens both Gondors land and naval units. Take advantage of 2hit by attacking (and possibly retreating after few combat rounds) small stacks.
-> Gondor (and others in range of possible nazgul attack) should therefore aim to keep stacks big.
-> Mordor can also send nazguls north to help against elves, but it can be risky due to increase in Gondor’s power.
-> Due to number of nations in the game there is great potential for conducting attacks on a target with several’s nation armies in succession- watch out for that!
-> Another thing to keep in mind is the possibility of removing blockers with allied armies so that you are free to blitz.
-> There are 12 capitols in the game, sometimes they can fall easily, but on the other hand losing 1 capitol doesnt mean game has to be over yet.
Ice (evil) surrendered to the superior forces of Admetus (good) in round 11
Thx for a fun and interesting game Ice
Veq,
Wirkey is diametrically opposed to using dice.
I am diametrically opposed to low-luck. Hates it hates it hates it!
Could you please help each of us find more suitable opponents for Round 5?
Cheers, MIR
would you guys be willing to make this compromise:
**first 2 rounds are Low Luck
all future rounds starting top of round 3, are Dice**
what do the both of you think?
please answer ASAP
Low-luck literally sucks all of the fun out of it for me.
I’ve tried it, despised it, and don’t want to waste any more time with it.
I’d play chess or tic-tac-toe if I wanted a game with a script…
really, not even for a round?
ok will look for a new opponents for both of you
Cheers Veq.
And… since we’ve got your attention here, what’s the ETA on your TripleA 1914 emulator? :wink:
MIR, you and Bacala will face off in round 5, playing with Dice
wirkey and pug will likewise face off, playing with LL
get to it
Santa (evil) surrenders to Wassmuss (good) in LoTR.
It was only my second time ever playing the map, and I had fun even though I got crushed.
It’s my impression that this game is heavily-weighted towards ‘Good’. Results so far seem to confirm an imbalance…
ajm should have played as evil, not sure why he didn’t
perhaps he can repeat his victory as evil to show us all?
It’s my impression that this game is heavily-weighted towards ‘Good’. Results so far seem to confirm an imbalance…
Fear not! I’m currently playing ‘good’ and will help swing the curve back towards universal balance.
I’m no expert on this map, but I’m pretty sure that evil is a lot harder to play, but still rather balanced.
After three rounds of not knowing what I was doing I (evil) conceded to Pug.
First time LotR, was fun though.
Thanks to all opponents for nice gaming and Veqryn for organisation!
hey its not over yet wirkey, we still have round 6 (TWW) ahead of us. after that, it will be officially over.
i thought TWW was only as a tiebreaker to determine the winner. With 2-3 i doubt that i have chances :) but if there is an official rnd 6, of course i will participate. Please give me ice, i want to have the chance once to kick his ass :-)
Gekkepop (Evil) defeats Most Holy (Good)
Low luck, no bid
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=30465.msg1101951#msg1101951
Hepps01 (Allies) has conceeded to Gekkepop (Central Powers) in round 4.
