New Scenario Setup: 'Hour of Doom'

[perry]

Scenario completed - see post further down!

Hmmm..I am thinking of doing a scenario, depicting the Military situation when Frodo dunked the Ring in the Books. But what was the Military situation really!

Gondor
No Strongholds under siege. Still a SP army in Anorien, I think.
A combined Gondor/Rohan army in Dagorlad, with Gtw, Aragorn, Merry, Pippin, Legolas & Gimli..

Rohan
No Strongholds under siege.
Has captured Orthanc.
A S&E army is running loose in Eastemnet I think.

Dwarves
Erebor under siege.
Iron Hills has been overrun.

Elves
Lorien and Rivendell under siege.
WR & Havens free from enemy troops.
Some loose SP army in Mirkwood maybe?

The North
Dale captured (right?)
The Shire captured (or hadn't the ruffians made it to The Shire yet?)
Bree & Carrock free of enemy troops methinks

S&E
Army units in Ash Mountains (waiting to attack in Last Battle in Dagorlad).
Umbar - what's the status here? Didn't Aragorn attack here?
Army units in Rohan
Sieging Erebor


Saruman
Saruman killed. Stray units in Dunland.
Units occupying The Shire

Sauron
WK killed. Mouth of Sauron in Morannon.
10-strong army in Morannon.
Token force in Barad-Dur & Minas Morgul.
Gorgoroth & Nurn emptied.
Lorien besieged.
RIvendell besieged.


Does anyone have better information than this?

[rafamir]

Interesting idea, perry, but what's the objective? For the Shadow to eke out a military victory in one or two turns before the ring goes ploink? For FP forces to hold out long enough for Frodo to do his job? Where would you put the FSP on the Mordor track?

Also, I think Umbar and other parts of Harad would still be under S&E control. Aragorn with Dead Men took out the Corsairs in Pelargir (and the Southern Fiefs?) if I'm not mistaken, before they could join the battle of the Pelennor Fields.

[perry]

;)This will be an entirely military scenario.
FSP is on Mordor Track step 5, but riddled with Corruption. The hunt pool will kill them if they go further.
Now the freeples need a military victory in order to relieve the FSP from the burden of the Eye, thus enable them to destroy the ring.

That's the general idea! Wait and see!

[perry]

'THE HOUR OF DOOM' SCENARIO SETUP

FREE PEOPLES/FELLOWSHIP BASIC SETUP

FELLOWSHIP Mordor Track, step 5
FSP PROGRESS MARKER 0
FSP STARTING CORRUPTION 11
GUIDE GOLLUM
ELVEN RINGS 1 TO FSP, 1 RING DISCARDED!
EVENT CARDS ON HAND 2 army event cards
Draw 1 card from deck of choice,
and Discard!
Hunt tiles already drawn 3, 3, 2R*, 2, 1R*, 1R*, 1, 1, 0R*,
0R*, EYE, EYE, Shelob, Phial of
Galadriel, Elven Cloaks
Remaining Hunt Pool 2, 3, EYE, EYE, The Ring is Mine!,
Give it to Uss, Elven Rope
DICE 6 DICE


COMPANIONS
In Dagorlad Gandalf White, Aragorn, Legolas,
Gimli, Merry & Pippin
Killed Boromir

POLITICAL MARKERS
DWARVES 1 - Active
ELVES At war
NORTH At war
GONDOR At war
ROHAN At war

EVENT CARDS - FREE PEOPLES

Discard before Gamestart:
Axe and Bow, Grimbeorn the Old, Eomer son of Eomund, Horn of Gondor, Galadrim of Celeborn, Guards of the Citadel, Mirror of Galadriel, We Will Prove the Swifter, Riders of Theoden, Treebeard, Athelas, Cirdan’s Ships, Entmoot, The Power of Tom Bombadil, Fire! Fear! Foes!, Phial of Galadriel, Elven Cloaks, Elven Ropes, Challange of the King, Dead Men of Dunharrow, The Grey Company, Help Unlooked For, Path of the Woses,
Dain Ironfoots Guards, Help Unlooked For, Imrahil of Dol Amroth, Faramirs Rangers, King Brands Men

Cards on the Table:
Mithril Coat and Sting, The Last Battle

ARMY SETUP

THE NORTH Regular Elite Leaders
Bree 1 R
Carrock 1 R 1 E 1 L
Erebor 1 R 1 E 1 L
North Downs 1 E
Casualty pool 3 R 1 E 1 L

ROHAN Regular Elite Leaders
Edoras 1 R
Isengard 1 R
Helms Deep 1 R
Westemnet 1 R
Dagorlad 1 R 4 E 2 L
Casualty pool 1 R 1 E 1 L

DWARVES Regular Elite Leaders
Ered Luin 1 R
Iron Hills 1 R
Erebor 1 R 2 E 2 L
Casualty pool 1 L

ELVES Regular Elite Leaders
Grey Havens 1 R 1 E 1 E
Rivendell 2 E 1 E
Lorien 3 R 1 E
Woodland 1 R 1 E 1 E
Casualty pool 4 E

GONDOR Regular Elite Leaders
Dol Amroth 3 R
Pelargir 2 R
Osgiliath 2 R
Dagorlad 3 R 2 E 2 L
Minas Tirith 1 R 1 L
Casualty pool 1 R 3 E 1 L


SHADOW PLAYER BASIC SETUP
ELVEN RINGS 1 ELVEN RING, TO SHADOW
MINIONS KILLED SARUMAN, WITCH-KING
MINIONS IN PLAY MOUTH OF SAURON
EVENT CARDS ON HAND 2 army event card
Draw 1 card from deck of choice,
and Discard!
DICE 8 DICE

POLITICAL MARKERS
SAURON AT WAR
SARUMAN AT WAR
SOUTHRON & EASTERLINGS AT WAR


EVENT CARDS - SHADOW

Discard before Gamestart:
Balrog of Moria, Foul Thing from the Deep, Cruel Weather, Flocks of Crebain, Orcs Multiplying Anew, Halforcs and Goblins, Many Kings to the Service of Mordor, The Breaking of the Fellowship, Orc Patrol, Bane of Isildur, Rage of the Dunlendings, Candles of Corpses, Stormcrow, Wormtongue, Palantir of Orthanc, Musterings of Long Planned War, The Fighting Uruk Hai, Threats & Promises, Shelob, The Ring Is Mine, Give It To Uss, Lure of the Ring, Grond the Hammer, Morgul Wound, Lidless Eye, King Is Revealed, Horde from the East, Hill-Trolls
Cards on the Table:
None!

ARMY SETUP

SAURON Regular Elite Nazgul
Barad-Dur 4R 1E 1Nz
Dol Goldur 2R
Old Forest Road 4R
Minas Morgul 5R
Eagles Eyrie 2R
Morannon 5R 1E 7Nz
Lorien 4R 1E
Moria 4R

[Saruman Regular Elite Saruman
Buckland 1R
TheShire 1R
SouthDowns 1R

South&East Regular Elite Nazgul
Erebor 8R 1E
Umbar 5R
Dale 1R
Morannon 3R 1E
AshMountains 6R 1E

Mouth of Sauron: Mouth of Sauron starts the Scenario in Morannon.

SCENARIO SPECIAL RULES

VICTORY CONDITIONS: No side may gain a Ring Victory. Only Military Victory is possible.

SHARKEY: As submitted in the "Minion Boosts" thread:
Sharkey may be mustered instead of a Nazgul in a normal SP mustering action. Sharkey is placed with any Isengard army. He functions with Leadership 1 for movement and battle purposes and has no special abilities. Sharkey is affected by FP Combat Cards as a Nazgul. Once eliminated, he may not be replaced. Use the Saruman miniature to portray Sharkey.

IT IS TOO HEAVY: The FSP may not move further on the Mordor Track. The FSP does not gain Corruption, due to not moving on the Mordor Track.

[perry]

OK, the idea with this scenario is that is solely a military scenario. Frodo is on the brink of Mt Doom, but the pressure from the Eye and general weariness stops him from destroying the ring.

If the FP achieve military success (4 VPs), Sauron will be distracted from from the search for the Ring, long enough for Frodo to destroy it.

Hope you'll enjoy!

[genghissean]

Sounds a little like the Gondor scenario actually.

[sam gamgee]

Interesting Scenario - looks like it might be fun.
Just a note - Merry should be in MT, not Dagorlad. Merry stayed in Minas Tirith to recover from his wounds and did not march with the armies of Gondor to the battle of the Black Gates.

[gandalfrocks]

Unlike in the movie, where he went to Dagorlad.

[sam gamgee]

True - I must have blocked that. Along with many other things from the movies...