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Post by Kris on Jun 28, 2004 2:20:20 GMT 1
I've read the descriptions of the playtest games, and obviously it is all to the good that wildly different outcomes can occur. But I'm curious: did any playtest game end up coming close to what happened in the LOTR books?
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Veldrin
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Post by Veldrin on Jun 28, 2004 8:08:23 GMT 1
Did any playtest game end up coming close to what happened in the LOTR books?
Since I do not remember all the results in all the test sessions posted on our mailing-list I can only speak for what I remember but...
if you mean if it ended with the destruction of the One as a great battle was fought at the Black Gates of Morannon I think not.
You see that the Shadow player can normally dictate where the battles are to take place and the FP player reactes to this as best as he/she can.
For a situation to arise as the one in the book the Shadow player must fail miserably and not take a single Victory point up to the moment where Frodo destroyes the Ring.
That the battles happen at the same places and in the same order is still very plausible but not that the Shadow fails everywhere.
It is very tempting and sound stretegically to strike at Rohan early and then follow up with an assault on the White city...
Very often your initial plan of attack is decided by which cards you get in the first rounds.
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Post by stevehope on Jun 28, 2004 16:11:06 GMT 1
I've got a question about playtesting: I see the rulebook is 20 pages long. How often during play did you realized you'd been playing certain situations incorrectly? 20 pages is long by most recent game standards, especially for games with minis!j I'm not particularly concerned either way, since I grew up on the same monster boardgames that a lot of others did, but I'm just curious how intuitive the play is given the size of the rulebook.
Thanks!
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Post by Veldrin on Jun 28, 2004 17:01:48 GMT 1
How often during play did you realized you'd been playing certain situations incorrectly?The rules are very streamlined and the part of the game that demanded the most "lets check the rules" was the political part. The combat and action system is very stright forward. The politcal part is important so the Free Peoples nations become active and can move toward a state of War. If forgot the Shadow gains a very unfair advantage. After heavily checking this during the first three-four games it stuck for the reminder of the play-tests. As for actually playing the games wrong and realizing afterwards I don't think that actually happened to my group.  [glow=green,2,300]Veldrin[/glow]
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Post by deadeyethingy on Jun 28, 2004 19:52:01 GMT 1
Although my group and I have little problem deciphering rules (we've been doing it for a long long time) I find that it often helps tremendously to have the manual peppered with in-game examples...
I assume the manual you have is not the final - and it seems that you guys have had little trouble in deciphering the rules - so I was curious if they included good examples of the way certain things play out (for example, the political aspects that you mentioned)?
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Post by Veldrin on Jun 29, 2004 9:50:57 GMT 1
I am curious if they included good examples of the way certain things play out (for example, the political aspects that you mentioned)?
In the play-test rules there where several examples from the game when the rules needed them for clarification.
If the final version will be just as informative I can't say, perhaps Francesco can...
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Post by redelcamuffo on Jul 6, 2004 22:29:42 GMT 1
Ciao!
How often remote strongholds and cities as Grey havens, the Shire, Umbar, extreme Harad or Gundabad have been attacked in your playtest games?It seems to me that it takes too much to arrive over there...
Can Fp troops enter Mordor? The only passage is Minas Morgul or there's some way ( a card for example) to open the Gate of Morannon?
Let's guess a very lucky FP attack has conquered Minas Morgul.Can you move your armies through gorgoroth to attack Morannon or Barad Dur from inside Mordor?
It's very unlikely but I'm curious
Bye
Rdc
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Post by Francesco on Jul 7, 2004 14:58:32 GMT 1
How often remote strongholds and cities as Grey havens, the Shire, Umbar, extreme Harad or Gundabad have been attacked in your playtest games?It seems to me that it takes too much to arrive over there... The Shire and the Grey Havens have both been attacked countless times during playtest. I fondly remember taking Gundabad, but it was quite early during playtest. For the rest, it is quite unlikely, but not in relation to their remoteness, but more because usually a FP player is busy repelling attacks. Morannon can be crossed as all evil strongholds if you conquer it. So in theory there are two ways into Mordor. In theory... Yes, in theory you can. |
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