Gondor: The Battle of the Pelennor Fields

I wanted to try something different in a Tolkien scenario, so
I truned my hand to one of the major battles of the War of the
Ring, the Siege of Minas Tirith, also known as the Siege of
Gondor, and the Subsequent battle. This battle was fought
around the city of Minas Tirth where the beseiged forces of
Gondor, aided by reinforcements from Rohan led by Theoden and
Eomer and forces of South Gondor led by Aragorn defeated a
larger force of the armies of the Dark Lord and Haradrim.

To aid in Warlords playability, I subdivided the forces of the
Dark Lord into those from the Dark Tower and Morannon, and
those from Minas Morgul. This gave six different armies for
the scenario.

Note than in playing this scenario, many units that appear
familiar have had their attributes modified. Check the army
bonus carefully. In doing so, you will also notice that there
are some units in the army set that are not produced by any
city. These are powerful units, that may only be purchased for
production. There are also allies that will only enter the
scenario by exploring ruins or hiring a hero. This is due to
that fact that the Warlords army contains more different types
of units than were present at the battle.

Since the scenario uses the castle terrain set, care should be
exercised in movement of units. What appears to be grass will
actually slow most units considerably. The grass in this
scenario is the equivalent of hills in a grassland scenario,
so be sure to include a unit that move quickly through hills
in your stack. For the purposes of this scenario, this
includes all mounted units, check the army bonuses for other
units. Also be aware that even flying units cannot cross
walls, they need to pass through the gates like evryone else.
While this is reasonable in actually attacking the city, it is
a little unrealistic in terms of the outer wall, but that is
just something that has to be lived with.

If you have any suggestions for improving the scenario, please
email me at scoleman@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au

Stephen Coleman 1st March, 1996.