LORDS OF MIDDLE-EARTH RULES V 2.01

by Jean-Paul Keulen 

Additions made by Dave Stegman 

 

In this scenario, the five Istari were never sent to Middle-earth by the Valar. The Free Peoples will have to organize their resistance against Sauron themselves. Instead of a Wizard or Ringwraith, you use one of Middle-earth's more important characters as your Avatar, your Lord (or Lady, in the case of Galadriel). 

 

You will play several rounds of one-on-one against other Lords of opposite allignment (a Hero Lord will play all games against a Minion Lord and vice-versa). Standard Tournament pairings based on total tournament points will be in effect, but you will be paired against opponents of opposite allignment with similar number of points. After a certain number of rounds, the Minion with the most points will play against the Hero with the most points. Other than the overall winner being declared, the combined total number of points by each allignment will be determined and that will decide if Good or Evil will reign champion. 

 

One of the following hero characters may be used as your Lord: 

· Aragorn II (Minas Tirith, not Bree)  

· Círdan (Grey Havens)  

· Dáin II (Iron Hill Dwarf-hold)  

· Denethor II (Minas Tirith)  

· Elrond (Rivendell)  

· Galadriel (Lórien)  

· Théoden (Edoras)  

· Thorin II (Blue Mountain Dwarf-hold)  

· Thranduil (Thranduil's Halls)

· Thrain II (will use The Worthy Hills as a home site)  

· Beorn (Beorn's House)  

· Strider (Bree)  

· Glorfindel II (Rivendell)  

 

Or one of the following minion characters may be used as your Lord: 

· Lt. Angmar (Carn Dum)  

· Lt. Morgul (Minas Morgul)  

· Lt. Dol Goldur (Dol Goldur)  

· Anarin (Moria)  

· Elerina (Carn Dum, Mount Gram)  

· The Mouth (Barad-Dur)  

· Golodhros (Minas Morgul, Cirith Ungol, Barad-dur)  

· Baduila (Goblin-gate, Mount Gundabad)  

· The Grimburgoth (Dol Guldur)  

· Umaguar (Moria, the Under-gates)  

· Buthrakaur (Moria, the Under-gates)  

· Bolg (Moria, the Under-gates)  

· Azog (Moria, the Under-gates)  

 

Character Draft: 

·You're starting company will be decided by a 4 round, multi-player draft (one for minions and one for heros which will happen simultaneously).  

·All characters with mind 6 or less (except Denethor and Theoden) are available to be drafted by a Lord.  

·Each Lord's first round draft pick will be decided by random (2D6 re-rolling ties).  

·In the second round, each Lord's draft pick will be eleven minus the number of their first round draft pick. For example, the Lord with the last pick of the first round gets the first pick of the second round and so on. This will repeat for the 3rd and 4th rounds.  

·Only Galadriel may draft Celeborn but if she chooses to do so, she must use her first round pick. Same goes for Aragorn drafting Arwen.  

·Fram Framson may be drafted and included in a starting company.  

·There is a 30 second time limit for first round draft pick and 1 min. for each subsequent round. If you do not have a draft choice ready when time is called, a character will be assigned to you.  

·After the draft is completed, you may add up to 10 non-Lord characters (including characters which were drafted by another Lord) to your play deck and you may exchange up to three cards between your play deck and your cards not being used (all normal play deck restrictions must be met). 

 

Starting Company: 

· You must start at your character's home site, whether you be Minion or Hero. If your Lord is Minion and has multiple homesites, and one of those is a darkhaven, you must use that as your homesite/ haven. If none of the multiple homesites is a darkhaven, you must declare which homesite is your haven homesite and that will remain for the entire game.

· You will have the same starting company for all of your games.

· You must start with your Lord as one of your starting characters.  

· If your Lord is Minion, you do not need Open to the Summons if they are an agent. Other agents require Open to the Summons.   

· If your Lord is Minion, you may start with non-unique characters which you did not draft.   

· You may have up to five starting characters, including your Lord.  

 

Deck Construction and other Rules: 

· You may not include any manifestation of the other Lords or any Wizards , Ringwraiths (including Sauron and The Balrog), or Fallen-wizards in your starting company, deck or sideboard.  

· You're deck should be constructed for two deck vs. minion  

· Your Lord's mind doesn't use up any general influence.  

· Your Lord doesn't give you any character MP's.  

· Your Lord's home site counts as a Haven for your companies only.  

· Your Lord can never be returned to your hand.  

· During your organization phase, you may tap your Lord to bring up to 5 resource and/or character cards from your sideboard into your discard pile. Alternatively, if your play deck has at lead 5 cards, you may tap your Lord to bring one resource or character card directly from your sideboard into your play deck.  

· Spells cannot be included in your play deck or sideboard.  

· Umaguar, Buthrakaur, Bolg, and Azog may use 'Balrog only' cards and 'Balrog only' characters, but not cards which are specific to the Balrog himself.   

· If your Lord is in play, you may use general influence to bring a character into play only if your Lord is at the site at which the character arrives (e.g., a Haven or the character's home site).  Otherwise, characters can only be brought out under direct influence.

· Minion Lords are the same as Minion characters: if the modified result of the corruption check is equal to or one less than the character's corruption point total, he is tapped. Failing a corruption check by more than one results in Elimination.  

· If your Lord is eliminated, you get -5 marshalling points.  

 

Some of the Lords have special abilities and/or hindrances: 

· Denethor has a mind of 6, can tap to use a Palantír, gains the diplomat skill and has 3 direct influence.  

· In lieu of playing a minor item, Théoden can start with either the Great Shield of Rohan or a Noble Steed.  

· Círdan can use Narya. He makes a corruption check modified by -3 instead of -5.  

· Thranduil may not use Dwarf characters.  

· Thorin II may not use Elf characters. 

 

This list might be useful when constructing your Lords of Middle Earth deck... 

· Blue Mountain Dwarf-hold: Balin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Dwalin, Fíli, Glóin, Kíli, Nori, Óin, Ori, Thorin II  

· Bree: Aragorn II, Barliman Butterbur, Beretar  

· Edoras: Éomer, Éowyn, Erkenbrand, Gamling the Old, Hama, Théoden  

· Grey Havens: Círdan, Galdor  

· Iron Hill Dwarf-hold: Dáin II, Gimli  

· Lórien: Celeborn, Galadriel, Haldir, Orophin  

· Minas Tirith: Beregond, Bergil, Boromir, Denethor II, Forlong, Ioreth  

· Rivendell: Arwen, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Gildor Inglorion, Glorfindel II  

· Thranduil's Halls: Legolas, Thranduil

 

Copyright © Jean-Paul Keulen 

 

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