Battle of Pelennor Fields - Dragon Rampant

[Mr. White]

I'm curious, has anyone pointed out the contents of GW's Battle of Pelennor Fields box set in Dragon Rampant? Heck, are there any LotR DR lists around?

[Abbner Home]

I've only done Rohan and Isengard in DR which are probably the easiest.

I run Riders as either Hvy Riders, sometimes with short range missiles, or as light riders. Mounted named characters with royal guard are run as Elite Riders with or without Level Headed depending on the character. Infantry are light infantry with short range missiles or as light missiles.

For Isengard orcs I prefer aggressive light foot to bellicose foot. Some with hatred, or fearful, or both. For the UH I use aggressive heavy foot otherwise as above. Bellicose with upgrades if you go with the movie-style bezerkers. Orc archers as light missile with fearful are quite deadly for the cost until the inevitably are battered then flee. Warg riders are heavy or light riders, usually with hatred.

I don't think I'll use DR for the Battle of Pelennor but from smaller actions I think it works very well. Some friends and I are looking at doing the Fords and are looking at DR as possible rule set.

[Hobgoblin]

One thing I'd suggest for Middle Earth with DR is using extra models per orc unit to give them a more hordish feel (if you have the figures!). So you might have your uruks of Mordor in units of 18 or 24, even though they'd only have 12 Strength Points - just for the aesthetics.

I'd go with something like this:

Isengard
Uruk-hai = Bellicose Foot (in outsized units as above). There's no exact fit for the Isengarders, but Bellicose Foot at least gives them the speed that Tolkien mentions ("trained to move at great speed for long distances") through Move 8" and Fleet Footed. I'd factor in their shooting as immediately preceding their charge/counter-charge and helping its impact).
Warg riders = Lesser War Beasts (with or without Flame Attack to represent mounted archers)
Dunlendings = Light Foot (wall of spears covers the pikes mentioned at the Isen)
Dunlending horsemen = Heavy Riders (or Light Riders - we don't get much info about them)
Half-orcs = Offensive Heavy Foot (or possibly even Elite Foot): "Ferocious, mail-clad, and armed with axes). Potent enough to cut through to Theodred and cut him down.


Moria/Misty Mountains
Lesser orcs (the bulk of the force) = Light Foot with Mixed Weapons and Fearful. Outsize units where possible
Uruks (a minority - but present in Moria and presumably constituting Bolg's bodyguard) = Bellicose Foot as for Isengard.
Wargs and Warg riders = Lesser War beasts (again, with or without Flame Attack for mounted archers)
Bats = Ravenous Hordes with Flying (breaks the rules, but I think that's the best way to represent them if you count them as a troop type at all).
Trolls (in Moria) = Elite Foot in Reduced Model Units (one, two or three) with Mystical Armour and maybe Venomous.

Mordor
Uruks = Bellicose Foot in outsize units (as above). The mainstay of the armies of Mordor.
Lesser Orcs = Light Foot with Mixed Weapons and Fearful. Outsize units where possible. Probably only in action in great numbers at the Cormallen Field when Sauron emptied Mordor.
Haradrim = Light Foot
Haradrim Cavalry = Light and Heavy Riders
Easterlings = Offensive Light Foot
Variags of Khand = Offensive Heavy Foot (or Elite Foot, perhaps)
Mumakil = Greater War Beasts
Trolls = Elite Foot in Reduced Model Units (one, two or three) with Mystical Armour and maybe Venomous.

[James Morris]

Great list there Hobgoblin! Cheers.