SIEGE TACTICS FOR THE LORD OF THE RINGS
STRATEGY BATTLE GAME
Alessio Cavatore focuses on one of the most exciting areas of the The Lord of The Rings Strategy Battle Game – siege warfare!
The walls of Helm's Deep are breached by Saruman's Uruk-hai.
SIEGE!
The new rulebook for our The Lord of The Rings Strategy Battle Game includes a section of rules entirely dedicated to siege warfare. To be more precise, these rules are about the bloodiest part of a siege, the actual assault against the defended walls. Historically, such assaults were seen as extreme measures only to be attempted when all other methods – such as starvation, destruction of the walls through bombardment or mining, diplomacy, bribery, and the like – had failed. Committing troops to assault well-defended walls with ladders and battering rams was certainly a hard decision for any general to make. Often, it was only the news of a relief force approaching that would force a commander to attempt an assault and accept the extremely high rate of casualties involved in such an attack. However, Saruman certainly didn't have any such scruples about sacrificing the lives of his minions!
In this article, I will take you through what I believe make sound tactics for both Defenders and Attackers in our game. Let's begin with the Defenders...
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