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Game Chart – Fellowship of the Ring (2)
Special Rules:
The Fellowship has been created by the Council of Elrond, which has
occurred just prior to the start of the game.
If the Gondor and Fellowship players agree, they may swap roles for
Boromir and Faramir – Faramir starts in Rivendell and is controlled by the
Fellowship player, and Boromir may be set up with any Gondor force at
the start of the game. Boromir may start with heavy armor if he does not
start in Rivendell.
Character figures may voluntarily leave the fellowship at any time, but
may not then rejoin the quest to destroy the ring.
Ringbearer –
The fellowship player must designate one of the hobbit figures as the
ringbearer. If the ringbearer is captured, the ring passes to the control of
the capturing player.
If the Ringbearer puts on the ring he becomes invisible to all except
ethereal figures, who may make an immediate full move towards the
Ringbearer each turn he wears it and attack if within 1‖ (he is
automatically located). Unless Gollum is the ringbearer, he is placed
within 1‖ of the ring wearer and immediately attacks to try to recover the
ring.
An invisible ringbearer may not be attacked by any figure except Gollum
or any ethereal figures.
If the ringbearer puts the ring on inside Mordor (or enters wearing it) he is
revealed to Sauron, and any Evil forces within Mordor may attempt to kill
or capture him (supercedes the Orc Armor rule). Any non-hobbit character
who obtains the ring will immediately attempt to take it to its home base.
The Breaking of the Fellowship:
After a period of time the lure of the ring will cause dissention within the
Fellowship, leading members to either abandon their quest or to actively
try to seize the ring. Once the Fellowship has moved more than 36‖ from
Rivendell, and is not in Lothlorien, or engaged in combat, roll 2d6 for
breaking. The first time they roll, a result of 12 indicates breaking. A +1 is
added to the roll for each turn thereafter. If Gandalf is leading the
Fellowship no more than +3 may be added to the roll.
Once the breaking is reached, roll 1d6 to determine the effect each turn
any non-Hobbit member of the Fellowship remains within 6‖ of the
ringbearer. On a ―1‖, a random non-Hobbit member elects to leave and
moves directly back toward their home base [treat Gandalf’s as
Rivendell]. On a roll of ―6‖ a random non-Hobbit attempts to seize the
ring, this character fights the ring bearer and, if successful, immediately
sets out to take the ring to his home base. The ring is a heavy burden,
and its weight will slow the new bearer, by –1‖ to his normal movement
allowance.
Roll 1d6 each turn thereafter, and on a 6 the ring gains control of the
figure - the minions of Sauron roll off and the high scorer gains control of
the figure. If the Minion player is able to move the character to their home
base they receive the status points for capturing the ring. The good
players must slay (defeat) the character in order to regain control of the
ring.
If the Fellowship dissolves, (no major heroes are accompanying the
ringbearer), the random encounter rule no longer applies. Once Gimli,
Legolas or Boromir leave the Fellowship (either voluntarily, or if they are
more than 12‖ away from the ringbearer after having joined him), they
revert to the control of the Dwarf, Mirkwood Elf and Gondor players
respectively.
Hunting the Ring:
The ring is inherently very evil, and it attracts evil creatures. In addition,
Sauron has encouraged all of his minions to hunt the ringbearer. The evil
forces may not directly handle the one ring, but must instead wound,
capture and carry off the ringbearer and deliver the captive figure to their
home base.
If any character figure(s) [including the Fellowship] move across country,
each turn roll 1d6 to see if there is an encounter, and on a result of 1, roll
again to determine the result below:
Roll
Result
Random Encounter Table
1 Roll again: encounter troll (1-3) or 6 + d6 Ruffians (4-6)
2 Encounter 10 goblins
3 Roll again: encounter 7 orcs (1-3) or 5 Uruk-hai (4-6)
4 Roll again: encounter d3 shades (1-3) or d3 wights (4-6)
5 Marsh/bog – no move and roll again on next turn
6 Encounter 8 wild wargs
If the characters are within 4‖ of the West Gate of Moria, any encounter
rolled is automatically the Watcher.
If a force is encountered, it is automatically hostile. Resolve the combat
normally. If the characters win the combat, the random force is eliminated
and removed from play. If the characters lose the combat, they retreat as
normal and another player will take control of the remaining random force
as follows:
• Troll – eliminate the troll (it wanders off)
• Watcher – submerges back into the black lake
• Others – come under control of the minion whose home
base they are closest to
Wandering Elves:
The Fellowship could be assisted by wandering elves if any happen to be
in the neighborhood. On any turn in which an encounter occurs, the Elven
player may roll 1d6 to see if Gildor appears to aid the Fellowship. On a
roll of 6 he arrives, and fights normally alongside the Fellowship. Once
Gildor has appeared and fought on one turn he is permanently removed
from the game.
Mounts:
Members of the Fellowship may obtain mounts in certain circumstances:
• Aragorn & Legolas may obtain mounts in either Edoras or Minas Tirith.
• Boromir may obtain a mount in Minas Tirith or Osgiliath.
• Gandalf may obtain Shadowfax at Edoras.
• Gimli may not ride alone, but may mount with Legolas with no move
penalty. He will still fight on foot even if moving mounted.
• The hobbits may obtain a pony if they reach Edoras. Alternately, each
may be carried along with another mounted character figure with no
movement penalty. In either case, the hobbit figure will still dismount to
fight on foot normally.
Mounted figures, chariots and Mumaks may not enter Moria, Shelob’s lair,
or Caradhras. If a character possessing a mount enters such terrain the
mount is lost and he/she must gain another before being able to fight or
move mounted again.
Ring of Power War of the Ring Scenario pg. 45