The Battle of Pelennor Fields - Third Age, 14 March 3019

Riders of Rohan arrive on turn 3.

The Reserve from Osgiliarth arrives on turn 4.

Orc but not Uruk-hai, bowfire has a -1 modifier.

After turn 4, all Orc and Troll units count a -1 0 -1 due to the light breaking through as Saurons spell weakens.

Aragon's force arrives on turn 9.

Cavalry units from the city garrison may sally out after turn 6.

The Lord of the Nazgul may not enter the Minas Tirith gate unless the defenders morale clock is 4 or less.

Eowyn and Merry may try and assassinate the Lord of Nazgul but they must pass a fear test. They are not placed on the table but when a Rohan units gets within 6 inches, they move into contact and attempt to assassinate the Witch King in the normal turn sequence.

The Lord of the Nazgul may attach to any unit and will operate the same as any general along with its additional attributes (see above). It may be killed in combat normally by an enemy unit that has a character attached with an Exceptional Weapon (EW) or through a challenge.

Gandalf may not go outside the city walls. He causes fear and may only cast Fire Blast at units within the city walls. He may challenge the Witch King if it enters the city walls.

If Gandalf or the Lord of Nazgul is killed, subtract 3 from the morale clock immediately, Aragorn subtract 2.

Riders of Rohan can dismount during the battle. Kn as Elite Spear, HC as Spear, and LC as Skirmishers.

The Hvy artillery will cause fear in any units they hit inside the city walls, in addition to the normal demoralisation result.

Each wall section (1BB) has is constructed from stone and has a height of 3 and a width of 2.

Only units with ladders or Siege Towers can assail the walls.

The Great gate is classed as metal and has a height of 2 and a width of 1 and 2 Damage Markers.

Grond counts as a normal Battlewagon until in contact with a wall section. It can then attack the section and hits automatically. Roll on the Artillery damage table and add +3.

Any area inside the wall counts as City BBs. These are constructed from stone and have a defensive CF of 7 and 4 damages markers per BB.

The defenders have 1 Engineer capable of repairing walls and structures.

For additional detail, refer to the Fortifications section of the rulebook.

The river is not crossable at any point.

Any breaches in the walls count as difficult terrain. Any units attacking across difficult terrain lose their charge bonus. Defenders do not have to follow up any combat.

For additional details, refer to the Fortifications section of the rulebook.

There should also be some clear terrain within the walls to simulate boulevards and town squares.

This should be played on a 6x4 table for 15mm scale.

You may use more attackers if you have the figures. The estimates are 11,000 for the defenders and 45,000 for the attackers. The Harad, Southron, Easterling and the Reserve from Osgiliath should be larger, but this may stretch your figure collection and may not effect the outcome of the game.

This is based on the later part of the battle and doesn't include the fighting at the outer wall and subsequent retreat. The battle starts when the Riders of Rohan arrive, since any player would know of their imminent arrival, and be ready for it, which didn't happen in the book.

There probably would have being more heroes on the attackers side, but none are named in the book. You may want to add some to give them a bit more flavour but I feel their large forces should remain unwieldy.

This battle could be part of a mini campaign beginning with the Battle of Pelargir and finishing with the Battle of the Black Gate. See the Battle of Pelargir scenario for more details.

The forces and special rules are designed to try and make the game follow the book as closely as possible. You may add, change or remove any special rules if you feel they are not appropriate.

Remove all troops from Aragorn command and replace with 1500pts of the Shadow host from the list below.

They may ignore any terrain restrictions (same as Major Spirits).

The King of the Dead is compulsory.

Aragon's force arrives on turn 9.