The rules in the old book state you need X numbers of troops and in sectoin 22 state a minimum needed. But it's one of those things where the actual experience of players break that rules.
So we've tweaked the rules to reflect what is actually the case, the Guide being the appropriate ruling booklet.
Clint
What do you mean by "rules" and "ruling"..?? I issue the order and the program rolls dice and gives me results. What does the GM have to do with it?
Brad
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Well there's sense and then's the rules. The
rules are now updated in the Guide to reflect
that as they're our source of ruling now.
Thanks for the feedback guys - it's what I
personally prefer as a player and as a GM I think
it adds more skill to the game.
Clint
>
>a C90 (with arties) routinely succeeds
>threatening towns with only 300 troops, I've
>often sent Ashdurbuk eastwards to take 2904 and 3002 that way.
>
>And as Arthedain, I've threatened Carn Dum with
>much less than the required number of troops.
>
>I think it is in keeping with the spirit of
>Middle Earth that this is so. One person can
>be so powerful as to have this impact, it makes sense to me.
>
>Jeremy
>
>>
>>And when there's a random roll, there will
>>always be fog of war. But threatening is
>>really, really foggy. Some way to at least
>>estimate chance of success would be nice, and
>>if command rank vs loyalty is truly more
>>important than actual numbers, the ratio would
>>be good to know. Still won't be able to be
>>certain, especially if loyalty isn't known. But
>>fortifications impact, for example, should be
>>known rather than merely implied - there's no
>>way my C130+ with a mere 1300 or so troops
>>should have been able to threaten a
>>city/citadel, unless the city liyalty was so
>>low they were just looking for an excuse to
>>rebel, which would have been unlikely given it
>>was the dwarven capital and they hadn't been hurt that bad...
>>
>>That's not fog of war, that is a billowing
>>cloud of dense black smoke obscuring the mechanics.
>>
>>E3
>>
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>>Yeah but other players like - this is the rule so... 
>>
>>C
>>
>> >
>> >I prefer a bit of fog of war. If everyone
>> knows everything, the game will be
>> >less interesting. I think, a bit like there is always a chance that a good
>> >character will fail, there's always a chance that a poorer character will
>> >succeed.
>> >David
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Yeah thanks Ernie, I concur it's happened lots
>> > > the rules shouly really say minimum
>> recommended forced not minimum force.
>> > >
>> > > We're updating the guide to reflect this.
>> > >
>> > > Clint
>> > >
>> > > >Despite what the rulebook said, the original
>> > > >game always allowed a chance to threaten with
>> > > >less than the official number of troops. It was
>> > > >more weighted towards command rank vs loyalty.
>> > > >In 1650 way back in the day I once threatened
>> > > >Moria, a city/citadel, away from the dwarves,
>> > > >with a dog lord army that had less than 1500
>> > > >troops, but my comman rank was over 130 thanks
>> > > >to command items, ironically including the dwarven ring of power.
>> > > >
>> > > >Now, I'd be in favor of a greater adherence to
>> > > >what the rulebook claimed, provided the actual
>> > > >mechanics were more transparent to the players.
>> > > >But many, many games have seen high command
>> > > >r
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