Third Age against vanilla medieval would of course be a different story, but there at least you can get a definite answer: make a submod, try it out. Dimensions: 2.5'- 5' tall (pieces).This set was designed and created by Graeme Anthony and yes It is supposed to have 7 orc pawns and 1 gollom pawn on the dark side.The configuration of this set was worked out back in 1973 and the characters chosen were taken from all of Tolkiens books, hence it was called 'The. Mordor would of course win against medieval european factions for the same reason they would win against the free peoples of Middle Earth: Sheer numbers (and some terror effects). Name: Lord of the Rings Pewter chess set Solid pewter Lord of the Rings chess set.

Since they are very rare in Tolkiens world, I don't think they would matter that much. I don't take into account supernatural aspects like wizards, eagles, rings of power, special elven and dwarven ablities, because their effect seems nearly impossible to calculate for me. Later on 'Real Europe' developed some tactics and weapons that would give them the edge (like pikes, crossbows, plate armour - yes, all the stuff that was in the movies). In the books the free peoples of middle earth use early medieval weaponry and tactics (mostly), the numbers are also not so much different, so I think they would be on the whole evenly matched with real european factions (with of course some differences concerning who exactly was battling).

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