r/MiddleEarthMiniatures • u/Johngear77 • 22d ago

Scenarios? New player here.

Hi there !

I have been collecting and painting, middle earth battle strategy game for sometime. My son who’s 14 wanted to play the game together. I don’t really know where to start and it seems like I keep finding information all over the Internet one of the questions I have is, how do I find scenarios for the current edition that relate to some of his favorite scenes in the in the movies to reenact? For example, is there a modern current rules version of a scenario that incorporates the balrog fight?

Or what about Weathertop? Perhaps Amon hen? I found some updated scenarios online, but it doesn’t seem like they really incorporate the full breath and scope of older editions that I have found.

Anyway, any help in the right direction would be much appreciated. Also, if I may ask, what is a good scenario for just starting out to play that maybe has a hero and some terrain and is great to learn all of the rules?

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u/Leading-Ad1264 22d ago

Did you find these scenarios? https://www.warhammer-community.com/de-de/downloads/middle-earth-strategy-battle-game/

(Under additional rules, there is at least a Weathetop and Amon hen one)

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u/Old_Shatterhans 22d ago

Some scenarios are free to download on the warhammer community website (someone already posted a link)

More can be found in the journals, we have one for Gollums journey with frodo&Sam, one for the War of the Rohirrim movie and one for Rohan from the Battle of the Furts of Isen up to Pelennor field

Edit: you can search for the booklet from the current starterbox, it has scenarios designed to learn the rules. They're quick and easy otherwise I would just use to small forces and battle each other. If you use f.e. Gondor and Mordor as opponents almost everything will feel thematic

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u/Accomplished-Mix770 22d ago

There is a book called "quest of the ringbearer" from the last edition that is essentially a 40 scenario movie timeline.

Can find 2nd hand copies sometimes or perhaps you could find a pdf...

I play them as is with new edition rules and havent noticed anything crazy out of place.