Re: MEPBM Personal Challenges

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In article <5nk5s1$8j4_001@pub.hw.ac.uk>,
Duncan Muir <meccdsm@pp.hw.ac.uk> wrote:
>Please help a new player!
>
>Can anyone tell me if there is a minimum size of army required for one character
>to be able to challenge an army commander?
>
>It states in the rules that a single character cannot challenge an army commander
>but can a character with an army of 10 archers challenge successfully?
>
>Also, is there any way of posting a camp and immediately making it hidden so that
>it never shows up on the maps until it is discovered?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Duncan Muir

As stated in another response, the minimum army size is 100 troops.
If not in a fortified popcenter, there is a serious risk that a small
army will get overrun by a large army.  When that happens, all characters in
the small force are dead, and the large army does not even stop.

There is exactly one artifact that can hide a popcenter.  It starts in
the hands of the Noldo.  Every time it is used, the previously hidden
popcenter is revealed.  But the order for hiding comes after the order
for camp creation, so it is possible to create a hidden camp.
A proposed sneak strategy is for the Noldo to create a hidden camp inside
Mordor, improve it to a MTown, load it with resources, then hire and
move 400HC per turn until the DS figure out what is going on.
Requires a major investment of resources and time, but if you pull it
off, it should be devastating.

- Patrick McGehearty
patrick@convex.hp.com

References

MEPBM Personal Challenges
meccdsm@pp.hw.ac.uk (Duncan Muir)
Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000