SECONDARY MISSION 1 :
Find the treasure of the trolls, in a cave in the mountain behind their camp.

SECONDARY MISSION 2 :
Bilbo can find a way to go in Gollum's cave and steal his ring of invisibility (it is necessary to fulfill the main mission 9 and 10, and secondary mission 6).

SECONDARY MISSION 3 :
Go in Beorn's house with Thorin, Gandalf and Bilbo (after destroying the gate of his garden) to convince him to join you (instead to kill you).

SECONDARY MISSION 4 :
Send Gandalf in Rhosgobel (Radagast's House) to find the Brown Magician, Radagast.

SECONDARY MISSION 5 :
Send the dwarves and Bilbo on the Forest Gate and follow the Elf Path to cross Mirkwood (the old Forest Road is now dangerous).

SECONDARY MISSION 6 :
Bilbo can free the dwarves from the Elves if he got the ring of Gollum (the Dungeon's key is in the Cellars).

SECONDARY MISSION 7 :
Send Gandalf to Dol Guldur to find the Necromancer and Radagast in Lorien, to warn Galadriel that the Necromancer can be Sauron himself and Gandalf seeks him.

SECONDARY MISSION 8 :
Free Gandalf from Dol Guldur's prison, by destroying the Dol Guldur Wonder.

SECONDARY MISSION 9 :  
Attract Smaug into the forge of Erebor after making a trap for him with 5 dwarves (except lords Thorin, Balin, Gloin and Dwalin).

SECONDARY MISSION 10 :
You can find excellent weapons and armors in Erebor's forge, but only king Thorin will allow you to take them.

SECONDARY MISSION 11:
If Smaug leaves Erebor by fulfilling Secondary Mission 9, you will take back its main gate and be able to repair it.

NB : The Elves don't have access to trebuchet's technology but they have unique Elven longbowmen after developing their unique technology.

Some other secret unexpected events can be triggered.


PLAYER 2 : (Dol Guldur/Red) :

You got a new warg pit on Weathertop in the ruin of Amon Sûl great tower, in Rivendell region: use it wisely!
Make your unique hero Azog in your wonder in Dol Guldur (the prison) to become the general of your army.
If Gandalf comes in your fortress, Sauron's spirit will beat him and he can also summon his servants if Gandalf is released from your prison.
You can't have access to trebuchets technology, but you got giant spiders, and their nests (which are like castles). Use the spiders webs as spies to know every person passing in Greenwood.
Cannibalism: each enemy killed will give you 100 food.

PLAYER 3 : (Mirkwood/Green) :
Try to clean Mirkwood from the abominations coming from Dol Guldur.
Don't annoy the dwarves too much (they can become allies and it will be better for you so).
Leave the triggers do their job (don't try to block them or the company of Thorin).
You can make Prince Legolas (unique hero) in your wonder (Thranduil's Throne Hall).
You can pass units in and out the Mountain, through some towers.
You can farm in the Mountain because there are holes on the top leaving water and light entering in.
There are a lot of wild animals to hunt in the forest and you got also a town out of the mountain.
The Elves don't have access to trebuchet's technology but they have unique Elven longbowmen after developing their unique technology.
You don't have a siege workshop neither, but strong defense.
You can trade with the men of Laketown, thanks to cogs on the forest river (don't make too much of them or they will block eachothers).

PLAYER 4 : (Misty Mountains/orange) :
You control two seperated cities: the mines of Moria (low levels) south-west and Goblintown in the north.
You don't have access to trebuchet's technology, but you can train cave trolls in the castle of Moria.
Beware of who falls in your front porch trap.
Beware of Beorn next to the other door and try to keep it secret.
The goblins can't farm green vegetables in the dark caves where they live, but they know how to grow mushrooms.
Cannibalism: each enemy killed will give you 100 food.

For the other players, look in "Scout" section.

SCOUT :

PLAYER 5 : (Dale/teal) :
The city of Dale is now in ruin (it was burned by Smaug the dragon): you can't produce units in it, only in Laketown, but its stone defenses remain strong and you can garrison units in them.
You can send a villager in Dale Great Hall to train and equip him as Dale militia with abandoned weapons and armors (meaning +6 attack, +40 HP, +2 armor). If he goes back to work, he will lose the bonus but he can train again and again after working (it's like conscription: take up arms when needed and go back in civilian activity after, bringing back the military equipment, etc).
Make Bard in your wonder (the Laketown Town Hall). He only can transport the dwarves and use black arrows fited for dragons. Send him to the jetty on the forest river, to lead secretely their transport ship (transformed in your color) into your town. Land Thorin, Bilbo and Bard between the town center and the town hall for Thorin to plead his case to the Master and people of Laketown (Blue will then become an ally). If they land elsewhere, they will be shooted by the towers or attacked by the guards of the city.
If Smaug attacks your city, Bard can take the last black arrows from his father in his house (in the south east corner of Laketown).
You have no access to trebuchets technology but awesome archers (Esgaroth is the first Laketown city name before it burned).
You got few farms but lot of fishes and fish traps on the lake and lumber camps across the lake.
You can trade with cogs with the Mirkwood Elves thanks to the forest river (don't make too much of them or they will block eachothers).

PLAYER 6 : (Gundabad/purple) :
Make your unique hero Bolg in your Wonder (« Gundabad keep ») and support other orcs armies (Misty Mountains and Dol Guldur). Only your orcs can make trebuchets.
Some of your units got a restricted area to stay in.
You guard the north path between West and East on the top of the Misty Mountains, taken from the dwarves.
There is a pass to the East on the North of Erebor, but beware of the white wargs when you go in the Grey Mountains.
Cannibalism: each enemy killed will give you 100 food.

PLAYER 7 (Iron Hills/grey) :
Protect Thorin if he takes back Erebor's Throne. Don't try to take it for him. Defend your land. You got no archers, nor cavalry but amazing infantry, siege weapons and stronghold.
Your land is not under the mountain, but behind the mountains, so you got farms. Don't forget to make your unique hero King Dain in your wonder.

PLAYER 8 (Erebor (AI)/yellow) :
the missions will be triggered for AI by the other players.

ALL : If you destroy the gate of Erebor, Smaug will surely be awaken by the noise. Erebor's throne is a monument that every player can take and take back forever. Every minute, his owner will gain 200 gold from collecting Erebor's treasure (the equivalent of seven relics).

Copyright : marcknop, July 8, 2019.

EXPERIENCE BONUS:
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Only men, elves, hobbits and dwarves races ( Rivendell (and Shire, Blue mountain and Bree here), Mirkwood, Dale and Iron hill here) gain experience thanks to better intelligence than goblins, orcs, trolls, spiders, dragons and other monsters (Dol Guldur, Gundabad, Misty Mountain and Erebor).
They gain more precision depending on general kills score of the player. This means that for each 100 kills, all military units present on the terrain will gain +1 attack bonus. The limit gain is +10 (after 1000 kills score).
Iron Hill got a unique capacity to improve even civilians attack (because of mining, jewelry and blacksmith exceptional skills, using hammers).
Note that an experienced unit doesn't benefit anymore new regular attack improvement from blacksmith and can't no more be upgraded in buildings. In fact, an experienced unit is like a new unit for the game.
This is true also for heroes which are military units (with an attack) which generaly doesn't improve. Buildings attack will also be affected (which is acurate: arrows are actually shot by living persons).

December, 12 , 2021