Dux Arda – Full Faction book & cards for Wargaming Middle Earth with Dux Britanniarum
What is Dux Arda?
JRR Tolkien was a Dark Ages scholar and linguist, and in most of his works his descriptions of the various societies of Middle Earth are drawn from Dark Ages societies of Europe and the Levant (including North Africa). Many of the battles he describes are essentially warband level frays (aside from the massive wars every few thousand years) between feudal and tribal Dark Ages factions,
This makes Dux Britanniarum from Too Fat Lardies a great choice for wargaming Middle Earth.
Welcome to Dux Arda!
Dux Arda (aka Lard of the Rings) is a fan-mod originally created by Gunnar Lopez over at the War to End All Blogs, and his mad genius work dragged me in to create all the faction cards – and ultimately this Dux Arda book. Dux Arda is designed for use with use the Dux Britanniarum system from Too Fat Lardies to wargame the battles of Middle Earth. You must have Dux Britanniarum (and other referenced rules, such as Magic for Dux Britanniarum in Christmas Special 2015) to play this mod.
These files have all been collected into two definitive books, which you can link to below.
The Dux Arda: Lard of the Rings supplement adds eighteen entirely new forces, new unit types, special rules, and a campaign system for each force. These new armies will present more variation and tactical challenges in addition to some new rules both for battles and campaigns in Tolkein's Middle Earth during the War of the Ring. This "book" contains all the faction lists appearing during the period of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings in the closing days of the Third Age of Middle Earth. From time to time the authors of this fan mod may issue updates and campaigns. Please feel free to create your own and let us know about them!
Factions in Dux Arda
The Free Peoples of Middle Earth
Men of Dale
Free Peoples of Eriador
Riders of Rohan
Gondor
Durin's Folk
Elves of Lothlorien
Elves of Rivendell
Elves of Thanduil's Realm
The Forces of Sauron
Orcs of Mordor
Orcs of the Misty Mountains
Orcs of Gundabad
Denizens of Mirkwood
Remnants of Angmar
Men of the East
Men of Harad
Corsairs of Umbar
The Forces of Saruman
Men of Dunland
Orcs of Isengard
Click here to get the full Dux Arda book, and all the faction cards. I hope you enjoy!
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