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1977 · 2-2 players · 240min · weight 2.61 · 287 ratings
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ID
2778
Name
Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith
Year
1977
Rank
12115
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
240
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
2.6061
Num weights
33
Bayes avg
5.56046
Average
6.20206
Users rated
287
Num owned
695
Wanting
45
Wishing
91
Num comments
151
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridMovement PointsSimulationVariable Set-upZone of Control
Categories (3)
FantasyNovel-basedWargame
Description (416 chars)
Based on the siege of Minas Tirith along with the battle outside the city gate as depicted in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings. Part of the SPI Middle Earth trilogy along with War of the Ring and Sauron. Also published in Poland in 1984 under the name "Bitwa na Polach Pellenoru" ("Battle at Pellenor Fields") as probably first wargame in Polish language. There were two editions with diffent covers.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.