THE LORD OF THE RINGS

Shadow & Flame FAQ

Q Why are Elladan and Elrohir classed as Wood Elves,
when theyre the sons of Elrond, who is a High Elf?
A THE RULES REASON:
At time of writing, the combined (both Wood and High)
Elf range is still very small. As time goes on and the range
of Elves grows (and it will) it is quite likely that Elves
will be rearranged by geographical or faction alignment in
the same way that Men are already organised. It is also
worth remembering that the definition that is printed in
brackets (ie. Wood Elf, Wizard etc...) should not be taken
as a hard and fast racial indicator it is primarily a rules
definition for the purposes of movement. Gandalf's race is
actually Maia; his vocation is Wizard. Similarly, the
twins are Half-Elves but as they spend so much time in
the wild they move as if they were Wood Elves. Yes, this
could be represented in a special rule, but it is very
important to keep the number of special rules to a
minimum to avoid the levels of confusion that have
sometimes arisen in other systems.
THE FILMS REASON:
As you know, this game was initially designed to be the
game of the film of the book rather than directly of the
book. This has (amongst other things) meant that the
Lothlorien Elves so far released (other than Celeborn and
Galadriel) have been classified as Wood Elves in The
Lord of The Rings Strategy Battle Game, as have the
Elves that accompany Haldir to Helms Deep. Now
personally (and as far as I know in fact) the only true
Wood Elves are those that live in Mirkwood yes, Haldir
may live in a wood, but hes not a Wood Elf. However, for
whatever reason, in the films pretty much all Elves in the
Third Age are classified as Wood Elves (remember the bit
in the extended version of FOTR when Sam and Frodo
are travelling to Rivendell look Sam, Wood Elves
even though in the book these are most definitely not
Wood Elves).
Q If a combat is in range of two Goblin drums, can two
dice be re-rolled (using separate dice)?
A The way that this is written, the Goblin player gets a re-
roll if a fight is in range of a drum, ergo if it is in range of
two or more drums it is still in range of a drum and
therefore gets to make a single re-roll.
Q The Moria Goblin Shaman looks rather expensive in
terms of points. It is only 5 points less than an Uruk-hai
Shaman, despite having a much lower Fight value, lower
Strength and lower Courage. A Moria Goblin Captain is
10 points cheaper. Is the points value correct?
A Yes, the points value is correct. The Goblin is wearing
armour the Uruk-hai is not. The Goblin Shaman should
have the word armour in his wargear.
Q If a Goblin is wounded within range of two Goblin
Shamans using Fury, can he make two rolls to save the
wound?
A The way that this is written, they get to make this roll
if they are in range of a Shaman with the spell in effect,
ergo if they are in range of two or more Shamans they are
in range of a Shaman and therefore get to make a single
roll if they suffer a wound.
Q On page 47, scenario 7 (Fangorn), in the Layout
section it says The game is played on a 48"/120cm x
48"/120cm table, however, the map shows a 72"/180cm
x 48"/112cm space. Is the map correct?
A The map is correct, the text is wrong.

Ultimately, High and Wood are two very loose

brackets which we use to try and marry the
representations of both the films and the books by
representing the vocation rather than the bloodline
hence why Arwen is classified as a High Elf while the
twins are classified as Wood Elves.

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