TheHammerOfThursagan

The Hammer of Thursagan

Scenario 1 – At The East Gate

This is pretty simple. Send a mixed force of Thunderers, Fighters, and Guardsmen along the road, and a few units south into the hills if the Orcs go that way. That path through the forest can be deadly – they will surround you if they can, and can heal at the base of the path. Any Dwarf in forest is weak, while Wolf Riders are at a defensive advantage. Send the Gryphon Rider off village gathering to the north. The enemy recruited mostly Wolf Riders and Grunts, with a few Archers as I neared his keep. Preserve the Gryphon Rider, try and keep your units alive (this can be tricky to achieve while moving forward – his units are dangerous, and some are very fast – make sure hurt units stay out of reach, rather than failing to notice that an almost dead Wolf Rider being chased by a Gryphon is still a threat), and try to level at least one Dwarf – your leader is an excellent choice. Play according to the basics, and you’ll have no trouble.

Scenario 2 – Reclaiming The Past

Plot only. Gain best unit ever invented. Your new companion has two magic, impact attacks, one of these slows, he’s very fast, and HE CAN LEAD PEOPLE HIS OWN LEVEL. He later becomes able to cure, and then heal +4. Angarthing makes fighting very much easier.

Scenario 3 – Strange Allies

You and and orcish ally fight a bandit raiding party. Seems to be straight forward: Recall your veterans, stock up on new recruits and attack. Marth Tak will attack from the south, leaving you to approach from the east. Move into the mountains between Marth Tak and Gothras (just southwest of the main battle field) and fight off the bandits, you may be successfull in sending a small party through the forest in the north to Gothras' keep which may capture his villages and attack him early. I managed to level Aiglondur to 3 by th end of the scenario.

Scenario 4 – Troll Bridge

You stumble upon a bridge squatted by trolls, you will spend most of the scenario fighting off troll whelps.

Scenario 5 – Invaders

On your way east, you encounter three orcish warlords rallying their troops for an invasion of the Alliance's territory. Be careful when taking villages: The villagers will fight back. If you hold your forces back a little (wait on the mountains in the middle of the map), the bandits will finish off most of the orcish forces for you. By turn 11, there were an Orcish Warrior for the purple one, a few villages for the blue one and a Crossbowman and a Warrior for the green one left.

Scenario 6 – High Pass

Your objective is to move to the other side of the map. On the way, you will be attacked by wolves, trolls, ogres and gryphons. While the trolls, ogres and wolves are wild, the gryphon's keep is in the central north. In the village just west of the center of the map, you can find Ratheln, a red arch mage who will be very helpful in the next scenario. This map is great for gaining experience; recalling Pelmathidrol for scouting, one or two veteran units and two new ones did the trick for me.

Scenario 7 – Mages and Drakes

Together with an academy of Mages, you shall be fighting a host of Drakes. The mages will cover the northern part of the map, you can take on the mountains on the southern half.

Scenario 8 – Fear

From now on, you can recruit mages. The major problem in this scenario: There are no mountains anywhere close to where the fighting is. Beware of the Ulfserkers!

Scenario 9 – Forbidden Forest

You have to get to the other side of the map without engaging the hostile forces head-on. Recall some veterans and recruit some spare units; collect the Staff of Righteous Flame, which gives a dying mage a final strike destroying all enemies nearby (ergo: give it to a mage which can be sacrificed later on) on the island in the centre of the map. Do not bother to recall veteran dwarves as they will be most likely caught by the elves, who will kill one or two of them.