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Middle
Earth Roleplaying
Calenhad a Beacon of Gondor
Author: Tim Cooke
Stock #: 8203
ISBN: 1-55806-097-9
Published 1990 by Iron Crown Enterpises
Cover Price: $9.00
Page Count: 47
Type:
Fortress Module
Cover/Jacket Text:
Located in the northern foothills of the Ered Nimrais, Calenhad
is one in a chain of seven beacon-towers. Its watch-fire relays warning to
Minas Tirith
of any attack on Gondor's frontiers. Whether a Dunlending invasion from the
west, an Orcish raid across the Anduin, or civil strife within Calenardhon,
the tower's beacon is set ablaze.
Calenhad's elevated site on steep cliffs originally sported just a rude
signal-platform. The structure's fire-cage, when set alight, warned nearby
Gondorian settlements of incursions by Dunnish tribes. Centuries later, when
Easterlings raided across the Anduin, a more formidable tower was built over
the platform's ruins. As the Shadow in Mordor grew, the tower was expanded
and strengthened to become a fortress of considerable military significance.
CALENHAD features:
Over 20 pages of layouts, illustrations, and perspectives.
Complete, multi-level floorplans for 4 guard-towers, the gatehouse, and the
impressive beacon-tower.
Typical layouts for watch-towers on the outer curtain wall and the wall-towers
overlooking the inner bailey.
Room by room descriptions and adventure suggestions.
Statistics for the garrison of Calenhad and important NPCs residing in the
beacon's vicinity.
Comments
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Sun 25 Jun 2000 05:45 - Nathan Rating: 7 / 10
Nicely laide out, provides good info. ICE did well on this module! Adventure
suggestions are good, featuring one in the 4th Age with Aragorn wanting adventurers
to attack Orcs, etc.
Good!!
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Tue 21 Aug 2001 03:42 - Someone Rating: 1 / 10
Ouch! this one sucks.
One of ICE most meningless adventures.
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Sat 11 May 2002 14:31 - Tim Cooke Rating: 10 / 10
Wow - I never thought I`d see this again... wrote it nearly 15 years ago
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Sun 12 Jan 2003 00:21 - Arvedui III Rating: 4 / 10
Wowee! A comment by the author...
Still, while Mr. Cooke may have put some good work into it, it suffers the
flaw of all of the Fortress books I have seen-it is boring. Past the extensive
layouts, there is only a shred of context information to make it interesting.
Why ICE made these stand-alone books, I am not sure, although I still want
to see Halls of the Elven King and Weathertop...
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