House Rules

[Nikos]

In many of my Campaigns for Third Age and other Total War games and mods, I devise a set of rules that I obey to enhance the enjoyability of my gaming experience. For example, as the Silvan Elves I only stick with dirt roads in Mirkwood because it's more true to the lore and it impedes movement by enemy troops. What are some other House Rules you follow in your campaigns/?

[chriswhite]

I always try to keeps things as they were at least for a time. For example as Gondor i never attack mordor itself (the bit inside the mountains) for at least 50 turns

[ISA Gunner]

As Mordor, always have 10 stacks of Orcs behind the Black Gate,

[Hambone]

srsly?

[Ragnarök]

If I lose an important character in battle, or even lose a battle, I don't reload like I used to do
It's much more enjoyable now, that's the most important house rule for me.

[xor0]

No blitzing, no pausing during battles and no reloading if something bad happens are the biggest ones for me.

[Mithrandir]

No blitzing, no pausing during battles and no reloading if something bad happens are the biggest ones for me.

I only pause right at the beginning of a sally (me being the defender), because I want to set up my formation manually. Other than that, amen.

I like to roleplay and follow lore as well, of course.

[miniwally]

No blitzing, no pausing during battles and no reloading if something bad happens are the biggest ones for me.

I agree with that

[Legolose]

If I lose an important character in battle, or even lose a battle, I don't reload like I used to do
It's much more enjoyable now, that's the most important house rule for me.

Agreed, thats what I use to do also, but I did find it more enjoyable without reloades I tend to roleplay it out...

[ISA Gunner]

srsly?

Umm no. 10 stacks of Orcs just standing around would be like the biggest drain on your economy. Like literally, negative 30 000 moneys per turn. Even if would be realistic.

[Warmaster Tibs]

My house rules are making things a bit more realistic even if it is cheating. Like if a rebel town of 8 units gives my army of superior troops a "Crushing defeat" and I dont feel like doing the battle myself(short on times/being lazy) I just Auto_win attacker/defender then I disband 1 or 2 units for it.

Or when playing as the silvian elves I use the toggle_fow to find the nearby rebel towns, cmon they should know where they are, but I never use toglle_fow for anything else besides just checking the big map to see how everyone is doing.

I do use money cheats but only for what I call "Migration" campaigns in which I take a faction and abandon all my citys and go to a destination far away. Of course because my soldiers are supposed to me nomads I dont think I should have to pay them thus I use the money cheat. When I settle which is usualy in West Osgiliath if I am a good faction I just give HUGE amounts of gold away to everyone trying to make a widespread mega war between Morder and Gondor and me doing what I can to support Gondor...good times.

[YassirX]

My House Rules: No Rushing, No Reloading, No Cheating [against the AI] (including pausing at a battle).

[Steve Holt]

Always exterminating or sacking cities as Isengard or other evil factions.

[Mithrandir]

Always exterminating or sacking cities as Isengard or other evil factions.

Right, I forgot to mention that I always release prisoners when playing as one of the Elven factions.

[Warmaster Tibs]

Right, I forgot to mention that I always release prisoners when playing as one of the Elven factions.

They would release orcs?

[Steve Holt]

Woops double post soz

[TheXand]

i think no cheating and no loading if anything goes wrong would be the only rules i follow tbh, anything else goes (seems more real to me that the different factions would do anything to further their own ends, in lotr they only came together to save each other )

[Thirdrepublic]

No reloading. (Seems to be a popular one, does make the game enjoyable because your best Victories might come from your greatest defeat)
No Blitzing enemy capitals before 50turns.
Playing realistically - Helping allies, no peace with mordor/isengaurd or Gondor/Rohan

I only pause battles though when i'm redrawing battle lines (makes things more organised and is usually only at the first few minutes of battle)

[MasterBigAb]

No cheating, no reloading, and no good attacks good or evil attacks evil side ^^
No blitzkrieg of course, always help the allies if possible and i always defend first and than attack...but i dono't do unrealistic things, like as rohan marching to mordor and conquering the balck gate....if i would do so, to defeat mordor, i wouldn't hold it as my castle, i would let it get rebel...
or short anwser, i play lotr.wishe and realistic...with lots of fun !!

[ruthless knight]

when playing with good guys,especially with dwarves and elves, i always pay the ransom for prisoners when they are captured by the enemy.