The ARDA System for Classifying Diplomacy Variants

T. Tolkien Based Games

ta. Angmar Period (Third Age)

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
ta01	Middle-Earth Diplomacy IV		Banks Mebane	6
ta02	Middle-Earth Diplomacy V		Lew Pulsipher	7
ta03	Middle-Earth Diplomacy VII		Lew Pulsipher	5
ta04	Middle-Earth Diplomacy VIII	Rules	Lew Pulsipher	8
ta05	Middle-Earth Diplomacy V-R		Lew Pulsipher	7
ta06	Middle Earth Diplomacy IX	Rules	Mark Neslon (includes ta07)	5
ta07	Middle Earth Diplomacy X	Rules	Mark Nelson (included with ta06)	5

tf. First Age

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
tf01	Beleriand		Steve Doubleday	10
tf02	War of the Great Jewels		Lew Pulsipher	8
tf03	War of the Great Jewels II		Lew Pulsipher and John Cain	8
tf04	The Silmarillion	Rules	Lewis Pulsipher, John Cain and Warner Airey	8

tg. Fifth Age

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
tg01	Middle Earth XI		Ray Furlong	6

tm. Multiple Scenarios

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
tm01	War of the Ring		Lew Pulsipher

ts. Super-Sauron (Third Age)

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players	Notes
ts01	Downfall of the Lord of the Rings I		Hartley Patterson	8
ts02	Lord of the Rings Diplomacy I		Jeff Key	6
ts03	Mordor v. the World I		Dan Alderson	6
ts04	Mordor v. the World II		Dan Alderson and Don Miller	5
ts05	Mordor v. the World IV		Don Miller (includes ts09)	5
ts06	Third Age I		Brain Libby	6
ts07	Third Age II		Duncan Morris	6
ts08	Mordor v. the World III		Alderson and Miller	5
ts09	Mordor v. the World IV ½		D. Miller (included with ts05)	5
ts10	The Great Years		Kedge Neuman	6
ts11	Downfall...Rings II (Ring Simulation)		Robert Sacks	9
ts12	Lord of the Rings Diplomacy II		J. Key	6
ts13	Downfall...Rings III		Hartley Patterson	7
ts14	Downfall...Rings IV		Hartley Patterson and Byran Betts (requires with ts13)	8
ts15	Downfall...Rings V		Hartley Patterson, et. al. (John Wilman’s version)	7
ts16	Downfall...Rings VI		Patterson, et. al. (Tom Swider’s version)	7
ts17	Dark Tower III		Steve Doubleday	8
ts18	Third Age III		Richard Sharp	6
ts19	Downfall...Rings VII (“Definitive”)		Patterson et. al.; John Norris and Glover Rogerson version	8
ts20	Downfall...Rings VIII		Patterson et. al.; Richard Egan and Martin Lewis version	8
ts21	Downfall...Rings IX (“Downfall III Revised”; requires ts13)		Martin Lewis and Richard Egan	7
ts22	Downfall...Rings X		Richard Egan, Martin Lewis, and John Cudmore et. al.	8
ts23	Third Age IIIb		Mark Nelson	6
ts24	Downfall...Rings: Coolbop Variant		Mark Nelson and Iain Bowen (Based on Downfall VII)	8
ts25	Dark Tower IV		Steve Doubleday	7	Supplement to Dark Tower III, ts17
ts26	Downfall...Rings: Coolbop Variant (revised)		Mark Nelson, Iain Bown and John Cain	8
ts27	Downfall ... Rings Hardbop	Rules	James and Mark Nelson	7
ts28	Downfall ... Rings XI		James Nelson, Mark Nelson and Warner Airey	7
ts29	Downfall ... rings Hardbop Version (revised)		James and Mark Nelson, John Cain	7
ts30	Necromancer	Rules	Richard Egan, John Cudmore, Andy Bate, and Mike Lay	8
ts31	Downfall ... Rings		Richard Egan, Martin Lewis, Brian Betts, Graham Staplehurst, John Breakwell, Glover Rogerson & John Norris	8
ts32	War of the Ring II		Graham Staplehurst	9
ts33	Downfall XIII	Rules	by Iain Bowen, John Norris, Glover Rogerson, Richard Egan, Martin Lewis, Brian Betts, Graham Staplehurst, John Breakwell	8

tw. War of the Ring (without Super Sauron) (Third Age)

ARDA	Variant	Rules	Designer	Players
tw01	Middle-Earth Diplomacy II	Rules	Don Miller	5
tw02	Middle-Earth Diplomacy I		James Wright	5
tw03	Battle of the Five Armies	Rules	???	7

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