



Send units to take North and South Tharbad (to the west) as quickly as possible. You need to focus on the economy of your two towns and military in Isengard. Do not attack Fangorn (even if you get a mission telling you to, unless it offers you some of the best military units currently available). The first thing you’re going to want to do is upgrade Isengard’s military capacity (by building a barracks). It’s terrible starting position gives you three settlements, of which the only good one is Isengard itself. It is one of the weakest factions in the game, and it has very powerful enemies just to the south (Rohan and Gondor). If you’re really looking for a challenge then play as Isengard. When two or more armies engage, you are able to either autoresolve the battle, or enter the battle map and command your forces. You can use armies to siege enemy settlements and expand your lands, or defend strategic castles, towns, or chokepoints. Like the game it’s based off of, The Third Age is a turn based strategy game where you move armies and manage your cities and castles. As long as you have Medieval II Total War and look it up online, you shouldn’t have any difficulties getting it to work. This version is substantially better than the previous versions and is incredibly easy to download as well. The latest edition of the Third Age is version 3.2. Rather than playing as England, France, etc, now you can play as Gondor, Mordor, the Dwarves, Dale, Isengard, the Free Peoples of Eriador, the High Elves, the Silvan Elves, the Orcs of Gundabad, the Orcs of the Misty Mountains, Rhun, Harad, and Rohan. This mod completely converts the game into Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Since it’s release however, there have been many mods for the Total War games. It is a turn based historical warfare game that also allows the player to control his/her units in real time battles. Medieval II Total War was released in 2006.
