The Siege of Minas Tirith
The Siege of Minas Tirith is a 1975 board wargame published by Fact and Fantasy Games. Gameplay. "The Siege of Minas Tirith" is a game that portrays the Battle of Pelennor Fields in addition to the siege of Minas Tirith. Publication history. According to Shannon Appelcline, in 1975 TSR "started distributing other publishers' games — a pretty common tactic at the time, as the hobbyist industry was pretty fractured. They advertised their first distributed items in "The Strategic Review" #3 (Autumn 1975): a set of three fantasy board games. To be precise, they were three fantasy  board games based on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien: Fact and Fantasy's "The Battle of Helm's Deep" (1974), Fact and Fantasy's "The Siege of Minas Tirith" (1975), and LORE's "Battle of the Five Armies" (1975)." Reception. Larry Pound reviewed "Siege of Minas Tirith" in "The Space Gamer" No. 3. Pound commented that "All in all, the Siege of Minas Tirith is a good game and is faithful to the trilogy. The rules allow replication of the events of the trilogy without forcing the outcome."