Oh Ringwraith, where art thou?

Elrond's refuge at Rivendell is often called the Last Homely House, so-called due to the fact that it is the last civilized area a traveler to the east is to find before crossing the Misty Mountains into Rhovanion. It is sometimes also called the First Homely House, for travelers coming into the West. It is also home to a great many elves of many different houses. Elrond Halfelven himself could reasonably claim lineage from all three houses in Middle-Earth.

The elves of Rivendell, along with their allies the Rangers of Gondor and the Riders of Rohan, have completely defeated the Nazgul known as the 'Goblin King' during his encroachments upon their domains! The campaign was won with a Total Rivendell Victory!

In fact, there was little damage done by the marauders. Orcs from Mordor rampaged through the woods near Dol Guldur, but were met and turned away by warriors from Rivendell. The men of Gondor and Rohan were warned of danger, but the Haradrim and Easterlings either turned from their course or fell to natural hazards. In the end, there was little bloodshed...and all is now quiet. The so-called 'Goblin King' is nowhere to be seen...and may never have even existed!

However, the victory is a hollow one. The turnout on this campaign was less than optimal...so much that we've instated a few new rules to handle campaigns going forward.

The Wargate's Universal Campaign Rules, version 1.0

1. Please do not join the campaign unless you mean to play!
2. Make arrangements with your opponent and set a date to play! This will be done following all campaign games and be mediated by the campaign manager.
3. If a date is set and one party arrives while the other does not, that party that is present is the winner of the campaign game through the other party's forfeiture.
4. Exceptions can be made for absences involving extenuating circumstances. Exceptions will not usually be made in the interest of keeping players playing and the campaign rolling.
5. If one party has forfeited two-thirds or more of scheduled games, the campaign is over and the non-forfeiting party is declared winner by maximum condition, i.e. Total Victory. You have to fight to win a war.

This short list of rules is designed to keep our games rolling forward, and not get mired down in a massive amount of reschedules or delays like some of our other campaigns. Moving forward, we'd like to see a minimal amount of reschedules and absolutely NO forfeitures on anyone's part.

I also want to encourage everyone to DEMAND forfeitures for opponents who do not bring an army to battle! If your opponent does not have a good enough excuse (like he wants to trip shrooms with some pin-up girls instead of do battle) do what the Lords of Old would have done.

Declare yourself the winner and help yourself to the spoils of his lands (or the conditions of victory in that scenario)!