Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-26815144-20161007110349

Okay guys, let's list actions that Sauron or the free people's that could have ended the war quicker.

1. Sauron could have enlisted Easterlings to help conquer Erebor during the hobbit or directly ask Smaug to be friends instead of letting him die and whatever his stupid plan was. Having Erebor and a dragon would basically mean Gondor would be crushed and Rohan burned to the ground as well as freeing the Easterlings to attack the elves

2. If Mirkwood sent troops to free Dale and erebor from the Easterlings 