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War of the Ring : Lord of the Rings Boardgame

Board Games > Lord of the Rings
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While the Fellowship of the Ring advances towards Mordor, the Dark Lord Sauron tries to find the location of the Ring-bearer, and unleashes his armies against the last strongholds of the Free Peoples. Faithful to the epic flavour of the books, characters and strongholds play a major role in the flow of the game and represent the main focus of the action.

A simple and fun, dice-based, resource management mechanism is used to determine the various types of action possible for each player. Smooth, original mechanics have been devised to handle the hidden movement of the Fellowship and the Hunt for the Ring.

This enormous game includes:

  • A gameboard depicting a large colour map of Middle Earth
  • 200+ plastic figures representing the Armies and Characters of the War of the Ring, including the Nazgul, each member of the Fellowship of the Ring, Shadow Army units, Free People Army and Leader units and Minions of the Shadow
  • 135 die-cut cardboard
Best game ever! However it is a war game, moving miniatures and setting up can be a little fiddly, and be prepared to allow about 5 hours to play. Playability is top notch and combat works quickly and is fairly simple. Both players have to balance up the war of middle earth against the progress of the ring, so there is lots of different strategies and techniques to consider throughout the game. The event cards make the game even better and allow each player to surprise the other, even when you have played the game several times. The only negative comment are some of the rules are not clear and are difficult to work out to begin with, particularly between 2,3 and 4 player games.
Rating: 9.5
Reviewed by: steve9
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