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War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age
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The War of the Ring board game is a grand strategic simulation of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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 flavor 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 color map of Middle Earth; 200+ plastic figures representing the Armies and Characters of the War of the Ring, including the Nazgûl, 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 counters; 100+ cards for Events and Characters; and over 20 dice! |
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6/4/2008     
-Insert Any Appropriate LotR Quote Here, And You're Set-
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| This is an extremely fun board game simulation of LotR. It remains true to the books, has excellent artwork (by John Howe, who actually did conceptual artwork for the movies), and has tons of strategic decisions. Yes, the Free Peoples player is at a little bit of a disadvantage, but that is how it is in the books. If there's a player who's a little bit more experienced than the other(s), he should probably be the Free Peoples. The expansion actually fixes this, though.
This is an excellent investment! Any true LotR fan should get this game.
"For Frodo!" |
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Year: |
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2004
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Fantasy Flight Games
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2 - 4
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120 - 180 minutes
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12+
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