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A
game for 2-4
players, the War of the Ring features
Epic Battles in the land of Middle Earth.
Features 215 plastic figures of Free Peoples
and Shadow Armies. The "War of the Ring" board
game is a grand-strategic simulation of Tolkien's "The
Lord of the Rings" trilogy. While the Fellowship
of the Ring advances towards Mordor, the
Dark Lord Sauron tries to find the location
and purpose of the Ring-bearer, at the same
time unleashing his armies against the last
strongholds of the Free Peoples. The Free
Peoples player must use his characters wisely,
as they are needed both to raise and lead
the Free People armies and to help the Ring-bearer
in his quest. The Dark Lord player must balance
his political and military action against
the search efforts needed to hunt the Ring-bearer
and uncover his true purpose. Both players
can win a military victory or a victory based
on the final outcome of the hunt for the
Ring. Faithful to the books and to the epic
flavor of the stories, 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. Very original
and smooth mechanics have been devised to
handle the hidden movement of the Fellowship
of the Ring and the Hunt for the Ring. Events
from the books and possible alternative events
are introduced both indirectly (through the
game mechanics themselves) and directly with
the use of a set of action/event cards which
the players can use to "turn the tide" of
the events in their favour.
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