War of The Ring Anniversary Release packaging: well protected, with a polybag, polystirene corners, inside a strong outer carton.
With the Chinese New Year oncoming, many players waiting their copy of the Anniversary Release of our War of the Ring Second Edition game are worried about the shipment of this limited edition item. Our Production Manager, Roberto Di Meglio, visited the factory last week to oversee and do quality control on the final steps of the production, and he is back with good news: assembly will be completed this week, and the game will be ready for shipping this month.
Ares is now booking the shipments to the various fulfillment warehouses around the world. The limited edition of the Game Rules, Strategy Guide and Gameboard will ship at the same time.
At the factory, Roberto took several pictures of the final production copies. Even if the photos are a little rough, without proper lighting, they allow to appreciate how beautiful this limited edition is. Many months of hard work for us - and a long wait for the buyers, but the result seems worth the wait.
See below the pictures and stay tuned: buyers will be soon informed about the shipping status of their copies. Important - The Anniversary Release itself is completely sold out on pre-order. Howeve, we still have a small number of copies of the War of the Ring Deluxe Set with Slipcase and Game boards available at the date of this writing.
WotR Anniversary Release out of the protecting package.
The inside box, with hot-foil stamping on cloth-like paper and closed by magnets.
The box folds on itself to easily remove the trays. Here is the Free People tray.
The tray with the Shadow figures.
Beautiful full color inserts in heavy cardstock separate the trays.
The inserts feature amazing John Howe's art and a visual reference to the tray content.
After removing the two larger tray with figures, the beautiful volumes and many other components are revealed.
One of the hardbound volumes is the Companion, a super-detailed strategy guide accompanying the rules.
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