A new game will come soon in the War of the Ring line. “The Battle of Five Armies”, announced last year, is a stand alone, self-contained game, that recreates the epic conclusion of The Hobbit, the world-renowned masterpiece by J.R.R. Tolkien. Battle of Five Armies is scheduled to release next Spring, and it’s time to know more about the game. In this article, we present the …
The “Council of Rivendell” rules from the Lords of Middle-earth expansion can alter the game play of War of the Ring Second Edition quite extensively. With Companions beginning the game outside of the Fellowship, you can make the military aspect of the game easier for Free Peoples of Middle-earth; with the alternate Strider guiding the Fellowship, the Hunt for the Ring can end up being less …
Lords of Middle-earth gives the Shadow player alternate versions of the two Sauron Minions (The Witch-king and The Mouth of Sauron) as well as two Lesser Minions (Gothmog and the Balrog of Moria) to further his plans. Let us look at some basic strategies to employ with these new Characters. The Witch-king The Witch-king, Chief of the Ringwraiths So you were lucky/diligent enough to reveal the …
Lords of Middle-earth introduces three very powerful Characters from Tolkien’s epic masterpiece that can help the Free Peoples in their effort to prevail against the overwhelming force of the Shadow. Lady Galadriel and Lord Elrond strengthen the Free Peoples military, and they add as well to the resilience of the Fellowship of the Ring. Gandalf the Grey, Keeper of Narya, provides a quicker route to an …
Next week, at the Essen Spiel ’12, Lords of Middle-earth will finally be in your hands, after one year in the making. So it’s finally time to complete this long series, which kept us busy in the wait, and provided you with some insight about what happened during the design, development, and testing (often intertwined!) of this expansion. Even with such a long series, it proved …
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