War of the Ring is very much a game about choices and at its core is the choice of which path to take in your endeavor to defeat the Free Peoples of Middle-earth. The most obvious strategy for the Shadow player is to try to crush the enemy Armies and capture the Settlements of the Free Peoples. However, if the One Ring manages to corrupt the …
The Fellowship of the Ring is the key to your success as the Free Peoples player. Managed correctly, it will assure you a good chance of winning – but managed poorly, it will be your undoing for sure. As soon as the Fellowship reaches the Crack of Doom you win. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Unfortunately the road is not as easy at it first might seem. …
The Shadow has three powerful Minions who each bring an additional Action Die and some very handy special abilities, and eight Nazgûl to provide Leadership for the Shadow Armies and to Hunt the Fellowship. Let us have a look at how you can get the most out of them. Saruman Saruman Saruman, Corrupted Wizard, can be brought into play once the Isengard nation is at War. …
If Frodo is to reach the Crack of Doom and undo The One Ring he must be looked after and taken care of not only by his trusted and inseparable friend Samwise but also by those representative of the Free Peoples of the West who have chosen to go with him on his perilous journey across Middle-earth. These Companions have many useful abilities, some that work …
In War of the Ring there are five major areas in which battles are fought. These are Gondor to the south, Eriador to the northwest, the DEW-line to the northeast, and The Misty Mountains and Rohan in the center. Both the Shadow and the Free Peoples have different options available to them in these areas and in this article we will take a closer look at …
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