Among the rules of War of the Ring, there was a little one which was apparently almost negligible when we first put it on the paper, but over time became the central point of one of the “Ace up the sleeve”-like strategies of the Shadow player – how the Fellowship enters Mordor. In first edition, players found a way to exploit the rule which requires the …
The fourth aircraft of the upcoming Wings of Glory WW2 airplane packs to be presented in this preview series is the Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II – the previous articles featured the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Yakovlev Yak-1 and the Kawasaki Ki-61. The Reggiane Re.2001 was an Italian fighter designed to overcome the weaknesses of the Re.2000. Intended to be an interceptor, the Re.2001 proved to be flexible …
The Event Card system in War of the Ring is, without any doubt, an essential element in making the game what it is. Events add the narrative depth that a game based upon a book requires- Events also introduce a level of unpredictability which give to War of the Ring a high longevity, in spite of being a single-scenario game. Depending on the Event cards draw, …
The third article of Wings of Glory WW2 airplane packs’ preview series (following the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and the Yakovlev Yak-1), presents the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (“Hien” = Swallow), a Japanese fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. Over 2.500 Ki-61s were produced, first seeing action around New Guinea in 1943, and continuing to fly combat missions throughout the war. A clean, streamlined …
The first edition of War of the Ring has been played by hundreds of thousands of people. Over time, and millions of games, strategies evolved which went far beyond what we could imagine when designing the game. One of the foundations of the game design was that the game should not be broken by finding one or two winning strategies, and that the War of the …
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