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 long awaited new edition of War of the Ring board game is going to be released in English by the end of the month, and Ares Games has good news also for the non-English speaking players. The game is going to be published in three more languages next year, in cooperation with international partners: Devir, in Spain, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, in Germany, and Red Glove, in …
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 …
Without any doubt, the Witch-king, Lord of Angmar, Black Captain, has an impressive presence both in “The Lord of the Rings” and in War of the Ring. His entry in the game means an extra Action Dice for the Shadow, a powerful Leadership rating, an impressive ability to use when he’s in battle. He also heralds the coming of total war to Middle-earth, activating all the …
As I had a chance to say in several interviews about the genesis of “War of the Ring”, I used to play Richard Berg’s “War of the Ring” game published by SPI when I was a boy. At the time I quite liked the game, but there were certain aspects of it which I strongly disliked, as I thought (and think) that they were not a …
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