This file includes the complete rules of The Battle of Five Armies, the new game in the War of the Ring line, which recreates the fierce struggle witnessed by Bilbo Baggins at the end of his quest for the Lonely Mountain, in “The Hobbit”. (Updated in December 2022 – version 1.2)
In this last article, we’ll tell you about the development of the final two elements making Battle of the Five Armies unique from its predecessors included in Battles of the Third Age and we’ll set you up with the full PDF Rules. The Goblins An important strategic element in the battle’s story is the two-pronged attacks of the goblin horde. Bolg did not simply count on …
There are moments in Tolkien’s novels, which remain engraved in the reader’s memory forever. One such moment in “The Hobbit” is, without doubt, the epic scene where Bilbo spots the Eagles… “The Eagles! The Eagles!” he shouted. “The Eagles are coming!” Bilbo’s eyes were seldom wrong. The eagles were coming down the wind, line after line, in such a host as must have gathered from all …
Ares Games will attend Gen Con 2014 (Booth #459, August 14-17, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis). The long-awaited new game The Battle of Five Armies, will pre-release at the show, with a limited number of copies arriving just in time for it. Dino Race, a new Family Game coming soon. The activities at the Ares Games booth will also include a preview of the upcoming family game …
As we wrote in the previous article “A Long Journey Begins,” one of the design goals of The Battle of Five Armies was to give a more important and definite role to the characters in the battle. In our previous designs in this series, War of the Ring and Battles of the Third Age, characters are very streamlined. These designs are more strategic in scope. Differences …
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