The War of the Ring line will be expanded in 2013 with a new game: “The Battle of Five Armies” a stand alone, self-contained game, based on the dramatic climax of JRR Tolkien’s novel “The Hobbit”, under license from Sophisticated Games. Created by the same design team (Roberto Di Meglio, Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello) of the popular War of the Ring board game, The Battle …
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 …
Updated 09/09/2014: Version 1.2 Updated 11/30/2012: Includes the Lords of Middle-earth Frequently Asked Questions.
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 …
The War of the Ring players can now get the Treebeard promotional mini-expansion at the BoardGameGeek Store. Buying two items from a selected list of BGG Store promos, a user will receive free of charge the War of the Ring promotional item featuring the eldest Ent – packaged as an individual character card together with the related plastic figure – limited to one per customer Treebeard …
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