War of the Ring (board game)

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Not to be confused with the SPI game of the same name.
Box Art for War of the Ring, 1st edition (2004)

War of the Ring is a

J.R.R. Tolkien. The game was made by Roberto Di Meglio, Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello,[1] first produced by Nexus Editrice (Italy), and is currently published by Ares Games
.

Since its first print-run it has been produced in many languages: Fantasy Flight Games published the English edition in 2004. An expansion called Battles of the Third Age was released in 2006 and a Collector's Edition in 2010 (with both the base game and expansion materials, hand-painted miniatures, a leather-bound rulebook, and corrected and clarified rules and cards). The Fantasy Flight edition of both the base game and expansion are currently out of print. A new 2nd Edition, published by Ares Games, was published in 2011, as well as one expansion entitled Lords of Middle Earth and one called Warriors of Middle Earth, and a new expansion released in 2023 entitled Kings of Middle Earth.

Gameplay

War of the Ring is a 2-player game that takes approximately 3 hours, though there are variant rules for 3 or 4 players where one or both sides play as a team. The game concerns the

Mount Doom and destroy the Ring. A Free Peoples military victory is also possible, but the Shadow's power is overwhelming.[2]

The board depicts northwestern Middle-earth, divided into territories. Some lands form nations while broad swatches sit unclaimed. The Free Peoples are the nations of

Dol Guldur), Isengard
, and the combined Southrons and Easterlings.

Reception

War of the Ring has generally been received very positively, for example with an 8.5/10 rating at BoardGameGeek from over 18,000 voters, enough to earn it the eighth-highest spot on the site's list of best board games.[3] It has been described by reviewers as "quite simply a masterpiece"[1] and "a remarkable game".[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Fletcher, Jesse. "War of the Ring Board Game Review". Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  2. ^ "War of the Ring: Second Edition". Archived from the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. ^ "Board Game Geek: Board game rank". Archived from the original on 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  4. ^ "A Remarkable Marriage of Mechanics and Theme". Archived from the original on 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-05-12.

External links

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