Board game · 1977
War of the Ring
'War of the Ring'. On a large map of Middle Earth, armies are mustering and heroes are readying to fight the shadow spreading out of Mordor. The game is played on two levels. Both sides (or three if someone wants to play Saruma…
- Players
- 2 to 3
- Duration
- 60 min
- Age
- 12 and up
- Complexity
- Expert
Richard H. Berg · Howard Barasch · Encore · SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
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War of the Ring Playmat Review
Intro
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War of the Ring Playmat Review
the case
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War of the Ring Playmat Review
out of the case
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War of the Ring Playmat Review
comparison to boards
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War of the Ring Playmat Review
Outro
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War of the Ring Review - with Fraser MacKenzie
Introduction
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War of the Ring Review - with Fraser MacKenzie
Game overview
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War of the Ring Review - with Fraser MacKenzie
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'War of the Ring'. On a large map of Middle Earth, armies are mustering and heroes are readying to fight the shadow spreading out of Mordor. The game is played on two levels. Both sides (or three if someone wants to play Saruman) have great armies that battle in a typical wargame style while another game is going on at the same time with individual characters around the fate of the One Ring. In the Campaign game Sauron's forces are the more powerful but the free peoples get the edge in the Character game.
Highly sought after as a collectors item. It could be purchased with either a paper map or a full mounted map, and was also sold in a three-game set with the folio games Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith and Sauron. That trilogy set is called The Games of Middle Earth.
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