![]() Then there are a mass of plastic figures representing military units, blue for the Free Peoples and Red for the forces of Shadow. Firstly the board is 41 by 54 inches so you are going to need a big table. ![]() The second is the ring, if the ring gets destroyed by throwing it into the cracks of Mount Doom then the player of the Free Peoples wins, if the Ringbearer fails in this quest then the player of the Shadow wins. There are two possible routes to victory the first is the military route which comes down to conquest and capture of enemy cities and strongholds. It uses Action Dice, which allow players to do things like move armies, play event cards, move specific characters and so on. The game plays best with two players, on one side is the Free Peoples, on the other are the forces of Shadow. War of the Ring is an area control strategy war game based on the events of Lord of the Rings. Each Event Card can also create an unexpected turn in the game, allowing special actions or altering the course of a battle. Event Cards are played to represent specific events from the story (or events that could possibly have happened) that cannot be portrayed through normal game-play. ![]() Depending on the face rolled on each die, different actions are possible (moving armies, characters, recruiting troops, advancing a Political Track).Īction Dice can also be used to draw or play Event Cards. But the Companions can spur the Free Peoples to the fight against Sauron, so the Free People player must balance the need to protect the Ringbearer from harm, against the attempt to raise a proper defense against the armies of the Shadow, so that they do not overrun Middle Earth before the Ringbearer completes his quest.Įach game turn revolves around the roll of Action Dice: each die corresponds to an action that a player can do during a turn. Sauron is not aware of the real intention of his enemies but is looking across Middle Earth for the precious Ring, so that the Fellowship is going to face numerous dangers, represented by the rules of The Hunt for the Ring. But the true hope of the Free Peoples lies with the quest of the Ringbearer: while the armies clash across Middle Earth, the Fellowship of the Ring is trying to get secretly to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. The game can be won by a military victory, if Sauron conquers a certain number of Free People cities and strongholds or vice versa. Initially, the Free People Nations are reluctant to take arms against Sauron, so they must be attacked by Sauron or persuaded by Gandalf or other Companions, before they start to fight properly: this is represented by the Political Track, which shows if a Nation is ready to fight in the War of the Ring or not. ![]() In War of the Ring, one player takes control of the Free Peoples (FP), the other player controls Shadow Armies (SA). ![]()
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