War of the Ring (Second Edition)
The WAR OF THE RING is a grand strategy board game that allows its players to immerse themselves in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS and experience its epic action, dramatic conflict, and memorable characters.
150m - 180m
2 - 4 Players
Ages 13+
Aerick
I REALLY enjoyed this game. The theme and mechanics are wonderful. I know it says this can be a 4-player game, but it still just feels best playing 2 players. And frankly, 2-player games are really hard for me to get to the table - which is why it's only in my 'Like to have' wishlist.
adam9638
Excellent game. The asymmetric nature leads to an interesting tension where the shadow player is trying to capture as many victory points through holding free peoples settlements while trying to do corruption damage where possible to show the fellowship while the free peoples player is trying to get the ring to Mt Doom while managing corruption yet trying to impede the military progress of the shadow player. The combination of drawing cards at random to deploy unexpected events on the other player and the restriction of only being able to do the actions your dice allow you to leads to a level of depth, replayablity and the need to make the best use of the options at hand. This is what keeps us coming back to this game. This is our favorite game in our collection.
AJebson
Although a fiddly game and a bear to teach, this game is LOTR in a box. Essentially only playable as a two OR four player game (things get too fiddly with 3) it is a fantastic experience and I've had a number of very different games of it. Unfortunate thing is that as a lot of the game is hidden on cards, it strongly disadvantages new players vs experienced.