War of the Ring

War of the Ring

Howard Barasch , Richard H. Berg (1977)

5.8
BGG Rating 1.0K votes
2-3 players Best: 2 60-210 min 12+
Complexity Heavy — 3.5/5
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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.

Publisher Encore , Simpubs Ltd. (SPUK) , SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) Artist Redmond Aksel Simonsen, Mike Ploog, Tim Kirk, Ralph Bakshi
Recommended: 2-3 players Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups

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5.8

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1.0K

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2.6K

Owned

281

Wishlisted

Std Dev: 1.69 Wanting: 98 Trading: 81
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