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I know that LOTR isn't the most popular game, but this video turned up on youtube, so I thought it might be of interest. It's not a massively inspiring video, but some of the battles pictured are on a truly ridiculous scale!

War of the Ring? More like war of the spending!

Looks cool.

So, does anyone know anything about the actual rules?

In the latest WD they talk about "no automatic bonuses." So everything adds to
the number of dice you roll.

Hrm. Not sure if I like that. It's certainly elegant in terms of rules clarity, I'm sure,
but the mechanics put me off.

malfred wrote:In the latest WD they talk about "no automatic bonuses." So everything adds to
the number of dice you roll.

Hrm. Not sure if I like that. It's certainly elegant in terms of rules clarity, I'm sure,
but the mechanics put me off.

So, it's back to the "bucket o' dice" gaming style? No thanks.

from what my local store manager told me about it, i think i would enjoy since, i have only played one game of lotr and it went for about 4 hours with just roughly 800 points of models as it just dragged on and on but as it was different was not very exciting but with the new set of rules it sounds more realistic (but a tug on your wallet) kinda like Lotr Apoc. but just my 0.02 cents in as other people will have there own opinion

I'm really excited about this LOTR is my fave game after all...

Gutteridge wrote:from what my local store manager told me about it, i think i would enjoy since, i have only played one game of lotr and it went for about 4 hours with just roughly 800 points of models as it just dragged on and on but as it was different was not very exciting but with the new set of rules it sounds more realistic (but a tug on your wallet) kinda like Lotr Apoc. but just my 0.02 cents in as other people will have there own opinion

800pts in 4 hours? I can do that in half an hour!

DK

well, the store manager let 1-2 newcomers to have a go, yeah kinda guess the rest :/

Any ideas on whether it would be viable to use them as a substitute for WHFB?

Lord of the Rings has a lot less variety of sources for armies. This seems like the ultimate beer & pretzels game.

In War of the Ring, one player takes control of the Free Peoples (FP), the other player controls Shadow Armies (SA).

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.

The game can be won by a military victory, if Sauron conquers a certain number of Free People cities and strongholds or viceversa. 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. 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 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.

Thank you for necroing this thread to provide nothing of any use.

Yes spence.smith. That's right. Although I'm not entirely sure why we needed to know, over a year after the last post in this thread, but thanks for sharing!

Old thread is Old.

And, locked!