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I know Age of Sigmar and 40K have them. I am wondering if I missed something and Lord of the Rings have free Core Rules as well. I have become a bit bitter with my depression and not being able to get the new boxset. So now instead of wallowing in what I don't have, I am trying to turn it around and be grateful for what I do have. So I am curious if there is core rules I can look at to see what I have and see what I can put together for a game.

If not, I will make this a modelling/painting project for now and try to get the excitement that I had lost.

Nope,

Youd need to buy the rulebook and the army book to play. In a month or two there will be a hobbit army book aswell.

Best bet is ebay the rulebook as its not to bad at 40ish instead of retail 60 since it comes in a box set. Army book though you may pay more as its also 60 retail so best around 15% off

Negative. The rules are significantly more tactically in-depth than 40k or AOS and would not be possible to be printed in any meaningful form in only a few pages.

Thank you very much. I will just have to wait till I can get the money saved up to get the starter set. Greatly appreciated.