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War of the Ring

War of the Ring

Encore · 1977
2–360–210 min12+ yrs3.5/5 complexity6.7 BGG#4.529 BGG2,6 KCouplesStrategy
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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.

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War of the Ring box art
official art · Encore

'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.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity3.5 / 5
BGG rating6.7 / 10
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CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
60–210 min
Players
2–3
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#4.529

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Q4How many players does War of the Ring support?
War of the Ring is played by 2–3 players.
Q5How long does a game of War of the Ring take?
A game of War of the Ring takes about 60–210 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is War of the Ring for?
War of the Ring is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is War of the Ring?
War of the Ring has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.5 out of 5.
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