War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age

asmodee · 2006Expansion

2–4180 min12+ yrs3.7/5 complexity8.1 BGG4,3 KCouplesStrategy

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The first expansion to the best-selling War of the Ring game makes the greatest strategy game created from The Lord of the Rings even greater, with more figures, exciting additions to the rules, and a complete companion game which enables you to re-fight the most popular siege battles at the end of the Third Age!

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War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age box art

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War of the Ring - Battles of the Third Age introduces new armies and figures, including the Ents, Dunlendings, Siege Towers, Catapults, Corsairs, Southron Cavalry, and more! Galadriel and the Balrog take the field, with brand-new rules and new strategies.

You will have a chance to add these new figures to make your War of the Ring battles even more fun ... and to re-fight the battles of Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith on a new gameboard, with new rules which move the game from the grand-strategy to the tactical scale and add a whole new dimension to War of the Ring!

(From the FFG site)

game anatomy

Complexity3.7 / 5

BGG rating8.1 / 10

Vibe

CouplesStrategy

Language dependence

Extensive text — heavy translation needed

Play time

180 min

Players

2–4

Recommended age

12+ yrs

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War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age is played by 2–4 players.

Q5How long does a game of War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age take?

A game of War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age takes about 180 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)

Q6What age is War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age for?

War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age is recommended from age 12.

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War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.7 out of 5.

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