Warriors of Middle-earth, the second expansion for the War of the Ring Second Edition board game, is coming next September, and pre-releasing at GenCon. While waiting, learn more about the game with two preview articles written by Kristofer Bengtsson. The first article focused on the Free People Factions and Event Cards. Now it’s time to learn more about the Shadow Factions and Events Cards. With the …
Warriors of Middle-earth, the second expansion for War of the Ring Second Edition board game, is coming next September, and pre-releasing at GenCon. While waiting, learn more about the game with two preview articles written by Kristofer Bengtsson, starting with the Free People Factions and Event Cards. As the Free Peoples player, Warriors of Middle-earth will place the might of the Dead Men of Dunharrow, Ents …
In this last article, we’ll tell you about the development of the final two elements making Battle of the Five Armies unique from its predecessors included in Battles of the Third Age and we’ll set you up with the full PDF Rules. The Goblins An important strategic element in the battle’s story is the two-pronged attacks of the goblin horde. Bolg did not simply count on …
There are moments in Tolkien’s novels, which remain engraved in the reader’s memory forever. One such moment in “The Hobbit” is, without doubt, the epic scene where Bilbo spots the Eagles… “The Eagles! The Eagles!” he shouted. “The Eagles are coming!” Bilbo’s eyes were seldom wrong. The eagles were coming down the wind, line after line, in such a host as must have gathered from all …
As we wrote in the previous article “A Long Journey Begins,” one of the design goals of The Battle of Five Armies was to give a more important and definite role to the characters in the battle. In our previous designs in this series, War of the Ring and Battles of the Third Age, characters are very streamlined. These designs are more strategic in scope. Differences …
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