Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings-A Strategy Battle Game

What a bargain!

This is NOT role-playing in Middle Earth - this is the rules for fighting skirmish wargames with the heroes and villains of the Fellowship of the Ring.

If you've already got a collection of suitable models to represent the Fellowship, plus a few orcs, elves and, of course, the Nazgul - just add this book and you can recreate the skirmishes of Book 1 of the Lord of the Rings.

If, on the other hand, you haven't got any models - then don't bother with this book - track down the boxed game from Games Workshop. It's about twice the price but it comes with loads of orcs and elves and men of Gondor - all in superb detail and no comparison to the stupid paper cut-outs at the back of this book!

The lord of the rings battle game looks awesome!

It is a game where you use miniature figures, you move the peaces by measuring how many inches they may move. like, a hobbit can only move a few inches per turn but a elf can move much farther, also a horseman may move REALLY far (because he is on a horse).

some of the people have "magic" skills, but it is more subtile than most game systems, like they took stuff from the book like Gandalf has a magic that makes him more intimidating (against the wolves if you remember), but its not all stuff like that, Gandalf and Saruman can cast something called sourserous blast! (cmon' people! "ooooooooo, ahhhhhhhh!")

what i didn't like was that they made Arwen "an accomplished warrior" but i can see some girls being happy to have a female warrior to play with, and also you may use galadrial, the balrog, the nine riders, and some of the big time male elf warriors (think celaborn. more ooo's and ahhhh's please)

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This game rocks! Don't bother getting the book by itself when for a few more bucks you can get a boatload of miniatures. The game is easy as pie to learn and a lot of fun. As for the guy who can't paint the miniatures - most of you have a bit more patience than that! I painted all mine up in a week, that was half the fun. Go to your nearest Hobby store and check out all the new miniatures that are out, get the game while you are there.