The Fellowship of the Ring (1983)

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Designer	Coleman Charlton Bruce Neidlinger
Artist	Terry Amthor Rick Britton Leonard Cook Gail McIntosh Charles Peale Show More »
Publisher	Iron Crown Enterprises
Year Published	1983
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	13 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (1 voter) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (6 voters) [vote]
Category	Fantasy
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter Secret Unit Deployment
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Family	Tolkien Games
Primary Name	The Fellowship of the Ring
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A game centered around the action of the first book of the Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, one player plays the Fellowship, deploying his heroes in an attempt to misdirect and deceive the other player, who plays Sauron with the evil Nazgul and Balrog under its control. Takes many of the ideas from the character game of War of the Ring by SPI and expands upon them.

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Quite a long and complex game, with very detailed rules trying to make it as realistic as possible, succeeding, but making it quite hard to play.

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The Fellowship of the Ring

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Iron Crown Enterprises boxed edition

Publisher: Iron Crown Enterprises

Artist: Terry Amthor, Rick Britton, Leonard Cook, Gail McIntosh, Charles Peale more»

Year: 1983

Product Code: FR7100

Size: 11.60 x 9.70 x 2.00 inches

2.25 pounds

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23	The Fellowship of the Ring Unboxing of a 30-year old game (still in shrinkwrap)	English	davidmorneau	4
39	The Fellowship of the Ring FotR - review	English	calandale	10
21	The Fellowship of the Ring FotR - 7 (wrap and more play)	English	calandale	4
19	The Fellowship of the Ring FotR - 6	English	calandale	6
21	The Fellowship of the Ring FotR - 5	English	calandale	4
25	The Fellowship of the Ring FotR - 4	English	calandale	5
24	The Fellowship of the Ring FotR - 3	English	calandale	5
25	The Fellowship of the Ring FotR - 2 (first combat)	English	calandale	3
29	The Fellowship of the Ring FotR - 1 (and some rules)	English	calandale	2
41	The Fellowship of the Ring FotR - intro	English	calandale	11

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	Recommendations

Standard Recommendations
War of the Ring	The Lonely Mountain

Weak Recommendations
The Battle of Five Armies	Princess Ryan's Star Marines	The Hobbit Adventure Boardgame	Gondor
Blood Royale	Lords of Creation	Warrior Knights	Time Agent
The Hobbit	Lords of the Sierra Madre (2nd edition)	Geronimo	Stellar Conquest
Kings & Things	4000 A.D.	Summit	Freedom in the Galaxy
Divine Right	Swords & Sorcery	Magic Realm	Source of the Nile

Very Weak Recommendations
Gladiator	Quest for the Faysylwood	Wizard's Quest	StarGate
Circus Maximus	Darkover	Down with the King	The Awful Green Things From Outer Space
Nightmare House	Wizards	Ambush!

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FotR German Rules / FotR Deutsche Spielregeln

Deutsche Übersetzung der Spielregeln

Guido1

2009-12-06

Deutsche Kartenauslagebögen / German Displays

Deutsche Kartenauslagebögen zum Fellowship of the Ring Spiel.

Guido1

2009-12-05

German map

Deutsche Karte zum Fellowship of the Ring Spiel

Guido1

2009-11-26

FOTR-Rules.pdf

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flaney

2007-02-26

EP Minions Summary.pdf

A summary of all the Enemby Players minions and guardians. I found play impossible for lack of such a clear summary, specifically of who can be mobilized where and when. THis single two sided sheet provides me with an invaluable reference for planning my game as the enemy player.

bwechner

2003-10-22

FP Character Summary.pdf

A summary of all the Fellwoship Players characters. I found play impossible for lack of such a clear summary, specifically of who can be mobilized where and when. THis single two sided sheet provides me with an invaluable reference for planning my game as the fellowship player.

bwechner

2003-10-22

Summary of Play.pdf

A 6 page summary of play. One sheet for the FP with all details of the FP turn summarise. One for the EP, and one for combats.

bwechner

2003-10-22

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Discussion (English) of Fellowship of the Ring on Gameopolis.org	http://gameopolis.libsyn.com/webpage/show-19-lord-...	2012-05-26
English review at boardgame.de	http://www.boardgame.de/reviews/fellow.htm	2010-03-20
Dave and Mike's Tolkien Boardgame Collecting Web Page	http://www.freewebs.com/tolkienboardgamecollecting...	2004-01-02