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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
1977
# of Players
2 − 3
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(11 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(8 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups
(5 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(16 voters) [vote]
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
Family
Primary Name
War of the Ring
Alternate Names
The Games of Middle Earth
Wojna o Pierścień
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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. 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 Army 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 and Sauron. This set is called "Middle Earth".

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Magazine References:

Campaign Article Index:

Moves Article Index:

The Space Gamer

    • The great northern war. See in the files section below.

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Wojna o Pierścień
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Publisher: Encore
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Year: 1991
Size: 14.00 x 10.00 x 1.50 inches
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War of the Ring
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Bakshi Movie Art cover
Publisher: SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
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Year: 1977
Product Code: 1790
Size: 11.81 x 9.06 x 2.36 inches
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SPI English Edition
Publisher: SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
Artist: Redmond A. Simonsen
Year: 1977
Product Code: U1780
Size: Avalon Hill Bookcase
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3 Replacement Saruman Character Card
A replacement Saruman Character Card reflecting Saruman's ratings (starting and reincarnated) in the 3-player game. Just fold over, trim to size and laminate.
2011-12-16
7 War Of The Ring Character Game Player Aid
The Character game's Turn Sequence, Combat Sequence, Search Sequence and the chrome for seizing the Ring, all on one page.
2010-12-24
4 Saruman counters for 3-player game.
Here are counters for the "Saruman-on-Steroids" in the 3-player game (a 3-(4)-5 Saruman counter with the reverse reflecting his 2-5 resurrected strength). I have also added two 10-6 Warg units (along with sufficent breakdown counters) to give the Saruman player at least some cavalry(ish) forces in the 3-player game and, bring his force mix more in line with what he had in the story.
2010-12-08
4 2 Simple Rules
I created 2 simple rules that I believe will improve the gaming experience of SPI's War of the Ring. They have not been tested but I hope to test them soon. Stay tuned in the forum for updates.
2010-10-25
0 War of teh Ring rules in Polish v.1.0
Polska instrukcja do wydania Encore 1991
2010-04-20
6 THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR
THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR War of the Ring for 2 to 5 players by Glenn Rahman (as appeared in The Space Gamer #18 / July-August 1978)
2010-01-11
4 EXPANDED THREE-PLAYER RULES FOR WAR OF THE RING
MOVES #37, published February/March 1978 SCENARIOS & VARIANTS EXPANDED THREE-PLAYER RULES FOR WAR OF THE RING by Eric Goldberg
2010-01-11
1 War_of_theRing_German_Rules+Gondor+Sauron
German Rules - Deutsche Regeln inkl. Gondor + Sauron und natürlich mit allen Tabellen.
2009-10-28
19 WotR rules 2nd edition
WotR rules 2nd edition
2009-09-18
19 WotR map (SPI)
Not a scan: an entirely redrawn bmp map.
2007-12-29
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War Game Rank: 505
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Average Rating: 6.47
Standard Deviation: 1.59
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