The first thing a player does on their turn is move a character. The Fellowship player is trying to get Frodo to Mount Doom and the Sauron player is trying to eliminate Frodo/or get two Sauron characters into the Shire. It’s worth noting that the 2005 version contains the classic rules/components as well, making it a great bang for your buck.ĭespite the fact that I find a lot of Lord of the Rings themed games to be rules heavy (trying to get as close to the theme as possible) the Classic Rules of this game, at least, are quite simple and whichever version you play the premise is quite simple. Peterson along with new artwork and components, called the Variant Rules. Then in 2005 Fantasy Flight released the Deluxe Version adding new rules and variants with help from Eric Lang and Christian T. At that time it was designed by Reiner Knizia (Ra, Tigris & Euphretes) who designed another LOTR themed game in 2000. This edition came out in 2005 but is based off a version released in the not far off 2002. The version I picked up was actually a newer Edition (seen in the featured image). Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation is an excellent two-player game that caters to newcomers in the hobby, non-hobby enthusiasts, LOTR fans and possibly even fans of Stratego (please see above paragraph). Then a few months in I decided to dive in and picked it up, punched out the pieces, and played with a friend of mine that evening. I think I was overly ambitious, looking for those 3-6 hour slug fest epic games that I thought made up a majority of the hobby. It was a decent sized box, not too large, and the price tag was fair but I remember passing it up a couple of times. When I was getting into the hobby I remember coming across this game time and again at my FLGS. That being said, Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation is still a fantastic 2-player game and I recommend you give it a look. So when I say that Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation is like Stratego, it’s mostly based off of what I’ve heard. Sadly I was never given the opportunity to get a game in of Stratego. It’s a game I heard a lot about, my friends have played it, my mom has played it, and I’ve heard from several individuals that it’s the game that got them into the tabletop gaming hobby.
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