At the recent gaming convention GenCon, Fantasy Flight Games (publisher of the Lord of the Rings and War of the Ring boardgames) released some new details on the forthdoming ‘Middle-earth Quest’ adventure boardgame, as reported on boardgamegeek.com by one G. Purcell (bracketed
remarks are mine):

• It *is* still in development [some feared it had been abandoned]
• The time period is after Bilbo left the Shire, but before the Lord of the Rings book [sic - he presumably means 'before the Shadow of the Past visit by Gandalf']
• You won’t play the LotR heroes, but will encounter them (i.e. Aragorn, off looking for Gollum)
• The box size is … about the size of War of the Ring box [not ultra-huge like their StarCraft and World of Warcraft boardgames]
• It contains some exciting new mechanics that they’re not ready to announce yet
• It’s being designed by [FFG founder and sometimes game designer] Christian Petersen himself
• Current estimate of release is Spring 2009

[Fantasy Flight Games Website]

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