{"id":114320,"date":"2022-08-11T17:30:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T22:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=114320"},"modified":"2022-08-11T17:30:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T22:30:44","slug":"new-tabletop-games-from-middle-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2022\/08\/11\/114320-new-tabletop-games-from-middle-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tabletop Games From Middle-earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It will come as a surprise to no one that as the Amazon Rings of Power<\/em> program approaches, publishers and manufacturers of Tolkien-related products have been busy, preparing for a new wave of Lord of the Rings<\/em> ‘buzz’ or awareness that must be the inevitable result of the Amazon release\u2014regardless of its critical reception among Tolkien fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the specific area of tabletop gaming, we have seen two large announcements in the last few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ares Games<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ares Games has been producing tabletop games for some years now, including popular games like Battlestar Galactica<\/em> or the Wings of Glory<\/em> dogfighting miniatures game. Tolkien fans surely know them best for War of the Ring<\/em> (2004; Second Edition, 2011), a massive board game for two players that pits the Free Peoples against the Shadow Armies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many find the game intimidatingly large and complex, it has gathered a large and enthusiastic following among board gamers. At the major gaming convention Gen Con (August 4\u20137), Ares demonstrated a new game to be released in November, [War of the Ring: The Card Game<\/a><\/em>].<\/p>\n\n\n

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War of the Ring: The Card Game from Ares Games.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Unlike the Fantasy Flight Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth<\/em> or Lord of the Rings: The Card Game<\/em> (recently revised and republished), which are fully co-operative or solo games, in the War of the Ring<\/em> card game:<\/p>\n\n\n\n