{"id":33116,"date":"2009-08-12T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T20:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=33116"},"modified":"2009-08-12T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T20:23:26","slug":"middle-earth-quest-boardgame-from-ffg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/08\/12\/33116-middle-earth-quest-boardgame-from-ffg\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle-earth Quest Boardgame from FFG"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Middle-Earth<\/a>Fantasy Flight Games’ new boardgame, ‘Middle-earth Quest<\/a>‘ is now shipping. The FFG web site has a PDF<\/a> of the rulebook and a QuickTime trailer movie.<\/a> This looks to be an interesting offering, not as heavy as the FFG ‘War of the Ring’ game, but certainly more complex than the Knizia ‘Lord of the Rings’ co-operative boardgame. [Trailer<\/a>] [PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The time period is sometime before the main events of LotR, with Sauron extending his power from Mordor; one player portrays Sauron, with up to three opponents portraying heroes who try to hinder his plans. The heroes win or lose against Sauron as a group.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, when I have actually played the game, I will report on it more informatively. [Middle-earth Quest<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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