Wargaming is a chance to fight battles,
and produce conclusions in miniature. It gives the player the chance
to take command of models, and then fight an 'enemy'. These battles
could represent just a skirmish, all the way up to a huge a gigantic
clash of armies - it's all up to you!
Games Workshop:
The company granted the rights to produce
the strategy battle game based on the Lord of the Rings
film trilogy was a British company called Games
Workshop. Forerunners in tabletop strategy wargaming, they developed
a new structure of rules; and many hundreds of high quality miniatures
for the new game.
They decided to base games on each
of the three films, all based upon one standard format. There were
a number of reasons for this; one was that they were not permitted
to release models based upon characters that filmgoers had yet to
be introduced to, and also how to represent certain characters such
as Gandalf, who 'evolves' during the course of the trilogy.
The
Fellowship of the Ring Strategy Game:
This introduces the structure, and
decides those characters involved during the film. For example,
Gandalf the Grey.
The
Two Towers Strategy Game:
This further refines rules, such as
dealing with those for sieges, fighting inside buildings (both of
which did not feature within FOTR.) In addition, it includes rules
for Gandalf the White, INSTEAD of those for Gandalf the Grey.
Return
of the King Strategy Game:
This version has yet to be released,
but will further evolve the characters (such as allowing Pippin
to be armed as a warrior of Gondor) and refine the overall rules
(such as possibly! involving ship-to-ship
fighting with regard to the Corsairs of Umbar.)
Shadow
and Flame Gaming Supplement:
This is an extension to the events
depicted in the film, by going back and looking at the version of
events in the original books. This allows the player to take command
of different forces, in different situations, for example, fight
as the heroic Balin in an attempt to retake Khazad-dum, field Glorfindel
in your Elven Army, and attempt to rewrite the course of history!
All of these can be mixed, so for example,
you be replay the siege of Minas Tirith where Elrond leads a contingent
of High Elves, including Glorfindel, Elladan and Elrohir to their
aid.
To learn more, and to view a game play
tutorial, click
here.
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