2019Richard H. Berg, Greg Laubach
- Videos
- 49
- Creators
- 15
Mainly playthroughs
1 - 2 players300 - 1200 minVery heavy weight
War of the Ring
1977Howard Barasch, Richard H. Berg
2 - 3 players
60 - 210 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
'War of the Ring'. On a large map of Middle Earth, armies are mustering and heroes are readying to fight the shadow spreading out of Mordor. The game is played on two levels. Both sides (or three if someone wants to play Saruman) have great armies that battle in a typical wargame style while another game is going on at the same time with individual characters around the fate of the One Ring. In the Campaign game Sauron's forces are the more powerful but the free peoples get the edge in the Character game. Highly sought after as a collectors item. It could be purchased with either a paper map or a full mounted map, and was also sold in a three-game set with the folio games Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith and Sauron. That trilogy set is called The Games of Middle Earth.
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Which War of the Ring video should I watch?
War of the Ring has 4 videos from 3 creators: 1 review, 2 how-to-play guides and 1 playthrough. They date from 2022 to August 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How To Play: War Of The Ring- The Character Game" by The Name Of The Game, which runs 1 h 41 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "TOP 10 Board Games by SPI / Are These SIMULATED PUBLICATIONS INC's BEST Games?" by Legendary Tactics. To see it played, watch "War of the Ring SPI" by Gaming with ER Bickford.
If you like it, try Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah, Men of Iron, The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition and Men of Iron Battles Tri-Pack: Men of Iron, Infidel, Blood & Roses, also by Richard H. Berg.
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About War of the Ring
From BoardGameGeek:
'War of the Ring'. On a large map of Middle Earth, armies are mustering and heroes are readying to fight the shadow spreading out of Mordor. The game is played on two levels. Both sides (or three if someone wants to play Saruman) have great armies that battle in a typical wargame style while another game is going on at the same time with individual characters around the fate of the One Ring. In the Campaign game Sauron's forces are the more powerful but the free peoples get the edge in the Character game. Highly sought after as a collectors item. It could be purchased with either a paper map or a full mounted map, and was also sold in a three-game set with the folio games Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith and Sauron. That trilogy set is called The Games of Middle Earth.
Designers
Howard Barasch, Richard H. Berg
Artists
Ralph Bakshi, Tim Kirk, Mike Ploog, Redmond Aksel Simonsen
Publisher
Encore
Mechanics