Cover art for Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation

2002 · BGG
Avg rating
7.22
Bayes rating
6.79
Weight
2.15 (Medium Light)
Players
2
Playtime
30 min
Ratings count
7,066

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Description

An asymmetrical Stratego-like game themed around The Lord of the Rings. Each player controls a force of 9 unique characters (light vs. dark) whose identities are hidden from their opponent at the beginning of the game. Each player also starts with a hand of 9 unique cards, which are used in resolving combats as the characters move out across the board. The victory conditions of the players are also asymmetrical: the Fellowship player wins by moving Frodo into Mordor (thus destroying the One Ring), while the Evil player wins either by killing Frodo or by moving 3 Evil characters into the Shire.

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation has also been the object of an extended edition (see Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation) comprising the original characters and a full set of new characters.



Mechanics

Area Movement Card Play Conflict Resolution Hand Management Memory Secret Unit Deployment Simultaneous Action Selection Variable Player Powers

Themes

Adventure Fantasy Movies / TV / Radio theme Novel-based

Publishers

999 Games Alga Fantasy Flight Games Galakta KOSMOS Kaissa Chess & Games Nexus Editrice Sophisticated Games Tilsit

Designers

Reiner Knizia