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My daughter and I play this game on most rainy or snowy days. It is our favorite game. It is frustrating to play with only two people because we often get slaughtered by Sauron, but we keep on fighting. I love that you have to play as a team instead of competing against each other to win. We have several LOTR games and this one is by far the best.
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I actually am in the process of buying a copy of this game, but I've played it almost a dozen times with friends, and it's *awesome.* Here's the good:
-Gameplay is well thought out, challenging and involved
-This is a thinking game; the strategy aspect has almost endless replay value
-The artwork is stunning
-Any game where you can play cooperatively is a win in my books
-It's the most unique gameplay concept I've seen in a very long time
-It's freaking hard to win!
The bad:
-The plasticky characters, ring and Sauron item suck massively
-It's freaking hard to win!
We've also played this game with the Friends and Foes expansion pack, but it was actually easier than with just the original game. For my money, the original stands out best by itself.
A required game for any board game enthusiast.
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This game (and its expansions) are excellent games. A few years ago, one of my friends in my dorm had a copy, and practically every night there were groups of people playing it in the common area. It's a good group game, since there's a role for everyone, and it involves more teamwork than competition. Even if you play often, there's enough difficulty and skill involved that it remains an interesting challenge (though, with a bit of explanation, it's also not hard to incorporate beginners).
The Sauron expansion is particularly good (especially if you've got people who enjoy being evil playing), and having both the main game and the Sauron expansion led to an interesting variant - the "selfish hobbit" version (not in the official rules) where each player was both a hobbit and Sauron, and had to try to kill off all the other hobbits.
Everyone who played enjoyed this game a great deal, and many people ended up getting their own copies (myself included)
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Extreme adventure, fun and good time. It is a really hard game to beat, specially if you add both expansions (one even allows one of the players to be a Dark Rider and battle against the fellowship). I have played it with friends and everybody have had lots of fun; however be sure you play it with cooperative and no competitve people. You really need each other so as to win the game; if not you won't even reach the end of Moria.
Don't waste any more time and click the "add to cart" button so as to begin with this exciting journey through all middle earth (Moria, Helms Deep, Mordor, Shelob's Lair) and the expansion's Isengard and Bree.
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Even if you have no idea what a German game is, or why a name like Reiner Knizia is important, this is a great, original and fun game. If you think this is just another attempt to make money from the cash cow that Tolkien's works have become, you're dead wrong.
Even if you're already a boardgaming veteran you've probably not seen mechanics like this very often. Instead of competing against each other, players must cooperate as the Fellowship to destroy the one ring before Sauron destroys them all. Sometime this means a player must sacrifice him/herself for the benefit of everyone in the game. Amazingly, it works and even players who get eliminated feel as if they contributed to something worthwhile (and in many cases stay very focused on the outcome of the game, as they have a vested interest in seeing the Fellowship survive). The game is even fun with two players - but be warned that the difficulty ramps up quite a bit when the Fellowship is so small.
The components are impressive and are endowed with the great John Howe's artwork. There are no movie images to be found here - which may depress or delight you, but it does add to the sense that this game holds its own without needing to resort to pandering.
Does the game have any educational value? Hmmmm...I dunno about that one. I suppose it could encourage older kids to value cooperation a bit more than they usually do, and any kid who hasn't been enthralled by Tolkien's work might have a nice introduction with this game, but the ultimate goal here is to have a good time - not necessarily to educate.
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