Back to Games
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation box art

Base game

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation

Kritiku rating

Not rated

Published
2002
Reach
Niche
Players
2–2
Play time
30 min
Weight
Not enough ratings yet
Ratings
0

How it plays

No rules summary yet for this game.

Main mechanics

  • Hand management
  • Deduction
  • Action programming
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Deduction: You piece together hidden information from clues.
  • Action programming: You commit to moves in advance and watch them play out.
Full publisher 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 The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation ) comprising the original characters and a full set of new characters.

Criterion breakdown

ComplexityDepthSkillInteractionTable ExpProduction

No ratings yet — be the first to shape this game's profile.

  • Kritiku average
Criterion
Kritiku
Complexity

Not rated yet

Depth

Not rated yet

Luck vs Skill

Not rated yet

Player Interaction

Not rated yet

Table Experience

Not rated yet

Production

Not rated yet