The War of the Ring is an epic board game experience that allows its players to immerse themselves in J.R.R. Tolkein's classic story and experience its epic action, dramatic conflict, and the memorable characters of The Lord of the Rings. Long in the making, this massive game based on J.R.R.Tolkien ís The Lord of the Rings allows players to experience the dramatic events and epic conflict that occurred before the end of the Third Age of Middle Earth. Players control not only the military might of Men, Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, and the forces of Sauron, but also Tolkienís legendary characters, making the fateful decisions of the Fellowship of the Ring or guiding the dreadful servants of Sauron as they hunt for the Ring-bearer.

Faithful to the epic flavor of the books, characters and strongholds play a major role in the flow of the game and represent the main focus of the action. A simple and fun, dice-based, resource management mechanism is used to determine the various types of action possible for each player. Smooth, original mechanics have been devised to handle the hidden movement of the Fellowship and the hunt for the Ring.

One Rulebook ï One simplified rulebook called "The War of the Ring Begins Here " ï The game board depicting a large map of Middle Earth (in two sections) ï The Player Aids folder ï 10 red Shadow Action Diceï 6 blue Free Peoples Action Dice ï 5 white six-sided Combat Dice ï 204 plastic figures representing the Armies and Characters of The War of the Ring ï 137 cardboard counters ï 96 Event Cards (divided into 4 decks of 24 cards each) ï 14 Character Cards (10 Free People Characters,3 Shadow Characters, Gollum)