Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien. Advertisement. '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 1e: Play only if there is a free Peoples Army in Minas Tirith and Rohan is "At War." Move a friendly army (that is not currently under siege) from any one Rohan Region directly to Minas Tirith. If…. 2e: Play if the Rohan Nation is "At War." Move a FP Army from any one Rohan region (including a Stronghold under siege) directly to Minas Tirith. The only problem I have is War of the Ring Mode. Do you believe I am still waiting to win a war? I start quite good, usually I use Men as a faction of choice, then things get worse, really really worse and they defeat me. It's like I am always behind when it comes to building up an army which is numerically solid. An instructional video on how to play War of the RingA few mistakes that I make33:12 That's not what that symbol means. The symbol means the character pro 1. The rule below has me confused a tad bit. "The Shadow player may now place a number of Action dice in the Hunt Box located on the game board. The Shadow player must place at least one Action die if the Free Peoples player retrieved at least 1 die from the Hunt Box during Phase 1. He may allocate only as many dice as the number of Companions A while ago me and my friend found this rule issue with riders of Theoden. I know that Eomer son of Eomund has been examined often, but my question is with Theoden. It was middle game and orthanc was captured, helms deep was being besieged. My friend moved a companion to the then captured edoras and proceeded to play Theodens riders. 6. Play both sides. There is enough RNG with the card draws and dice rolls that even though you are controlling both sides, you are not controlling the outcome. For example, you can play battle cards for both sides thinking that one side will dominate, then the combat dice tell you what actually happens. But yeah its not a very sexy 'play solo Really pay attention to the rules for the political track when your opponent attacks. If you have a large troop over 5 it may be worth it to sortie a round or two before going into the Siege so you weaken the siege force before you drop down to 5 units. 1. r/boardgames. iHykC5F.