New Lord Of The Rings Board Game Based On Pandemic Launches On Amazon

Date: 2025-09-04 21:58:00

The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship Board Game $80 See at Amazon A new Lord of the Rings board game is available now at Amazon. Revealed earlier this year, The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship certainly isn't the first game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel, but it is the only one that uses one of the best modern board games as its foundation. Fate of the Fellowship is based on Pandemic, the wildly popular cooperative strategy game that debuted in 2008. Pandemic creator Matt Leacock spent three years designing The Lord of the Rings version. Fate of the Fellowship is up for grabs for $80 at Amazon. The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship Board Game $80 As the name suggests, Fate of the Fellowship is based on the plot of Tolkien's novel. Each round takes anywhere from 60 to 150 minutes, but no need to worry about getting multiple people to play a board game with you for two-plus hours:Designed by Pandemic creator Matt Leacock, Fate of the Fellowship emphasizes that Fate of the Fellowship is fully playable solo--it's explicitly called out on the back of the box.The Fellowship's job is to protect Frodo on his quest to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Each player picks two characters to control from a pool of 13. You'll have to contend with Shadow Troops and the spectral beings known as Nazgul--represented as miniature figures--while being mindful of the searching Eye. Just like in the books and movies, Sauron's Eye is perched atop Barad-dur. The constructible tower is 11 inches tall and serves as a thematically appropriate dice roller.Designed as a replayable experience that introduces a few wrinkles to the Pandemic System loop, Fate of the Fellowship has 24 core objectives and 14 unique event cards. Each playable character has distinct abilities, too. Here's a list of everything included in the box:1 Game Board1 Barad-dur Dice Tower13 Character Figures9 Nazgul Miniatures48 Shadow Troops35 Friendly Troops48 Region Cards14 Event Cards12 Skies Darken Cards24 Objective Cards10 Reference Cards13 Character Cards50 Shadow Cards3 Battle Dice7 Search Dice6 Haven Tokens6 Stronghold Tokens1 Eye of Sauron Token1 Solo Token1 Hope Marker36 Symbol Tokens1 Threat Rate MarkerInterestingly, Leacock has said his initial ideas for Pandemic were inspired by playing the The Lord of the Rings board game released in 2000 by prolific game designer Reiner Knizia. See at Amazon The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship (Z-Man Games, Middle-earth Enterprises)Gallery Z-Man Games has collaborated with multiple other big media franchises on Pandemic System games, including World of Warcraft and Star Wars. There's also a popular variant based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Fate of the Fellowship is pricier than those games, but it's also the most elaborate from a design perspective. The other Pandemic System titles more closely resemble Pandemic's $50 base game, all the way down to box size.Continue Reading at GameSpot

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