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| Lord of the Rings - The Confrontation |
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| from Fantasy Flight |
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$15.95 |
| List Price: |
$19.95 |
| You Save: |
$4.00 |
| Condition: |
New |
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Stock Status
Out of Print
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| GAME DESCRIPTION |
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This stand-alone two-player Lord of the Rings game is designed by master game designer Reiner Knizia and illustrated by acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe, the duo behind the bestselling core Lord of the Rings board game. In this wonderful game interpretation of the novels, the Fellowship must seek to bring Frodo to Mordo, and the dark lord Sauron must seek to capture Frodo and the One Ring before Frodo reaches Mt. Doom. Each player controls nine characters who each have a unique special ability (the nine characters of the Fellowship are controlled by one player, and nine of Sauron's greatest minions are controlled by the opposing player). The game uses a hidden movement system to simulate the search for the ring, and the conflict resolution system is a brilliant cardplay mechanic from a limited resource pool of cards. The dark lord Sauron is stronger and projects more power, but the Fellowship have more devious and surprising maneuvers at hand. The straight-forward gameplay of The Confrontation allows each game to be played in about a half hour. Great strategy and fun. |
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| CUSTOMER REVIEWS |
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Dr. Matt J. Carlson (5 out of 5)
Best described as a game of mini-Stratego, this small two player game comes with a small game board played in a diamond shape from corner to corner, eight or so playing pieces per side, and a small deck of special abilities for each side. One player is the side of good and controls cards and pieces that represent the characters on the side of good from the story. The evil player controls pieces such as orcs, wargs, and a balrog to try to defeat the good player. When two pieces meet in adjacent squares, cards are played, the identities of the pieces are revealed and added to the card values, and the losers piece is removed from the game. In general, the good player has more flexible piece abi
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- 7/21/2004
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Michael Frantz (5 out of 5)
Brilliant Game. Like I've written in other reviews I love games that force you to make agonizing decisions. This one does that....a lot. Who do you move? What is your opponent thinking? Who did he just move into the mountains? Would he really leave Frodo exposed like that? Should I use my 5 strength card? If my opponent Retreats, then I just wasted it, but if I play anything lower, he could use his 4 strength card and defeat me? Arrgh!!!
Combining wonderful gameplay, relatively short playing time, the ability to play different sides (each with VERY different feel), while capturing the feel of the books, this game really does have it all. The only drawback for me, is that it is only a two
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- 1/8/2004
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Yirmeyahu Avery (5 out of 5)
There are possibly two great ways to write this review.
The first way to review this game is to talk about how great this little two-player game is. A board, nine pieces each, and nine cards each. Wonderful illustrations on all components. Like Stratego, players put their pieces on the board without the other player knowing what the strength of each piece is. The only way to find out is to move your piece to your opponent's piece, which brings about a battle. The curveball to that is that each piece has a special action making battles and strategy (and BLUFFING!) very interesting. On top of the special actions, battles most often also require the use of cardplay, which adds yet another la
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- 12/4/2003
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