War of the Ring: The Game of Middle Earth

{{italic title}}War of the Ring is a 1976 board wargame published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. It is based on the Middle-earth works of J. R. R. Tolkien.

Gameplay

War of the Ring is a two player game with one player as Gondor and one player as Mordor as they compete to control the One Ring.

Reception

Tony Watson reviewed War of the Ring in The Space Gamer No. 12.{{cite journal|last=Watson|first=Tony |date=July–August 1977 |title=Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Metagaming|issue=12|pages=44-45}} Watson commented that "The game plays well as game, but the use of a Diplomacy type system in a game of this nature is questionable."

In the 1978 White Dwarf gaming magazine (Issue 05) it was reviewed by Mike Westhead. He gave it a score of 5 out of 10, disliking the presentation, expense, rule ambiguities and the fact it had no control markers.{{cite magazine | last =Westhead |first = Mike | title =Open Box | magazine =White Dwarf | issue =5 | pages =12-13 | publisher =Games Workshop | year = February–March 1978 }}

References

Category:Board games based on Middle-earth

Category:Board games introduced in 1976

Category:Fantasy Games Unlimited games