I have an opinion question for all of you relating to a situation that happened in the last game that I played. I played as the Shadow Armies against someone...
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Nigel Buckle
bucklen_uk
Nov 20, 2004 10:01 am
Hi, ... I had winnable battle, two Nazgul, two elite, five regulars, and the Balrog versus Gandalf, a leader, an elite, and a regular, but didn't want to kill...
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klempad
Nov 22, 2004 6:51 pm
... and ... from ... him ... the ... do? ... Moria ... Tough call without seeing the entire situation but it looks like she was up the Anduin without an elven...
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alexrockwell
Dec 6, 2004 6:39 pm
First of all, you mentioned the witch king is play, so shouldnt all nations be activated by that? Then the nothmen wouldve been able to go to war. Also, if...
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Whale Rider
dynacom_1308
Dec 6, 2004 11:05 pm
Greetings, I am german (so excuse all mistakes english is not my first language) so I just have bought the german version of the game, big mistake problem is...
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alexrockwell
Dec 7, 2004 12:34 am
... all ... to ... to ... Yes. The first poster stated that the northmen were two steps down but inactive, and this was a problem in getting them to war. I...
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Nigel Buckle
bucklen_uk
Dec 7, 2004 9:50 am
... As far as the fellowship, its a good idea to break over most of the people relatively early. I like to take gandalf to avoid hunt damage, then bring him...
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Waldo Gomez
bjm2222
Dec 7, 2004 3:08 pm
Thank you all for your responses. I'm afraid that there's been a misinterpretation of my earlier post. My post was made up of two seperate questions which...
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Whale Rider
dynacom_1308
Dec 7, 2004 11:07 pm
... Strider in Bree??? Strider??? not even Aragorn? ... a strange move... ... I have not played it very often yet (the damn german cards and no translation)...
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Nigel Buckle
bucklen_uk
Dec 8, 2004 10:42 am
... I have not played it very often yet (the damn german cards and no translation) but it seems to me the notheners and Dwarfs are quite useless fellows since...
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robere-7@...
robere_77
Dec 30, 2004 2:02 am
After 6 games playing the Fellowship I was able to get them to mount Doom and finish the games with 9 corruption. Damn it's hard winning with the Free Peoples....
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Whale Rider
dynacom_1308
Dec 30, 2004 7:07 pm
... it depends if as free people your are following singlemindedly the ringvictory condition the shadow has it rather easy to block you, you must move with the...
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alexrockwell
Jan 6, 2005 12:19 am
... you must ... player is he ... I dont feel that thats very good advice. Going for a military victory as the FR is either an extreme backup plan, or a result...
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Nigel Buckle
bucklen_uk
Jan 6, 2005 9:49 am
... Going for a military victory as the FR is either an extreme backup plan, or a result of the shadow being very negligent in defense of their strongholds. ...
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deadbee63105
Jan 6, 2005 4:45 pm
I see on the consimworld website that an expansion is planned by the game developer. Anyone know what will be included?...
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robere-7@...
robere_77
Jan 16, 2005 8:12 am
... the ... Apperently there is a thread on Boardgamegeek about it and Fantasy Flight Games is looking for playtesters, serious ones. Roberious...
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robere-7@...
robere_77
Feb 10, 2005 4:29 am
Won't get to long winded here but need to explain our last game. Took 4 hours, went through all the event cards on both sides and the Free People won with a...
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stmpeteacher
Feb 11, 2005 9:39 pm
All, My copy of WoTR should be arriving in several days. Any recommendations before it gets here? (e.g. Read the user manual 7 times? Buy a bigger kitchen...
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Sean McCarthy
repedundancy
Feb 12, 2005 1:02 am
1. DO NOT play the intro game. It is boring and unbalanced. 2. Sort your minis by nationality right away, and keep them sorted forever (in bags when not...
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Edward Wehrenberg
chairman7w
Feb 12, 2005 1:10 am
Excellent advice all! ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com...
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Ben Harris
stmpeteacher
Feb 12, 2005 9:58 pm
Thanks for the great advice Sean. I am still waiting for the game. I will try and give a little session report when I get it. Ben - ... ...
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Nigel Buckle
bucklen_uk
Feb 14, 2005 2:15 pm
I don't want to repeat what others have said ... Any recommendations before it gets here? (e.g. Read the user manual 7 times? Buy a bigger kitchen table? ...
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roe_caligula
Feb 22, 2005 12:45 am
Which side has the advantage, Free or Shadow? I say it all comes down to the dice rolled in the first two turns when determing an advantage. There are also a...
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Sean McCarthy
repedundancy
Feb 22, 2005 3:43 am
Well, you can also say it all comes down to the Mordor tiles, or any number of other things... But I agree that the first 1-3 turns of Shadow dice can be...
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Nigel Buckle
bucklen_uk
Feb 22, 2005 9:17 am
Hi, Firstly I think an experienced player will generally beat a less experienced, assuming both players are at the same level then it comes down to the cards...
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robere-7@...
robere_77
Mar 4, 2005 12:00 am
Fantasy Flight has posted the most up to date FAQ here: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/PDF/wotrfaq.pdf Roberious...
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roe_caligula
Mar 16, 2005 2:10 am
Anyone live near LAX and want to game Wed or Thurs? Email me @ kurt_keckley@... I am free both days after 3pm....
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robere-7@...
robere_77
Mar 19, 2005 2:49 am
Check out gamefest for lots of new stuff from FFG and a mention of the expansion for WotR. http://www.gamefest.com/news/feature_detail/2267_0_3_0_C/ Roberious...
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Ben Harris
stmpeteacher
Mar 24, 2005 12:02 am
Yesterday I played War of the Ring for the first time, and today I played it again :-) Thanks to Nigel and Sean M. for the set-up and strategy tips. Sean, I...
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John
jjwboone62
Mar 28, 2005 1:43 am
Played it with my son today. The Fellowship (my son) was two spaces (E. Emyn Muil, 2 Corruption) out of Morannon when the Shadow player achieved a military...
