I really like the way these card sleeves feel. Though it is square and essentially made up of 16 rather large spaces, and could have been quite abstract, it is amazing how close to the actual layout of Middle Earth it is. The game board is placed between the two players so that the corner with The Shire points to the Fellowship player and the corner with Mordor points to the Sauron player. Before we unfluff our pillows, we talk about Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation, Reavers of Midgard, and Paleo.
This compact version of Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation includes all the characters from our deluxe edition but is physically smaller, resulting in some component differences. Please note that we are a small team of 3 people, therefore it is very simple to support us to maintain the activity and create future developments. The Sauron player wins the game immediately if one of the following two conditions is met: - a) Frodo is defeated. Over on Board Game Geek there seems to be a debate over which faction is stronger. By playing your cards right and advancing quickly, you can collect powerful runes, unlock legendary cards to aid your journey, or find life tokens to help stave off corruption — not to mention advancing quickly through the conflicts.
If there are two or more characters in the region being attacked, the attacking player gets to choose which enemy to attack. Character special powers. Share on LinkedIn, opens a new window. The powerful Gandalf, valiant Aragorn, loyal Sam, and many others will help him on his journey, and are prepared to pay the ultimate price to ensure that Frodo destroys the One Ring and brings peace back to Middle-earth! The attacker may also choose to attack a character already revealed in the region. If the Sauron character survives then their ability triggers. If you like Lord of the Rings and don't hate Stratego I can't imagine you not enjoying Confrontation. The central mountain regions must remain empty during the deployment. Shelob (5): If Shelob is not in Gondor when she defeats a Fellowship character, she returns immediately to Gondor. Since Confrontation has a lot fewer pieces for each faction you need to be more careful with each piece. To start the game, each player takes their 9 units and places them on their side of the board to where their opponent cannot see them, with 4 of them in their back-most territory (Mordor or the Shire). Elven Cloak: If the Fellowship player played this card while the Sauron player played a Strength Card, the Sauron player's Strength Card is ignored.
I think I was overly ambitious, looking for those 3-6 hour slug fest epic games that I thought made up a majority of the hobby. Before we pick a peck of paper products, we talk about Town 66, Akropolis, and Pampero. If players reveal two Power Cards, the Sauron player's card is read and applied first, followed by the Fellowship player's card. I recently received the gift of gaming from my wife (thanks, wife) in the form of Lord Of The Rings: The Confrontation Deluxe Edition. He must bring the One Ring to Mount Doom, deep in the lands of Mordor. Even so, nothing seems to be lost upon looking over the components, only gained. Each player has a hand of cards and though they are very similar, they are just different enough. Each choice counts, so choose wisely. 2 players, playable in 20-30 minutes. The version I picked up was actually a newer Edition (seen in the featured image). If you like this bling, you can find a LOT more in the Bling Your Boardgame group on FB.
Their stronger characters do a good job beating the weaker Fellowship characters. Episode 213: Approach Without Caution. The theme did fail in one instance though. LOTR the Confrontation FAQ. 4 Determine Victor: If the battle is not ended based on a text card, the strength cards are settled. The Flying Nazgul has the most flexibility of movement in the entire game but the Fellowship player can pretty easily restrict its' movement and it can be automatically killed by Legolas. Like the character pieces, the Fellowship player's cards rely more on tricks then strength. The other player, controlling the 9 evil characters, will be the Sauron player. Published by: Edge Entertainment Fantasy Flight Games Galakta Giochi Uniti Heidelberger Spieleverlag Korea Boardgames co., Ltd. Year Published: 2005.
When a character moves into a space that is occupied by a character of the opposing faction, a battle ensues. Such movement can only be in the direction of the arrow, and only from the region where the arrow starts to the region where it ends. Everything you want to read. Would you like to support Cults? 18 plastic Character Stands. The only way to kill him is to either use the Warg so he can't retreat or get him into a situation where he can't retreat. When this happens the inherent ability of the characters trigger before any further action is taken. Does anyone have both? Players cannot move a piece into a region that has already reached its' character limit indicated by the small circles in the region on the gameboard. If no character retreats, check if one of the character's text triggers the elimination of one or both characters.
The winner of each game earns 1 point for each of his characters remaining in the game at the end of the game (the loser gets no points). This makes for a wonderful balance as the Sauron player typically starts with much higher base numbers but the Fellowship player has characters that can defeat certain Sauron characters should they meet in battle (Legolas defeats the Flying Nazgul, Gimli Defeats the Orcs, etc). In the game where I was playing as Sauron I was about to win. Save LOTR the Confrontation FAQ For Later. Episode 241: Fantasy Draft: BoardGameGeek 601-700. They just really make it S. Awesome sauce. Legolas (3): Legolas defeats the Flying Nazgûl immediately, before Combat Cards are played. Other slight changes: - The rulebook contains additional clarifications. The Fellowship player is weaker but can take out particular enemies with ease, while the Sauron player has raw might.
Is there enough of a difference between regular and deluxe that I should forgo buying used and just go straight to Amazon? Share with Email, opens mail client. Share or Embed Document. The deployment is the same for the Sauron player: he places four characters in the region of Mordor, and the 5 other characters in the five remaining regions: Dagorlad, Gondor, Mirkwood, Fangorn and Rohan. There is a lot more choices to be made in Confrontation.
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