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Lord Of The Rings: The Duel box art
2002 Ranked #6,298

Lord Of The Rings: The Duel

A two-player card duel where rivals compare strengths across four rounds on a three-dimensional bridge. Winning each confrontation advances your position, while special actions and card choices decide who reaches the highest point at the end.

Family Games Fantasy Fighting Hand Management Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.72/5

Rating

5.93

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

This game is set on the 3-dimensional bridge where the epic struggle between Balrog and Gandalf takes place. Each player has their own set of cards.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
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This game is set on the 3-dimensional bridge where the epic struggle between Balrog and Gandalf takes place. Each player has their own set of cards. Each card has 4 markers on each side, indicating the card's strength. There are also some cards with a special action. There are four rounds per game, with the winner of each duel moving up the bridge. Whoever ends up highest after the fourth and final round is the winner. Lord of the Rings - The Duel is part of the Kosmos two-player series.

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Type

2
Family Games Strategy Games

Category

3
Fantasy Fighting Novel-based

Mechanism

1
Hand Management

Family

4
Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien Components: 3-Dimensional (3D) Players: Two-Player Only Games Series: Two-player games (Kosmos)

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Peter Neugebauer

Artists

3
John Howe Anke Pohl Thilo Rick

Publishers

4
999 Games Kaissa Chess & Games KOSMOS Nexus Editrice

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