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The Lord Of The Rings: The Mines Of Moria box art
2005 Ranked #8,443

The Lord Of The Rings: The Mines Of Moria

A miniature battle starter game has players learn rules while guiding the Fellowship through the Mines of Moria. Step-by-step scenarios build toward a climactic tomb battle as each lesson adds tactical options.

Wargames Fantasy Fighting Dice Rolling Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.89/5

Rating

6.93

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.0/5

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 Games Workshop release is based on the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Core mechanisms

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Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
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This Games Workshop release is based on the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The players go through the Mines of Moria in a step-by-step tutorial learning the nuances of play, culminating in the Battle of Balin's Tomb where everything they've learned will be put to use. This starter set contains a 32 page Beginner's Guide containing the basics of play, as well as a Core Rules book of 112 pages. Also included are plastic miniatures representing the Fellowship, numerous Goblins, and various terrain parts for building the mines in 3D.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

5
Fantasy Fighting Maze Miniatures Movies / TV / Radio theme

Mechanism

1
Dice Rolling

Family

2
Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.9/5
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1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

1
Games Workshop Ltd.

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