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We played this for the second time with three players . Mikes Frodo made it into Mordor with time running out and low on hiding tokens. There were lots of Orcs and Nazgûl about. Despite being on 8 hope Frodo lost 5 hope going to mount doom. Even with Tom Bombadil helping he failed to survive the final seven dice search roll and Sauron claimed victory.

Mike is eleventy one today ! Not quite.

Isengard Victoria cake

Lord of the Rings Games

First game up after lunch was Lord of the Rings Fate of the Fellowship. With Darryl leading the way with Frodo and Sam we managed to make into Mordor. Boromir and Aragorn guided him through the paths. With hope gained from capturing both Moria By Merry and Pippin and Isengard by Gandalf even though we lost the Woodland Realm the final was manageable. However we had less than one full round of player turns to go before the deck ran out so it was just in the nick of time.

The game took a little time perhaps because it was our first attempt.

After that we got five players together for Knizia’s Lord of the Rings game standard version. Everything seemed to be going reasonably well until we reached Mordor where everything unravelled so quickly that we soon drew the final Event! The Ring was Sauron’s!

We then did a quick round of the dice rolling Lord of the Rings game which Darryl won whilst I was still in Rohan!

Corsair ballista painted in my previous Corsair colour scheme.

Halfling adventurers

Dwarven mirror tokens .

Dungeon terrain .

The end of the one Ring Rpg scenario as our heroes reach their final destination at the hill of fear.

Undead dragon or Draco lich.

Battles in the south lands or crusades .

Just need time to paint them now !

Been in laying a couple of games of War of the Rjng card game with Darryl. 1 each and very close margins each time just 1 VP .

This time got all four players together for a big match up . Phil and Bruce as Evil vs Darryl and Mike as good .

Victory for good.