| The Lord of the Rings Game click here: | | | | movement of large numbers of models at once. |
| The Lord of the RingsGame (abbreviated to LotR | | | | These are called "companies". Larger creatures such |
| SBG), and often referred toby players as Lord of the | | | | as Ents and Trolls are treated as separate models |
| Rings, is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by | | | | and do not use movement trays. Combat within the |
| Games Workshop (GW). It is based on The Lord of | | | | game is also treated differently. In the original game |
| the Rings film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, and | | | | players both roll dice to determine who wins the fight |
| the book that inspired it, written by J. R. R. Tolkien. | | | | and then the victor rolls to see how much damage is |
| The game was initially released in 2001 to coincide in | | | | done. In War of the Ring only dice to determine |
| with the movie The Fellowship of the Ring. New box | | | | damage are rolled. Also in War of the Ring heroes are |
| sets with updated rules were also released for The | | | | treated more like upgrades for their company rather |
| Two Towers and The Return of the ring.In early 2009 | | | | than individual models like in Strategy Battle Game.In |
| Games Workshop also released an expansion to the | | | | addition to gaming, The Lord of the Rings Strategy |
| original game called War of the Ring which, according | | | | Battle Game includes other common elements of the |
| to the company, allows players to emulate the large | | | | miniature wargaming hobby. These include the |
| battles included in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the | | | | collecting, painting and conversion of miniature figures |
| Rings by streamlining the game system.[2]This | | | | used in play, as well as the modeling of gaming terrain |
| expansion differs from the main game in a several | | | | from scratch. These aspects of the hobby are |
| ways. Firstly War of the Ring uses a larger number of | | | | covered in Games Workshop's monthly White Dwarf |
| models but the models are placed on movement trays | | | | and on various gaming websites, as well as formerly in |
| with two cavalry models or eight infantry models on | | | | the fortnightly Battle Games in Middle-earth. |
| each. This allows for much easier and quicker | | | | |