How to Play Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation is a strategic battle for two players. What makes it particularly fun is that unlike most two-player strategic games, the forces you get are completely different. Unlike, say, Stratego, in LotR: The Confrontation, the good guys and the bad guys have completely different pieces, and some different spell cards too. So if you really want to get a feel for the game, you should play it twice; once for each side!
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Instructions
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Decide which player will play as evil and which player will play as good. Position the board such that the good player is sitting at the Shire corner, and the evil player is sitting at the Mordor corner.
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Place the characters appropriate to your side on the first three rows of the board, with the backs facing your opponent. You can place up to four pieces in your backmost corner space, but only two pieces in any other space. Pick up all the cards of your color.
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Move one of your characters one space forward or sideways on your turn. If you land on a space with an opposing figure, you battle.
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Battle an opposing figure by first reading any special text on the two characters that would prevent cards from being played. If there is no text, each player chooses a card from his hand and plays it face-down. Reveal both cards simultaneously, then follow the instructions on any worded cards and add the power of any numbered cards to the power on the characters.
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Pay close attention to text on cards and characters, as it supersedes any numbers. If no text otherwise alters the battle, the character with the highest total power (on piece and card) wins the battle, and the other piece is destroyed.
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The Good player wins by getting Frodo to Mordor. If Frodo is killed, or if three evil pieces enter the Shire, the Evil player wins.
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Tips & Warnings
Pay close attention to the wording on cards and pieces; when it disagrees with the general rules, ignore the general rules.
Don't let your opponent see your pieces unless you are in combat.
