![]() As with the original, this game is set in Middle-earth rather than the actual Earth like the Classic RISK game. This is basically an expanded version of the original RISK: The Lord of the Rings game, with an additional board on the bottom of the original one, as well as new cards and revised rules for a better gameplay experience. RISK: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition Overview RISK LOTR Trilogy Edition and Original RISK LOTR Game Board Comparison RISK: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition takes you right to the end of the Third Age, when men, elves, dwarves, and all else on the side of good banded together to fight against the massive forces of Mordor as Sauron seeks to reclaim the One Ring while the Fellowship aim to throw it into the fires of Mount Doom from whence it came. Tolkien’s great works about Middle-earth and would like to partake in those grand battles between good and evil yourself, then this could be the perfect game for you. If you’ve watched the epic film trilogy that is Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings or been a longtime fan of J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings – For fantasy fans out there, this may pique your interest. Ship lanes can surprise you, from the lower part to the upper, you can reach it in two combats.RISK: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition Risk The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Edition Box Cover The map is great and kind of jog my memory about geographic regions of Middle-Earth. ![]() Considering how important Fortresses are in the game, and that they add one-army per turn when under your control, I always thought it was important to have an actual piece on the game board in the appropriate color to quickly determine who owns what and where at a glance, rather then trying to see the printed icon on the map, buried under army played my first LOR Risk. ![]() ![]() Of course, if you’re an anal-retentive gamer like me, that won’t do, and you’ll get your hands on four sets of LotR Monopoly hotels and paint them to match the army colors (it is a curse, sorry). There are 11 Fortress locations on the LotR Risk Board… if you go on E-Bay, look for “LotR Monopoly” hotels/pieces… I think they come in a set of 12 per Monopoly game… by default, they are a semi-translucent white plastic from their original game… as that’s a neutral color, you can easily use one set to cover the entirety of the Fortresses in the LotR Risk game. Silver & Black Dice Towers (made by Solidfactory), purchased from AmazonĬustom Fortresses were actually “obtained” from ‘Monopoly: Lord of the Rings’ off of E-Bay… they were the “Hotels” of LotR Monopoly… and they were all an off-white in color for that game… I ordered 4-sets of them, and repainted them to match the faction colors of Red, Black, Yellow and Green… I made 11 fortresses for each color, to cover all possible fortress locations in LotR Risk for each faction.Ĭustom Leaders were “obtained” from Heroclix: LotR miniatures off of E-Bay… they come with large game-dials on the base to play Heroclix, but I simply removed these game-dials with an exacto blade and remounted the leaders on mini-poker chips (of the same size we use for A&A).Ĭustom Oliphant units (probably not shown as well as I’d like in the above pic, but they did actually come out very well)… the game does not come with Oliphants, but I think they should, so I obtained elephants from the game “Risk: Godstorm” and repainted them like the fortress pieces. If you got any questions about the game, or specifics on my custom work, just ask.įound some small clear plastic screw bins at my local hardware store that were perfect to separate the three different troop types per side and hold each faction’s dice (Husky 7-inch Parts Bin Organizer). ![]() I’m attaching two pics below, one is the game out of the box (with my kids), and the second is all the updates and improvements I made, including custom unit trays, dice towers, custom dice, added fortresses, oliphants and custom leader units. If you like Risk, or Risk-like games, this is really one of the gems of the series… of course it helps if you’re a fan of LotR… so I imagine if you like Risk, you’ll like this version, if you like LotR, you’ll like this game, and if you’re a fan of both Risk and LotR, why don’t you have this game yet?Īs I often do with any game, I’m never satisfied with what just came out of the box… I gotta tinker with stuff and make improvements (just like I did with A&A). It’s out-of-print, I think they only made the game in 2003, but you can still find copies in good shape on E-Bay (I just bought a near-mint condition copy on E-Bay for about $40 a few months ago). As I can’t find anyone to play A&A with locally, I’ve been bringing my kids up with Lords of the Ring Risk, Trilogy Edition. ![]()
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