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War of the Ring

War of the Ring is action dice economy. Free Peoples race fellowship to Mount Doom while Shadow militarily pressures; experts allocate dice by game phase.

Quick winning principles

  • Fellowship: move when corruption is low, hide when high.
  • Shadow: military pressure forces Free Peoples dice to defense.
  • Action dice: use character dice for fellowship, army dice for battle.
  • Ring progression: each step toward Mordor increases corruption risk.

Ideal strategy

  1. 1

    Action dice allocation: Free Peoples use character dice for fellowship movement, army dice for defense; Shadow uses army dice for conquest, character for hunt.

  2. 2

    Fellowship progression: move fellowship when corruption <3; hide and heal when corruption 4+.

  3. 3

    Military vs corruption race: Shadow wins by conquering 10 points of Free Peoples settlements; Free Peoples win by ring destruction.

  4. 4

    Hunt allocation: Shadow allocates hunt tiles to fellowship path; more tiles = higher corruption on reveal.

  5. 5

    Elven rings: use elven ring abilities before dice roll—action generation compounds.

  6. 6

    Endgame: when fellowship reaches Mordor, Shadow must hunt aggressively; Free Peoples must destroy ring before military loss.