Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (2002)

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Designer	Reiner Knizia
Artist	John Howe
Publisher	999 Games Alga (Brio) Fantasy Flight Games Galakta Kosmos Nexus Sophisticated Games Tilsit Show More »
Year Published	2002
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (44 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (17 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (24 voters) [poll]
Honors	2002 Meeples' Choice Award 2003 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Two-players
Subdomain	Strategy Games (43 voters) [vote]
Category	Adventure Bluffing Deduction Fantasy Movies / TV / Radio theme Novel-based Show More »
Mechanic	Hand Management Secret Unit Deployment Variable Player Powers
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Family	Kosmos two-player series Tolkien Games
Primary Name	Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
Alternate Names	Der Herr der Ringe: Die Entscheidung In de Ban van de Ring : De Strijd Sagan om ringen: Slaget om midgård Le Seigneur des Anneaux - La Confrontation Il Signore degli Anelli: la Sfida Władca pierścieni - Konfrontacja
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A Stratego-like game themed around Lord of the Rings. Players each control a force of 9 characters (light vs. dark) whose identities are hidden from their opponent at the beginning of the game. Combat is resolved by playing special cards.

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation has also been the object of an extended edition (see Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (Deluxe Edition)) comprising the original characters and a full set of new characters.

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2002: Meeples' Choice Award

2003: International Gamers Award winner.

Lord of the Rings - The Confrontation is part of the Kosmos two-player series.

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Władca pierścieni - Konfrontacja

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Polish edition

Publisher: Galakta

Artist: John Howe

Year: 2005

Size: 7.97 x 7.97 x 1.88 inches

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Il Signore degli Anelli: la Sfida

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Publisher: Nexus

Artist: John Howe

Year: 2003

Size: 7.87 x 7.87 x 1.97 inches

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Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation

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First Edition

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games, Sophisticated Games

Artist: John Howe

Year: 2002

Size: 7.97 x 7.97 x 1.88 inches

1.26 pounds

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Der Herr der Ringe: Die Entscheidung

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Publisher: Kosmos

Artist: John Howe

Year: 2002

Product Code: 690410

Size: 7.87 x 7.87 x 1.77 inches

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In de Ban van de Ring : De Strijd

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Publisher: 999 Games

Artist: John Howe

Year: 2002

Size: 7.97 x 7.97 x 1.88 inches

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Wersja bloczkowa konfrontacji.

Wszystkie materiały potrzebnedo zrobienia własnej, bloczkowej wersji Konfrontacji. Karty (rewersy i awersy), nalepki na bloczki oraz plansza.

Palmerex

2010-11-06

Half-Life: Confrontation print'n'play redesign part1

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2010-03-17

LOTR-TC Player Reference Sheet

Both the Good and Dark players can now have their own reference sheet instead of sharing one.

Shadow Dragon

2009-03-29

LOTR-TC rules FAQ collection Version 1.0

A one-page, double-sided collection of rule clarifications compiled from other FAQ documents and questions from the rules forum. Version 1.0

veovis007

2009-02-01

LOTR Confrontation Record Log v1

Version 1. Zip file with 2 PDF files. Both will allow you to track date, players, score & outcome for multiple games on 1 sheet. One file contains graphics from the game. The other is black & white for those who don't want to waste color ink.

Ryanmobile

2008-12-16

Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Tuckbox

This is a tuckbox with minimal graphics to hold all the cards for the game. I used the generator at http://tuckbox.gameupdates.com to create the template.

Verkisto

2008-09-08

Deluxe Upgrade in SPANISH

Upgrade your game (in SPANISH) with the Deluxe characters and special cards: [ImageID=120641 inline] [ImageID=406220 inline] [ImageID=120642 inline] I have updated the three separate files (stands, summary and cards) I had already uploaded, corrected a major error in the ability of the Variant Nazgul (thanks to user lebigot), put them together in one file, and reduced the file size.

franchi

2008-03-03

Konfrontacja_PomocnikGracza

Player Aid in Polish based on translation by Dani

klema

2008-01-07

mikas-lotr-alt-deluxe.pdf

Alternative set of Deluxe characters to be used with classic LoTR confrontation game. This set is a tribute to the world famous Tolkien artists and injects lots of thematic flavour to the good ol' game of yours.

eikka

2007-09-20

Lord of the Rings - The Confrontation - referência.rtf

Portuguese quick reference

GSReis

2007-04-27

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