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Set during the War of the Ring, RISK: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition puts players in either the forces of good or the evil armies of Sauron to battle for Middle-earth as the One Ring is sought. It was designed for two to four players, with each game potentially lasting from two to four hours. RISK: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition is the enhanced version of the first RISK: Lord of the Rings game that was released during the prime of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy’s popularity back in 2003. What is RISK: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition?

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Whether you read the books or watched the movies, you should be able to envision yourself commanding either the combined armies of the free peoples of Middle-earth or the dark forces of Sauron through this game. The classic strategy board game RISK was no less different, and that is how RISK: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition came to be.Īt last, fans of either franchises can now partake in the epic battles between good and evil depicted in the books and the films. Tolkien’s masterwork was turned into a film trilogy that is now the standard in the high fantasy genre cinema, and it spawned plenty of crossovers and adaptations.

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 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.