A player cannot shuffle revealed characters until the action that revealed them is complete. Characters from different regions can never be shuffled like this. This is always useful when your opponent knows the identity of one of your characters in a specific region. (To shuffle, the player takes his characters and shuffles them behind his back or under the table and puts them back in the same region). A player can mix, at any time, his characters from the same region in order to deceive his opponent.A player may never move a character into (or through) a region that already contains the maximum number of characters belonging to him (even using special cards or abilities, unless specifically stated otherwise).4 in The Shire for the Fellowship player and in Mordor for the Sauron player.Players can have more characters in a region than the maximum number allowed for that region, as indicated by the number of dots under the region’s name.Characters can never move laterally when in a mountainous region (even using special maps or abilities, unless specifically stated otherwise).For example: Frodo’s ability text states that he may retreat laterally when attacked. A character may never move laterally or backwards unless his ability text, Special Card or special rules allow it.

A character moves forward into an adjacent area.In turn, a player must move one of his characters forward, using the following movement rules: Then the players take turns playing until the end of the game. The Sauron player always starts the game. Note: A player’s characters must be placed on the board in such a way that only that player can see the identity of his characters. The central mountain regions must remain empty during the deployment. Again, for these 5 regions, only one character per region. The deployment is the same for the Sauron player: he places four characters in the region of Mordor, and the 5 other characters in the five remaining regions: Dagorlad, Gondor, Mirkwood, Fangorn and Rohan. For these 5 regions, only one character may be placed per region. He then places each one of his 5 remaining characters in the five regions in front of The Shire (Cardolan, Enedwaith, Arthedain, Rhudaur and Eregion). The Fellowship player chooses 4 characters (from his 9) and places all four of them in The Shire area. The game board is placed between the two players so that the corner with The Shire points to the Fellowship player and the corner with Mordor points to the Sauron player. The Fellowship player takes the Fellowship cards and the Sauron player takes Sauron’s cards. (Note: your opponent must not see the Characters tiles that you place in their sockets).Įach player takes their 9 Combat Cards in their hand. Now both players have 9 game pieces each, which will be called Characters. The Sauron player inserts his 9 Characters tiles (displaying the red scroll) into their black bases. The Fellowship player inserts the 9 Characters tiles (displaying the green parchment) into their white bases so that the images and texts are facing him and not visible to his opponent. The other player, controlling the 9 evil characters, will be the Sauron player.īefore starting to play, it is recommended that players familiarize themselves with their own characters and cards as well as those of their opponent. The player who controls the 9 companions of the Fellowship will be the Fellowship player. Counting on the courage and might of its members, the Fellowship of the Ring tries to reach the Mordor unnoticed while the many powerful minions of Sauron relentlessly hunt down Frodo. Tolkien’s classic trilogy, The Lord of the Rings.

In The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation, you will relive the epic battle between the Fellowship of the Ring and Sauron’s servants as told in J.

TYPE OF GAME: Stratego-like strategic duel MATERIALS: A board representing Middle Earth, 18 character tokens, 18 Combat cards OBJECTIVE OF LORD OF THE RINGS – CONFRONTATION: The objective of Lord of The Rings – Confrontation is to reach your victory conditions before your opponent does.

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