So...what's this?

[Scumdog47]

I've never ever played the LotR miniature game by GW.

I've heard some rather harsh reviews ("Like Warhammer but not as good" etc) but that's really just expression of personal tastes.

Some of the minis are kind of cool, however.
And so is Tolkien's world in many ways.

Thus: Do any of you other people here have any experience on the miniature game and if so, what is good and what is bad about it?

[MortiS-the-Lost]

I've played a few games of LotR and own the Fellowship boxed game, which contains the rather unusual combination of Moria Goblins and Last Alliance Men and Elves (2 forces which as far I know have never met) the rules are pretty good, not really much like GW's normal Warhammer based skirmish games (I have yet to read of play the new mass-battle LotR game). The game has some interesting mechanics like a Priority based turn system (works a little like initiative in D&D) and hero's Might Points (allowing Heroes to alter dice rolls their advantage) the first edition (the one I own) had movement and ranges written in both cm and Inches which is kinda confusing, but I believe they phased that out in later versions.

The miniatures are nice, but I'm not keen on the fact they are 25mm thus making them for the most part incompatible with the majority of my collection of 28/30mm fantasy miniatures. Having said that the monsters work well with larger models and the LotR range has allowed me to add a Balrog, a giant vampire-demon type thing, some Giant Spiders, a few different looking Trolls and some other critters to my collection.

I'd say in the game is worth a look if you like Tolkein and more specifically Peter Jackson's interpretation of it

[Scumdog47]

OK.

Well, I'll try to see if I can find a cheap copy of the rulebook somewhere.
:)

[MortiS-the-Lost]

The mines of Moria boxed game is suprizingly good value for GW or you could always pick it up on eBay

[MortiS-the-Lost]

Another Tolkein related boxed game worth checking out is The Battle of Five Armies

^Warmaster Scale with rules to match

[Scumdog47]

This actually looks kind of cool!

As for Warmaster, I have yet to play it or read the rules.

[Orkimedes]

I've never even seen it!

But it looks kinda cool, like a 6mm epic game almost. I wonder if there's a teeny Smaug for it?

[MortiS-the-Lost]

Orkimedes wrote

 I wonder if there's a teeny Smaug for it?

yes there is/was (it's hard to tell what is or isn't avalable at the moment due to GW's recent ruining of the Mail Order service) Smaug came sperately and he's around the size of a Citadel 'C' range Young Dragon in a rather odd flying pose with 1 wing touching the ground, there are also a few Warmaster dragons out there of similar size

[Scumdog47]

Some questions:

1: Does it come with the terrain?

2: Prepainted or proper minis?

[BobbieTheDamned]

yeah it comes with the hill, which I remember GW later repackaged as a generic plastic two part hill.

The miniatures are unpainted, though I have a feeling they're produced in 'strips' like the warmaster figures.