Ares Announces Warriors Of Middle Earth Expansion For War of the Ring
June 16, 2015 by stvitusdancern
Ares Games has announced the second expansion set for their highly popular and successful miniatures board game, War of the Ring.
The second expansion will be called Warriors of Middle Earth and in this set you will get actual miniatures for many of the races that were only event cards in the original set. In this set you will get: Ents, Dead Men of Dunharrow, Great Eagles of the Misty Mountains, Corsairs of Umbar, Wild Hilmen from Dunland, and Giant Spiders.
There will also be special faction die and events to expand the horizons of the game to bring in even more Tolkienesque flavor to this game. The expansion is expected to be released in November of this year (2015). I have not had a chance to play, but many of the people we spoke with at last years GenCon really enjoy the game.
Will you return to Middle Earth and stem the tide of evil?
"...expand the horizons of the game to bring in even more Tolkienesque flavor to this game."
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Sounds like a reskin of the expansion FFG released when they had it, would be interesting to see if it is that or something different. The FFG expansion added some nice depth to the game, and opened up new angles for both sides.
Not exactly a reskin. They announced 3 expansions when they kicked off the second edition would replace the 1E expansion. The 1E expansion had balance issues. This one not only should fix that, but add a TON more content, including 3 new factions (six total).
I have played this game, I am SUPER biased, but it’s a favorite, and I have been waiting for this expansion for a long time. IM SO EXCITED!