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The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring is a 2003 real-time strategy game (RTS) developed by Liquid Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Games. Set in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional Middle-earth, it expands upon the events of the War of the Ring as told in his fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings.
In 1976, SPI was granted a license by the Tolkien Estate to produce wargames based on Lord of the Rings. [2] SPI subsequently produced three wargames in 1977: Sauron, Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith, and War of the Ring. The latter was a game designed by Richard Berg, with graphics by Redmond A. Simonsen and cover art by Tim Kirk.
War of the Ring is a 2-player game that takes approximately 3 hours, though there are variant rules for 3 or 4 players where one or both sides play as a team. The game concerns the War of the Ring starting from the Fellowship's forming in Rivendell.
The item can be used to summon one of two ring heroes for a price of 10,000 resources, Galadriel and Sauron, depending on the player's faction. Ring heroes have extremely strong armor and powerful attacks, making them among the game's most over-powered units. [8] [9] The War of the Ring mode combines turn-based strategy elements with real-time ...
In 1976, SPI was granted a license by the Tolkien Estate to produce wargames based on The Lord of the Rings. [3] SPI subsequently produced three wargames in 1977: War of the Ring, Gondor, and Sauron. The latter was a game designed by Rob Mosca, with graphics by Redmond A. Simonsen and cover art by Tim Kirk.
Tony Watson reviewed War of the Ring in The Space Gamer No. 12. [1] Watson commented that "The game plays well as game, but the use of a Diplomacy type system in a game of this nature is questionable." [1] In the 1978 White Dwarf gaming magazine (Issue 05) it was reviewed by Mike Westhead.
This is a list of Middle-earth video games.It includes both video games based directly on J. R. R. Tolkien's books about Middle-earth, and those derived from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. which in turn were based on Tolkien's novels of the same name.
The game was next shown at the Game Developers Conference in March 2011, where it was revealed gameplay options would include single-player mode, two-player local split-screen with one online player or one AI controlled player, two to three player LAN, and two to three player online multiplayer via PlayStation Network, Xbox Live or Steam. [39]