Amazon’s rollout of Lord of the Rings content continues with this tabletop adventure based on the highly acclaimed Pandemic, with the creator of Pandemic, Matt Leacock, also designing Fate of the Fellowship.
One playthrough of Lord of the Rings Fate of the Fellowship game is expected to take anywhere between one and three hours, but unusually for board games, it is able to be played completely solo.
Lord of the Rings Fate of the Fellowship Details
Part of the appeal for board games enthusiasts and collectors isn’t just the ability to play the game itself, but to enjoy the craftsmanship of boards and miniatures.
With that in mind, the broad list of what’s included in the box might come as welcome news to this particular audience:
- 1x Game Board
- 1x Barad-dur Dice Tower
- 13x Character Figures
- 9x Nazgul Miniatures
- 48x Shadow Troops
- 35x Friendly Troops
- 48x Region Cards
- 14x Event Cards
- 12x Skies Darken Cards
- 24x Objective Cards
- 10x Reference Cards
- 13x Character Cards
- 50x Shadow Cards
- 3x Battle Dice
- 7x Search Dice
- 6x Haven Tokens
- 6x Stronghold Tokens
- 1x Eye of Sauron Token
- 1x Solo Token
- 1x Hope Marker
- 36x Symbol Tokens
- 1x Threat Rate Marker
How Close to Pandemic Does it Hue?
With the same foundation and designer, is the gameplay loop exactly the same Pandemic or is there something original to be found here?
It’s apparently intended to be a variation of the core Pandemic loop, making it familiar without being the same game. The ultimate goal being to make a game that’s replay-able through different objective cards and scenarios.
This might even help newcomers get into the game, being able to transfer their knowledge rather than learn a whole new ruleset from the ground up.
Exploring Other Lord of the Rings Board Games
Of course, as fans of board games and Tolkien’s universe will know, this is far from the only board game set in Middle Earth.
Interestingly, this is an area of adaptation that has arguably had more success than recent Lord of the Rings video game failures.
Certain titles like Lord of the Rings, released in 2000 by Knizia, garnered plenty of acclaim – even coming before the blockbuster films themselves. War of the Ring (2011) has also received plenty of attention for its fidelity to the source material.
