Lord of the Rings The Fellowship Board Game

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• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00007KE52
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,107 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Product Description

THIS IS A USED GAME. ALL PIECES ARE INCLUDED AND VERIFIED. BOX MAY HAVE SOME WEAR. BOX MAY HAVE TAPE ON IT THAT IF TAKEN OFF WOULD RUIN IT. PLEASE NOTE: THAT WE DO NOT SHIP OUR GAMES VIA PRIORITY MAIL OR INTERNATIONALLY. WE PROVIDE NEXT DAY SHIPPING WITH A DELIEVERY CONFIRMATION NUMBER. WE WILL EMAIL YOU ONCE YOUR ITEM HAS BEEN SHIPPED OUT.

Customer Reviews

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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible, April 28, 2003

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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lord of the Rings The Fellowship Board Game (Toy)

This is the worst game I've ever played. There is NO strategy involved whatsoever. It's like a Lord of the Rings version of shoots and latters. Even the most hard core Lord of the Rings fan could never enjoy this game. Plus, this is only 1/3rd of the game. You have to buy two more boxes to complete the game. Children wont enjoy it because its superficially complex. Adults will not enjoy it because the complexity is pointless. Its pretty picutres do not make it less tedious and boring. Do not waste your money.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for the kids!, February 15, 2004

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N. C. Derham "MacBeth Derham" (Floral Park, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lord of the Rings The Fellowship Board Game (Toy)

My kids have spent hours playing this game, along with the Two Towers game. In an effort to continue the game before the thrid set comes out, my son designed his own Return of the King game, complete with puzzle board sections to complement the Middle Earth map-board supplied by the first two games.

I think part of the charm for the kids (ages 7-13) is the set-up. They enjoy watching the board grow as they play, and have kept the game continuing for hours of fun.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Waste of Time, January 1, 2004

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B. Wagner (Elsewhere) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lord of the Rings The Fellowship Board Game (Toy)

This board game is wonderful to look at, there's no doubt about that. The idea of interlocking board sections that expand the playable area as the "plot" continues is original, and necessary to keep the board size manageable. That's about all that there is good to say about this set as it is otherwise not worth the investment of either time or money.

The first warning sign was that this game had potentially the longest out-of-box set up time I have ever experienced of any board game. My family and I spent almost as much time assembling the game pieces and reading, and trying to make sense of, the rules, which range from the cryptic to the absurd in their attempt to simulate strategy.

The game claims to have an element of strategy, but the hapless player remains at the mercy of game cards which end up being the true soul, whatever there is of it, of the game. The points system fails in every respect, be it a goal or a source of competition between players. In the end, the points system has almost no bearing whatsoever on gameplay. Where's the strategy? Where's the competition that keeps a game from degrading into collective solitaire? There is none.

Simply put, the game is no fun whatsoever, even for the truest Lord of the Rings fan out there. Each move does nothing more than tell a miniscule chunk of the story that most bothering with the game in the first place already know, and it does not even do that well. Actual interaction is at what seems to be a deliberate minimum (since the game is already constrained absolutely by the plot on which it is based), the players do little more than roll the die to reveal the next section of plot.

The game get low marks for durability as well. Despite the fact that most the board itself and the game pieces are made well enough, the board pieces must be punched out of larger sheets of cardboard, creating enourmous amounts of waste, and the three dimensional paper mountain takes quite a beating each time it is built and deconstructed. Furthermore, the box itself provides no separate compartments for the game cards or pieces, forcing the entire game to organise itself as a messy pile in the box, waiting to be reorganised the next time the player lacks the heart to spare his or her guests the agony of sitting through this game.

Overall, this is a poorly made game with the poorest of intentions. The lack of any semblance of gameplay and the need to purchase the next two installments to complete the game make it obvious that this game, and it successors, were slapped together with little thought other than profits and taking advantage of popularity. I am sorry that I opened it at all, instead of exchanging it for something that my family could enjoy. At least the box looks nice.