The world’s leading strategy battle-games company Games Workshop is gearing up for the November launch of its newest game. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the third in the series of table-top battle strategy games based on New Line Cinema’s highly acclaimed movie trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson. Carefully designed to mirror the excitement and thrills of the greatly anticipated third film that hits the big screen in December 2003, The Return of the King will carry the adventures in Middle-earth onwards with new rules and heroes for players to use in their games. The Return
of the King adds greater depth and detail to the previous games
with 12 new scenarios that allows players to re-create the events
of the third film. The 176 page, full color rulebook also includes
a comprehensive forces section that gives players all the information
you need to field warriors from any of the films. From older characters
such as Isildur to newer ones like the Mouth of Sauron, from the
noble High Elves to the brutish Mordor Trolls and the horrific
Shelob, players will now be able to draw on an incredible variety
of characters, warriors, and monsters for their armies. Exciting
New Miniatures for the Game The new game itself will come with great new plastic models, including 24 plastic Mordor Orcs and 24 Warriors of Minas Tirith, each force armed with a variety of weapons. Players also get new plastic scenery, evocative of the unique appearance of Middle-earth as seen in the motion pictures. Future issues of Games Workshop’s monthly hobby magazine White Dwarf will feature painting and modeling advice along with new scenarios and gaming material to further expand the game. And Continued Support for The Lord of the Rings! With the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King tabletop battlegame and associated releases, players are seeing but the third installment in The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game. Though this film brings the epic trilogy to a conclusion, these releases are only the latest for The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game! Coming months will be seeing even more via White Dwarf magazine and new supplements, taking the action even farther in scope. Players can be assured that they can look for many years to come of miniature gaming in Middle-earth! The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King tabletop battlegame will be released November 7th. It has a suggested retail price of $40.00 ($60.00 CAN).
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Battle of Helm’s Deep is Over – The Battle for Middle-earth has
begun! Following on the releases of The Fellowship of the Ring
and The Two Towers games, The Return of the King mirrors the events
of the forthcoming film of the same name. It will take players
through the key events of the movie such as the fighting at Minas
Tirith, the battle at the Black Gates of Mordor, and the culmination
of Frodo’s quest to destroy the Ring. Just as the film raises
the action to new heights, the action in the game also rises with
the inclusion of new rules, warriors, and scenarios.
New
rules also cover using banners and musicians in games as well
as special combat tactics such as firing massed volleys at the
enemy. The rulebook also includes The War of the Ring, a special
section presenting an additional 5 scenarios covering the great
battles raging throughout Middle-earth plus a new character to
use in them.
Over the coming year, Games Workshop will be releasing many fantastic
new models to support the game. From Aragorn the King to the twisted
Gorbag, from the Knights of Gondor to the Mordor Uruk-hai – players
will see a wide variety of new miniatures adding extra depth to
their armies. 
New warriors such as the Eastlerlings, 
Ongoing
Support for The Return of the King Support for The Lord of the
Rings: The Return of the King Strategy Battle Game will continue
through 2004 with new models and rules. Following in March will
be The Siege of Gondor, the second of Games Workshop’s supplements
for The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (the first being
the recent Shadow & Flame). This 64 page book will augment the
rules with sieges, war machines, and more reflecting the kind
of large-scale battles seen in The Return of the King. Players
will also get war machines for the forces of Gondor and Mordor
to augment their armies, plus new characters and key locations
of combats. The Siege of Gondor promises to be an invaluable supplement
for gamers looking to expand their armies beyond small skirmishes
and into larger scale battles. Future supplements are already
in work to provide even more for players as well, drawing also
on the literary works in the same manner as Shadow and Flame.
