u/mcat1990

I have been playing War of the Ring: The Card Game a lot recently in solo mode with the expansions, but I always came up short of winning—sometimes losing by a pretty large margin.

Today, however, I finally did it! I felt like I was doing well until about round 7, when Mordor reactivated Minas Tirith. Losing it caused a massive 6-point swing (I lost 3 points, and they gained 3). I struggled on, and by the last round, the Lidless Eye was distracted by a shadow battleground where the last remaining Men and Elves—literally my last usable cards—fought against the endless hordes of evil. Meanwhile, on the slopes of Mount Doom, Frodo climbed while being chased by a Nazgûl. A second one appeared, and in an act of desperation, Frodo put on the Ring (allowing me to draw 2 cards). Sam appeared, saving the day and winning the game for me by just 2 points!

It felt incredibly thematic. I have only played the game solo so far, but I really need to try it with others.

Just wanted to share how awesome this game is/was.

Been working through the models in the starter set and just wanted to share :D

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All US is done, now working through Germany then the buildings.

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Finding the models refreshing from what I normally paint.

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Still to learn the rules and decide which force to actually start building properly.

Hello,

I am very new to bolt action, I have seen several videos on YouTube with games being played and it always perked my interest but I never followed through. Last weekend I was at UKGE and among many other purchases I decided to take a punt and bought the starter kit.

I am not new to miniatures having mainly focused on Warhammer fantasy/old world and dabbled in 40k (just collecting for 40k). Today I opened up the set, built and painted 3 of the US rangers, have to say the book in the set is fantastic with build instructions.

Not what I am used to but had a blast painting these 3 up although realised after I have not removed mould lines, whoops. It felt almost refreshing compared to Warhammer.

I have a couple of questions, is it worth playing the scenarios in the book? Or am I better just getting a fuller force and trying to get a proper game in.

If I do decide to jump down this rabbit hole how do I go about making an army? Like what are the key benefits and cons of each faction/nation? And how do you plan what units to get?

Sorry if this is just another newbie post :D

Turn one was fine, felt I got a good start then bang round 2 was chain triggers leading to 4 battlegrounds and 1 path

May have over committed

Morannon I may have over committed but thought I won it until Mordors last draw,

Other 3 battlefields I won but the path was a nightmare

Spent both ring tokens as well

This felt huge for round 2

Turn one was fine, felt I got a good start then bang round 2 was chain triggers leading to 4 battlegrounds and 1 path

May have over committed

Morannon I may have over committed but thought I won it until Mordors last draw,

Other 3 battlefields I won but the path was a nightmare

Spent both ring tokens as well

This felt huge for round 2