2 - 5 players
Ages 12 & up
Playing time: 60 minutes
Authors: Reiner Knizia

Awards
Winner Best Family Strategy Game Games Magazine 2002

Your task is to stop the Dark Lord Sauron from winning back a magic ring, which Frodo Baggins has inherited, and which Sauron will use to forever enslave the land. Journey through Middle Earth, taking on the challenges of four of the most hazardous regions of the land - Moria, Helm's Deep, Shelob's Lair and Mordor - to destroy the ring in the volcanic fires of Mount Doom. Join Frodo and the Fellowship on their perilous adventure across Middle Earth, and use your skill and fortune to guide you

Contents: Master gameboard, 2 double-sided scenario boards, 60 Hobbit cards, 5 character cards, 5 Gandalf cards, 35 feature cards, 23 cardboard tiles, 11 cardboard tokens, 32 cardboard shields, 1 special die, 1 ring, 1 Sauron figure, 5 Hobbit figures, 6 markers, Hall of Fame record sheet, game rules, all in a box approximately 31 x 31 x 7cm

Here is an overview of the game (if you click into youtube there are another 2 parts which also include more of a tutorial on play):


Part 2 of the overreview.
Part 3 of the overreview - this shows a full scenario being played.