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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 349

The Lord of the Rings War Journal

January 2009·pp. 50–51

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Mat Ward introduces War of the Ring as a separate mass-battle game designed to coexist with the Strategy Battle Game. He explains why moving individual warriors becomes cumbersome as collections grow, and how companies of eight infantry or two cavalry on movement trays allow much larger armies to play quickly. The preview gives tray dimensions and stresses that existing miniatures remain usable, making the new system an additional way to field a collection.

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