As someone who hasn't yet played this behemoth of a game, this walkthrough is absolutely sensational. Your explanations are clear and concise, and your enthusiasm really shines through. Love your work!
Whether the war be the size of a table, Or the size of an entire land, The greatest battles are all fought against the self. -Some wise person, probably
I love, love, love your playthroughs Colin!! You do an excellent job and I use them as references for rules reminders and inspiration for my playthroughs. I play games both solo and coop, so really great stuff. Thanks!
This is awesome! Balls out all expansions. Brave man to do that on cam. Whew, I’d never try it. Pimped out collector’s edition too! Respect! I have the limited edition plus all of the limited expansions and a few of the token upgrades but not the mountain ranges. It looks spectacular!!!
50:00 When playing the Olog Hai card to recruit, you can do it in a besieged stronghold. So Moria would be a valid target even if the elves are there. Edit. Sorry, just noticed this had already been commented.
I've never seen a game go like that - pretty unlucky rolling for the SP! I love watching playthroughs of this. You make it look so easy :) Can't wait for part 2!
50:07 You can muster troops in Moria because you are using an event card. From the rule book p26 Recruiting restrictions section - You cannot muster troops in a stronghold besieged by the enemy unless you are recruiting with an event card. Cheers!
Have you tried war of the ring the card game? Supposedly it is a homage to the board game however since I haven’t played the board game I can’t say how well it compares. The card game though is fun on its own and a solo and co-op against the AI is coming sometime in the fall(right now the game is only competitive).
I've tried it and thought it was great. Very cool mix of original mechanics and some of the same feel of the big daddy original game. We will be covering it for sure when the expansion is out - Mike
Amazing!! You should really try the solo variant. Star wars rebellion solo is one of the best gaming series ever on youtube, and i doubt anyone else could try this challenge (and actually there are no video on it)
@@OneStopCoopShop that is great!!!looking forward to it.such an amazing game.. it really give ita best in two...but I did try it solo already and works pretty well. But SWR played much more smoothly after i saw your gameplay... and most of all it was epic😁😁😁
crisp and clear and fast like a walkthrough-playthough should be . Only watched the first few minutes, It is Thankgiving so my time is limited. Got a lot of style and experience going on. 5years ago would have been better. LOL. But still ,and "for now", a great job on this game.
Nice to see this finally appear. Shame I'm heading off to bed now before work, but it's definitely getting a full view tonight. I can understand why you're not using the solo rules I sent you, due to no expansion support.
You're welcome! If you really want to make the next playthrough truly epic, you could always play Hunt for the Ring first, and lead into War of the Ring since they share similar mechanics.
Thank you for this video! Really curious as to where you got the mountain's and strongholds miniatures. I'd like to add to my game in the same way. Can you provide where and how you upgraded your game to this level? Thank you!
Colin went over to Meet Me at the Table, another UA-cam channel, so he won't be able to answer this. But I'm pretty sure he answered the same question in one of the previous comments, if you want to go searching!
58:00 Not sure if you deliberately didn't retreat the 2 shadow units into the Moria stronghold before the battle, but that would probably have helped the shadow player quite a bit.
Literally just finished watching the Robs Gaming Table playthrough of this and now I see you playing it as well? *sigh* Now I guess I have to buy it. I was stuck between this and Star Wars Rebellion but just on theme alone I thing WotR edges it out
I will tell you I have played both extensively, and currently Star Wars Rebellion is no longer in my collection. . . So that should tell you something! :)
I have this edition and it's a great game - really looking forward to seeing how you handle both roles!! :) PS - ! I want to know where you got all the 3D Terrain please?
@@bretttodd2961 Thanks - I actually DO have a 3D printer - BUT I'm also rubbish (newbie) - but hey, may track those down and try for a bit of fun. Thank you.
Did those minis come prepainted like that in the collector's edition? They're gorgeous, nothing wrong with the unpainted plastic ones but this is just on a different level. Wonder if they will ever reprint collectors edition with such nicely painted minis, maybe a third edition, one can hope. Looking forward to this series :)
@@OneStopCoopShop You cannot "muster" (using the action die), but you can "recruit" (using an event card). boardgamegeek.com/thread/956854/recruiting-besieged-strongholds-weird-situation
Yupp, you are actually able recruit into a stronghold under siege with Event Cards (just not with a Muster die). Likewise, you can recruit with an event card even if the nation isn't "At War" yet. I assume this is primarily to help the Free Peoples player with "surprise" reinforcements, but also applies to the Shadow player in this case
@@OneStopCoopShop Fact. Btw have you played this game with friends? If so how was it to explain the game to them. Thinking about getting it but explaining it to my friends could be horrific.
@@OneStopCoopShop thanks for the reply :) i will definitely check them out! guessing the first few games ill have to play both sides to get used to it, but that seems fine tbh
@@niall2236 I personally love playing both sides on this one. It works quite well! Good luck my friend and may you either dunk the ring, or stop Frodo and amass the evil of the world! :)
So during the siege of Moria, you counted the two 5's as hits toward the Shadow army, but don't the Free Peoples have to roll 6's to hit during a siege?
Here you go! www.etsy.com/listing/711699164/war-of-the-ring-strongholds-2nd-edition?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=war+of+the+ring&ref=sr_gallery-1-4&organic_search_click=1&frs=1&cns=1
so how are you supposed to plan your strategy for the game when you have to roll dice to see what actions you are even allowed to take for the turn couldn't plan my next turn in advance then for me I would not like
Part of the challenge! And remember as the Free Peoples you have access to 3 rings that allow you to change a die to anything except the Will of the West die. As the Shadow Player you get 7-10 dice so in theory you should have more balanced rolls. Sometimes that just doesn't happen, and is part of the challenge!
So in a game like this, you plan your strategies based on what the dice rolls give you. You have to make the most of what you get each turn. You can still try to realize a specific strategy you have in mind, but you can only move that strategy forward when the dice go your way.
@@Xipslarng that would be like play chess but at start of your turn roll a dice with pieces on it and then can only move those for the turn. For me that would not be good that does not me it a bad mechanic just that I would not like it
@@OneStopCoopShop Awesome. Too bad this isn't you're living, because then I'd be serious. :) But since you're kind a gracious to be taking your valuable personal time to do this for us, I'll be humble and patient instead! (I'm getting ready to take a stab at the Queller bot myself in a few days, and just wanted to get a clue on how to tackle it right out of the gate. So I'll just use your eventual play thru instead, to validate mine. But no pressure. :)
You might like to further upgrade your Combat Dice to a more Thematic Die.I got Eleven Dice from Q Workshop,Blue and White for the FP,Black and Red for the SP. q-workshop.com/en/single-dice/134/d6-elven-black-red-elven-dice
COMPLETELY different. Middle Earth Quest is a 1 vs many adventure game, where one player controls Sauron, and the rest control heroes running around having battles (in a cool card-based system) and completing quests. MEQ is much closer to something like Runebound, while war of the ring is a big war game - Mike
@@OneStopCoopShop lucky you, could you pm me if you're willing and happen to find another one? It would be appreciated, but I understand if you can't/ wouldn't want to, anyway love the gameplay, can't get enough of this game
As someone who hasn't yet played this behemoth of a game, this walkthrough is absolutely sensational. Your explanations are clear and concise, and your enthusiasm really shines through. Love your work!
Thanks so much Nathan! Made my day! Hope you have fun playing this intense game!!
Whether the war be the size of a table,
Or the size of an entire land,
The greatest battles are all fought against the self.
-Some wise person, probably
HAHAHA Yess!!
I love, love, love your playthroughs Colin!! You do an excellent job and I use them as references for rules reminders and inspiration for my playthroughs. I play games both solo and coop, so really great stuff. Thanks!
Thank you so much Jerrod!! Hope you are doing well!!
I got so excited to see this in my feed! It's my favorite game!
I can see why!! The game is wonderful, thanks for watching!!
First time actually seeing this game in action. I’m floored. This looks absolutely phenomenal
The game.. is.. amazing!!
It is a great game. No easy rules but VERY thematic and often exiting battles and card plays/rolls :)
@@PMMagro Yes the best part right three! Those thematic and tense moments in the game!
This is great. I’m glad you are using the expansions, been wondering how those added to the complexity. Minis looks so good too.
Agreed on both accounts! Thanks for watching!!
This is awesome! Balls out all expansions. Brave man to do that on cam. Whew, I’d never try it. Pimped out collector’s edition too! Respect! I have the limited edition plus all of the limited expansions and a few of the token upgrades but not the mountain ranges. It looks spectacular!!!
very nice explanation and great playthrough! One of the best resources for WOTR, many thanks
Appreciate you watching!!
50:00 When playing the Olog Hai card to recruit, you can do it in a besieged stronghold. So Moria would be a valid target even if the elves are there.
Edit. Sorry, just noticed this had already been commented.
Thanks!!
oh wooooow, looking forward to this. Have it in my shelf and never played it unfortunately. Thanks in advance!
Oh I SO hope this gets you to pull it out! It makes for such a great emergent story!!
I really enjoy your play throughs, Colin. You should make playing this game a Thanksgiving tradition!
Haha that sounds like a great idea!!
I've never seen a game go like that - pretty unlucky rolling for the SP! I love watching playthroughs of this. You make it look so easy :) Can't wait for part 2!
The amount of eyes rolled has been insane! Going to be an interesting Part 2! Thanks for watching!!
@@OneStopCoopShop PROOF! A military victory for the FP is actually possible!
When the dice rolls the way they are here, I think so!! We shall see in Part II tomorrow!
Since event cards trump the regular rules, you could have recruited that Olag-Hai to Moria even though it was besieged.
Thanks!!
This is fantastic. Beautiful version as well!
Thanks so much for watching! I'm actually planning on doing hunt for the ring next!!
This is really fun. Can’t wait for part 2!!
Just posted! Hope you enjoy it!!
Super!! Thanks for showing this awesome game and with expansions! 👊💥👊👍
Trust me it is MY pleasure! I had so much fun playing this it was ridiculous!
50:07
You can muster troops in Moria because you are using an event card. From the rule book p26 Recruiting restrictions section - You cannot muster troops in a stronghold besieged by the enemy unless you are recruiting with an event card. Cheers!
Thanks!!
this and LotR LCG are my 2 fav games ;). And I'm not a Tolkien fanatic, I just happen to love those two
Haha well you have good tastes!!!
Cool, all the expansions and played the way I have to play.
Cheers
Yes you should its a blast!!
I’m predicting now....I think Colin will win this ;-)
Oooooooo I'm impressed how did you know!!
Wait… what?! How did I miss that you'd done this? I know what I'll be watching as I do dishes this week.
Haha!! Yes I had a freaking blast too, I need to get it back to the table!
Just found your channel via BGG. I am a fan of your solo playthroughs. Thanks for creating them.
Thanks so much for watching and welcome to the channel!!
loving how the collectors edition cost x10 the original price XD
It’s pretty crazy 😭
Really badass board and minis! Thanks you for sharing.
Thank you for watching!!
Sweet mountains and extras!
Love it!!
When is the solo variant coming out these are great! I loved the commentary in this it was very immersive and taught me how to play!
Glad it helped and soon! Just need to get through tax season!
Have you tried war of the ring the card game? Supposedly it is a homage to the board game however since I haven’t played the board game I can’t say how well it compares. The card game though is fun on its own and a solo and co-op against the AI is coming sometime in the fall(right now the game is only competitive).
I haven't tried it yet! I do plan to pick up the game though with the coop expansion that will be right up my alley!!
I've tried it and thought it was great. Very cool mix of original mechanics and some of the same feel of the big daddy original game. We will be covering it for sure when the expansion is out - Mike
@@OneStopCoopShop looking forward to it !
Amazing!! You should really try the solo variant. Star wars rebellion solo is one of the best gaming series ever on youtube, and i doubt anyone else could try this challenge (and actually there are no video on it)
It is in the works!! Just had to wait for some stuff but it's coming!!
@@OneStopCoopShop that is great!!!looking forward to it.such an amazing game.. it really give ita best in two...but I did try it solo already and works pretty well. But SWR played much more smoothly after i saw your gameplay... and most of all it was epic😁😁😁
Where can I find tant solo variant? I'm really interested
On BGG. Two variant.. one Is simpler and is the one I would suggest. Then there is the queller bot
crisp and clear and fast like a walkthrough-playthough should be . Only watched the first few minutes, It is Thankgiving so my time is limited.
Got a lot of style and experience going on. 5years ago would have been better. LOL. But still ,and "for now", a great job on this game.
Thanks for watching and the great comment! Happy Thanksgiving!
Nice to see this finally appear. Shame I'm heading off to bed now before work, but it's definitely getting a full view tonight. I can understand why you're not using the solo rules I sent you, due to no expansion support.
Don't worry next is going to be just that!! I am young to start testing it in the weeks ahead. I can't thank you enough for that!!
You're welcome! If you really want to make the next playthrough truly epic, you could always play Hunt for the Ring first, and lead into War of the Ring since they share similar mechanics.
Where can I find your rules for solo? Would be great to look over
Absolutely fantastic playthrough !!! Even Better then Ricky Royal 😉
Thanks for watching!! No one is better than Ricky!!
My all-time favorite game!
Yessssss!!!
Thanks for this! I'll be watching it through in bits.
If possible do one for Battle of the Five Armies as well, that'd be sweet.
Thanks for watching!!
Thank you for this video! Really curious as to where you got the mountain's and strongholds miniatures. I'd like to add to my game in the same way. Can you provide where and how you upgraded your game to this level? Thank you!
Colin went over to Meet Me at the Table, another UA-cam channel, so he won't be able to answer this. But I'm pretty sure he answered the same question in one of the previous comments, if you want to go searching!
He great play through btw. Did you ever do that solo play??? I hope so, but can't find it. Thanks in advance.
I haven't yet sorry!!
I used to own the first edition of the game. I sold it when I moved to the US thinking I would never play board games there. How mistaken I was!
Haha!! We all make mistakes!
@@OneStopCoopShop Yes I didn't think I would be able to find people to play with. Maybe I'll buy this one again one day.
It is one of those classics that will be played for many years to come! I do hope you pick it up at some point! :)
You never rolled three eyes? I rolled six last Sunday, and it wasn't the first time XD
Hahaha!!
58:00 Not sure if you deliberately didn't retreat the 2 shadow units into the Moria stronghold before the battle, but that would probably have helped the shadow player quite a bit.
Sorry! Poor choice all around!
@@OneStopCoopShop Great playthrough. Nice to see the expansions as well.
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
First time seeing game, it looks really fun to play
It is a blast!! Highly recommended!
Just bought this game, looks so fun
It is amazing!!
Holy cow, where did you get all the mountains and other 3d terrain? That looks amazing.
I did some digging and now I don't know if the etsy person is selling anymore!! So sorry!
Literally just finished watching the Robs Gaming Table playthrough of this and now I see you playing it as well? *sigh* Now I guess I have to buy it. I was stuck between this and Star Wars Rebellion but just on theme alone I thing WotR edges it out
I will tell you I have played both extensively, and currently Star Wars Rebellion is no longer in my collection. . . So that should tell you something! :)
Any updates on a solo play through with one of the variants? The cards or queller bot would be amazing!
I still hedgehog looked into it but need to!!
I have this edition and it's a great game - really looking forward to seeing how you handle both roles!! :)
PS - ! I want to know where you got all the 3D Terrain please?
Thanks for watching!! And yes here you go: www.etsy.com/listing/758192979/war-of-the-ring-mountains-2nd-edition?ref=yr_purchases
You can find the print files on Thingiverse and print yourself if you have a 3d printer.
Nice!! Good catch!
@@bretttodd2961 Thanks - I actually DO have a 3D printer - BUT I'm also rubbish (newbie) - but hey, may track those down and try for a bit of fun. Thank you.
@@OneStopCoopShop Thank you!
Great video! Love this game!
I am with you! LOVE it and can't get enough of it!
can you please share who made colored figures and the models of mountains and strongholds.
eviltoymaker.com/collections/war-of-the-ring/terrain
Beautiful!
I agree the deluxe edition looks amazing!
Liked and subbed
Did those minis come prepainted like that in the collector's edition? They're gorgeous, nothing wrong with the unpainted plastic ones but this is just on a different level. Wonder if they will ever reprint collectors edition with such nicely painted minis, maybe a third edition, one can hope.
Looking forward to this series :)
You got it this is the anniversary edition and they come fully painted. Gotta love it! Thanks for watching!!
50:02 He could recruit that Sauron unit in Moria too, even it is under the siege, right?
No it's under siege you can't recruit into a sieged settlement
@@OneStopCoopShop You cannot "muster" (using the action die), but you can "recruit" (using an event card).
boardgamegeek.com/thread/956854/recruiting-besieged-strongholds-weird-situation
Yupp, you are actually able recruit into a stronghold under siege with Event Cards (just not with a Muster die). Likewise, you can recruit with an event card even if the nation isn't "At War" yet.
I assume this is primarily to help the Free Peoples player with "surprise" reinforcements, but also applies to the Shadow player in this case
Great point was thinking he was taking about mustering thanks!!
How match is the board game with this actual colored painted miniatures and 3D terrains?
Not cheap! I think sounds 200 bucks!
I'd totally love to get the collector's edition for this game but it's so expensive right now 🥺
I know... I don't see it getting any cheaper either
@@OneStopCoopShop Fact. Btw have you played this game with friends? If so how was it to explain the game to them. Thinking about getting it but explaining it to my friends could be horrific.
Yeah I've only played solo so I don't know!! It would be a challenge. You could have them watch a video first?
did shadow need to add a die to the box because free peoples moved twice first turn ?
Can you give me a time stamp? I'm not sure what you are saying?
@@OneStopCoopShop end of the first turn. free peoples moved fellowship twice. should shadow player place a second eye die in the box
Nope just 1. He could put 2 if he'd want!
nice vid! what combat dices are you using? they color match quite well with the base games faction dices
Oh boy no idea just found them around the house haha!!
ok, guess I just have to look around as well, maybe they drop out of a drawer or so :-)
Haha!! I hope they do!!
Hi! nice table, you printed that terrain?
I got it from etsy!
That sure is a purrty game!!
I would 100% agree!!
Wow on eBay this is 2000$
You can muster troops using event cards into areas that are besieged. I think you played that incorrectly at Moria @ 50 min.
Yup thanks for that!!
how is this playing solo? its a game id love to play, but my friend group would hate it haha
There are a couple fan made solo modes but I haven't tried them yet!
@@OneStopCoopShop thanks for the reply :) i will definitely check them out! guessing the first few games ill have to play both sides to get used to it, but that seems fine tbh
@@niall2236 I personally love playing both sides on this one. It works quite well! Good luck my friend and may you either dunk the ring, or stop Frodo and amass the evil of the world! :)
Hi!! Can you share the link of the solo variant you talked about on the description?
Here you go!: boardgamegeek.com/filepage/141333/queller-bot-war-ring-solo-play
@@OneStopCoopShop thanks!
So during the siege of Moria, you counted the two 5's as hits toward the Shadow army, but don't the Free Peoples have to roll 6's to hit during a siege?
Can you give me a time stamp? I may have played an event or something!
How come the figures are so nice?
I have the deluxe version
Can I ask what’s your audio setup? Sounds great!
I just use a shure microphone that goes over my head and record on my computer. Then I sync it up to the audio from the video camera!
@@OneStopCoopShop Awesome. And thanks for the video, it's really helpful to just see it being played, and I love your enthusiasm!
Thanks so much for watching!!
Do you have a file we can have a look at the rules of this variant?
Search on bgg on the file section you will find it!
Where did you get the stronghold models?
Here you go! www.etsy.com/listing/711699164/war-of-the-ring-strongholds-2nd-edition?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=war+of+the+ring&ref=sr_gallery-1-4&organic_search_click=1&frs=1&cns=1
so how are you supposed to plan your strategy for the game when you have to roll dice to see what actions you are even allowed to take for the turn couldn't plan my next turn in advance then for me I would not like
Part of the challenge! And remember as the Free Peoples you have access to 3 rings that allow you to change a die to anything except the Will of the West die. As the Shadow Player you get 7-10 dice so in theory you should have more balanced rolls. Sometimes that just doesn't happen, and is part of the challenge!
So in a game like this, you plan your strategies based on what the dice rolls give you. You have to make the most of what you get each turn. You can still try to realize a specific strategy you have in mind, but you can only move that strategy forward when the dice go your way.
@@Xipslarng that would be like play chess but at start of your turn roll a dice with pieces on it and then can only move those for the turn. For me that would not be good that does not me it a bad mechanic just that I would not like it
@@Xipslarng Part of why I enjoy the game so much!
So how's the solo play-thru coming along?? :) :)
Its in the works! 😁😁
@@OneStopCoopShop Awesome. Too bad this isn't you're living, because then I'd be serious. :) But since you're kind a gracious to be taking your valuable personal time to do this for us, I'll be humble and patient instead! (I'm getting ready to take a stab at the Queller bot myself in a few days, and just wanted to get a clue on how to tackle it right out of the gate. So I'll just use your eventual play thru instead, to validate mine. But no pressure. :)
You might like to further upgrade your Combat Dice to a more Thematic Die.I got Eleven Dice from Q Workshop,Blue and White for the FP,Black and Red for the SP. q-workshop.com/en/single-dice/134/d6-elven-black-red-elven-dice
Ummm YES PLEASE!! thanks for the link!!
Do more of these! Or better yet play me in a game.
Haha!! Thanks for watching!
@@OneStopCoopShop No problem. I enjoy it and appreciate you. Sorry I didn't watch it sooner but I just bought the game.
Totally get that!! Hope you have fun playing!!
How different is this one from the middle earth quest?
Sorry I do not know never played!
COMPLETELY different. Middle Earth Quest is a 1 vs many adventure game, where one player controls Sauron, and the rest control heroes running around having battles (in a cool card-based system) and completing quests.
MEQ is much closer to something like Runebound, while war of the ring is a big war game - Mike
Where did you get the painted mini’s? Did you do it yourself? Is it part of the annniversary edition or something? Did you say and I missed it?😂🙈
Yup its the anniversary edition! Comes fully painted!
Woooowwwww
I wish I got that🥺
It's wonderful.. they are a bit pricey
Fair enough😂
I really wanted to get the collector edition, but 1000 dollars is WAY too much, does anyone know someone that sells it at a reasonable price?
I hate to say it but that's the price I've been seeing!
@@OneStopCoopShop ouch, did you actually paid 1k?
I know someone so that's how I got mine!
@@OneStopCoopShop lucky you, could you pm me if you're willing and happen to find another one? It would be appreciated, but I understand if you can't/ wouldn't want to, anyway love the gameplay, can't get enough of this game
If I do ill let you know!! I love this game as well my friend so I get it!!
is this the Anniversary board??
It is!
why is minas tirith black?!
It's white just like black