Product Description: Make the journey with the Fellowship and claim the territories of Middle-Earth in this special edition of the classic Monopoly Game. Gather power as you move in and out of these territories, building strongholds and fortresses to secure your holdings. You may even acquire relics such as the staffs of the Wizards. Become the most powerful player throughout Middle-Earth to be the winner.
Play the classic version or make use of the power of the One Ring with the special The Lord of the Rings optional play. The Eye of Sauron advances the One Ring and moves the game along quickly.
This Collector's Edition Includes: six collectible tokens, full-color game board, title deeds representing territories throughout Middle-Earth, 32 plastic strongholds and 12 fortresses, PEOPLE and EVENT cards that replace Chance and Community Chest cards, seven Denominations of Power that replace the play money, one special die with the Eye of Sauron, one standard die, gold-toned pewter ring, and collectible tokens depicting Aragorn, Frodo, Gimli, Galadriel, Gandalf, and Legolas.
I love Monopoly and LotR and this journey on Middle-Earth is indeed crazy I remember reading LotR and I loved the series and the Peter Jackson version. Once I heard of the Monopoly edition of LotR, I was excited. I soon won the LotR Monopoly edition. I came home, invited some relatives and soon had a great time!
As you know, Monopoly is a game inwhich you have to be the ultimate monopoly. You buy and sell property, and if you own Mt. Doom and Bara-dur (Boardwalk and Park Place in the original Monopoly) then you get a monopoly. You can build strongholds (houses) and fortresses (hotels) and everytime a rival lands on your property, then he has to give you power (money). If you can't pay the rent then you'll become bankrupt and you are out. You also have to avoid jail.
There is some new tokens that resemble characters from LotR. If you had a look at the screenshots of this Monopoly game then you'll notice a lot of changes. But there is a new optional rule you can play with in this version; everytime you roll an "Eye of Sauron" (also counts as one) the golden ring will move to one territory per eye, where you can add strongholds. If you land on a territory with the ring, you may get it for FREE! If you land on an owned territory with the ring on it, you have to pay double the rent.
So, if you are a 100% die-hard LotR that only enjoy the books, then you can miss. But if you are looking for a Monopoly board or for LotR stuff, I recommend this game then
Note: If Tolkien lived to see this, he would have died immediatly. Infact, I think he's rolling in his grave as I am typing this review.
Lord of the Rings Monopoly Received in a timely manner. Game in great shape.
Cheap playing pieces!! Although we love Lord of the Rings and thought it would be fun having a Monopoly version, we were very disappointed at the quality of this game. The playing pieces were extremely cheap, as was the board itself, more like cardboard with paper on it. We hate it!!
Family Fun with a Fantasy Twist I must admit that my family loves Monopoly and I love LOTR. This is a great version for us to break out during the hurricanes [I live in FL] for a change of pace.
It is a nice set and if you're into collecting the different versions I would highly recommend this one. One point that I am unsure of is if this is the Trilogy version or not. When movies and marketing span years, one must be careful to check on those pesky details.
All in all a good game with moderately paced game play; however it can take a while to get through a whole game so do not start near bed time.
Simply fantastic! This game is so much fun! It is a very fun way to spend your time, I love being able to "own" Weathertop! Mount Doom is also included, at a very high sale pirce, in this game. There is also a pretty fun alternative game that includes using the One Ring. I think anyone who is a fan of the books, or mainly the movies, should get this edition of Monopoly!
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