
A turn-based strategy game pitting two players of Light and Shadow against each other with asymmetric forces and hidden units.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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Great board game conversion. It has a Stratego style set up, but is much deeper with each piece having it's own powers and a numerical strength, piece placement is very important during board set up. You can see your opponents piece placement, but not what those pieces actually are. Battles play out on a diamond shaped board with sixteen territories, your pieces can only move forward with some pieces and board spaces having powers that can allow exceptions to this. When you move into a territory with an opponent present, your opponents piece is revealed and a battle begins. Your strength and your opponents strength and power are revealed. You then play an additional card from your hand prior to the battle and then you and your opponent reveal cards simultaneously. Cards can generally only be used once and are not replenished until they have all been used. Your piece strength, special powers and the card you played determine the outcome. Get your Prince to the home territory of the shadow forces to win, or if your'e playing shadow forces, get three of your pieces to the light side home or kill the prince for the win. Great game. Well implemented. I love seeing these great board games making their way to steam. Mulitplayer games play out in real time (no async) and the game does have an integrated chat box.
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This is a really great conversion of a board game. I supported it on Kickstarter and I'm happy with the final product. Mac version seems solid and the introductory tutorial is well done (usually tutorials suck on most board game conversions). Animations and game mechanics all feel very well polished. Kind of wish the game had a campaign mode with a story, but fighting the AI in solo mode works too I guess. Could also use a bit more settings to adjust the resolution and windowed in-game, but can also hope those come in a later patch.
I haven't played a lot of board game adaptations to the computer before, but I can say that this is a very well done game. There is a bit of a learning curve if you haven't played the board game before, but the tutorial takes you through the basics. The rest you'll learn pretty quickly in a few matches against the AI. The choice of playing as either Light or Shadow gives the game a good variety of play, as each side has some very unique and interesting characters, character abilities, and special cards. So far I've played against both the AI and real opponents, and both game modes are fun. Highly recommend this game for anyone who loves board games or turn-based strategy games!
I love it , Great price , fun strategy game. Well done.
I would recommend this game if you have a rival friend and need a new game to settle the score. This game is very very deep and fun. Tactical strategy board game. Perfect to ruin your friends mood on anygiven day. No need to buy the expansion at first, try out the base game before going anyfurther.
A very solid implementation of Knizia's excellent, classic strategy game, LOTR: The Confrontation. As a huge LOTR nerd, I did not miss the theme as much as I thought I would - the quality of the game transcends the theme. This adaptation takes the already-minimal fiddily-ness of the the board game and removes the need to manage them yourself. For the card management and interactions between different character abilities, this is especially handy. And it has cross-platform online multiplayer! Always a huge plus. Buy this game, and then message me for a game.
Un jeu très intéressant, basé sur le fait que les pièces adverses sont masquées. Les deux camps ont une stratégie spécifique (le camp du "mal" joue sur la puissance pure, celui du "bien" sur la ruse), bref un excellent jeu qui ne manque que de joueurs en ligne.
No it's not a review. It's a WARNING! Damn I can't even win the "how to play". If you're a sucker for punishment ... just buy the game already.
Brilliant game
Overall it is a good application of the LotR Confrontation game - albeit without the license.
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