Description

These guidelines describe how to play a solitaire or cooperative game of War of the Ring.

The Free Peoples are played as usual, either by a single player or by two players who play using the normal multiplayer rules. The game system “controls” the Shadow by providing an algorithm or set of instructions for how the Shadow “plays.” Although the algorithm has no overarching strategy and is unable to adapt to the Free Peoples moves, other aspects of the game have been modified to make up for this and provide an adequate challenge.

You can adjust the difficulty level by choosing how many action dice the Shadow gets. For an easy game, allow the Shadow only 5 action dice (plus those for minions). For a moderate game, try 6 action dice, and for a difficult game, give the Shadow the full 7 action dice. Note that the actual starting dice will be one more than this since Saruman starts the game in play.