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Check out the components designed by Stephen Baker--wow! Restoration Games knows their stuff.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re ... gggamepage

Too pricey for me.

I have a similar game— Star Wars Risk (The Battle of Endor), which isn’t Risk but a reskin of Star Wars: The Queen’s Gambit (The Phantom Menace). It’s a fun two-player game (claims 4, but you’re acting as a two-person team with no real separation of ability or area of control). There are three paths to victory, two of which must be completed by the Rebels to win. The Empire need only blunt them and win outright in one path. Nicely asymmetrical goals.

This adds a fourth path, from what I can see, with a little more tactical variety in each than the SW:R game offers.

But even though I love LotR and think the game is a solid system that fits the theme well (divided paths of action reflecting the differing paths of Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas, compared to Pippin, and Merry, and Sam and Frodo), the expense is… well, “Yipe!” Alas that rules me out.

I totally get that. A cheaper Space Cowboys retail version will become available in 2027. It likely won't come in as cheap as First Light, but certainly more affordable than the Restoration Games kickstarter version.

Cheaper? The magic words. When that comes out, I’m in!