The shelf The Lord of the Rings™: The King’s Gambit
The Lord of the Rings™: The King’s Gambit
Free Peoples against Shadow across four fronts.
Arrives Oct 2027Backed, not yet delivered. A table can be opened once it is on the shelf.
Why it lands at the table
The King's Gambit is a Restoration Games and Space Cowboys reimplementation of The Queen's Gambit, by Rob Daviau and Justin Jacobson. Free Peoples face Shadow across Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith, Pelargir and Mordor.
Programmed action cards, Resolve tokens and Momentum drive the fight. One to four players, ninety to a hundred and twenty minutes.
How it plays
- 01
Choose a side.
- 02
Programme action cards.
- 03
Use Resolve and Momentum.
- 04
Pursue objectives.
- 05
Free Peoples win by destroying three Orc encampments or Frodo reaching Mount Doom; Shadow by controlling Minas Tirith or breaking Frodo's will.
Good for
- One to four players
- Tolkien fans
See it on the table
Video by Restoration Games, played through youtube-nocookie.com. Nothing from YouTube loads until you press play. Open on YouTube (new tab)
- Type
- Base game
- Edition
- English edition
Written from: restorationgames.com, boardgamegeek.com.