Lord of the Rings

Goonhammer Reviews: The Hobbit There & Back Again

Prolific game designer Reiner Knizia has created a deluxe roll and write game based on Tolkien's immortal classic.

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Beechbone the Ent Model Review

GW are releasing even more Middle Earth models - filling in entries in army lists that didn't previously have models, or providing updated plastic versions. In this article we review Beechbone the Ent. Before we dive in, we’d like...

Hobby Heresy: A Hobbit Hole in a Book Nook

Sometimes, just occasionally, it's nice to bend the skills of a wargamer towards something cosy and adorable. When my dear friend and inveterate wannabe-hobbit Drew finally got the keys to her first house, my wife Alex suggested we buy...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Rise of Angmar – Legions of Good

With Rise of Angmar hitting stores and gaming tables soon, Thundercloud takes a dive into the new Good units and Legendary Legions. We would like to thank GW for providing a copy of Rise of Angmar for review. New Units While Good...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Rise of Angmar – Legions of Evil

With Rise of Angmar hitting stores and gaming tables soon, Thundercloud takes a dive into the new evil units and Legendary Legions. We would like to thank GW for providing a copy of Rise of Angmar for review. New Units No LOTR...

Games Industry News Roundup – July 9th, 2024

Here at Goonhammer, we know that it’s hard to keep track of all the news happening all the time in the games industry. So much is always going on with games of all sorts, and their related media, it...

The 10 Cards to Pick Up from Lord of the Rings for your Commander Collection

Marcy: It's been a few weeks since the release of the Lord of the Rings set into Magic the Gathering, and boy, did almost everyone seem to get this set wrong. What first seemed to be a Universes Beyond set...

Goonhammer Roundtable: The Roadmap for Magic from GenCon

These past two weeks have been packed with Magic reveals - SDCC, Magic Con, and GenCon. Most recently at GenCon Wizards of the Coast unveiled its Magic at 30: Past, Present & Future of the World’s Best Trading Card...

Unstable Mutation: Elven Council

The Elven Council deck is one of 4 preconstructed Commander decks in the Lord of the Rings set. It's a Simic (Green and Blue) color identity deck with a heavy Elf theme and minor voting and big creature sub-themes...

Unstable Mutation: The Hosts of Mordor

The Hosts of Mordor is one of 4 preconstructed Commander decks in the Lord of the Rings set. It's a Grixis (Red/Blue/Black) color identity deck with a theme of "expensive cards" and a sub-theme of amass. The deck also...