LOTR Rulebooks

[Onebigriver]

Well, I've found out that there's a games society at my Uni, but that apparently GW games predominate. The only one I would consider playing is LOTR, as I've collected a fair few figures already. The question is do I need to buy the rather expensive hb manual, or could I get away with picking up the 3 rulebooks through ebay? Has anyone been able to make a comparison?

[revford]

I guess it depends on how strict on the rules they're going to be.

You can get most of the basics from any version of the rulebook, you won't need all three of the older ones, any one should do.

The only ways to get the most current rules are either that giant expensive book, or the Mines of Moria box set which also contains the Fellowship, Goblins, a Troll and some scenery.

[Lowtardog]

Wasnt there a compendium of the rules, cant think what it was now as my craze for LOTR had passed on as did my figure collection a few years back

[Onebigriver]

Thanks folks. I've looked on the Palantir forum and apparently that big shiny book contains very few stats, so I'm going for one of the three rulebooks and just build up from there.

[Lowtardog]

If you or a mate has army builder, that is another good option for stats lines etc

[Argonor]

The big 'one rulebook' has most of the stats - BUT, not those from later expansions. All in all it's a little confusing to find the profiles you need for an army comprising minis from later expansions if you do not have that paticular book.

It's very much like Warhamster and W40K - if you want to play a particular faction, you should get the sourcebook for that faction in addition to the rulebook...

[Gluteus Maximus]

Thanks folks. I've looked on the Palantir forum and apparently that big shiny book contains very few stats, so I'm going for one of the three rulebooks and just build up from there.

In that case, the best one is Return Of The King, as it has more "up to date" stats than the earlier two. If you are going to concentrate on one or two particular armies, this and the relevant "source book(s) should give you enough to use. If, like me, you can't resist buying some of everything, it could get very expensive 

If you need to know which source books contain info for which army/race, don't hesitate to ask, as I'm sure there are enough of us here who can get you the info.

[Argonor]

If you need to know which source books contain info for which army/race, don't hesitate to ask, as I'm sure there are enough of us here who can get you the info.

Sure - I've got pretty much everything 

[Onebigriver]

Cheers, will keep an eye out for ROTK and Mines of Moria. The post on Palantir says you need Two Towers for Rohan stats, does that still hold true? Fancy meself some Saxons on horses!   

[Gluteus Maximus]

Cheers, will keep an eye out for ROTK and Mines of Moria. The post on Palantir says you need Two Towers for Rohan stats, does that still hold true? Fancy meself some Saxons on horses!   

I'm pretty certain [ say about 98%  ] that all the Rohan stats from TTT are in ROTK, so that should suffice. As Argonor says, he has almost everything and so do I, so one of us can confirm it at some time in the future. Everything is there for you to play out scenarios from the three films [or books] but stats for other characters like Eorl etc are in a sourcebook who's name escapes me at present. Saturday morning and all that 

[revford]

The Mines of Moria book has the stats for the Rohan.  So the One Rulebook will too.

As far as I know, the Mines of Moria rulebook has the stats for everything from the movies, the One Rulebook has everything produced up to it's date of publishing with the newer sourcebooks covering things GW have made up in the years since it's release.

[Onebigriver]

Just to clarify, are there two mines of moria box sets/rulebooks out, or has the original MOM stayed in production? 

[Argonor]

Only one

[Onebigriver]

Thanks for all the advice guys. I managed to pick up the MoM rulebook together with the Fellowship book on Ebay at a bargain price, so I'll be able to sit down and work out what armies I want to field once they arrive. 

[Hammers]

Bloody good rules they are to!