The Battle in Balin’s Tomb Review

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We review The Lord of the Rings: Battle in Balin's Tomb from Games Workshop. This two players skirmish game pits the goblins of Moria against the Fellowship of the Ring in a two player battle.

With the 20th anniversary of the Fellowship of the Ring here, I was super excited to try this new title from Game Workshop. The Lord of the Rings Battle in Balin’s Tomb is a two-player miniature skirmish game pitting the fellowship of the ring against the goblins and troll of Moria. Not only do you get the solid board game, but you get some great minis that can be a starting point for the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game. Each game can take about 30 minutes to play.

For the Battle in Balin’s Tomb one player takes control of the Fellowship and another player will take control of the goblins of Moria. The game board has the exact spots for each member of the Fellowship, while the Moria player has a little bit of flexibility with which goblins will lead the charge and what order they will enter the room on turn 1.

Each member of the Fellowship has their own unique stats and abilities while goblin stats and abilities are based on what they are equipped with. Each player will get cards to keep track of each model’s stat block.

The Moria player will receive reinforcements at the start of every turn with the troll always entering on turn 7. The number and location of reinforcements each turn are determined by the Goblin Deck.

The Moria player will get to activate all their models on the board first followed by the Fellowship player. Each model can make a move and attack or an attack and a move. Moving away from an enemy model in an adjacent space provokes a sudden strike.

Combat is made by rolling the dice indicated on the model’s stat