They justified this action by saying that the quality in plastic moulding has improved to a point where they are almost as detailed as metal, and that plastic is cheaper to produce. Recently, Games Workshop began to discontinue some of their metal miniatures, so that they could replace them with plastic miniatures. Īs such, there are a wide variety of miniatures in the ever-growing range, including promotional miniatures, such as " Gimli on Dead Uruk-hai" (commemorating the 2005 Summer Campaign).
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One popular way of collecting is through " Battle Games in Middle Earth" - a DeAgostini magazine which comes with a free miniature (some of which are exclusive to the publication) and painting guide. Others simply collect the miniatures because they like the way they look. Armies can be built up from through the purchase of boxed sets (usually having 10 or 12 plastic miniatures in each) or "blister packs" (usually containing no more than four finely detailed metal/Citadel Finecast miniatures) to build up a reasonable sized fighting force. Similar to " Warhammer Fantasy" players, players of the Strategy Battle Game commonly collect and paint one army (or more) of their choice and find opponents (with similarly collected armies) to play against. The promotional " Gimli on Dead Uruk-hai" miniature However, these were far below the standard of quality for the current range, and are not permitted for use in LOTR SBG tournaments because of the legal situation in Games Workshop's current license.
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In the 1980s, Games Workshop also had an unrelated series of Lord of the Rings models. However, they were somehow permitted to use Eorl the Young and Khamul the Easterling (from Unfinished Tales) in their The Two Towers and A Shadow in the East Supplements. Games Workshop has not acquired the rights to The Silmarillion, which is currently the exclusive property of the Tolkien Estate. For this reason, the game was done in 10mm scale for the normal warriors, and "heroic" scale for the named characters. Though they also have the rights to produce a Battle of the Five Armies game, another company already owned the rights to the one-inch scale normally used by Games Workshop. (The rights to produce a roleplaying game version of the films were sold to another firm, Decipher, Inc.). Games Workshop has the rights to produce a skirmish war-game based on the films and also on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit novels by J.R.R. In August 2018, the game was again rebranded, now as the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game, as part of a new edition. In December 2012, a new range was released based on the The Hobbit trilogy and the game was rebranded as such. However, it was subjected to scrutiny because it lacked the rules for the Army of the Dead and Golfimbul. Games Workshop released a complete new edition of the rules and rulebooks in September 2005, entitled "One Rulebook to Rule them All".
This was generally supported, but there was mixed reactions when Games Workshop invented characters and wrote histories for lands Tolkien wrote little about, such as Harad. Tom Bombadil, Radagast, and Glorfindel) called the 'Shadow and Flame' collection. Later Games Workshop also began to add content that was featured in the original novels but not in the film adaptations (e.g. New box sets with updated rules were also released for The Two Towers and The Return of the King movies.
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It was initially released in 2001 to tie in with the movie The Fellowship of the Ring.
The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game (abbreviated LOTR SBG), often referred to by players as simply Lord of the Rings, is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop, based on The Lord of the Rings films and novels. The complete "One Rulebook to Rule them All"
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