On a large map of Middle Earth, armies are mustering and heros are reading to fight the shadow spreading out of Mordor. The game is played on two levels. Both sides (or three if someone wants to play Saruman) have great armies that battle in a typical wargame style while another game is going on at the same time with individual characters around the fate of the One Ring. In the Army game Saurons forces are the more powerful but the free peoples get the edge in the Character game.

Highly sought after as a collecters item.