Talk:The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game

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Grimhelm 22:08, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 The Lord of the Rings Article Material Move 2 Is this actually a common mistake? 3 LOTR vs WHFB 4 LOME 5 Are some of these names part of the game?

[edit] The Lord of the Rings Article Material Move

• Moved from main The Lord of the Rings article. Uthanc 18:54, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Similar to "Warhammer Fantasy" players, Lord of the Rings players commonly collect and paint one army (or more) of their choice and find opponents (with similarly collected armies) to play against. Armies can be built up from the purchase of boxed sets (usually having 20 or 24 plastic miniatures in each) or "blister packs" (usually containing no more than three finely detailed metal miniatures) to build up a reasonable sized fighting force. Others simply collect the miniatures because they like the way they look. One popular way of collecting is through "Battle Games in Middle Earth" (sic) - a DeAgostini magazine which comes with a free miniature (some of which are exclusive to the publication) and painting guide. Recently, Games Workshop began to discontinue some of their metal miniatures, so that they could replace them with plastic miniatures. 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.

This is already in the "Collecting" section of this article. Grimhelm 19:53, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is this actually a common mistake?

"The game is sometimes mistakenly called "Warhammer Lord of the Rings" - in part because it is the third core game produced by Games Workshop, but possibly also because it combines fantasy-style battle traits from Warhammer Fantasy with the squad flexibility of Warhammer 40,000."

Really? I've never heard this expression before? How common is this phrase (if it is very rarely used then does it deserve a mention??)

Just wondering

Philipwhiuk 19:47, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

It comes up occassionally on the Games Workshop forum by people who are new to the hobby, sometimes also called "LOTR Warhammer". However, since the game is not in any way related to the Warhammer Universe, people who mistakenly use it find out the correct version soon enough. It's not really a common mistake, and perhaps isn't notable enough for the article (maybe move it to "trivia"), but it does come up sometimes. Grimhelm 20:27, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I think it is common enough to warrant mention, largely because it is the third core game - not many people want to say "Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game" every time they discuss the game. Thror 23:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LOTR vs WHFB

Edited the "However, they cannot deny"... Goes against NPOV in my opinion. Replaced with "However, it is a fact..." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thror (talk • contribs) 21 August.

[edit] LOME

Should we add a section for Legions of Middle Earth? I'm willing to do it if yes.--Cobalt 14:12, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Separate article maybe. It is a fair expansion, maybe it warrants a header in here, with a link to the main article. Thror 23:23, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Although it is a large expansion, it does not warrant a new article. It can be discussed under Troop Types or Rulesets. Perhaps someone might add a picture of it? Grimhelm 17:16, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are some of these names part of the game?

• Kârna
• Badharkân
• Dalamyr
• Hidâr
• Nâfarat
• Dhâran-sar
• Abrakân
• Gadîrkarn

...from Tribelands of Haradwaith, which I put up for namespace deletion and info merging. Info about them can probably go here, if they belong here. If these aren't even official, away they go. Uthanc 00:52, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I do seem to recall them. I believe they are GW inventions, and not canonical, and have made comments at the AfD. --Grimhelm 17:34, 14 January 2007 (UTC)