Smaller figures represent 1 battalion, mounted figures represent 3 and large figures represent 5. (Note: rules on 2-player game may be referred to in the rulebook and are not included here). 2 players start with 60 3 players start with 52 and 4 players start with 45. (In a 3-player game, one player will control the Free Peoples while the other two will represent Sauron).Įach player will start with a number of battalions.
Yellow and Green are the Free Peoples while Red and Black represent Sauron’s forces. Shuffle each deck separately and keep them face down near the board.Įach player takes the set of plastic tokens of their colour. Sort the Territory cards into Good cards (grey shield), Neutral (no shield), and Evil (black shield). Make sure that the 2 Wild Cards are not in the Territory card deck. Reading: how to play lord of the rings risk
Set the Adventure cards face down near the game board.
