#Lotr battle for middle earth 2 reddit series#

#Lotr battle for middle earth 2 reddit series#

You don’t need to collect an army this big.Ī large number of new hobbyists started collecting, painting and gaming with either the boxed sets produced around the films release, or the DeAgostini part work series (which ran from 2002-2006), which was the best selling partwork in DeAgostini’s history. Following this there was a consolidated edition, and further edition with the Mines of Moria plastic starter set (which included a plastic fellowship and cave troll), another edition for the Hobbit film and finally the current, 7 th edition, which released with the Battle of Pelennor Fields box. As the Lord of the Rings films were released each year from 2001 to 2003 (having been shot in 1999-2000) new editions of the game were released each year, with new plastic kits and revisions to the rules set. The first edition of the game was launched in 2001, and due to releasing shortly before the cinematic film did not include images of some of the models to avoid spoilers. They also created possibly GW’s best game. The Perry twins, along with Alessio Cavatore and Brian Nelson, appeared in the Return of the King film. This led to the creation of a dedicated team including the Perry twins, who sculpted the initial miniature releases. Rick’s pitch included the phrase ‘we can’t afford not to’ as he believed that Lord of the Rings had mass market appeal. Jackson’s new Lord of the Rings films was raised as a possible intellectual property for GW to licence, and a skirmish wargame set in Middle Earth was pitched to the CEO, Tom Kirby, by Rick Priestley, author of Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (otherwise known as Warty-K). This was to be a trilogy of films starring Christopher Lee, a rock musician and former special forces Nazi hunter, Liv Tyler, daughter of Rolling Stones fan Steve Tyler, a number of former child actors, and gay rights activist Ian McKellan. In turn these books were based on Wagner’s Ring cycle and European folklore. The first title was a near miss.There was an announcement that Peter Jackson, famed director of Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles, was going to make a live action version of Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings films, which themselves were originally based on a series of books by English academic and PTSD suffering war veteran John Tolkien. Now EA has a chance to improve the franchise with a sequel. I had hoped for more from a title set in Tolkein's world The limitations when building your base were terrible, and the game quickly faded from my memory. The first Battle for Middle Earth was also a decent game, but it also had the feel of an RTS light. The hack n' slash console games, while not exactly a deep experience, were amazingly fun and well designed. The movies ended up being incredible though, and while the barrage of products and cash-ins has often been on the tacky side, enough people get it right that the whole mess almost feels worth it sometimes. I could never imagine it truly exploited. One thing I found comforting is that the books felt unfilmable to me. Growing up I read the books time after time after time. Lord of the Rings is everywhere, from toys to art books, videogames, and posters. You have to wonder what Tolkien would think if he walked around a Best Buy these days.

Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth II