{"id":22761,"date":"2021-10-07T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/?p=22761"},"modified":"2021-10-07T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T20:30:24","slug":"the-battle-of-the-five-armies-ares-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/07\/the-battle-of-the-five-armies-ares-games\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of the Five Armies &#8211; Ares Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Battle of Five Armies<\/em>&nbsp;is back! The epic game that recreates the fierce struggle witnessed by Bilbo Baggins at the end of his quest to the Lonely Mountain is coming back in a revised edition. This first printing also includes a bonus scenario for the&nbsp;<em>War of the Ring<\/em>&nbsp;board game,&nbsp;<em>The Fate of Erebor<\/em>&nbsp;(<strong>AGSWOTR018<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Battle of Five Armies<\/em>&nbsp;is a two-player game that allows you to recreate the epic conclusion of&nbsp;<em>The Hobbit<\/em>, the world-renowned masterpiece by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Shadow player commands the armies of Bolg, the King of the Goblins of Mount Gundabad, while the Free Peoples player is in control of Men, Dwarves, and Elves, led by Gandalf to fend off the goblin army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contents:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>50 \u00d7 70 cm Game board<\/li><li>126 Plastic figures (19 different sculptures)<\/li><li>13 Action dice<\/li><li>10 Combat dice<\/li><li>11 Character and Special Units reference cards<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>92 Cards (Fate, Story and Event)<\/li><li>160 Counters and tokens<\/li><li>2 Player aid<\/li><li>1 Game rules<\/li><li><em>The Fate of Erebor<\/em>: booklet, 4 board-overlay tiles, 8 alternate cards<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4>The Battle of the Five Armies, Revised Edition<\/h4><div class=\"wp-productfinder-shortcode\" data-img-url=\"\/\/crystalcommerce-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/6665377\/large\/BattleoftheFiveArmies_01_box.jpg?1632945485\" data-img-class=\"aligncenter\" data-product-id=\"6665377\" data-product-name=\"The Battle of the Five Armies, Revised Edition\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>War of the Ring: The Fate of Erebor<\/h4><div class=\"wp-productfinder-shortcode\" data-img-url=\"\/\/crystalcommerce-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/6665378\/large\/BattleoftheFiveArmies_02_FateofErebor.jpg?1632945587\" data-img-class=\"aligncenter\" data-product-id=\"6665378\" data-product-name=\"War of the Ring: The Fate of Erebor\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t forget to pre-order today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Gaming!<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/thehobbit.jpg\" class=\"ss-hidden-pin-image\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/07\/the-battle-of-the-five-armies-ares-games\/\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/thehobbit.jpg\" data-pin-description=\"The Battle of the Five Armies &#8211; Ares Games\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Battle of Five Armies&nbsp;is back! The epic game that recreates the fierce struggle witnessed by Bilbo Baggins at the end of his quest to the Lonely Mountain is coming back in a revised edition. This first printing also includes a bonus scenario for the&nbsp;War of the Ring&nbsp;board game,&nbsp;The Fate of Erebor&nbsp;(AGSWOTR018). The Battle of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/07\/the-battle-of-the-five-armies-ares-games\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Battle of the Five Armies &#8211; Ares Games<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/thehobbit.jpg\" class=\"ss-hidden-pin-image\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/07\/the-battle-of-the-five-armies-ares-games\/\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/thehobbit.jpg\" data-pin-description=\"The Battle of the Five Armies &#8211; Ares Games\"\/>","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":22763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[815,32],"tags":[591,215],"class_list":["post-22761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-board-games","category-products","tag-ares-games","tag-board-games"],"crystal_rest_feed":{"author":"Eena","id":22761,"featured_image":{"original":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/thehobbit.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/thehobbit-300x150.jpg","large":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/thehobbit-1024x512.jpg","thumb":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/thehobbit-250x125.jpg"},"title":"The Battle of the Five Armies &#8211; Ares Games","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/07\/the-battle-of-the-five-armies-ares-games\/","date":"2021-10-07T13:30:12","content":"\nThe Battle of Five Armies&nbsp;is back! The epic game that recreates the fierce struggle witnessed by Bilbo Baggins at the end of his quest to the Lonely Mountain is coming back in a revised edition. This first printing also includes a bonus scenario for the&nbsp;War of the Ring&nbsp;board game,&nbsp;The Fate of Erebor&nbsp;(AGSWOTR018).\n\n\n\nThe Battle of Five Armies&nbsp;is a two-player game that allows you to recreate the epic conclusion of&nbsp;The Hobbit, the world-renowned masterpiece by J.R.R. Tolkien. 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