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The Battle of Five Armies, made by the creators of The War of the Ring

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In my recent video on the Tale of Adanel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcOISb-59rw&pp=ygUTdGFsZSBvZiBhZGFuZWwgZmFsbA%3D%3D)

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Galadriel makes a big deal of Celeborn’s wisdom in The Lord of the Rings, but we actually get almost no examples of it and are left wondering what makes him so impressive. Could it be Galadriel’s real reason for thinking him wise is highly personal?

My video on Galadriel’s various backstories is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8c33_qTQ_E&t=25s&pp=ygUZY2hhcmFjdGVyIHN0dWR5IGdhbGFkcmllbA%3D%3D

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00:00 Intro

02:44 Game Overview

06:53 Mechanics and Gameplay

38:58 Likes and Dislikes

52:39 Theming and Lore

Apologies to my brother (check out his channel over at https://www.youtube.com/@strategywizard for board game reviews, unboxing, etc.) for taking so long to finally play this game that he got me [inaudible] ago, but now I’ve finally played it and I can give my breakdown of the mechanics, what I like and dislike about the game, and how well it captures the essence of Tolkien’s world.

For more info on the game:

Fantasy Flight’s page for the game is here: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/1/11/the-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth/

For a downloadable copy of the basic rules, go here: https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/74/c1/74c1ee20-a2d2-407f-93da-e6c2a4b25529/journeys_in_middle-earth_learn_to_play.pdf

For a downloadable copy of the Rules Reference, go here: https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/01/a0/01a0c9f7-4427-4113-9406-f53d6bde2ff5/journeys_in_middle-earth_rules_reference.pdf

So I was incorrect about Watch It Played but also not totally off. He didn’t do a video on the game on his channel (https://www.youtube.com/@WatchItPlayed), but he DID appear on BoardGameGeek.com’s channel for their “game night” series here: https://youtu.be/bBk_jSE4Bf8. The video is a full playthrough of the first adventure with explanations along the way so it gives a lot of the same information but obviously contains spoilers for the first adventure.

Similarly, the Dice Tower channel had a live play session here: https://www.youtube.com/live/JVh0M-fSWqo?feature=share. It doesn’t do as much detailed explanations of the rules and mechanics but it’s for the first adventure of an expansion campaign, so the spoilers won’t be as significant unless you know you’re going to get that expansion soon.

If you just want a brief run-down of how to play, I recommend this video: https://youtu.be/1VROBMSSBfc

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A subscriber recently shared a possible plot hole that someone else brought up: How could the minstrel who sings of Frodo of the Nine Fingers at the Field of Cormallen know Frodo and Sam’s story past when they left Faramir? I think there are three possible explanations.

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The Christian Scriptures of the New Testament have many passages dealing with the idea that God uses the weak and foolish to accomplish His ends and put to shame the strong and wise of the world. Tolkien uses this same theme pretty frequently in his own works, but why should weakness be a virtue? I think I can give an answer.

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