Can you save Middle-earth from evil one more time?
The board game Battle of Five Armies—based on the climax of Tolkien's novel, The Hobbit—pits the armies of the Elvenking, the Dwarves of Dain Ironfoot, and the Men of Laketown led by Bard the Bowman against a horde of wolves, goblins, and bats led by Bolg, son of Azog. Will Gandalf turn the tide for the Free Peoples of Middle-earth? Will the great eagles arrive, or will Beorn come to their aid? Or, will Bilbo fall in the final fight on Ravenhill?
Battle of Five Armies features a game board that represents the eastern and southern spurs of the Lonely Mountain and the valley they enclose, as well as numerous plastic figures representing the troops, heroes, and monsters. This is a standalone game based on the rules of the board game War of the Ring, which is by the same designers, but with rules modified to function on a tactical level as they describe a smaller battle, not an entire war.