Lord of the Rings Stratego

sracer · 08-25-2002, 08:05 PM

Back when Bakshi's film was released, I took my Stratego boardgame and afixed stickers to the faces of the pieces and made a LOTR-themed Stratego game. (I also made one for Star Wars).

It was great to see that MB recently release an official Star Wars Episode 2-themed Stratego game and gave me the idea to revisit my LOTR set.

For the original set I made, I took those old supermarket price labels, trimmed them to fit the face of the pieces and drew-by-hand each of the pieces.

Now with PaintShop Pro, color inkjet, and sheet of labels, I'm sure that I can create a very professional looking set.

I'd like input from people about their opinions of what characters should appear on which pieces. When I have them completed, I'll make the final .gif/.jpg available for others who are interested in making their own.

Here's what I have so far:

PHP Code:


			
........Fellowship              Dark Forces

        ----------              -----------

Flag    Ring                    Destruction of the Ring

Bomb    Cave                    Cave

S       Gollum                  Grima Wormtongue

1       Gandalf                 Saruman

2       Elrond                  Balrog

3       Aragorn                 Nazgul (2)

        Boromir

4       Theoden                 Nazgul (3)

        Faramir

        Legolas

5       Gimli                   Nazgul (4)

        Rider of Rohan (3)

6       Merry                   Shelob

        Pippin                  Uruk-Hai (3)

        Frodo

        Sam        

7       Elf (4)                 Wolf Riders (4)

8       Darf (5)                Troll (5)

9       Men of Gondor (8)       Orcs (8)

(edit) I updated the Bomb pieces to be Caves. It kinda makes sense considering that I've assigned "8" (miners, in the original game) to Dwarves and Trolls. This way, any other piece would be "lost in the cave", but Dwarves and Trolls could "map the route" thereby removing the piece from play, which is consistent with the original Stratego rules.

(additional edit) Removed ents.

Claenoic · 08-26-2002, 05:35 PM

Did they even have bombs in ME? If not, I'd suggest a different one.

***Ben*** · 08-26-2002, 10:35 PM

Cool idea. I thought I had started a thread about this a year or two ago, but I can't find it now. Oh well.

Don't you think having all the Nazgul is a tad excessive? It could get confusing, if one Nazgul is of a different rank than another.

sracer · 08-26-2002, 10:48 PM

Hmmm, yeah I thought about that. I thought that it would be more interesting for Sauron's side if they could control all 9. (on the Stratego board itself, I labeled many squares with Middle-Earth locations in their relative position to each other).

As for the differing values, I figured that some would be more powerful than others.

It's difficult to assign pieces so that it all makes sense. That's why I'm hoping to get some discussions going on this. As it is now, I have no provision for the Eagles. Nor Tom Bombadil, but let's not go there.

Thanks again for the feedback.

sracer · 09-03-2002, 02:32 PM

Here's a preview of some of the pieces...

sracer · 09-06-2002, 02:13 PM

I know that there isn't much interest in this, but for the sake of completion I wanted to post a pic of the final product....

http://pages.prodigy.net/tcperconti/lotr-stratego.jpg
Complete set with customized pieces and board

http://pages.prodigy.net/tcperconti/...go-closeup.jpg
Closeup of some of the Fellowship pieces

Gilrond · 09-15-2002, 03:45 PM

Cool!

My brothers and I did something like that. We drew a map of Middle-Earth, water-painted it, and used the rules and pieces from the Parker Bros. Risk Boardgame for a sort of conquest game. You could be either Elves, Dwarves, Men or the Dark Forces, and we modified the rules to make it somewhat cooler: general per army, boats down the Anduin, rogue orcs in the Misty Mountains and derelict spaces, etc, etc.

It was okay.

08-25-2002, 08:05 PM	#1
sracer Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 22	Lord of the Rings Stratego Back when Bakshi's film was released, I took my Stratego boardgame and afixed stickers to the faces of the pieces and made a LOTR-themed Stratego game. (I also made one for Star Wars). It was great to see that MB recently release an official Star Wars Episode 2-themed Stratego game and gave me the idea to revisit my LOTR set. For the original set I made, I took those old supermarket price labels, trimmed them to fit the face of the pieces and drew-by-hand each of the pieces. Now with PaintShop Pro, color inkjet, and sheet of labels, I'm sure that I can create a very professional looking set. I'd like input from people about their opinions of what characters should appear on which pieces. When I have them completed, I'll make the final .gif/.jpg available for others who are interested in making their own. Here's what I have so far: PHP Code: ........Fellowship Dark Forces ---------- ----------- Flag Ring Destruction of the Ring Bomb Cave Cave S Gollum Grima Wormtongue 1 Gandalf Saruman 2 Elrond Balrog 3 Aragorn Nazgul (2) Boromir 4 Theoden Nazgul (3) Faramir Legolas 5 Gimli Nazgul (4) Rider of Rohan (3) 6 Merry Shelob Pippin Uruk-Hai (3) Frodo Sam 7 Elf (4) Wolf Riders (4) 8 Darf (5) Troll (5) 9 Men of Gondor (8) Orcs (8) (edit) I updated the Bomb pieces to be Caves. It kinda makes sense considering that I've assigned "8" (miners, in the original game) to Dwarves and Trolls. This way, any other piece would be "lost in the cave", but Dwarves and Trolls could "map the route" thereby removing the piece from play, which is consistent with the original Stratego rules. (additional edit) Removed ents. Last edited by sracer : 09-06-2002 at 02:22 PM.

08-26-2002, 05:35 PM	#2
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08-26-2002, 10:35 PM	#3
*Ben* Retired Ent Join Date: Sep 1999 Posts: 60,631	Cool idea. I thought I had started a thread about this a year or two ago, but I can't find it now. Oh well. Don't you think having all the Nazgul is a tad excessive? It could get confusing, if one Nazgul is of a different rank than another. __________________ ---Ben formerly known in the forums as bmilder Owner of The Tolkien Trail and Entmoot. Buy Entmoot shirts and mugs!

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08-26-2002, 10:48 PM	#4
sracer Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 22	Hmmm, yeah I thought about that. I thought that it would be more interesting for Sauron's side if they could control all 9. (on the Stratego board itself, I labeled many squares with Middle-Earth locations in their relative position to each other). As for the differing values, I figured that some would be more powerful than others. It's difficult to assign pieces so that it all makes sense. That's why I'm hoping to get some discussions going on this. As it is now, I have no provision for the Eagles. Nor Tom Bombadil, but let's not go there. Thanks again for the feedback.

09-06-2002, 02:13 PM	#6
sracer Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 22	I know that there isn't much interest in this, but for the sake of completion I wanted to post a pic of the final product.... http://pages.prodigy.net/tcperconti/lotr-stratego.jpg Complete set with customized pieces and board http://pages.prodigy.net/tcperconti/...go-closeup.jpg Closeup of some of the Fellowship pieces

09-15-2002, 03:45 PM	#7
Gilrond Enting Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 52	Cool! My brothers and I did something like that. We drew a map of Middle-Earth, water-painted it, and used the rules and pieces from the Parker Bros. Risk Boardgame for a sort of conquest game. You could be either Elves, Dwarves, Men or the Dark Forces, and we modified the rules to make it somewhat cooler: general per army, boats down the Anduin, rogue orcs in the Misty Mountains and derelict spaces, etc, etc. It was okay.