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Battle of the Five Armies

TSR, 1975

Battle of the Five Armies is a tabletop game published by TSR in 1975. It is played with 2 to 5 players, from age 12 and in about 180 minutes.

players
2–5
minutes
180
years
12+

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Publishers
TSR, LORE / JMJ Enterprises, Tactical Studies Rules (TSR)
Designer
Larry Smith
Artwork
Kathy Horn
Year of release
1975

About the game

Battle of the Five Armies is a board wargame published by LORE / JMJ Enterprises in 1975 — and later by TSR — that simulates the fictional Battle of Five Armies that was the finale of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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