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The Quest for the Rings
'The area that the Odyssey² may be best remembered for was its pioneering fusion of board and video games: The Master Strategy Series. The first game released was The Quest for the Rings!, with gameplay somewhat similar to Dungeons & Dragons, and a storyline reminiscent of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings'. (from Wikipedia).
What is The Quest for the Rings
'The area that the Odyssey² may be best remembered for was its pioneering fusion of board and video games: The Master Strategy Series. The first game released was The Quest for the Rings!, with gameplay somewhat similar to Dungeons & Dragons, and a storyline reminiscent of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings'. (from Wikipedia).
Without explicitly mentioning names, this game presents itself as a playable sequel to the 'The Lord of the Rings'.
This semi-cooperative game is a 'DVD' type board game (but done before invention of the DVD). The game is played on a game board, but battles are resolved using the Magnavox Odyssey² video game console.
At the start of the game, one player is determined to be the evil Ringmaster player: that player sets up the game board by strategically hiding the 10 'Ring' tokens under the (four secret types of) Castles, accompanying some of them with 'Nightmare' or 'Dragon' tokens.
Game details
- Players
- 2–5
- Age
- —
- Duration
- —
- Difficulty
- —
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 1981
- Mechanics
- Cooperative Game · Point to Point Movement · Secret Unit Deployment
- Categories
- Adventure · Electronic · Exploration
- Designer
- (Uncredited)
- Publisher
- Magnavox Consumer Electronics Co
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The Quest for the Rings plays with 2–5 players.
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