A good upgrade to deluxify the game. Not 100% necessary if you have the base game but its nice to have the minis for the raiders and the bases. Also nice it includes space for the expansions.
Packaging was all good, but my bundle was missing the foil land pack plus the promo card unfortunately.
The box was intact and no creasing was on the proof-of-seal stickers, so it feels like a packaging issue on Wizards end.
Leaving 5 stars as the store handled this order perfectly fine and will shake my fist at Wizards from a distance
I love the way that the original 7WD mechanisms were adapted to fit the LOTR theme! It genuinely enhances the game play and I find it to be a balanced experience. As with the original 7WD, there is high replayability and I find that the modified mechanisms actually make each win-con avenue more appealing than in the original. The biggest change in win-con is how victory points are dealt - now there is a spatial aspect as you try to win battles throughout Middle-Earth. I honestly prefer this over pure VP count as it makes the game feel more dynamic (and I say this as the loser in my first two plays :D).
