Re: WotR - Escorting the Ring with army units.

[Rick <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca>]

Hi Peter,
	In this game, the Fellowship often splits, so the Dark
Power Player (DPP) does not know which or 2 or 3 groups 
has the One Ring.  

	If a military leader wears the Ring, it is a big deal.  
The leader gets +2 morale (which is a very big deal in
combat) and the DPP knows where it is.

	However, if the Ring is not put on (say held by a chain 
around your neck), then it does not attract much attention.  

	In my Event Deck there are 3 cards which cause an 
attempt to Seize the Ring in various ways, and other cards 
which simulate the weight of the Ring on the spirits of 
those near it.  But these cards do their work without 
indicating WHERE the Ring is.

	I’m not sure how often David has played the game, but 
his concern (that Armies escort the Ring all over the map), 
does not happen in practice.  When it does, it is often only 
for a single turn or two, because the Ring must be snuck 
into Mordor, and no army escort will hack it.

	Warm regards, Rick.



> On Oct 22, 2021, at 11:36 AM, Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net> wrote:
> 
> Shouldn't there be a chance that if you stack the ring with other units, it seduces some of them and possibly gets taken (as happened with Boromir). Perhaps a chance that increases for every turn stacked with the same units (so you can spend a little time with Gandalf or Galadriel around, but then they ought to part ways).
> 
> And perhaps even more likely, a chance that stacking with the ring ends up spreading knowledge of where the ring is to Sauron and Saruman. I'm not sure how those boardgames handle hidden information.
>