
Uruk-Hai (6)- Repeat Attack (with their advanced training in warfare, the Uruk-Hai can attack one piece after another until they die). Saruman (9)- Detect Enemy (with his wizardry skills, Saruman can look at pieces up to two spaces away). Witch-king (10)- Flight (with his Fell Beast, the Witch-king can go over other pieces and forbidden zones and land on an empty space). On the gray side, pieces that have special powers include the following: Elf (5)- Longbow (with their elven skills, the (elves can kill enemy pieces up to two spaces away). Théoden (7)- Swift Speed (with his horse from Rohan, King Théoden can go two spaces at once). Faramir (7)- Longbow (with his Gondorian bow, Faramir can kill pieces up to two spaces away). Gimli (8)- Dwarven Axe (with his dwarven skills and axe, Gimli can attack three adjacent pieces at once). Legolas (8)- Longbow and Detect Enemy (with his elven skills, Legolas can shoot and look at pieces up to two spaces away). Aragorn (9)- Detect Enemy (with his Ranger skills, Aragorn can look at pieces up to two spaces away). Gandalf (10)- Flight (with the help of the Great Eagles, Gandalf can go over other pieces and forbidden zones and land on an empty space). On the beige side, pieces that have special powers include the following: In the Special Powers mode of playing, certain pieces can perform special moves. Higher pieces kill lower pieces, with certain exceptions stated above. The classic mode of playing is that each piece moves one space to attack a piece of a different colour. Flag (a non-movable piece depicted as a flag with the eye of Mordor on a black background, which, if attacked, wins the game for the white side). Gríma Wormtongue (ranked Spy, meaning that he can kill the ten on the other side, but he can be killed by any piece). Stronghold (group of six non-movable pieces that can kill any piece except 3's). Warg Rider (group of eight pieces ranked 2). Haradrim (group of four pieces ranked 4). Berserker (group of four pieces ranked 5). Uruk-hai (group of four pieces ranked 6). Ringwraith (group of two pieces ranked 8). The Gray Pieces consist of the bad characters in the Lord of the Rings and include the following: Flag (a non-movable piece depicted as a flag with the White Tree of Gondor on a blue background which, if attacked, wins the game for the gray side). Éowyn (ranked Spy, meaning that she can kill the 10 on the other side, but any piece can kill her, also called rank 1). Stronghold (group of six non-movable pieces that can kill every piece except 3's). Rider of Rohan (group of eight pieces ranked 2). Soldier of Gondor (group of five pieces ranked 3). The white pieces consist of the good characters in the Lord of the Rings and include the following: Also, the board is depicted as a map of Middle-earth, with a mug and candle covering the forbidden zones. In between, there are two 4x4 forbidden zones in which no piece is allowed to go.
Forty beige (good side) pieces go on one side of the board and forty gray (bad side) pieces go on the other side of the board. The board in which the game is played is a 10x10 board, containing a total of 100 squares. The pieces ranked 2 (Riders of Rohan or Wrag Riders) can move unlimited spaces until meeting an opponent and attack. If a three attacks a Stronghold, then the Stronghold dies. Also, pieces called Strongholds, which cannot move, can kill any piece except 3's (Soldiers of Gondor or Orcs). If the Spy attacks the ten, the Spy wins or if the ten attacks the Spy, the Spy dies. These include the Spy ( Éowyn or Gríma Wormtongue) which can be killed by any piece except the ten ( Gandalf or the Witch-king). These pieces are ranked with different numbers, and the higher numbers kill the lower numbers with a few exceptions. Pieces are faced inward, so that the opposing player cannot see the opponent's pieces. The object of the game is to attack the other side's flag, or to kill all of the other side's movable pieces.