They've built in a time-limitation mechanism: at the end of each person's move you move a little counter representing the Fellowship further down the board. Once this counter gets to the end of the map, the game ends. This final move for the Fellowship depends on rolling a four or higher, all of which adds up to some fairly frantic alliances and panicky attacks as you think (but aren't sure) whether or not the game is about to end.
Still, I reckon each game lasted somewhere between 2 1/2 to 3 hours, although I was playing with some fairly competitive people (me not least!).
If you don't already have a home planned for that second box, I'll happily make you an offer for it. We were playing with a friend's, and haven't been able to find it for love or money since Xmas.
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Date: 2004-01-06 03:40 pm (UTC)Still, I reckon each game lasted somewhere between 2 1/2 to 3 hours, although I was playing with some fairly competitive people (me not least!).
If you don't already have a home planned for that second box, I'll happily make you an offer for it. We were playing with a friend's, and haven't been able to find it for love or money since Xmas.