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The Battle of Five Armies

#16538BGG ↗

2005 · 2-2 players · 120min · weight 3.22 · 126 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
16538
Name
The Battle of Five Armies
Year
2005
Rank
11008
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
3.2222
Num weights
18
Bayes avg
5.57345
Average
7.14484
Users rated
126
Num owned
373
Wanting
54
Wishing
78
Num comments
65
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (1)
Simulation
Categories (4)
FantasyMiniaturesNovel-basedWargame
Description (905 chars)

This is a self contained miniatures battle game based on the Battle of the Five Armies in J.R.R Tolkien's book "The Hobbit". It uses 10mm miniature figure blocks for each of the forces present. The game system is based on Warmaster also by Games Workshop. The game comes with all the unpainted plastic miniatures and terrain, an unpainted plastic modular hill and a colour printed cardstock river, needed to play the game. The miniatures can be clipped together to be able to play the game relatively quickly, or they can be glued together and painted by those who want a more satisfying visual miniatures game. The main scenario of the game is the Battle of Five Armies, but rules are included to allow design of your own scenarios. The game was expanded by metal miniatures sold separately in blister packs, but these are no longer available. The rules to include these are included in the game box.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.