Via his official blog, celebrated game designer Matt Leacock – the brains behind Pandemic – has just announced some early details of The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, a brand new co-operative board game that will bring the Tolkien’s rich world to the Pandemic System in June 2025.

Speaking about the new game, Leacock said “The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship will feature thematically rich cooperative gameplay. Players take on the role of heroes to defend the havens of Middle-earth from advancing shadow troops while helping Frodo evade the hunting Nazgûl as he travels to Mount Doom to destroy The One Ring.”

He continued, adding “Three years in the making, the game will include 13 playable characters, 14 event cards, and 24 objectives, providing an enormous variety of play experiences. The game will also come with an 11-inch constructible Barad-dûr Dice Tower, Nazgûl miniatures, original artwork of iconic characters, and more.”

Not only that, but attendees of the UK Games Expo in Birmingham on the 30th of May 2025 will have the first opportunity to pick up the game, and Leacock will be at the show to sign copies.

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