There are various Board Games based of the Battle at the end of the Hobbit and there are different versions and publications of some of them. This musing is a summary of those games. It does not go into a lot of detail about each game as there are other sites which do, I give links to those for each game.
The Tolkien Boardgames site has great information on a lot of these games.
As does the definitive BoardGamesGeek site.
This is an interesting blog on the subject
Interestingly there was no game produced as a result of the Battle of Five Armies movie (even though there were games for all of the other Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies).
Chain Mail Variant Rules
1973
Note: this article refers to Panzerfaust #64 - this is incorrect, it is issue #60.
Panzerfaust #60
“Fantasy Wargaming A’la Tolkien”
Battle of the Five Armies Rules Variant for Chainmail Wargaming system
Lore
1975
The game was packaged in a themed envelope
Playing board
Space Gamer #3
Review
Supernova #25
Review
Strategy & Tactics #54
Review
TSR
1976
1976
This is the same game as the Lore game above, but from a different publisher.
Original zip bag release
Original zip bag release
2nd zip bag release
Playing board
Dragon #1
Miniature Wargamming Conversion Rules
advert
Panzerfaust #69
Battle of Five Armies rules addendum
Campaign 81
Thumbnail review
White Dwarf #3
Review
ICE
1984
La Battaglia Dei Cinque Eserciti
1997
KAOS Magzaine, issue 50, 1997
This game was originally published in the fanzine “La voice del drago” <n. 3/1982), then in the fanzine “I Signori del Gioco”, then in the fanzine “Q” with improved graphics, that the KAOS magazine reused. http://www.angiolino.info/index.php?pagina=lista&lang=ita&id=72
The Battle of the Lonely Mountain
1998
War gaming rules.
Miniature Wargames issue 183 (August 1998)
Warp Spawn Games Five Armies
2002
Print and Play
Middle Earth Games Battle of the Five Armies
Play By Mail
MEPBM had a newsletter ‘New From Bree’ in which the Battle of Five Armies was featured https://wiki.mepbm.com/bree
Games Workshop
2005
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16538/battle-five-armies
This is a miniatures role playing game but on a very small scale. There are a very small number of expansion figures available. Due to it's smaller scale it is NOT compatible with the other Tolkien Role Playing games.
This is a miniatures role playing game but on a very small scale. There are a very small number of expansion figures available. Due to it's smaller scale it is NOT compatible with the other Tolkien Role Playing games.
Expansion figues
Lord of the Rings Card Game - On the Doorstep Expansion
Fantasy Flight
2014
The On the Doorstep expansion includes the Battle of Five Armies.
Note: the Core Game is needed to play the expansion.
Ares
2014
Collectors Edition (2019)
2022
Revised Edition
Games Workshop
2014
War gaming rules and miniatures (see links for more details, particularly about the miniatures).
This is an expansion to the Hobbit system, which itself is an extension of the Lord of the Rings system.
This is an expansion to the Hobbit system, which itself is an extension of the Lord of the Rings system.
SBG Issue #6
Whole magazine has Battle of Five Armies Wargame details for Games Workshops Strategy Battle Games system.
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