How to play war of the ring

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I would love to hear from anyone who uses it, or even people who read through the rules and have questions. I did rather like what the Falling Sky COIN system bot did though, so that has been my inspiration rather than something akin to the bot found in games like Scythe. I've done a bunch of modding of RTS AIs, but I've never developed something like this for a board game so undoubtedly I've missed numerous ways to make it more elegant.

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There's no expansion support at this time, though it should work fine with any additional cards designed for the base factions. However, it can play the game in full and utilises all its mechanics. Unlike TheMoss's excellent solitaire variation it plays by entirely the same rules. It's designed for those among us who want to play this cool game, but struggle finding an opponent. Hi all, I just wanted to draw your attention to a Shadow bot I created for War of the Ring solo play.

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It's still very much a work in progress, primarily in terms of needing a lot more testing to identify exploits or situations it doesn't handle well, as well as whether the rules are clear enough or perhaps open to multiple interpretations. War of the Ring - Shadow bot for solitaire play by the rules.

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Unlike TheMoss's excellent solitaire variation it plays by entirely the same rules as a human.