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"The non-exclusive licensing of J.R.R. Tolkien’s world of Middle-Earth to a range of companies is an exemplary case in point. The swath of tabletop adaptations now available is far from immune to the kind of mass-market appropriation highlighted above, as can be seen in Milton Bradley’s The Lord of the Rings: Trilogy Edition of Stratego, or Hasbro’s Risk and Monopoly versions, yet the storytelling and strategic intricacy of many other games belonging to what are often categorised as “designer” or “hobby” games distance them from the simplicity of the former group." "companies such as Hasbro, Eagle Games, Cryptozoic, Ares Games, WizKids, and Fantasy Flight Games (recently merged with Asmodée) have released a wide range of tabletop games set in the storyworld of Middle-Earth. These board, card, and miniature games exhibit a variety of storytelling modes and gameplay mechanics"