Together, they created a beautiful game of hidden movement, inspired by the classic Scotland Yard system and then introducing many new mechanics. We had the chance to play the game with one of the three authors, Francesco Nepitello, who designed the game with Marco Maggi and Gabriele Mari.

The Hunt for the Ring: The One Ring hunt gets started! The designers have continued to work on the game since then, so some details have changed in the meantime, but this preview presents a good foretaste of 'The Hunt for the Ring!' He wrote an early preview, originally posted on that site, giving his impressions and highlighting 10 innovations he spotted in the gameplay, which is reproduced below. The game is planned to release on Summer 2017, but Riccardo Vadalá, one of the editors of Gioconomicon, an Italian website dedicated to board games, played the prototype with Francesco Nepitello at the Italian gaming festival GiocoForza, in late August.

The Hunt for the Ring: a hidden movement, deduction and adventure game.

War of the ring playthrough