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Designed by the power house of games that is Reiner Knizia way back in the year 2000, a time filled with excitement as cinemas began to trailer one of the best movies of all time (made even better by being longer on DVD!). Lord of the Rings was everywhere, for years after that, you couldn’t go in a charity shop without falling over six copies of Knizia’s classic. At the time, however, I was far more interested in playing Lord of the Rings, the Strategy Battle Game, from Games

Colossal Arena is set in a fantasy world where eight terrifying creatures are released into an amphitheatre, while players bet on them as they battle to the death. The crowd will roar and shout and sometimes even leap into the ring to help out a loser or cripple the winner. Well, not really, because Colossal Arena is really only about the numbers 0-10. The monsters are little more than suits and the spectators are wild cards. Unboxed In the box you’ll find: 1 Rulebook 12 Mon