This edition has continued on the progression toward a hero-centric game rather than the older warrior focuses skirmish one. Armies are now more reliant on a few major heroes that provide buffs and fight each other. It seems to be more in line with the Beowulf and Gilgamesh type of stories that Lord of the Rings has its roots in. I like how the heroes also got a balance between the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings stuff. The heroics, magic, and weapons have all gotten touch-ups that I think were mostly improvements to balance.

I am fairly certain that all the models still have profiles despite some stuff being changed and moved into new lists. There are a few references to Anarion in the Numenorian list so we might be getting a war of the last alliance book at some point. But for the present we've been getting releases of Gondor Heroes that have been in the wings since War of the Ring.

As for whether the system will adapt well whatever comes out of the Amazon series I could not say. I do not think GW and Amazon have come to an accord between themselves about whether GW will be able to make models for Amazon's proprietary characters and using their own designs. They might do something like that but GW might also just use its license with Middle Earth Enterprises to ride on the shows hype.

The future of the game probably looks the brightest it has been in 10 years, and the game itself has quite possibly never been in a better shape. There now exists a variety of rules and profiles few in the early days would have imagined, with a better balance than has been there in recent years. Changes to magic mean big, iconic characters are now worth taking, while numerous tweaks to heroic actions and special rules mean even the army list creation is more interesting, allowing for a wide selection of different strategies during the game. I don't believe the new rules invalidated any existing figures; the only lost profiles are those that were merged into one (the various Elronds for example). The next months should see more re-releases of models that were no longer in production, plus whatever ends up being covered in the Gondor at War book (personally hoping to see more Fiefdoms), plus unexpected releases of whatever they feel like making (like the new plastic Théoden or Gandalf, or the Azog v Thorin set).

This edition has continued on the progression toward a hero-centric game rather than the older warrior focuses skirmish one. Armies are now more reliant on a few major heroes that provide buffs and fight each other. It seems to be more in line with the Beowulf and Gilgamesh type of stories that Lord of the Rings has its roots in. I like how the heroes also got a balance between the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings stuff. The heroics, magic, and weapons have all gotten touch-ups that I think were mostly improvements to balance.

I am fairly certain that all the models still have profiles despite some stuff being changed and moved into new lists. There are a few references to Anarion in the Numenorian list so we might be getting a war of the last alliance book at some point. But for the present we've been getting releases of Gondor Heroes that have been in the wings since War of the Ring.

As for whether the system will adapt well whatever comes out of the Amazon series I could not say. I do not think GW and Amazon have come to an accord between themselves about whether GW will be able to make models for Amazon's proprietary characters and using their own designs. They might do something like that but GW might also just use its license with Middle Earth Enterprises to ride on the shows hype.