If you thought you were the most dedicated Lord of the Rings fan ever, think again.

Because this woman has put her blood, sweat and tears (okay, maybe a slight exaggeration) into perfecting the ultimate LOTR Monopoly board.

Sonja Batusic was left feeling pretty disappointed after she almost bought an already-made LOTR Monopoly board game on eBay. Taking a close look into the game before she was urged to buy – being the mega-fan that she is – she noticed that there was a parking lot in the Middle-Earth section of the game.


The parking lot bothered her – and we must admit it doesn’t seem very much LOTR style, and so she decided against buying the game.



But still focused on playing a Monopoly of her favourite franchise, she got to work on creating her own.

Finding an old wooden box in her basement, she noted the dimensions of the box and started thinking of ideas for the board design.

Wanting to be immersed in the story, she added in more LOTR styled attributes such as a Weathertop instead of a parking lot.

She designed the board using Adobe Illustrator, before printing our her perfected design and coating it onto the board.

She also designed her own money, cards, dices, houses and metal figures.

Astoundingly, the board only took her 2 weeks to design – and we can’t believe how incredible it looks.

The box has a very old fashioned feel to it

(Picture: Sonja Batušić)

And the inside of it is unbelievably stunning

(Picture: Sonja Batušić)

So much detail has gone into the design of the board

(Picture: Sonja Batušić)

With customized cards and game pieces, we’re guessing every LOTR fan ever will be wanting one of these

(Picture: Sonja Batušić)

You can view more of Sonja’s work by visiting her website.

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