The good news is that the Return of the King rulebook (as mentioned not to be confused with the Journeybook of the same name) shows up on ebay often enough for very little money. It contains 4 scenarios related to Dwarves and the men of Rhovanion, culminating in the Siege of Erebor.
That said, it's some 14 years old now and rather badly outdated. The core rules to play the game have since been updated twice, and are due another revision within a year. Although perfectly playable in any incarnation, any opponents are likely to follow the latest version. When in comes to the main rules, I would hold off on purchasing any given the relatively imminent release of a new (and likely rather good from what I've seen and heard) edition, although the small rulebook in the current starter set can also be gotten for a nice price second hand every now and then.
Of course, you can already get started on the figures, which will stay relevant regardless. As the Return of the King book has been out for so long, they used the then-available Dwarf warriors and Khazad Guard for Dain's troops in Erebor and men of Rohan as proxies for those in Rhovanion. While these are perfectly serviceable, the Dwarven range has since been expanded several times, while figures released for the Hobbit (Lake-town and Dale) may be a good fit for similar people in this later setting.
As the Strategy Battle Game is a great little system with a huge array of possibilities in points match and historical scenarios, I would recommend simply getting the figures you like, form a points match army with them (the most common way of playing) and simply adapt or design scenarios to depict the chapters from the books you want to recreate. As it happens, I have also toyed with the idea of a Battle of Dale/Siege of Erebor themed force, which can easily be made using the recently released Iron Hills troops led by Dain as his Erebor forces and having Girion (representing Brand) leading Warriors of Dale (meant as historical troops from Girion's time, but equally fitting during the War of the Ring).
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