The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (2011)

3.2 / 5

1–4 players

60 min

BGG 7.7(7.4)

Rank #188

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Description

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a cooperative adventure game in which the players attempt to complete a scenario, each with up to three heroes of their choice and a deck of allies, events and attachments to support them. Each round, players send their heroes and allies to quest or to fight with enemies that engage them. However, as the heroes and allies exhaust after questing, defending, or attacking, the players' options are typically insufficient to deal with everything at once. Therefore, players need to determine whether it is more urgent to quest and make progress in the scenario while the enemy forces gain power, or to take down enemies while making no progress, not knowing what will come next. The core set contains three scenarios, twelve famous heroes from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (including Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Denethor, and Éowyn), and four pre-constructed player decks. Players can either use one of these decks or construct their own deck to increase their chances of success and to explore new strategies. Additionally, The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a Living Card Game with over ten years of content, and much of its content has been re-released in the form of Campaign and Hero Expansions. Campaign Expansions contain new scenarios for players to embark upon, and Hero Expansions contain new heroes and new cards for players to use in their decks. (Older products include Deluxe Expansions, each containing two heroes, three quests and a medium-sized number of new player cards, and Adventure Packs, each containing one hero, one quest that continues the story started in a Deluxe Expansion and a small number of new player cards.)

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Expansions and Integrates With

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – A Journey to Rhosgobel

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – A Shadow in the East

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – A Storm on Cobas Haven

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Across the Ettenmoors

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Angmar Awakened Campaign Expansion

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Angmar Awakened Hero Expansion

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Assault on Osgiliath

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Attack on Dol Guldur

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Beneath the Sands

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Celebrimbor's Secret

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Challenge of the Wainriders

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Conflict at the Carrock

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Encounter at Amon Dîn

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Ered Mithrin Campaign Expansion

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Ered Mithrin Hero Expansion

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Escape from Khazad-dûm