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The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (LCG) - Core Set

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The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a cooperative card game that puts 1-2 players (or up to four with two Core Sets!) in control of the most powerful characters and artifacts of Middle-earth. Players will select heroes, gather allies, acquire artifacts, and coordinate their efforts to face Middle-earth’s most dangerous fiends. By cooperating to overcome the obstacles drawn from the encounter deck, you will complete the quest before you and claim victory!

The Lord Of The Rings: The Card Game Core Set includes 226 cards that can be used to assemble a wide variety of decks right out of the box. Included are three perilous quests that, along with countless combinations of settings and enemies, offer near-limitless replayability.

Additionally, players can build a party from a set of 12 hero cards, and focus their decks on any combination of four distinct spheres of influence: Leadership, Lore, Spirit, and Tactics. Each sphere offer unique benefits to the party, so choose wisely!

Each month 60-card expansion packs called Adventure Packs will introduce new quests, heroes, allies, attachments, events, and encounters, allowing players to fully customize their game and continue their fight against the Dark Lord!

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a game for 1-2 players (or 2-4 with 2 core sets) ages 13 and up, and can be played in 30-90 minutes.

Check out our comprehensive review of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (LCG) - Core Set in our blog: The Lord of the Rings LCG review.

22.04.2011, 09:37

"The Lord of the Rings LCG plays well, and is challenging from the first turn, unlike some card games that can take a while to get going. The core game metric of allocating heroes to the three different tasks each turn requires a lot of thought and strategies will change as the game progresses, heroes take damage and threat levels rise etc. Also, the fact that this game is co-operative, a first for Fantasy Flights LCGs, makes the game a much more social experience. With players discussing strategy throughout and more experienced players helping out newbies, without any of the potential issues that arise in doing so in a competitive game.

I really only have one complaint, and that is that you don’t a lot for £29.99. To be honest though this is the case for the core sets of the other 3 LCG’s produced by Fantasy Flight as well (along with most of their board games too for that matter)."

– Paul Adkins