The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set

2022
Nate French
BGG Geek Rating
7.1
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BGG Average Rating
8.4
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BGG Ranking
#348
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Players
1-4
Weight
3.58/5.00
Playtime
120 min
Age
14+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Automatic Resource Growth Variable Player Powers Variable Set-up Events Cooperative Game Hand Management Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game Solo / Solitaire Game Deck Construction

📂 Categories

Novel-based Adventure Card Game Fantasy Novel-based Collectible Components

🎨 Artists

Yoann Boissonnet Dominik Kasprzycki Sandara Tang David Horne Henning Ludvigsen Lius Lasahido Florian Stitz Anna Christenson Tiziano Baracchi Kristina Gehrmann Daarken Jeff Himmelman West Clendinning Ijur Daryl Mandryk Frank Walls Alexandr Shaldin Santiago Villa David Auden Nash David Lecossu WiL Springer John Wigley Even Mehl Amundsen Erfian Asafat Soul Core Kevin Childress Sara Biddle Jason Ward Drew Whitmore Gabrielle Portal Jen Zee Magali Villeneuve Nicholas Cloister Christopher Hosch Lucas Graciano Angela Sung Noah Bradley Amanda Sartor Winona Nelson Leonardo Borazio Rio Sabda Andrew Olson Marc Scheff Igor Kieryluk Tony Foti Kaya Ben Zweifel Alexandru Sabo Mathias Kollros Marco Caradonna Nikolay Stoyanov Fredrik Tyskerud John Stanko Loren Fetterman Margaret Hardy Tom Garden Ryan Barger Katherine Dinger Mark Winters Matthew Starbuck Mike Nash

🏢 Publishers

ADC Blackfire Entertainment Fantasy Flight Games Galápagos Jogos Geekach LLC

📖 About This Game

Sometimes, in order to truly appreciate a tale, one must first go back to its beginning. Grand adventures and strong fellowships are important and wonderful, but the first step of any journey is just as important as the last. With that in mind, it’s time to return to the beginning of one of the most epic adventures of all… With increased contents and some quality-of-life improvements, this new version of the classic LCG’s core set is the perfect opportunity for a new player to dive into the game. The Revised Core Set includes cards to allow Campaign Mode (previous core set was strictly standalone scenarios), entirely new Boon and Burden mechanics that add cards that persist with the players from scenario to scenario, and full support for 4 players in the core box. -description from publisher What's new in this edition? Support for up to four players with a single core set (the original core set supported only two players, meaning players needed two core sets to play with three or four players) Three copies each of all 61 player cards from the original core set and eight copies of the Gandalf ally card (the original core set included only one or two copies of many of the player cards and only four copies of Gandalf) A narrative campaign that links the three scenarios included in the core set into an overarching story Quality-of-life improvements, such as new "3" and "5" numbered resource, progress and damage tokens Revised "Learn to Play" rulebook to allow new players to more easily jump right into playing, including two new decklists for players to try as a step up from the four starter decks This set is 100% compatible with all previously-released The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game content. Players who already own three copies of the original core set will not find any new cards in this box, aside from the campaign, boon and burden cards, which can be downloaded and printed for free on the official website.