One of the games I demoed at Gen Con that I’m most excited about is Fantasy Flight’s new Lord of the Rings card game. It’s a cooperative two-player game (or one-player solitaire game) that follows the “living card game” model used by Fantasy Flight’s Game of Thrones and Call of Cthulhu card games.
What happened in the years between the defeat of Smaug and Bilbo Baggins’ eleventy-first birthday party? Tolkien never went into much detail about that period, save that Gandalf was seeking information about the ring and Sauron, and the forces of good somehow drove Sauron out of Dol Guldur in Mirkwood (only to reappear in Mordor). [...]
Lots of gamers feel that Middle Earth is pretty much the greatest campaign world ever created, but the right combination of game system and Lord of the Rings awesomeness has never quite come together (oh MERP, how I loved thee…back before I knew any better). If you’re a fan of the mechanics of D&D 4E, [...]
The Middle Earth CCG has a special place in the hearts of many gamers – some even consider it the greatest CCG ever created. More of a role-playing board game than a strict card game, the Middle-Earth CCG captures the beauty and danger of Tolkien’s world wonderfully. It’s been out of print for almost ten [...]
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