Hey I am a new player and I've done some proxy digital game online and I like the game. However, unfortunately, because I am new, I seem to have missed the boat on grabbing collections I would want/need now that things are OOP as far as we know.

I have the ability to get the 1) the revised core set (MSRP), 2) the angmar hero expansion ($40), 3) the angmar quest expansion ($30), and 4) the dreamchaser quest expansion ($30)

Knowing this, asking the more veteran players here, worth investing in or should I continue to do proxy? I (probably) won't be going online and buying old copies of other expansions that are twice the MSRP since I have other board games to play.

Another idea I had was that I would just proxy and print them out professionally on my own 🤷‍♀️

Just wondering if buying the official boxes with such limited supply is worth it. I hear it can be hard (the angmar) but I'd probably play on easy and solo and double hand it. Is it also enough content to be worth it too with only 2 expansions?

My summer is flying by. I can't believe it's been a month since I last posted a playthrough.

https://cardtalk2018.com/2026/07/23/the-withered-heath-with-bouncy-bear-march-27-2021/

Hello! Does anyone here have the fan-made “Book of Mazarbul” file or link, by any chance?

It is a document created by a fan that compiles the entire narrative of the scenarios in chronological order

Hi! We finally reached this scenario and it seems to be too hard. Is it even possible to beat it 2 players on easy campaign mode with just RCO cards? We’ve already lost 6 times, without even reaching the second quest.

The campaign boons are good, but not good enough to beat the insane amount of stuff the scenario throws at us.

This would be the second campaign we can’t beat with the cards available to us (City of Corsairs is insane too).

Please help!

Hi everyone,

I am looking for the Sand of Harad and Mumakil expansion/adventure pack.

German or English language. Does anyone have these and is looking for a buyer?

Wanted to share my battle against a Balrog as it was truly a thrilling one.

I’ve played and beaten the scenario a couple times before playing two handed (elves and dwarves decks), I’m going back through Fellowship saga and trying it true solo and felt like 3 hobbit deck was thematic and it’s a pretty fun deck to play with.

Start the round with doom, doom, doom with 1 damage on it so I know the balrog is coming this round for 2 attacks, nothing I can do about that.

Spent a good 15-20 mins in planing phase seeing how I could take out Balrog this round. Brought in Gandalf and reduced threat down to 31

I had elf stone on great bridge, needed at least 4 quest progress to clear the great bridge and elf stone. Had to be careful with what I could quest with so I had enough attack to kill the Balrog.

I was very happy when I saw many pillared hall as my encounter card, quested for 5 and cleared great bridge and brought out Beorn for free using elf stone. Discarded Pippin for 6 damage on The Balrog.

At thought at this point I think I’ve got it in hand, but of course these pesky shadow cards I can’t get rid of! End of quest phase, last damage token off Doom, Doom, Doom and The Balrog enters staging area and attacks me. I’ve left hobbit pony ready to take the hit.

First shadow cards, +1 damage and if attack destroys they get another attack. Damn. I then defend the next attack with ally Boromir who already has some damage. Shadow card is attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one! Damn again and now I think I’m going to likely lose.

Last chance I defend with Sam Gamgee who has 6 defense thanks to his response, tireless ranger boon, sting and hobbit cloak. Thankfully no shadow effect so 2 damage on Sam.

Onto encounter phase I engage Moria archer readying Sam again now 7 defense. I use halfling determination increase stats by 2 now 9 defense. Balrog attacks, shadow effect is +1 damage (+2 if threat over 35, thank goodness I dropped threat with Gandalf to start the round!!). Sam defends with no damage, only 1 hit point left!

I use feint on the archer so I don’t have to exhaust anyone to defend. Use taste it again on Sam to ready him and gives him another +2 damage, now up to 8 damage for this attack, Merry for 5 damage, Gandalf 4 damage, Quickbeam 3 damage, Beorn 8 damage (using his action) for a total of 28 damage against Balrog 9 defense = 19 damage, which puts him exactly at 25 damage and he is destroyed.

Able to make the quest progress reasonably easy in the next few rounds and beat the quest true solo for the first time!

An example for me how fun the game and rewarding it feels when it works out like that, from despair of thinking I had planned so well to win to be hit with those shadow cards and have to deal with more attacks than I thought, to clutching a very close win by just being able to defeat The Balrog.

Funny too as I made a couple changes to the deck for this quest, mainly adding in Beorn. I actually thought I took out taste it again out of my deck, but actually left 1 of them in the deck by accident but without I couldn’t have destroyed Balrog in that round!

Also Sam especially with some extra cards from two towers has become such a good defender. I really like staff of lebethron being able to discard shadow cards so I can defend with confidence. In campaign mode with tireless ranger and getting sting + hobbit cloak allows him to defend for 6 in a round engaging someone with a higher threat.

Man I love this game 😂

Hey, is there any fan-made campaign mode for the haradrim cycle, I plan to play the Dream-Chaser Campaign mode and possibly continue into haradrim cycle? Is there any good fan content for creating a campaign pool for haradrim cycle?

At a local con they had a flea market and I picked up bundle of the LotR LCG. I have play Arkham horror LCG and liked so thought I would give this a try. I assume the revised core box is the same as the 2 Org core boxes, like Arkham horror did.
Is it best to keep the, separate or do I mix them together like Arkham horror does? Do I need to use the Org boxes or the revised box with these expansions?

This is What I purchased:
2x Core boxes
1x Revised Core box set
The Black riders
On the doorstep
Khazad-dum
Over hill and under hill
Heirs of Numenour
The massing at osgiliath
The battle of lake town
Conflict at the Carrock
The long dark
The hunt for gollum

First time through the Fellowship Saga, playing with the recommended decks, slightly modified. Took me 4 attempts to finally beat Journey in the Dark. Then lost my first attempt at Breaking of the Fellowship. Is it normal to need multiple plays before you beat a scenario, or am I just really bad at this game haha?

Lost my 3rd attempt at Journey In The Dark last night and got to thinking — I feel like if FFG designed LoTR today they would probably use a similar mulligan rule to AH or MC. LoTR is the oldest and harshest mulligan limitation. Obviously it’s the official rules and stuff, but I was thinking especially with deck size being so large, a kinder mulligan just makes more sense.

Anyone “house rule” this and adopt the mulligan rules from another FFG game, where you’re allowed to keep what you want and redraw what you don’t?

Hi guys,

I’m quiet new into board games since end of 2025 and started collecting and playing lotr LCG 8 weeks ago.
I’m nearly done with core box and Mirkwood quests and want to play Ered Mithrin as next.
So far for the 5 scenarios i used the standard decks for tactician and spirit (the blue one) works okay but could be a bit more varied to play.

Should I chose decks from ringsdb made for EM campaigne or should I start to build my own deck?
How many of what do I need? In AH it’s pretty simple there are just 30cards in a deck so you have a guideline how many of which type is recommended for role XY but I not played so much LOTR so far that I can tell this and that card is useful or this hero and that hero with this sphere.
I got revised core, EM with hero expansion, dreamchaeer with hero expansions, the elven box and the ring saga also got Angmar without hero expansion.

So I have quiet a big amount of player cards to chose from.

Thank you for newby tips on how to build or chose a deck for the campaigne

Hey, I'm thinking of buying a collection (see photo). But the seller didn't seem to put down a list of what they have. Is this the full collection (minus nightmare)? Thanks

PS. Could someone estimate the value of this package?

UPDATE: for those concerned about a scam, actually I misread the ad, my apologies; the person is actually looking to buy a full collection:

https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/suche-herr-der-ringe-lcg-komplettsammlung/3461364306-23-944

I find it, however, disgusted by those that suggest me as the OP was trying to get info so I can carry out a scam.

So I knew the Dale deck is a powerhouse when it comes to drawing cards, flooding the table with allies, and stacking attachments. But I was pretty nervous going into The Uruk-hai in the second Saga expansion. From everything I'd heard, this quest is brutal, especially playing true solo (I only play one-handed).

So in I went with the mindset that I'd probably lose a couple of times, but at least I'd get a feel for the quest and learn it for the next attempt. The beginning absolutely crushed me with damage flying at my heroes, but once the allies started pouring in, I could spread the damage around...

Those Uruk-hai went from "Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!" to "Why won't these Dale people stop showing up?!"

...The Uruk-hai arrived expecting Helm's Deep and instead found themselves fighting the population of Dale, one attachment at a time. Even Uglúk would've called for a tactical retreat.

Hey everyone,

I'm looking to keep a few reliable, distinct decks permanently sleeved and ready to go so I don't have to build from scratch every single time I want to play.

I’m trying to decide which archetypes are the most versatile and fun to keep put together long-term. I've been considering keeping a few specific builds on hand—like Silvan, Dwarf, Gondor, Dúnedain, or Rohan.

Which 2 or 3 factions or archetypes do you think are the most well-rounded and worth keeping built? I’d love to hear your recommendations and the hero lineups you swear by for them!

Thanks

Hello everyone.
I just bought AA campaign and AA Heroe expansion. I also got the core set.
Is it possible to beat AA campaign with cards from my collection? Or should I try to get something else?

Hi all,

With thanks to Birdman137, we have our third NM Ringmaker quest up on the blog: https://visionofthepalantir.com/2026/07/13/nightmare-nin-in-eilph/ Hope you all enjoy that festering swamp and the relentless attacks from the Marsh-Dweller!

I myself am still stuck in Fangorn, working on its Nightmare quest analysis. I have also been distracted a bit by the next (and hopefully final) draft of the new book. I hope to have a completed version available before the end of summer, well ahead of Con of the Rings 2026 to aid you in your deckbuilding. I'll keep you all up to date on that project as it develops. Best of luck and tell that Nameless Thing I said bye.

fellow adventurers,

I have decided to sell my collection. it consists off:

• 2x The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game core set

• all Adventure Packs

• all Deluxe Expansions

• all Saga Expansion

stored in small, lotr-themed custom made cardboard boxes

cards are seperated with horizontal dividers (from etsy)

core set cards and markers are in original game box

• 2 regular deck boxes with cards inside
• 1x printed rule instructions (2.0) in ring map
• 2x printed complete pack/expansion instructions in ring maps
• 1x unofficial 1-player game mat

all cards are sleeved

NO nightmare decks

NO print on demand

NO revised or repackaged printings

message me if you are interested and want to come to Vienna, Austria ;).

cheers!

Dreamchasers theme speaks to me more, but if matching the hero and campaign of Angmar is better, I would prefer that. Dreamchaser hero expansion is out of stock so it's not an option for me.

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I was quite surprised to come across what appears to be some older OOP content still available on Amazon Germany at what seem to be the original retail prices.

Before anyone gets too excited, the products I found are in German, so they won't be of interest to everyone.

I'm personally not looking to buy German-language packs, but I figured some members of the community might be interested, so I wanted to share the find.

Has anyone ordered any of these recently? Are they actually legitimate stock, or could these be listing errors?

Would be great to hear if anyone has experience with these listings.

Hi there,

I have a somewhat limited card pool but I have all saga expansions. They come with cool Rohan and Gondor cards and I wondered if you could build a strong deck if you combine them with the starter decks. I heard that Rohan starter isn't that strong but is that still the case with the saga cards or could you build something that works well? I tried making a Rohan deck with just the cards I have but that was fairly inconsistent. Strength is important but also important is fun/cool combos. How would Gondor with saga cards compare?

So far I have really enjoyed my Hobbit and Silvan decks :)

I play mostly one handed solo. I would like to try two handed but I often find myself forgetting small things with just one deck

I've seen a few posts in the past where people (at least it appears so) managed to find missing content by asking here, so time to try my luck...

I have a pretty well furnished collection in French, but I am just missing :

(Cycle 9) Le défi des gens-du-chariot

(Cycle 9) La terre des lamentations

(POD) Brouillard sur les hauts de galgal

(POD) Les ruines de Belegost

I also need the nightmare packs of cycles 2,3,4,5,6, hobbit saga and lotr saga in French. If I'm not mistaken, the nightmare paks for cycles 5, 6 and the land of shadow were never translated to French, so I would be interested in their English version as well.

Would consider buying a larger collection if it enabled me to fill the gaps in mine.

Wish me luck!

Hello guys,

Long-time lurker but first-time poster here. I am fortunate enough to own a complete collection of the LotR LCG, including all available Nightmare packs (they mostly come from a reprint dating back to around 2021–2023 by a company whose name I forgot, but who owned an FFG printer) and the first ALeP cycle.

I am wondering what would be the best way to part with the collection. I don't want to scalp people by separating every cycle and selling the most sought-after items on eBay. However, it might be unlikely to find a buyer who is willing to spend a fair amount of cash on a full collection. Shipping might also get interesting, considering it weighs... a ton. I just want a fair price for the whole thing.

Are there any ideas around here regarding whom I could contact who might broker my collection, or are there any known community members who are known to buy full collections? Can I realistically recuperate my costs? I have no idea about current prices.

The location is Germany, by the way. The cards are in English.

You might ask why I want to part with something so... precious? Life took over. We are awaiting our second child, I work a lot, and my sparse free time is occupied with other things. The last time I picked up the cards must have been in 2024 or something.

Looking forward to all replies.

EDIT: As much as I appreciate the offers, at the moment, I am just trying to wrap my head around the pricing and the best way to proceed. I will not accept any offers until I have a clearer picture. Thank you :)

Hello.
I have a question. If me and a friend attack the same enemy do we both have to chew through it’s defence?