I genuinely probably lost 25 times. I started with the mono color decks that came with the core set, then kept rebuilding and learning how to build a deck against it until I landed on an Aragorn+(another of the same color)+Eowyn deck that destroyed the scenario once I stopped getting the worst possible starts with the stupid ass scenario setup. I'm about to purchase Angmar Awakened Campaign+Hero Expansion+the starter decks. Will any of the core set cards still be useful afterwards, or will they get outscaled?

For anyone interested, I've added a few things to my website:

https://ringsguide.co.uk/missing - a visual to see what player cards you're missing and which product contains any you're after

https://ringsguide.co.uk/timing - various timelines to help figure out complex resolution of effects and abilities

https://ringsguide.co.uk/encounters - a detailed scenario/encounter card breakdown with stats

I see a lot of people asking how to expand there collection or where to go after the core set quest and various recommendations which made me curious. As a player who bought the old core set before the revision and playing that a fair amount I knew I liked the game but Dark of Mirkwood didn't exist and content available varied a lot depending on when reprints were coming out. I think I started after the Ered Mithrin box had come out but before the adventure packs.

So I decided to just try to get hold of what I could as I saw it to an extent. So my first new experiences after the core set was actually playing Escape from Umbar which was very different to the core set experience.

So what was everyone else's first experience past the core set?

Howdy folks! I have the entire revised set, loose and I’m tasked with trying to organize the whole set so I can get started playing. I’ve spent all morning searching and I keep coming up empty or finding the whole of set which isn’t helpful as it would lead me searching for cards that don’t exist. I’ve organized the player cards mostly I think so all that’s left are the quest orders?

Surely there’s a post somewhere that has the quest order?

So I’m a new player, having purchased ALL revised content. I’ve completed the first 2 scenarios in the core set and was going to try my hand at Escape from Dol Guldur. But after looking at it, it seems difficult to true solo it. Should I just skip for now and move onto the dark of Mirkwood scenarios or try two-handing Dol Guldur ?
Would it be best to just start the Fellowship saga solo?

I am a noob. Have just started and am building a set. Im older so most likely playing solo as I dont have a grp. I have Core and all three of the Sagas. Also just acquired Ethrid Camapign and Hero expansions .And the 4 starter packs. If I am looking at Angmar and Dream Chaser do I also need the Hero sets? I probably have more than I need but.....

I just bought the core revised set, the fellowship saga, and the elves/dwarves/gondor starter decks. Would you play through the first quests with one of these starter decks instead of the decks they suggest in the instructions? Brand new to the game. Thanks!

Hey guys, I finished playing the Core Set and now I’m wondering how to proceed.

I was able to get my hands on all the repackaged content (thanks to the reprint in America!). So I have some options. Besides what campaign to play, I’m also wondering what hero card pool I need to actually be able to beat the campaign.

I’m most drawn to The Fellowship of the Ring and Ered Mitrhin. Which hero expansion do I need to open to have a fair chance?

Thanks!

Hi All,

I am trying to get sets from all langages.

Wikipedia says they where released in 10 different languages but i am wondering if anyone has a list of wha sets where released in what language, or a source i can go to for that information.

Thanks

If I have a card like 'Favor of the Valar' that is limited to 1 per player is discarded because its effect is resolved, could I play another one on myself? Or is that limit once per game?

I know the exact date because I got the game a week after my 40th birthday and as I approach my 50th birthday my wife, having fallen hard for the LotR trick-taking game, took me up on the offer to learn a more, shall we say, involved experience. And she loved it! She took notes! The best birthday present I can imagine.

I’m gonna give it a shot with my brother or wife tonight or tomorrow!

If we love it, what expansions etc are good to pick up first?

Hello guys, I am here to share my storage.

I have all new era cycles and some of the old one.

I am using blinders ordered by sphere/type/cost and alphabetic number. I use the 5th blinder for natural and campaign cards.

For all scenarios I am using second era boxes with custom card dividers (I found a link in BGG) with a pdf to print them.

All cards are sleeved with Dragon shield classic clear sleeves (for heroes I used colored matte)

Get it while you can if you missed out.

I love alternative art cards (be it Magic the Gathering, Arkham Horror or Lord of the Rings). However, with the passing of time, my eyesight is becoming poorer and poorer.

I have recently printed for myself 100 Lord of the Rings cards, found here on Reddit. The art, the vibe, the atmosphere: 10/10.

However, the writing is always incredibly small. Even with glasses and a magnifying glass and I still have issues reading the small text on the proxy cards.

And I think it is not only the tiny font size but also the fuzzy, unclear background. The original cards have a very clear background for the text. The text pops up immediately. Not so on the proxy cards.

How do you deal with that?

Do you simply memorize the text?

I am just curious.

So I’m over here working on a proxy order. Can someone who has The Hobbit On The Doorstep tell me what back is on the Treasure cards? Hallofbeorn has the 6 Treasure cards listed under Player Cards and Encounter Cards. The way the scenarios are written, it sounds like Player Cards, but I want to confirm before I commit.
For clarity, the 6 cards are
Bilbo’s Magic Ring
The Arkenstone
Mithril Shirt
Thror’s Battle Axe
Thror’s Hunting Bow
Thror’s Golden Cup

Had too much time on my hands today. Which would you pick up first? Which would look best on your shelf?

If you could start fresh and you would own all expansions/cycles in existence. And you would explore content bit by bit.

How would you sequence the expansions/cycles?

I‘ve heard that the content up till heirs of Númenor wasn’t all that great ( and quite dwarf heavy :) ). So i wonder if i should venture in other directions first.

As a follow-up to this post, I have used Codex to clean up my trash heap of code I had written to start bulk processing the set of scanned cards available for the LotR LCG. Codex decided to turn the trash heap into a semi-coherent overly wordy bowl of spaghetti code, but at least it is functional and produces repeatable results now, so that is a step forward.

You can now find this project on GitHub here.

One of my original goals was to remove the recurring dot noise from the card scans and I have been quite successful using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) for this. It took quite a while to tune the algorithm to be consistent across all the scans but I think I am there now. Regardless, it still leaves a grid-like pattern in the image but this is much less extreme than the previous dot noise.

You can see examples of the results in the example\output folder. They are far from perfect, but they are producing beautiful, and more importantly, playable prints on my home printer so I am happy about that. I am also trying to best to stay away from overly aggressive AI upscaling models to avoid the plasticy AI look that is present in some other improved scan projects. If you want to try different cards, just copy them into the example\input folder and run the example.py file. It should work.

Feel free to start playing around with this project and if you think you can improve it, please contribute. As I mentioned in the other post, I have a full time job and part-time masters studies on top of this project so updates from me will be few and far between. That being said, if you are looking for ideas on my planned next steps or how to contribute feel free to shoot me a message on Reddit.

My end goal remains the same, and that is to create the best possible and complete enhanced printable card sets for this game and thereby help maintain its player base into the out-of-print era. And, if I can convince one of you to spend $300 on a home printing setup rather than to a scalper on eBay I'll consider that a bonus!

Anyways, see you at the next update in a couple of months!