Lord of the Rings TCG

Playing By the Book

   

The Lord of the Rings TCG by Decipher is a great game.  It uses an interesting "twilight pool" that acts as a manipulative balancing agent.  There are a few places where the game deviates from the story as Tolkien wrote it - site path order and abilities in particular.  Here are a few ways to make the game more book-accurate:

 

Single Game Method

 

For the site path, use the following sites:

 

SITE 1

Helps

Type

#

1

Shire Lookout Point

Gandalf

-

1 U 325

-

Hobbiton Market

-

Dwelling

12 S 189

1

Town Center

Hobbit

-

2 C 117

1

Hobbiton Party Field

Hobbit

-

2 U 115

1

Green Dragon Inn

Hobbit

-

1 U 322

-

Green Dragon Inn

Hobbit

Dwelling

11 S 242

1

Bag End

Hobbit

-

1 U 319

1

Hobbiton Woods

Hobbit

Forest

2 U 116

1

Westfarthing

Hobbit

-

1 C 326

1

East Road

-

-

1 U 320

1

Green Hill Country

Hobbit

-

1 U 323

1

Farmer Maggot's Fields

Hobbit

-

1 U 321

1

The Prancing Pony

Aragorn

-

1 U 324

 

SITE 2

 

 

 

-

Woody-End

Nazgul

Forest

11 S 266

2

Bucklebury Ferry

Hobbit

River

1 U 330

-

Buckland Homestead

Nazgul

Dwelling

11 S 230

-

Old Forest Road

Elves

Forest

11 S 251

2

Bree Gate

Ranger

-

1 U 327

2

Bree Streets

Nazgul

-

1 U 328

-

The Prancing Pony

Ranger

Dwelling

11 S 256

2

Breeland Forest

No Stealth

Forest

1 U 329

2

Midgewater Moors

-

Plains

1 U 333

2

Midgewater Marshes

-

Marsh

1 U 332

-

Neekerbreekers’ Bog

-

Marsh

11 S 249

-

Expanding Marshland

-

Marsh

11 S 238

2

Weatherhills

Nazgul

-

1 U 335

2

Weathertop

Nazgul

-

1 U 336

-

East Road

-

Forest

11 S 236

2

Trollshaw Forest

Draw a card

Forest

1 U 334

-

Trollshaw Forest

Draw a card

Forest

11 S 260

-

The Angle

 

Forest

12 U

2

Ettenmoors

Strength +2

Plains

1 C 331

-

Ettenmoors

Strength +2

Plains

11 S 237

 

SITE 3

 

 

 

3

Ford of Bruinen

Nazgul

River

1 U 338

3

Frodo's Bedroom

Hobbit

-

1 U 339

3

Rivendell Terrace

good man

-

1 U 340

3

Council Courtyard

-

-

1 C 337

3

Rivendell Valley

Elf

-

1 U 341

3

Rivendell Waterfall

Ranger

Forest

1 U 342

3

House of Elrond

Elf

-

3 U 119

 

SITE 4

 

 

 

4

Hollin

Uruk-Hai

Plains

2 C 119

4

Eregion Hills

Burden

-

3 U 116

-

Barazinbar

Dwarf

Mountain

11 S 229

-

Redhorn Pass

No tokens

Mountain

13 U 194

4

Pass of Caradhras

Isengard

Mountain

1 U 348

4

Moria Lake

Frodo

Marsh

1 C 346

-

Doors of Durin

-

Marsh

13 U 190

-

Dammed Gate-stream

Smeagol

Marsh

11 U 235

-

West Gate of Moria

-

Undergrnd

11 S 263

4

Moria Stairway

Damage +1

Undergrnd

1 U 347

-

Moria Stairway

Damage +1

Undergrnd

11 S 248

4

Mithril Mine

-

Undergrnd

1 U 345

-

Abandoned Mine Shaft

Add burden

Undergrnd

13 U 185

-

Moria Guardroom

Dwarf

Undergrnd

11 S 247

4

Dwarrowdelf Chamber

Gimli

Undergrnd

1 U 344

-

Chamber of Mazarbul

-

Undergrnd

11 S 233

4

Balin's Tomb

Tale

Undergrnd

1 U 343

4

Great Chasm

Moria archer

Undergrnd

2 U 118

 

SITE 5

 

 

 

5

The Bridge of Khazad-dûm

Balrog

Undergrnd

1 C 349

-

The Bridge of Khazad-dûm

Balrog

Battlegrnd,Undergrnd

12 U

-

The Great Gates

Big minions

Battlegrnd

13 S

 

 

SITE 6

Helps

Type

#

6

Dimrill Dale

Moria

-

1 U 350

6

Lothlórien Woods

Elf Allies

Forest

1 U 352

6

Caras Galadhon

No swarms

Forest

3 U 115

-

Caras Galadhon

No swarms

Forest

11 S 231

6

Galadriel's Glade

Elf

-

1 C 351

6

Valley of the Silverlode

Hobbits

River

2 U 120

-

Valley of the Silverlode

Hobbits

Dwell, Rivr

11 S 261


 

 

SITE 7

 

 

 

7

Silverlode Banks

Ranger

River

1 U 355

7

Anduin Confluence

Disc. Ally

River

1 U 353

-

Anduin Confluence

Disc. Ally

River

11 U 228

7

Anduin Wilderland

No archery

Forest, Riv

1 C 354

7

The Great River

No search

River

3 C 118

-

North Undeep

-

River

11 S 250

 

SITE 8

 

 

 

8

Brown Lands

Min. archery

River

1 U 357

8

Anduin Banks

Min. archery

River

1 C 356

-

Anduin Banks

Min. archery

River

1 C 356

8