Against the Shadow

I have a love for CCGs going back to the early days of Magic the Gathering. After that I got into Guardians, Middle Earth, Warlord Saga of the Storm, Arcadia The Wyld Hunt, and World of Warcraft. But even though I enjoyed each one of them, I’ve found I very much prefer the Lord of the Rings Living Card Game over all of them. I can’t point to any one thing that draws me in… I think it’s a combination of multiple factors. First, I’ve loved the Lord of the Rings (and the Hobbit) since I read the books as a teenager many years ago and played the Middle Earth Role Playing System (“MERPS”), so I find the subject matter appealing… I even have my own “The Hobbit” pinball machine. Secondly, I love puzzles, and I think that the way the scenarios are constructed, they give me the impression that they are a puzzle to be solved. The fact that many scenarios are very challenging only fuels my desire to solve it even more. The other thing I love about the game is how it is designed to be cooperative