The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game

The King Of Carrion Mission Out Now For Lord Of The Rings Living Card Game On Steam

Asmodee Digital and Fantasy Flight Interactive have a new series of new missions, known as Encounters, for The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game on Steam for PC and Mac and the first encounter is available now!

This opening encounter, called The King Of Carrion, is a challenging quest where the heroes will travel to Andúin and beyond. It includes new enemies like the Moonlight Wights to pit yourself against and is available for free for all players.

For more information on The King of Carrion, visit the game’s news page on Steam

A big change is also coming, the publishers announced they are moving away from free-to-play model to a full premium once the game goes into full release.

Fantasy Flight Interactive’s Timothy Gerritsen had this to say about the decision, “We received a lot of constructive feedback from our communities and decided to make a change to improve the game for the community as a whole. In addition, we will continue to roll out plenty of content in the future.”

The full game will come with a suite of cards, in-game currency, and custom cosmetic items that will start adventurers off on their quest through Middle-earth.

The Lord of the Rings: The Living Card Game Preview

The fine folks over Fantasy Flight Interactive have released a new gameplay trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Living Card Game, that we told you about.

This is the first look that we have gotten at gameplay, so beware if you want to be surprised, the first time you play it.

Last Chance! Spoilers Incoming!!

The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game Heading To Steam

Fantasy Flight Interactive has announced plans to produce a digital version of Fantasy Flight Games’ Living Card Game The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game on the Steam platform for PC next year as its first release.

The digital adaptation will use the same mechanics and cards as the tabletop version, with players forming teams of heroes and attempting to complete adventures set in the iconic fantasy world created by J.R.R. Tolkien. To play, players must construct a digital “deck” of cards depicting allies, events, and equipment cards that they can use during the game.

The initial release will only offer solitaire play and will launch as part of Steam’s Early Access program. Later in the year, the full free-to-play version will follow on Steam and will be expanded with support for cooperative two-player play.

This will be the first game from Fantasy Flight that does not require you to own/use the board game version, with the app. The new Lord of the Rings game will instead be a stand-alone experience that does not require or interact with the regular card game. In this way, Fantasy Flight is joining a growing trend in the industry for digital versions of popular hobby games.

Players in the digital implementation will still control three heroes with 30 card decks based on the four influence spheres – Leadership, Tactics, Spirit, and Lore.

The digital implementation of the game removes much of the maintenance work that players had to manage in the original version. In the new iteration of the game players focus on the Planning and Adventuring phases. The AI will handle playing cards from Sauron’s deck and the responsibilities enemies have in engaging heroes. Players will now get to focus on their own choices rather than game maintenance.

Each scenario includes instructions on win conditions, while all scenarios are lost if the three heroes die or the ever increasing threat level reaches the maximum.

You can wishlist the game on your steam now account HERE, After release players can purchase on the Founder’s Packs to access the full game experience. Founder’s Packs will include additional content, in game currency, and more.

This is will be the first release from the newly formed “Fantasy Flight Interactive“