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The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game

News Update- October 1st 2019- Rewards


Hail And Well Met!


Last week we gave a sneak peek of Rossiel's upcoming cards, while this week we are discussing tips for new players, focusing on rewards and how to obtain them.

There are a number of ways of earning new cards and cosmetics in The Lord of the Rings™: Adventure Card Game. If you don't own our game, it's important to understand that this is not a free to play game. You get a base level of cards with the Core Set, and can then earn new cards just by playing the game.


Fellowship


The first method to earn new cards is to use Fellowship. This is earned simply by completing quests. You gain 1,000 Fellowship for completing a quest (and a smaller amount if you cannot complete the quest).

Quest Challenges


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You also earn Fellowship by completing in-quest challenges. Want to know what challenges you need to complete in a quest? You can do this by clicking on the Rewards tab in the Play menu. Some challenges are the same between different quests, while other challenges are unique to each quest. You will gain a total of 200 Fellowship for each challenge you complete per quest for a maximum of 1,000 additional Fellowship.

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Play Style Bonus


You earn a 500 Fellowship Bonus for completing a quest in the Adventure Play Style.
You earn a 1000 Fellowship Bonus for completing a quest in the Challenge Play Style.

You can spend Fellowship on the following:
  • Unlocking New Cards for your Decks
  • Unlocking Alternate Art for your Hero Cards
  • Unlocking Cosmetic Items from the Vault like Avatars, Player Name Tags, and Emotes
We've discussed how to unlock these items in previous news stories.

However, besides Fellowship, how else can you earn rewards? We covered a few methods in the previous news above, but let's go into more detail on specifics.

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Hall of Heroes


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Did you know that you earn a 500 Fellowship Award the first time you complete a quest with a hero? With 12 current heroes, that means you can earn 6000 Fellowship just by completing any individual quest with each Hero. To see what heroes you've completed in any given quest, just click on the Hall of Heroes Coin on the Rewards Tab.

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Quest Completion Rewards


Each time you complete a quest, you gain a reward, but the first three times you gain a special bonus beyond Fellowship.

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First Time Completion - Quest Card Bonus


The first time you complete a quest, you will earn a special card as a reward for its completion. You earn two of this card in your vault, fully unlocked for you to use. The exact card for each quest is outlined when you click on the First coin in the Rewards Tab.

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Second Time Completion - Player Avatar Bonus


The second time you complete the same quest, you will earn a special Player Avatar for you to use in both Single and Multi Player sessions. The avatar you earn is typically based on a character that appears in the quest and once earned, will appear in the Vault menu, fully unlocked.

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Third Completion - Trophy Avatar


The third time you complete the same quest, you will earn a special Trophy Avatar that depicts one of the enemies you encountered during the quest that you may use as your Avatar in both Single and Multi Player sessions. Just like for Player Avatars, once earned, the Trophy will appear in the Vault menu, fully unlocked.

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Hero Challenge Reward


There's one other way to earn a new card that you might not know about. When you go to the Hero Detail screen in the Deck menu, you can change your Hero's selected art, but you'll notice a coin above the card on the left marked Hero Reward.
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This is the Hero Reward Card, which you earn by completing the Hero challenge. Every Hero has a unique challenge to earn their special Hero card. Simply click the coin to learn what each Hero's Reward card challenge is.

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Obtaining Technical Assistance


If you happen to experience any issues or need technical assistance for the game, please remember that if you don't see the answer within the forums or on discord, you can always file a Helpshift here:

https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/lord-of-the-rings-acg/


Discord


For more info on the game, there is a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.

You can check it out here.


Twitch Stream Returning in November


Our Twitch Stream is taking the Month off for October. We'll post the next Twitch stream date when we return.


Next Update


That's all we have this week. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

-FFI and Asmodee Digital

The Lord of the Rings™: Adventure Card Game 20% Off Sunday and Monday!


LOTR on Sale!


As part of Asmodee Digital's Publisher Weekend, The Lord of the Rings™: Adventure Card Game is on sale from Sunday, September 29th through Monday, September 30th at 20% off!

Take up the challenge against Sauron in this single and two player cooperative PvE card game inspired by the original The Lord of the Rings™ Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games! Gather a Fellowship of Three Heroes, construct a deck of 30 Cards as you take on the available campaigns and quests across three levels of difficulty:

  • Narrative- For players who want to enjoy stories in Middle-earth but don't want to be sorely crushed by Sauron's forces.
  • Adventure- For players also enjoy a great narrative set in Middle-earth, but who want a little more challenge in their games.
  • Challenge- For players who love card games, Middle-earth, and a serious challenge.




As part of this sale, you'll get the Core Game, which includes the following content:

8 Playable Heroes


  • Aragorn (click the image to see a larger view)
  • Arwen (click the image to see a larger view)
  • Dwalin (click the image to see a larger view)
  • Eowyn (click the image to see a larger view)
  • Faramir (click the image to see a larger view)
  • Gimli (click the image to see a larger view)
  • Legolas (click the image to see a larger view)
  • Tom Took (click the image to see a larger view)


Two Campaigns Plus Additional Quests!


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Live the Adventure in The Shadow's Reach Campaign and The Full Tutorial Campaign with 10 playable quests. Follow the tale of Bilbo's last grand venture into the Mirkwood before retiring in Rivendell. Meet old friends, make new ones, and square off against the rising power of the Shadow in this tale set years before The Fellowship of the Ring™.

Bonus Quests!


Play one of the even more challenging three special Encounter Quests we've released thus far:

  • King of Carrion
    • Face down an ancient evil as you journey through the snowswept hills of the North.

  • Feast For Trolls
    • Seek out a missing band of Dwarves as you search the Troll-Ridden Hills.

  • Mount Gundabad Awoken
    • Orcs gather near Carn Dum and the task falls upon you to find out why as you uncover the ancient evil of the place.


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Continue the story begun in the first Campaign with a free sneak peek at the first quest in our expansion The Shadow's Fall Campaign, for a total of 14 Playable Quests!

Use 51 Additional Player Cards to craft your own decks


With 34 Core Playable Cards and 17 Additional Cards you may unlock in the Gallery using Fellowship you earn during play. Build your own decks combining these allies, events and attachment cards, and try them out with your different heroes.

Earn more Cards Through Rewards as well as Alt-Art, Avatars, Player Frames and Emotes


Earn an additional 8 Hero Specific Reward Cards as well as 7 Additional Quest and Campaign Reward Cards for completing quests and campaigns or overcoming individual Hero challenges.

Successful play earns Fellowship, which you can spend to unlock player cards, alternative art for Hero cards, avatars, player frames and emotes for use in multi player games.



Create your own epic tale of adventure in Middle-earth or joing a friend in cooperative mode and craft a tale as you both foil Sauron's ambitions. Join us in the effort to oppose Sauron and the forces of shadow in The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game!

News Update September 23rd, 2019- A Look At Rossiel's Cards


The Lord of the Rings™: Adventure Card Game Actor nominated for voice acting award!


James Smillie is the voice actor who you may recognize as the 'evil voice' for narrative slides in The Lord of the Rings™: Adventure Card Game. He's been nominated for Best Character Performance in the VOX awards, a UK based award for professional voice actors.


Best Character Performance
"LOTR Online" produced by Keith Hurley
Voiced by James Smillie

You can see the other nominees and other categories for these awards at the Vox web page here.

Congratulations, James and for producer, Keith Hurley!


Cards of the Silvan Watcher



Today we will cover the cards that make up Rossiel's hero pack- The Silvan Watcher. Rossiel is a Lore Sphere hero with a set of cards matching her status as an Elf from Lothlórien. As a reminder, all cards are subject to change before delivery subject to playtest and licensor approval.

Let's start with Rossiel's hero card, which we've updated since our sneak peek earlier this summer:

Rossiel


Rossiel is a 9 Threat Lore Hero with the Silvan Trait. Her stats are:
Attack: 2
Willpower: 2
Health: 9
Rossiel's Power allows her to recover a non-unique Hero and also to grant Surge to your next ally played this round.


Now, let's look at the Watcher's tactics card...

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Silvan Sharpshooter


This is a 3 cost Tactics Ally with the following stats:
Attack: 1
Willpower: 1
Heath: 4
The Sharpshooter is a Silvan trait card with Ranged who gets to make an attack on an enemy that is attacked by any other Silvan card.

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None Return


This is a 1 cost, 2nd level Lore Preparation card that deals one damage to all enemies once an enemy defeated. If this results in another enemy being defeated, another damage is dealt, and so forth until either every enemy is defeated or no enemies are defeated.

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Greenwood Defender


This is a 1 cost Leadership Ally with the following stats:
Attack: 2
Willpower: 0
Health: 3
On arrival, this Silvan card gains Guard for free during the first round of play (though you will need to activate defense in subsequent rounds).

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A Test of Will


This 2 cost Spirit Event grants a single non-unique Ally +2 Attack and +2 Willpower, but at the cost of that card gaining fleeting. This means you get a major stat boost, but that character goes away during the end phase.


This completes the list of cards available in Rossiel's Hero Pack. We hope you enjoy these new cards in play when they are released.


Obtaining Technical Assistance


If you happen to experience any issues or need technical assistance for the game, please remember that if you don't see the answer within the forums or on discord, you can always file a Helpshift here:

https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/lord-of-the-rings-acg/


Discord


For more info on the game, there is a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.

You can check it out here.


Twitch Stream



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next regular stream will be Wednesday, September 25th.


Next Update


That's all we have this week. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

-FFI and Asmodee Digital

News Update September 17th, 2019


The Tutorial



New to the game? If so, we highly recommend that you play the Tutorial Campaign. If you are an experienced gamer, or are coming to us with a lot of specific card game experience, you're probably thinking, 'How hard can this be?", or you just hate tutorials and don't feel like you need the hand holding. We get it. That's why we broke the Tutorial down into separate quests that teach you the basic concepts and then let you put them into practice as you wish. We wrap that up with an original narrative story that nicely leads right into the first campaign.

If you are used to lots of other card games, an important thing to note is that this is a Player Vs. Environment/Experience game, NOT a Player vs. Player game. That makes the experience very different than the typical digital card game and we have a very different complexity curve as a result. There are a lot of different options and nuances to the game that if you don't understand will hamper your ability to succeed against the forces of Sauron.

Where can you find the tutorial? Just click on the green campaign icon on the Single Player game map.



To select an individual Tutorial Quest (or any Quest), just click on the Quest icon to the right in the Campaign Information Screen. The first tutorial covers the basics of how to play the game, picking up where the basic prelude tutorial you played when you first started the game left off.



Tutorial Quest 2 covers more advanced concept for the game, laying on top of the skills you learned in Quest 1. Here we introduce Fate and Threat, which are key elements to the game and absolutely vital to your success or failure.



Tutorial Quest 3 covers the most nuanced aspects of the game, but veteran players will tell you that mastering these skills are your keys to victory. We go over attachments, specific keywords and hand size limits.



Tutorial Quest 4 covers how to make your own decks and what cards go into them.



Finally, we wrap it up with a standard quest in Tutorial Quest 5 for you to try out your new deck with, or to come back at any time. This Quest wraps up the narrative and directly leads into the first full campaign The Shadow's Reach.


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Did you know that you can also replay the Prelude Quest at any time? Need a refresher? Or just like honey? To replay the Prelude Quest, just click on the Options Icon from any screen and then click the Replay Tutorial button.






Obtaining Technical Assistance


If you happen to experience any issues or need technical assistance for the game, please remember that if you don't see the answer within the forums or on discord, you can always file a Helpshift here:

https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/lord-of-the-rings-acg/


Discord


For more info on the game, there is a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.

You can check it out here.


Twitch Stream



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next regular stream will be Wednesday, September 25th.


Next Update


That's all we have this week. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

-FFI and Asmodee Digital

News Update, September 10th, 2019


Hail and Well Met!



The Ringbearer Hero Pack


This week we preview the cards coming in the upcoming Ringbearer Hero Pack which will be included in The Witch King's Grasp Expansion. Please note that all cards are subject to change until release and licensor approval.



Each Hero Pack includes a Hero card and 2 each of a card from each Sphere for a total of 8 cards. Let's look at the Frodo Hero Card we've revealed previously.


Frodo has the lowest threat of any Hero, but the lowest Health to go with it. However, he has Stealth, meaning that he can pick and choose when to act, and bypass guard to attack or resolve objectives. Additionally, whenever he resolves and objective, he will grant you an additional resource with the new Achieve keyword (which works similarly to Vanquish, only for Objectives.)

The cards that we will be featuring in the Ringbearer Hero Pack include:

Adventuring Hobbit


This Leadership Hobbit ally has an initial high resource cost that can be reduced by resolving Hazards, with a 1 cost reduction for each.


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Frodo's Intuition


This Lore event card costs 2 resources, and will grant each of your Heroes +1 Willpower for the current round, but also have you draw a card for each of the hobbit heroes on the playing field.


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Hail Of Stones


This Tactics event card costs 1 resource, and will deal 1 damage to 1 random enemy for each Ally you have in play.


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Pity Stayed His Hand


This Level 2 Spirit event card costs 2 resources and will grant Fleeting to up to 2 Minions, meaning that at the end of the round, you can make 2 Minions simply go away!



Obtaining Technical Assistance


If you happen to experience any issues or need technical assistance for the game, please remember that if you don't see the answer within the forums or on discord, you can always file a Helpshift here:

https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/lord-of-the-rings-acg/


Discord


For more info on the game, there is a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.

You can check it out here.


Twitch Stream



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next regular stream will be Wednesday, September 10th.


Next Update


That's all we have this week. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

-FFI and Asmodee Digital

News Update September 2nd 2019- The Road Ahead


Hail and Well Met!



We released the Steam version of the game into Full Release on Thursday and there are a number of new players in the game. Welcome new players and welcome back if you haven't played for a while.

Videos Community Hub


If you are looking for tips and pointers on the game, last week we mentioned the online databases and the guides page right here on Steam. One are we didn't mention is the fantastic videos section on Steam as well. Here you will see a great collection of videos on how to play crafted by fellow players. We highly recommend you check out this content, as it will teach you some of the subtle nuances of the game if you are a new player, but you can also get a feel for the game if you thinking of picking it up.

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The Shadow's Fall on Sale Until September 9th




Just a reminder that in honor of Full Release we've placed the first expansion, The Shadow's Fall, on sale until September 9th for 50% of the regular price!

Each expansion includes 4 new heroes, 32 new player cards (2 of each of the 16 different cards), a full new campaign with 5 quests and a host of Sauron cards to encounter. Not to mention 5 quest challenge cards, 4 hero challenge cards and a campaign completion reward.

In this direct sequel to the events of The Shadow's Reach, your fellowship will delve deeper into Southern Mirkwood as you face off against wolves, orcs and the horrors that await you within Dol Guldur.

This is your chance to add the new expansion to your collection for half the price!

https://steamcommunity.com/games/509580/announcements/detail/1583500109320818792


What's Next?



The Witch Kings' Grasp Expansion



Now that we're in Full Release, what's next? Next up is our very next campaign, The Witch King's Grasp, an entirely new set of quests in which we take you west of The Misty Mountains to Bree-land and the Barrow-Downs to face all new foes and overcome all new challenges.

There will be familiar faces, famous locations and a mystery or two for you to uncover in this new expansion, due this Autumn.

Starting next week we'll begin to give more sneak peeks as to what is in store for your fellowships in this all new narrative adventure. which will feature four new heroes that we covered in a previous news update including:

Boromir




Frodo




Rossiel




Sam




(Please note that these cards are subject to change until release.)

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More!


Beyond the next Campaign we're working on a lot more. We'll unveil the full roadmap in the weeks to come, but we're working on new cards, new cosmetics, new emotes, new encounters and new challenge rewards which we will sneak peek here and on our Twitch stream.

We've just released and we're just getting started.


Updates


We will be releasing a few quick updates in the next two weeks and will notify players when this happens and what's changed. These will be small updates and shouldn't keep you out of the game for more than a few minutes when they happen.

You can check the latest changes in the meantime in the release notes topic.

Our next major update will be the release of Campaign 3 later this Autumn.


Obtaining Technical Assistance


If you happen to experience any issues or need technical assistance for the game, please remember that if you don't see the answer within the forums or on discord, you can always file a Helpshift here:

https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/lord-of-the-rings-acg/


Discord


For more info on the game, there is a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.

You can check it out here.


Twitch Stream



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next regular stream will be Wednesday, September 10th.


Next Update


That's all we have this week. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

-FFI and Asmodee Digital

Server outage

There was a server outage this evening for about 25 minutes which is currently resolved. We are investigating further to root out any issues.

Game Day!


Hail and Well Met!



Early Access Ends Thursday


Welcome to the Full Release of The Lord of the Rings™: Adventure Card Game!

This has been a fantastic journey as we emerged one year ago from our very own Bag End in search of adventure. Along the way we've encountered objectives to resolve, hazards to overcome and Sauron's minions to withstand ir order to exit our Early Access period today.

If you have been with us from the beginning, you will forever hold a special place in our hearts. We thank you for your support and feedback and appreciate that you made it possible for this day to happen!

If you joined us along the journey, we thank you as well for keeping us going and for giving us your input in order to improve the game.

If you are new to the game, Welcome, Friend! Enjoy everything Middle-earth has to offer! We hope you will enjoy your stay.


Update Build


For longtime players, we've made a new update to coincide with launch. You can check out the latest patch notes here for more details.


Starting Tips for New Players!



Welcome to the game!

We highly recommend that you start out by playing through the Tutorial campaign. Sauron is devious, and The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game can be complex and there are subtleties to the game that can escape you if you aren't prepared for them.

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Obtaining Cards


When you play the game, there are a number of ways to add cards to your deck.

Heroes


The Core Set comes with 8 heroes:

  • Aragorn
  • Arwen
  • Gimli
  • Tom Took
  • Dwalin
  • Eowyn
  • Faramir
  • Legolas

You can obtain an additional 4 heroes when you purchase the first Expansion, The Shadow's Fall.


This expansion includes 4 new Heroes:

  • Dain Ironfoot
  • Fredegar Bolger
  • Glorfindel
  • Idraen

New Heroes will be released in future expansions.

Fellowship Cards


You also have access to loads of cards to unlock using the Fellowship you gain by playing. To obtain these cards, simply go to the Decks menu...



...and select the Cards tab:



Select one of the grayed out cards in the gallery (you can use the filters to see only the cards you don't yet own in your collection) and choose the detail view by right clicking the card with your mouse. In the detail view you can select to unlock either a single card...



Or both cards at once using your in game Fellowship.



Once you select how many cards you want, simply confirm to have these cards added to your collection. The amount will be deducted from your Fellowship total.



Note that you can only have up to two of each card in your collection (though once acquired, you can use up to two of each card in as many of your decks as you like).

You earn Fellowship every time you play, so if you run out of points, don't despair! Just play a session or two and you should have enough to unlock more cards. You will earn some points even if you don't complete a quest.

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Quest Reward Cards


You can also receive cards by completing quests. The first time you complete a quest or encounter, you will receive a new card as a reward for your efforts. (You will receive a new Player Avatar after completing the quest a second time, and a Trophy Avatar for completing the quest a second and third time respectively.)

In order to see what card a quest will grant you, go to either the Single or Multiplayer Play Menu and select the Rewards tab...



...then select the First Completion badge listed to see what card awaits.



...and see the reward you will get when you complete the quest.



Note that the reward will update to let you know what rewards you've already completed.

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Hero Awards


Each Hero can also earn a new pair of cards for your collection by completing the challenge associated with the hero. To see what you need to do to earn the reward, go again to the Decks Menu.



Then select the hero you wish to examine by right clicking with your mouse on that hero...


Now select the Hero Award badge to see the card you can earn and how to earn it...



You will need to track your progress toward these goals on your own, though the system will tell you once you've earned the reward associated with each hero. Each hero earns only one such card, but usually give huge benefits.


Learning More About The Game



If you want more hints, tips and suggestions on how to play the game, we recommend that you start with the Guides section of the community hub right here on Steam.



There you will see walkthroughs, links to great videos and guides on how to build your decks. This area is fan supported, so feel free to include your own guides if you wish!

Beyond this resource, we also recommend the digital pages for the RingsDB and Hall of Beorn pages. These are fantastic resources created and maintained by fans and we appreciate and support the work they do!


Obtaining Technical Assistance


If you happen to experience any issues or need technical assistance for the game, please remember that if you don't see the answer within the forums or on discord, you can always file a Helpshift here:

https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/lord-of-the-rings-acg/


Discord


For more info on the game, there is a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.

You can check it out here.


Twitch Stream



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next regular stream will be Wednesday, September 10th, though we will be having a special stream today with Asmodee Digital at 11am Central Daylight Time / 16:00 UTC to celebrate the official Full Release launch!


Next Update


That's all we have this week. We will be back next week with more, specifically talking about all the rewards you can earn and how to earn them and how they differ from the cards you can earn via Fellowship. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

-FFI and Asmodee Digital

News Update August 28th, 2019- End of Early Access

Hail and Well Met!




Early Access Ends Thursday


We will be bringing The Lord of the Rings™: Adventure Card Game into Full Release, Thursday, August 29th!

Final game pricing for the Core Set will change to $19.99 in the US / €19.99 when this happens. (Actual pricing will vary per your local currency).

If you already own the game at any level, you already have the Core Set.

For new players, within the Core Set, you receive a Tutorial and Full Player Campaign, 3 Encounters, 7 Playable Quests, 8 Heroes, 37 player cards and the ability to unlock 53 additional cards using your Fellowship as well as free reward cards for completing quests and hero challenges.

When we reach Full Release, every Core Set owner will continue to have access to new unlockable Player Cards, Encounters and the first quest of every future Campaign. Additionally, you will be able to access new cosmetics such as Avatars, Card Backs, and Emotes using your Fellowship Points that you earn in-game.

Additionally, after Full Release we will continue striving to improve the game with general bug fixes, improvements to the user experience and quality of life additions.





Fellowship


We've received a few questions on Fellowship. We will NOT be resetting your accounts or Fellowship totals when we come out of Early Access. You will retain the points you have received thus far and be able to continue to use them as normal with your existing totals.

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Additional Bug Fixes


We will have one last game update delivered when we go Full Release on Thursday. At that time, we will also remove the Early Access pop-up menu that appears before you start the main menu. Take a moment to read it one last time, or for the first time if you clicked through it all this time without reading it.

We'll update you with a Full Release set of patch notes when this update goes live on Thursday.


Early Access Thank You!



To everyone who has played the game and given us feedback during the Early Access period, we want to thank you. Our development and publishing teams have a passion for this game and the world that J.R.R. Tolkien created and we hope that comes through in the work we have done and the work we will continue to do moving forward. We couldn't have created this game without you and your assistance.

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Exclusive Sauron Card Back


As we mentioned last week, we wanted to give all Early Access players a token of our gratitude for being with us throughout this period. All Early Access players who purchase the game until Thursday 16:00 UTC (that's 11am Central Daylight Time) will receive this free gift, an exclusive Sauron Card Back- Forged In Secret by our Art Director, Greg Shives.

"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."

...The Lord of the Rings



This card is exclusive to Early Access players and won't be available to anyone else after we go Full Release. This is in addition to any other exclusive content you might have received if you were one of our Founder's Pack players.

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Don't Know How To Change Sauron's Card Back?


As a reminder from last week:

In order to change Sauron's Card Back, you need to go to the Vault Menu from the Main Menu:


Then choose the Card Backs Tab:


Then choose the Sauron Tab:


Simply click on the card back you like:


And then hit the save icon to save your selection (or hit the back button if you change your mind).


That's it. Enjoy your choice in-game as you defy Sauron's intentions.


Reminder: Obtaining Technical Assistance


If you happen to experience any issues or need technical assistance for the game, please remember that if you don't see the answer within the forums or on discord, you can always file a Helpshift here:

https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/lord-of-the-rings-acg/


Discord


For more info on the game, there is a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.

You can check it out here.


Twitch Stream



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next stream will be today, Wednesday, August 28th.


Next Update


That's all we have this week. We will be back next week with more, specifically talking about all the rewards you can earn and how to earn them and how they differ from the cards you can earn via Fellowship. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

-FFI and Asmodee Digital

Weekly Update- August 20th- The Road To Full Release