The Lord of the Rings LCG Revised Solo REVIEW - SBGK
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- A revision was recently released for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game LCG. Having been a huge fan of Marvel Champions, does LotR LCG have what it takes to make it worth adding to your collection? Find out in my review! Thank you so much for taking to time to watch my newest video! Take care.
Sincerely,
Solo Board Gaming Knight
The Lord of the Rings LCG has given me a lot to talk about! Enjoy the review! Timestamps below:
1:17 Overhead view of the table
1:37 Box and art
1:52 Does is fit back in the box?
2:16 Rulebooks
2:50 Component Quality
Just the Baiscs
3:14 Resource Phase
3:25 Planning Phase
3:37 Quest Phase
4:22 Travel Phase
4:55 Encounter Phase
5:27 Combat Phase
6:17 Refresh Phase
6:35 Rinse and Repeat (win and lose conditions)
6:57 My Initial Thoughts
PROS, NEUTRALS and CONS
7:15 The Deck-Building Aspect
9:52 Rulebooks
13:44 Ease of Play (contradiction?)
16:12 Difficulty
19:04 Theme
20:21 LCG Nature
21:24 Replay Value
23:44 (Final Thoughts) Am I the only one that NOTICED this??
26:05 Upcoming Videos and Reviews
This was another fun review to create and I hope it was helpful and entertaining. These review and videos take a long time to make and I’m only one person. Due to that, there may be a wait between videos. I hope you understand and thank you for your support as I continue with this passion project of mine! I’ll see you in the next video! Take care.
Sincerely,
Solo Board Gaming Knight
Awesome review, thanks for the hard work! Was wondering if you knew about creating video chapters? You just put the timestamps (which you already have made) in the video description and it'll make them automatically. Makes it really easy to navigate videos without having to scroll down into comments!
Man, I live in Brazil and I was strongly interested in buying this game. Your review just sold it to me! I spent the last two days watching ALL videos on this game and yours is by far simply the best, in english or portuguese!!
Thank you for that and keep up this awesome work!!! Got yourself a new subscriber!
Thanks for your awesome comment! I’m glad you found my channel and I hope you enjoy the content. I’m sure you’re going to enjoy LotR a lot once you get your hands on it. Take care and welcome to my channel!
SBGK
Fun video and review! I don't yet own a LCG game, and I'm a huge fan of LOTR & The Hobbit franchises. Excellent advice on playing the game by learning the cards as a prequel to deck building. Of course, the art in this game is gorgeous!
Just have to add, Aliens: Another Glorious Day In The Corps is brutal and intense, just like you described. You have to prepare yourself to feel stress--but, the victories are true victories!
Quick story. When Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps released, I had found it at my local game store. I was still fairly new to the hobby and the only thing that made me not buy it was the fact that I had to build the miniatures. Today, however, I feel much more confident and familiar enough with this hobby that having to build miniatures does not scare me anymore. The next time I find the game at a board game store, I will not make the same mistake.
With that said, since you are a fan of LotR, I definitely recommend the LCG. Even if you only play the base game, strolling down Mirkwood Forest is awesome! Thanks for always bringing your thoughts into the conversation on many of the videos! It’s always fun to interact with you and others. Take care.
SBGK
Excellent review, thank you!
You’re welcome and thank you for watching!
Your expansion choices are very good! Silvans!! :)
Great synergy!
There is only one book used to learn game. It says Learn to Play. The only con with the books is the Rules Reference does not have all keywords from all expansions, so players will have dozens of little rule slips. But LtP is super easy to read. Do not try to 'read' Tules Reference, it is to explain terms and questions not teach.
Your right, the Learn To Play was very easy to read. It teaches the game mechanics as well as provides detailed and well illustrated examples. The Rules Reference was very helpful when it came to action windows (which was very useful for me, personally).
The reason I stated that I do not think it is beginner-friendly was mainly due to the intricacies of the rules (keywords, traits, action window, etc.). However, once you get a few games played, you begin to put things together rather easily. If this would’ve been the first board game I would’ve played, I don’t think it would’ve been easy for me to understand it.
It was definitely helpful to have included the Rules Reference because it is highly necessary to completely learn how to play the game itself. I’m currently working on a video focusing entirely on rulebooks. I’ll will be including both the best and worst rulebooks I’ve experienced. Hopefully you’ll find it entertaining once it releases. Thanks for stopping by. Take care.
23:44 It's almost as if Nick Fury was BASED ON THE GANDALF CARD?
Good video!
Almost. Almost. 😉
Yeah..you have to remember when it comes to Marvel overlap that LotR came out first. Nick Fury is an excellent example. Solid review.
I played through the whole story it was Great !! Hard at some points but fun
It’s such a great game! Too bad it won’t be receiving anymore expansions.
Very helpful! Thanks!
You’re welcome!
Great video thank you
You’re welcome!
Which expensions should new player get after "the revised" ?
I’m fairly new to the game myself and I’m only familiar with everything that has been rereleased. However, I will definitely recommend “The Dark of Mirkwood.” The reason that I recommend it is because it adds additional scenarios that will add a lot of replay value to the game. From there I think you should add any heroes that interest you. Personally, I have enjoyed the “Elves of Lorien” pack very much. I hope this helps!
@@SoloBoardGamingKnight Thank you for the detailed reply. I am really apreciate it.
At 3.56 he made a mistake gladriel can't quest due to her card.
You are correct. The clips I show off to give players an idea of how to play are not filmed during gameplay. Galadriel not being able to quest, attack or defend was overlooked by me during the filming of the clip. Honest mistake and thanks for letting me know!
@@SoloBoardGamingKnight you didn't ready a character so it could be you send other hero and you ready him but would fail from more
Just curious. Does anyone play the lord of the movies in background when playing
Not the movies but I do play with the soundtrack in the background. It makes the game feel incredibly engrossing!
@@SoloBoardGamingKnightI also play the soundtrack here and it really pumps up the experience haha
@@MadHashashin It brings the game to life!
What if people made their own, homebrew sidequests?
I haven’t tried doing that but a lot of hombrews exist for Marvel Champions so I’m pretty sure it’s possible with this, as well.
What card slevees do you use for the game?
Gamegenic 66x91 Sleeves.
Thanks. For the quick response. I’m begging to explore this hobby as a solo player and I like the content on your videos
@@noelterron8398 You’re welcome! If you have any questions about a board game, just ask and I’ll do my best to help you. It took me a while to really understand what I was looking for and wanted when I first got into this hobby. With time, you’ll start to know what you enjoy most.