The card game genre is among the most populated on the App Store, but most of those card games don?t resemble Fantasy Flight Games' The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, the story-based single-player or cooperative living card game that works in ways very different from those of games like Hearthstone or Magic the Gathering. So, I was very happy to hear that Asmodee Digital is developing a digital version called The Lord of the Rings Living Card Game and that it might end up on mobile after it hits the PC. Why is that good news for someone who enjoys card games" The Lord of the Rings Living Card Game isn't about buying packs by the dozen hoping to build a good enough deck to take on other players; instead, in this game you choose a set of three heroes, build your thirty-card deck, and take on the evil legions of Sauron instead of other players. Along the way, you get new cards that allow you to enhance your tactics.
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The forces of Sauron will be controlled by the AI, and you?either solo or alongside another player?get to experience a journey that unfolds over multiple adventures of a narrative campaign. So, instead of just playing a competitive card game with a Lord of the Rings theme, you use cards to emulate the adventures that Tolkien describes and many more inspired by the world he created.
While the digital game will use the physical version of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game as inspiration, it will depart f...