by JP Falcon
" -I can't disagree enough with your last sentence. The movies are good by movie standards and bordering on crap by Tolkien standards. Broader appeal and closer relation to the movies could very well have destroyed the special theme of this game. I consider any Tolkienesque game that I never once have to look up a name or location reference an epic failure. I knew this was not the case here when I opened the core set and saw cards like "Blade of Gondlin" or "Daughter of the Nimrodel""
I only recently delved into this game but I have to admit that I would not shy away from a campaign linked set of scenarios that would take you from Hobbiton to Mount Doom, even if all the references were known. I see that the Hobbit LCG appears to follow a somewhat linear trail as depicted in the book, so perhaps with the current set of LOTR expansions and some newly created, it might be possible to do a LOTR campaign game someday.