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Definitely - better consistency/predictibility in your draws definitely helps!

Hi there! I recommend a sort of hybrid - I usually put my hand and the staging area on the Uberstax, and all the cards I play on the table (heroes, allies, attachments). If you don't use many ally attachments then you can use the Uberstax for all of your in-play allies; you can fit wooden cubes (to mark exhausting) and dice for damage counters (or even the actual damage counters) on the Uberstax, so that still works too. Also, I only use one color for resources. Since resources go on your heroes, you always know what "color" the resources are. Hope that helps!

You're welcome!

I think it's part of Apple's sound library for iMovie/FCP

I'm so glad you liked it :)

Niiice! You are spot on, HUGE learning curve that feels great after you've learned it!

Wow, thank you very much! I'm so glad you liked it!

@ You're welcome. Meant to leave a message, but hit send too early. Very helpfull video series you've got here with the LOTR Lcg. Haven't saved me from restarting "Escape from Dol Guldur" 5 times now, but still, you tought me how to play :) Thanks.

@ Are you playing solo? If so, be sure to play Escape From Dol Guldur either in campaign mode, or play it 2-handed; that quest was not designed for solo one-handed play, it's almost impossible that way, but campaign mode fixed that :).

That's great! Having played those others, I don't think you'll find this game very complicated, it's a joy to play but just plan plenty of time for your first games that will probably go quite long.

@ oh yah man I’m ready to commit a day to learn this haha it will show up in a week or so! I’ll let you know how it goes!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you very much!

Thank you so much!

Oh oh, yes I see your question now. The answer is no, all standard attachments always go away back into your player deck between missions, even for a campaign (unless a campaign card effect tells you otherwise). Boons and Burdens are the cards that can act differently in a campaign setting. Also damage counters and threat level normally reset between quests in a campaign as well, unless you're playing an Expert campaign where damage is persistent. Hope that helps!

​@@TheGameLocker Thanks! Really appreciate it! ✌✌

Thanks for watching! In Part 2 of my How To Play series I cover the rules for campaign mode, if you haven't seen that yet I would start there, then read the rulebook on that section to get clarity. There are specific rules around the cards you "earn" throughout the campaign and add to your "campaign pool", so definitely pay attention to those, especially the ones that have the "permanent" keyword. Hope that helps!

That's great, thanks for sharing!

The first quest - definitely. The second quest - maybe. The third quest - not necessarily. I would say the best way to start this game is with the core set + Dark of Mirkwood to have a 5-quest mini campaign that's really great for learning the game. There are plenty of decks you can build out of the core set that will help you learn the game and that you'll have a good time with! As soon as you move on to another campaign or want more deck/player card variety, go for the starter decks. They're fantastic.

@TheGameLocker thank you very much. I figured start decks were meant to start the core set with but then I saw people speaking on how strong they were, and that made me worry about steamrolling any challenges in the core set

@@ArcanoSilverwind For sure - have you played all three core quests yet?

@@TheGameLocker nope! My core set arrives on Saturday and I was looking around to see if getting the starter decks alongside it were a good idea. Looks like I should wait until I buy the Angmar expansion to get the decks.

Thank you kindly!

That's the million-dollar question :). Personally, I don't see a need to rush after the revised/repackaged content that's been released over the past few years (everything released after the revised core set). The whole reason they revised/repackaged this game is to set it up to remain an "evergreen" game that can be reprinted for a while, because historically it has sold well. My advice is don't buy all the expansions until you are sure that you want to invest in a game like this - a "lifestyle" game that you can sink hundreds of hours into, basically a hobby within the hobby. Until you know you love it, just start with the revised core set and the Dark of Mirkwood pack, and play through that whole 5-quest mini campaign and experiment with different deck builds out of the core set. If you are loving the process of building different decks to overcome different challenges, and you like the difficulty of the game, then dive in to a degree that your free time and budget allow :). Hope that helps!

@TheGameLocker That helps a lot! Thank you very much! And happy new year!

@@TiredandGrouchy Cheers!

Thanks to you and your tutorial, I bought the game. I've been playing it this weekend and it's awesome! Very enjoyable!

@@TiredandGrouchy That's great! Glad you're enjoying it!

Maybe someday ;). Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed them!

Greetings! I'm so glad to hear my videos have been helpful for you, I really enjoyed making them! The circumstances aren't bad at all - just life with young kids and career development that's taking more of my time and attention in this season.

Thank you kindly! Season of life is preventing me from spending more time editing videos, though I would enjoy it :). I'm a perfectionist, and the scripting/editing I do for these types of videos can take hundreds of hours. I hope to be able to return when kids and career enter a new season, but we'll see!

@@TheGameLocker Fingers crossed, if it makes you happy, I believe we are in for a great comeback :) sooner or later

Glad you like it!

Thanks! I got that from Fantasy Flight Games' website when they did a reprint of it years ago. It's for the Journeys In Middle Earth board game, I don't think this particular mat is available anymore.

You're welcome!

I forgot to add. I restrict my own decks to cards that were available when a specific scenario was released and hence these starter decks don't work for me personally.

You'll have to remind me where I use those tokens - I thought in this video I only used tokens that came in the base box, but might have forgotten...

@@TheGameLocker Although, if they're part of the revised core set, then I don't have that. Just the original core.

@@TheGameLocker Finally got the revised edition. Makes so much more sense now!

@@marcwalker8803 Haha, perfect! That little change was really fantastic and I'm glad they did it :)

I outlined and scripted most of it, but never filmed it. I'm happy to answer questions related to buying if you have any :)

@ Discord assisted me, though I would love a video. And thanks for this series by the way - MASSIVE help!

Glad you liked it! "Travel cost" is a broad term for the things printed on a location that explain what you need to do in order to travel there. The Travel cost could be anything, like exhausting a hero, or paying a resource, or revealing an additional encounter card...whatever the location tells you is the cost. Hope that helps!

@TheGameLocker thank you, appreciate it

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad it was helpful!

My pleasure!

You could say that green built the starbase after ships arrived, maybe?

Do you mean at the very end of the video? The quest ended before the end of the round, so you just end it immediately :)

I believe I got that ruling from BGG; thought it was an official ruling, but it's been a long time so I could be wrong.

Cheers!

I don't play MTG, so sadly I can't really answer that question :). Action windows are pretty straightforward, because if two players both want to play an action in an action window, the players just decide what should go first, and the first player casts the deciding vote if needed. For other effects like responses, constant abilities, and forced effects, I explain the correct order of resolution in my videos (parts 2 and 3). Hope that helps!

@TheGameLocker very much appreciated. Waiting for your new content, looking forward to reviewing the new cycles and sagas

Thank you for watching! For the Hero & Campaign boxes, you can choose to buy them separately no problem. Simply put, the Hero box gives you a ton of new player cards to build decks with, and the Campaign box gives you 9 new quests. Sometimes the player cards in the associated Hero box will help you in the Quests of that campaign, but at the very least the player cards will be tied together thematically to that campaign. Hope that helps!

@ Ok, that's helps perfectly. Thanks so much for taking time to respond. Take care!

Haven't played it so can't compare :). The only other game I've played that has two rulebooks (learn to play, and a reference guide) is Mage Knight.

Thank you very much!

Hi! It's not necessarily the word "deal", it's more just the concept of direct damage. Generally speaking there are two ways to damage enemies - by making an attack against that enemy (the standard way or through a card effect like Quick Strike), and dealing direct damage (e.g. Gandalf's card effect). If a card effect describes dealing damage to an enemy, and makes no mention about attacking the enemy or enemy defense, then you can assume it is "direct damage" and it will bypass enemy defense. Hope that helps!

Thank you kindly!