Lord of the Rings LCG vs Marvel Champions COMPARISON - Which Is The Best LCG? - SBGK 

I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it! Timestamps below: 1:00 Subscriber Poll Results 1:12 Best Art 2:08 Best Component Quality 2:45 Best Theme 4:27 Best Deck-Building Aspect 5:26 Fair Difficulty 6:37 Best Replayability 8:14 Highest Fun Factor 9:22 And The Winner Is… 10:42 Upcoming Videos Thank you all so very much for your support. This is a one person effort and it takes me a while to get videos done. Life does get hectic but I pride myself in attempting to make fun videos. I hope you all stick around and see where this hobby leads me next! Take care and keep playing! Sincerely, Solo Board Gaming Knight

I think one of the most important categories was missed in this review - "scenario design". One of my biggest complaints about Marvel LCG is that the boss fights feel kinda samey, both in terms of mechanics and theme. And yes, I know, different villains make the game feel different, but compare this to the scenario design of LOTR - in one scenario you are riding giant Mumakils across the Harad dessert trying to outrun a warg hunter party; in another one you are stuck in the dead marshes, or sneaking into Moria's deep tunnels after fighting the Watcher in the Water - the LOTR scenarios have not only great and cinematic themes, but also mechanic and rule twists that make every quest memorable, while pushing players to adopt new tactics and strategies. This is a huge point for replaybility, and quite frankly, even if we included AH LCG in this contest, I would still say LOTR has the most unique and fun scenario design of them all :)

LOTR is the deeper, but more demanding game. It's got flexible deckbuilding, but difficulty that will force you into spending more time in deckbuilding vs Marvel being more pick-up- and play.

All three solo/coop LCGs from FFG are excellent. It just comes down to preferences. Go with the theme you like. Then think about what kind of game you are looking for. Marvel is the most streamlined game of the three, more approachable and easier to deck build for. LotR is for us who like challenging puzzles and crunchy deck building. Arkham Horror has the best stories and innovative scenario design and are perfect for gamers who like a campaign style game.

Categories missed: -Scaling with multiplayer (my lowest priority) -Scenario Design -RULEBOOKS -Expansion material -Modes / difficulty Also the crowd sound effects are bad... Otherwise good video!

Have them both and really enjoy them. I have to give it to LOTR personally for me because I like the theme more, the art is much more beautiful and I like the deeper deck building experience. Also still waiting on my favourite hero Punisher to show up in Champions while Boromir, Legolas and Treebeard as my tops are all present in the LOTR. But can’t go wrong with either one!

Hm, lord of the rings or marvel champions. I think I pick Arkham horror.

Great idea for a video. Some good alternate categories in the comments as well. I think Multiplayer and Core Boxes are both pretty legitimate criteria. Any deck building game that allows me to play/see more of my cards during gameplay is a big plus. THE 40 card minimum deck size for MC and the ability to discard and draw back up to hand size allows me to actually see most of the cool cards i spent so long carefully putting in my deck. Mechanics: Marvel Champions Theme, Scenario Variance, and Overall: LOTR

Another excellent video, dear Knight! I own none of these but your video definitely got me interested in both games. Thank you for another awesome upload! P.S. please do more "House of Danger"! :p Love your channel, always a highlight of my day when I see a new upload from you. 😉👍🏻

I have only played LOTR a handful of times and oh man I am feeling that difficulty

The answer is Arkham Horror.

Entertaining comparison. Honestly, it probably comes down to whether you prefer fantasy or marvel comics. Both are great options but I prefer Marvel because its a bit easier to table and play a quick game.

Not that I don’t love the video…. But how about Arkham LCG? Feels like a comparison of the 3 would be so great

Well done!

Great review! Not sure if I agree that LOTR LCG has a lot of replay ability. I mean, In theory it does, but the scenarios are so hard, and you need such specific decks for each mission, that once defeated, I had no desire whatsoever to play them again. By contrast, I’ve probably fought Rhino 20+ times…when testing out a new deck, introducing players to the game, getting a new hero, etc. There is one area I think LOTR is MUCH better than Marvel LCG…and that is the end of the game. In LOTR, you are white knuckling until the very last moment…in Marvel LCG, when you know the enemy is at a certain level of health, I usually just math it out and don’t even take my last turn. So, the very end can be quite anti-climatic. The guys at SUASD had the same issue with the game. Again, great review, thanks again.

I think Lotr after played both 10+ games is way better. Since difficulty is harder in Lotr, you make more thought on deck building and combos and you would play scenario multiple times. Marvel once, you beat, you are facing same villain but maybe only change hero.

For me LOTR by a long shot, although i may be biased as im not a fan of superheroes and leotards etc Id say Marvel for the younger player and its also alot more easier, LOTR if you know your deck building skills and want to step it up etc as LOTR can be a challenge and this one will last you years.

What kind of sleeves are those from 3:30 to 3:40?

I just went and got them all 😜

The answer is Arkham

Best LCG? Ever heard of Arkham Horror the card game? The far better of the three! :)

I'd be happy for a retheme of champions with lotr IP. Played probably 50+ games of lotr back in the day, but the difficulty is such a barrier. It'll have you chasing specific cards costing you big money and you'll still lose the majority of the time. I play VS tcg so I'm kind of burnt out on marvel ip.

yea marvel champions is fair... until you get to ronin... nothing like getting one hit K.O'd on the first villain phase lol

The LOTR core set sucks in comparison to MC core set. It's not even remotely close in terms of balance, design, and replayability. This is why I went with MC and ditched LOTR.

Arkham 🙊

LoTr by a mile.