Lord of the Rings The Card Game | Rahdo's Final Thoughts 

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TheGrooves the gameplay here is richer, i'd say. if pathfinder didn't have a shelflife for advancing characters i'd probably go with it, but as it is, LotR is the winner for us

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+TheGrooves My friend and I bought both and ended up returning Pathfinder as we found it to be a bit lacking. The only thing I think it has going for it is the character persistence but the game seems ridiculously easy, in turn making it feel very repetitive, and for me the game seems to have missed a few good opportunities with its RPG-like structure. In my mind it felt only remotely close to an RPG in the way that characters level up. I thought it would've been nice to have the character's start witha static hand of cards.For example, a ranger will have to choose one gear, one weapon and 3 random whatevers to start with. The weapon's and gear could've been static, as in you do not dispose of them to do extra damage, nor do you discard them after taking a hit from a monster. They could've added a different HP system rather than having you discard your cards. The fact that monsters die with one hit if you succeed a check seemed silly to me as well, and too easy. In LoTR The monsters have their own HP and they do not "hide" from you after every turn if you fail to kill them, (unless the card says for them to do so like the Wargs in the core set.). Cards like shields or armor in Pathfinder could've have something on the text like "discard after 3 blocks against the enemy" meaning that the shield or armor broke. Little stuff like that would've made the game a bit more complex, in-depth, and more RPG-like at least for me. I have never played any pen and paper RPGs, only video game RPGs but I have a general idea of how they work. I have never played any tabletop CCGs but I have played a handful of them released on Windows. I ended up preferring LoTR because it feels better put together. It is challenging but not in a frustrating way. The odds feel like they are constantly stacked against you because of all of the negative effects from enemy cards, and shadow effects, which in turn makes winning more satisfying. It is much more strategic, and also has an element of luck like Rando said since sometimes you feel like you're doing great and then the encounter cards start ruining everything. You'll constantly be at the edge of your seat. I know I am replying 6 months too late but I will still say this in case others read it; If you still don't know which one's you'll like best then I suggest buying them both on Amazon, trying them out for a few weeks and then returning the one you don't like. I believe you will have a one-month window for returns. They will reimburse you all of your money but they deduct the shipping cost out of it. P.S. LoTR has expansions called "Saga expansions" which cover the events of The Hobbit, and The Lord of The Rings, in which they include a new game mode called Campaign mode which adds persistence to your playthroughs. Characters get buffs and debuffs and if one of your heroes dies you must decide whether to press onwards without them or start over.

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