The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Is Officially Getting a New Version Next Year
The upcoming game will have just as many endings as Peter Jackson’s movie..
The upcoming game will have just as many endings as Peter Jackson’s movie.
The short version
- Asmodee wanted more games based on Tolkien, like the app-supported campaign game Journeys in Middle-Earth and The Lord of the Rings living card game, so Bornmueller decided to try his hand at designing his own.
- For inspiration, he looked to the trick-taking card games he played growing up.
- These included Hearts and Doppelkopf, which he learned from a German exchange student, along with Thomas Sing’s The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine , which turned each round of cards into a mission.
What happened
“My original idea was going to be like the moment when the Fellowship leaves Rivendell,” Bornmueller said. “There are 10 characters, and you just play two or three hands and you see how it goes.
Why it matters
When I played it with gamers who played a lot of card games, it worked really well.
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