💍 "I told you he was tricksy..." Asmodee and Office Dog are in the process of releasing a complete trilogy of trick-taking games based on the book The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The first installment, The Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking Game , was released early this year to much acclaim, and a sequel based on The Two Towers is scheduled to release in January—although there will be pre-launch release events this month—and you can bet your sweet bippy that I will be acquiring a copy as soon as possible. I adore the first game, and not just because it combines one of my favorite gameplay mechanics with one of my favorite IPs. It is, in fact, an excellent adaptation of the source material as well as being a very refined and inventive game engine that is heavily thematic. And if there's one thing that I love as much as trick-taking games and The Lord of the Rings , it's thematic storytelling! In fact, I would go so far as to say that this specific game...
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