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DaughterofLaketown
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Sep 9 2014, 4:41am
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How hard is it to get started on playing The Lord of the Rinsg Trading Card Game?
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I have been curious about starting to play but I don't have any cards as of now and am wondering what kind of a haul/and or investment I'll have to be prepared to make. I also have no idea of how hard it is to learn. Would I be able to figure it out on my own if I read through the directions or would I have to have an expert explain to me? I am on very new territory here and am looking for some advice. 
"And so they stood on the walls of the city of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air."
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Ostadan
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Sep 9 2014, 4:52pm
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I have been curious about starting to play but I don't have any cards as of now and am wondering what kind of a haul/and or investment I'll have to be prepared to make. I also have no idea of how hard it is to learn. Would I be able to figure it out on my own if I read through the directions or would I have to have an expert explain to me? I am on very new territory here and am looking for some advice.
The Trading Card Game is the title of Decipher's now-defunct collectible game of ten years ago. You might be able to find cards fairly cheap through second-hand sources like eBay, or from some vendors with overstock, but there aren't a lot of people who still play this. Also, after the first few sets, it is generally felt that Decipher's additions to the game did not improve anything. If you get hold of some of the original Fellowship cards, though, you shouldn't find the game too difficult to learn.
You should look into Fantasy Flight's Lord of the Rings Living Card Game, which is a cooperative game, and still being published and actively developed and promoted. The Core Set shouldn't set you back too much and will give you a pretty good idea of whether you like it enough to buy expansions.
boardgamegeek.com would be a good place to post queries like this, by the way.
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DaughterofLaketown
Gondor
Sep 9 2014, 5:19pm
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I didn't realize the game was as old as it was. I saw some older sets available and thought they looked nice. I will look into the other game as well.
"And so they stood on the walls of the city of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air."
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Magpie
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Sep 9 2014, 11:15pm
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(just in case you're still interested ... somewhat...)
I got the game and played it a few times with my sons where were superior gamers in general and familiar with the collectible card game concept (read: Magic the Gathering).
I learned how to play it pretty quickly. (that was not the case with Magic. That game with all of its 'if/then' conditions on cards which was way too complicated)
You will play two parts. On one hand, you are trying to get your fellowship to its goal. On the other hand, you're trying to stop/destroy those other players' attempts to do the same thing. So you are partly trying to protect Frodo and partly trying to kill him. You gotta be cool with that.
I actually won a few hands of this game when I played with my sons. I think I win at games more often than they might expect because I approach it like a wild, feral child... with no understanding of conventional gaming strategy and no fear of failing. Sometimes they look at me like, 'why did you do that?' but... it works. :-)
If you can find the cards cheap, you might find some enjoyment out of just collecting them. I sometimes stick some of my extras into gifties I'm mailing people or with TORn/Tolkien friends I'm meeting up with for the first time. They give names to characters without names in the movies. And they did a series of specialty photo-shoots of characters not in the movie (like Tom Bombadil). There are sites out there that list (with images) every card made. You could maybe look through one of those sites and see if the cards themselves interest you.
But I wouldn't spend much money on them. Mostly for the reason Ostadan gave.
LOTR soundtrack website ~ magpie avatar gallery
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DaughterofLaketown
Gondor
Sep 10 2014, 3:34am
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Thanks for the help I am glad to here about real experiences with them.
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I am sure I could find a set for pretty cheap if I look hard enough.
"And so they stood on the walls of the city of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air."
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Otaku-sempai
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Sep 10 2014, 9:26pm
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I agree with the opinion that you might be better served in checking out the current game. The second edition of Doctor Who: The Card Game is expected to be released in November by U.K. game publisher Cubicle 7.
Doctor Who: The Card Game – Preorder Now Open!
Doctor Who: The Card Game – Frequently Asked Questions
The second edition is also supposed to be compatable with the first edition of the game.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
(This post was edited by Otaku-sempai on Sep 10 2014, 9:28pm)
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DaughterofLaketown
Gondor
Sep 10 2014, 10:16pm
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I wish they had these for some other subjects or things I'm interested in.
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Who just isn't for me. 
"And so they stood on the walls of the city of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air."
(This post was edited by DaughterofLaketown on Sep 10 2014, 10:17pm)
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Otaku-sempai
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Sep 10 2014, 10:20pm
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I don't know how I got it into my head that you were interested in the Doctor Who card game. As someone else pointed out there is a current LotR card game that is unrelated to the out-of-print Decipher one. Cubicle 7 has issued the Hobbit Tales story-telling card game, but that is very different from the games you are looking for.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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