by Not_your_Donut

We picked up the highly anticipated trick taking game tonight and outside of the normal suited trick taking games which I haven't played in years this isn't a genre we play often, we are just big LOTR fans and wanted to give this a shot.

It's a simple game at least through the first 3 chapters (as far as we've gone so far). The chapters in 2 player mode seem to go very quickly which was, in a way a disappointing surprise. However, the chapters do seem to get progressively more challenging which is exciting and I am looking forward to getting to the more challenging chapters. I do have to say that already I can tell this is going to be much more enjoyable with 3-4 players but it has been decent so far.

If I am sitting down to play a 2 player game at this point I am choosing LOTR Duel over the trick taking game, though this opinion may change as we continue forward.

I still am rating this a mid 8 because I fully anticipate this getting more strategic as we go and I usually play with 3 players at least. I do hold the right to adjust the rating if needed ?

Hope this helps!

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