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War of the Ring: The Card Game – Against the Shadow
Expansion of: War of the Ring: The Card Game
60m - 60m
1 - 2 Players
Ages 13+
Gorgoneion
Not a necessary expansion in any way, but it is a nice to play cooperatively instead of adversarially for a change.
domus_ludorum
Haven't played it yet so will revisit when I have - but for the time being I will let this '1' stand as an indication of the excess packaging. It's essentially just one deck of cards ffs, it doesn't need a box this size which will simply thrown away.
Mr More Dakka
Pros: - With someone helping you tracking all of the options the bots have available when they put almost half of their deck into reserve- Against the Shadow's bots definitely have their moments of grandeur. Nitpicks: - This is very much a 'Player vs. Environment' solo/co-op mode. The bots are not here to emulate an actual opponent- they are there to bend the rules over their knee and create a vastly different feel than you would encounter in normal play. If you were hoping for a solo mode that feels more like its actually trying to emulate/replace a human opponent, you'll want to use the available fan-made solo mode instead: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3007671/solo-mode-fan-made ^^^^ Major bonus in the fan-made solo's favor: it runs a LOT smoother and faster than Against the Shadow's solo does. Cons: - Too many instances of having to make choices for the bots. And those choices feel quite mechanical and meta-gamey to a fault. - The bots LOVE reserving cards. To an almost game-ruining fault: ^^^^ It makes the game MUCH more of a table hog than normal. ^^^^ It can GREATLY increase downtime and bot turn length as you have to re-check the bot's ever increasing reserve line when checking for abilities it might use. If playing with someone else who can help track the rules bloat from the bot's reserve lines- it's probably manageable... But for a solo player? Its miserable bookkeeping. ^^^^ Running through the bot's flowchart- even just mentally with how overall simple it is- gets monotonous after a while. Probably stick with Fellowship of the Ring mode with this one- because with trilogy mode this mode really outstays its welcome. ^^^^ The above all make the mode feel rather sloppy and clunky overall.