The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition News

Hello everyone. As we mentioned in the news update yesterday, we have a new patch going live, and we've decided to go live today! You will see a maintenance message while the build is being deployed, but will be able to play the game once again once the build is updated.

Make sure you update your game once the build is live. If you want to be thorough, you can verify files by right clicking on the app name in your library.

If you continue to see any issues, please file a helpshift as outlined here.

We will be posting the patch starting @ Noon US Central Time (UTC-6).

You can view the patch notes here.

Enjoy!

Hail and Well Met!

Monday was the Memorial Day holiday here in the US, so this week's update is a day late as a result. Next week we will be back to our usual Tuesday time slot.


Since the update, we've issued a few updates and later this week we will be going live with a new update that should take care of most of the remaining issues. We will post a new set of patch notes and make a short news announcement when this patch goes live.




While we hope that this new patch resolves most of the remaining issues, we will of course be responding to new issues and work to resolve them with future patches and updates. We will also be making small quality of life improvements to the save system, ui and tutorial quests as we go.


Now that the major update is behind us, it's time for us to focus on new upcoming content. On that front we will be working on two new pieces of content, starting with a new expansion pack that includes-

• Five New Quests as part of The Witch King's Grasp Campaign
  
• 4 New Hero Packs
  
• 16 New Hero Pack Cards
  
• All new Hero and Quest reward challenges
  

This new campaign is in development now, though we are not discussing a release date at this time. In this campaign, you will gain four familiar heroes and visit familiar locales like the town of Bree, where criminal activities are on the upswing, and the Barrow Downs, where the ancient kings of earlier ages are buried and someone is searching for a lost artifact. We will be exploring new game concepts and mixing up what you've come to expect from the adventures you've had thus far in Middle-earth.

In addition, we have a new encounter, Gundabad Awoken coming that will be released to all players. The orcs of Gundabad are stirring, but for what purpose?

We will begin to discuss these new adventures in the coming weeks.



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next stream will be Wednesday, June 5th.


Did you know that there is a fan made Discord channel where you can further communicate with us, discuss the game with other enthusiasts, look for MP players and otherwise just hang out and talk. We participate in the channel and can provide additional feedback there.

You can check it out here.


That's all we have this week. Next week, we'll share some details on the upcoming adventures. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

Hail and Well Met!

As mentioned last week, the update for this week will be a short one. Since we released the big update last week, we've been dealing with bug fixes and improvements as our major focus.

Thanks to everyone who has given us bug reports and feedback here and on discord. This has helped us immensely in tracking down issues quickly. We continue to be committed to using the Early Access period to improve and enhance the game and your participation is a major part of that effort.

Since we released the update last week, we've released at least two hot fix patches and a few server side fixes. We have another patch scheduled next week but might issue hot fixes for issues that come up in between here and then.

We apologize to those who are continuing to experience issues and will continue to work each day to resolve them as quickly as we can. We ask for your patience as we work through each issue.


Did you know that there is a fan made Discord channel where you can further communicate with us, discuss the game with other enthusiasts, look for MP players and otherwise just hang out and talk. We participate in the channel and can provide additional feedback there.

You can check it out here.

Save Games and The Tutorial
We received a few questions on Save Games and the Tutorial Quests. By design we opted to not include the ability to save your game during the four core tutorial quests. These quest are shorter than a typical quest, and are intended that you learn all aspects being taught in a single sitting. For that reason, you can not save games until you reach the first official quest- Quest 5 of the Prelude Campaign.


As noted last week,

Early Access Release
This release remains Early Access, and while all of the major features are now live, there are a few known issues as well as areas we intend to keep polishing and improving over the coming weeks based on player feedback. Additionally, if there are any elements that require immediate changes, we will issue updates as required.



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next stream will be Wednesday, May 22nd.


That's all we have this week. Next week we'll update you on the latest fixes and patches, and we'll start to discuss more details on the next expansion, Campaign 3. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

Hail and Well Met!

Today is the Day!

We are releasing the major update we've been discussing the past several weeks later today. You can read more about the changes in our previous news updates below, or you can dive right into the game when it updates to check them out live for yourself.

Changelog
We've listed the the update details in our patch notes at the following link.

May 16th Update-
We've just issued a hotfix. Patch notes are here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/509580/discussions/0/3264459260603602838/

Deck Building

Save Game Feature

Tutorial Changes

Scoring and Rewards

Cosmetics

Campaign Challenges

Play Balancing


This is a major update to the game touching many areas of gameplay, user interface, deckbuilding, presentation and more. Most of these elements you'll be able to explore on your own but we wanted to point out some important information included in this update.



Update Your Game!
We will be uploading the new update starting at 2pm Central US time / 7:00pm UTC. The game will not be playable until the update is completed. We expect it to take about an hour, but will post a news update when the build is complete and ready. Please make sure you update your game before playing.

If you encounter any difficulties once the build is fully live, please verify your local files. If you still encounter issues, you may file a helpshift ticket with us and we will assist you as soon as possible.



Early Access Release
This release remains Early Access, and while all of the major features are now live, there are a few known issues as well as areas we intend to keep polishing and improving over the coming weeks based on player feedback. Additionally, if there are any elements that require immediate changes, we will issue updates as required.



Saves Now Functioning!
The issue we had previously has been resolved. Enjoy!




Mouse Interaction Change
In order to improve the user interface while in game, we've changed mouse functionality. The right mouse button is now used to bring up the full view of cards and cameos. This change was made so that players may inspect cards before making selections or targets (such as Legolas' or Arwen's powers). Please be aware of this change, as you may be previously used to left clicking in order to inspect full cards.



Narrative Resources Change
This update adds a number of play balance changes that we are using to improve the game experience across all styles of play. For this reason, we are standardizing the amount of resources that each player receives in all play styles to 3. We feel that with the changes to the play balance, it is no longer necessary to give narrative players an extra resource each turn.



New Co-Op play mode
There is now a narrative style co-op play mode for players who want to quest with friends, but don't want the difficulty associated with Challenge Mode.



Ping!
We've added ping functionality to the new build in Co-op multiplayer. Simply hold the Left-Ctrl key while clicking on the screen to notify the other player about what you want them to look at. There is a 2-second cool down period for this feature so you can't simply spam the other player with pings.


As mentioned, we will continue polishing and improving the update in the coming weeks, but we are hard at work on much more, starting with our next expansion, The Witch King's Grasp. This all new expansion includes four new hero packs and a full new campaign. Though we're not ready to start discussing this expansion in detail, we will give you a small spoiler (spoiler text below...)

You will spend a fair bit of time in Bree and visit the Prancing Pony.



Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next stream will be Wednesday, May 22nd.


That's it for this week. Next week we'll have a short news post on the status of any improvements or bug fixes for the update, with a larger news update the following week with more details on Campaign 3. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!