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

Today we have a fairly large announcement that we're excited to be making to continue to better align with the goals and desires for this digital card game that has been evolving since we launched into Early Access. Early Access has been a series of improvements and adjustments based on the communities feedback and this change that we are announcing today continues that tradition.

Henceforth from this date we will be changing the name of "The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game" to "The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game". Now that the big announcement has been made, let's go over some of the reasoning behind this so that you can all understand why we're making this change.

While the term "Living Card Game" is used in the physical card game world to represent an ever-growing TCG world filled with narrative stories and campaigns, this is not a terminology regularly used in the digital realm. As such we feel that the name "Adventure Card Game" better describes our core value and game design that revolves around a card game in which you adventure throughout the world creating your very own story in Middle-earth. This means that the name now represents something more understandable for the entire community, as well as better representing the full experience offered by the game.

This change is been something we have been longing to do thanks to your feedback that you have generously been providing since release. We hope that the you like the new name, The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game, and that it better meets player's expectations for the experiences they will face as they travel in Middle-earth.

Asmodee Digital and FFI

Hail and Well Met!

Over the following weeks, we will be sharing more info about the upcoming Encounter: Gundabad Awoken

And the upcoming Campaign: The Witch King's Grasp.

This week we want to share an early sneak peek at the upcoming heroes for the next expansion, which brings some well known friends and a character highlighted in the recent Prelude Tutorial Campaign release.

Let's take a look, though please note that we've zeroed out the stats as we're not quite ready to discuss their powers and stats yet. All of the following are work in progress, so besides the stats, we may change other aspects of their look and feel before launch.


Sam was a card we showed on our twitch streams during early development, but we ended up postponing releasing him until we could add both he and Frodo to the mix.

He also has an alt art, which you can see here...




Since we're bringing Sam in, that means we're bringing Frodo to the game as well. With the ring-bearer's inclusion, you can now make an all Hobbit fellowship to confront Sauron.

Here's his alt art as well...



We are getting closer and closer to having all of the members of the original Fellowship of the Ring with the inclusion of this hero of Gondor- Boromir.

You can see his alt art here as well-



Rossiel, one of the Elves of Mirkwood was introduced in the Tutorial Campaign. Now you can make a deck around her as one of your heroes.

Here is her alt art...




So now we leave it up to you. If you are an observant player, you know what sphere Rossiel represents, but you can speculate on how Sam, Frodo and Boromir fit into the puzzle. Which spheres do they represent? What do you think their stats are? What about their card abilities? Let the speculation commence...


There's a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.

You can check it out here.



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.


That's all we have this week. Next week we'll discuss more upcoming content and other news. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

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!