The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™
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The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition
Build a deck of iconic heroes and challenge the forces of Sauron in this thrilling tactical card game. Travel through famous locations, complete story-driven quests and forge a new legend of Middle-earth on your own or with a friend in cooperative mode. From the Steam store page
302 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
67
Fresh
124 positive · 61 negative
95% range 60–73%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 124 | 61 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 13 | 2 | 83 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
750 of 1,042 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed: praised for art and co-op, but criticised as abandoned and flawed.
Many players enjoy the game's visuals, voice acting, and co-op mode, calling it a fun deck-builder with good replay value. However, others find the gameplay repetitive and the interface clunky, with a steep learning curve. [1][4][7][10][22]
Some players also report technical issues like glitches and a poorly designed interface. [6][15][21][25][31][32]
Praised art and voice acting · co-op mode · replay value
Criticised abandoned/unfinished · repetitive gameplay · clunky interface · steep learning curve · technical glitches
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 9, 2026. Method
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The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition sits at 67% positive across 185 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 302 · most liked firstToday I’m thinking about The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’s video game because holy fuck what a banger
neutral · AI labelView post →Question for you all. What is a video game or movie/movies that you wish you could experience again for the first time? For me, the video game would be Skyrim. It was everything I wanted it to be when it was released. The movie/movies would be the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I watched them...
neutral · AI labelView post →Dom: Tolkien fought in the bloodiest battle in human history, and he wrote The Lord of the Rings, which is very idealistic. Martin fought in...no battles. And wrote Game of Thrones, wallowing in violence and sexual violence.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004) | RPG | PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox | Electronic Arts Ringwraiths were the cursed servants of Sauron, terrible and deadly in their unearthly power. But in this game, they're like liquid metal slimes from Dragon Quest -- rare encounters worth tons of XP!
neutral · AI labelView post →Whoooo! Go Birds! I am THOROUGHLY enjoying the Super Bowl for once. This is one of the Giant Eagles "miniatures" (from The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game), one of my first minis when I started back into painting 8 years ago. #paintingwarhammer #miniatures #LOTR
neutral · AI labelView post →Warhorse Studios is working on 2 new games. A new 'Kingdom Come' game and an open-world Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings) RPG.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game delayed to July 29th, 2025 (UPDATE): The hobbits are going to Switch 🕹️
neutral · AI labelView post →I understand people's skepticism here, but once upon a time they thought The Lord of the Rings was unfilmable, and that League of Legends was just a video game for 14 year olds who use the r-word. You never know, that's alls I'm saying.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship has just been announced! Thrilled to announce that there's a new Pandemic System game coming in 2025 based on Tolkien's masterpiece.
neutral · AI labelView post →Grass Starters Elbo - Grass/Fairy Saplinq - Grass/Fairy Taurel - Grass/Fairy Inspirations: elves, Link, Zelda, The Lord of the Rings. The basis on a Nintendo game is inspired by Nintendo's popularity among modern Korean gamers & the proximity between Korea & Japan
neutral · AI labelView post →Bree Game: The Lord of the Rings Online Dev: Turbine 🇺🇸 | Standing Stone Games 🇺🇸 Release: April 24, 2007
neutral · AI labelView post →Played The Lord Of The Rings: Duel For Middle-Earth again w/ @jridpath.bsky.social. Love this board game more every time I play it! Designers: @toinito.bsky.social @brunocathala.bsky.social, illustrated by Vincent Dutrait. #boardgaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's one of the funniest examples of this, to me. It's from the manual of the Lord of the Rings Volume 1 video game by Interplay. Not only do you have a gendered language disclaimer, but you have a "smoking is bad" and "wolves are good" disclaimer.
neutral · AI labelView post →'I played the Lord of the Rings RPG where Frodo can straight-up die and the game just keeps on going' by Joshua Wolens. Great article, with a proper title which we really do have to appreciate. Read it: www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/i-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Writing my retroclone for the Lord of the Rings Adventure Game and doing what I know to be right in my heart: making rules for baths.
neutral · AI labelView post →Why isn't it the end of July yet, all a girl is hanging for is Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game
neutral · AI labelView post →Gone Cardboard: Cross Middle-earth to explore The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, a new co-operative game from Matt Leacock and Z-Man Games that's built on the Pandemic game system. Due out June 27, 2025. First details: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp... —WEM
neutral · AI labelView post →If you've bumped into this review while browsing the store page, we both know what has brought you here - the ancient, pestering itch for a decent card game to play solo. This one escaped my gaze for the longest time, and it's a loving gaze! I adore cards since Mario's Game Gallery and playing Fool with my friends in the icy stairwells of panel houses while our parents drank their lives away at home. Back then, playing cards was an island of calm, and this is what I've been expecting from them…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game has been delayed to July 29, 2025 www.dekudeals.com/items/tales-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Woah alright! Let's look at The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmpx...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sentinel of the Galadhrim My Elven OC based on my character in The Lord of the Rings Online! (still my favourite game of all time) #lotro Photo by @sennedjem.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Game #24 The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (PS2) 𝖢𝖮𝖬𝖯𝖫𝖤𝖳𝖤𝖣✅ After all these years, the game still fucks
neutral · AI labelView post →following tonight's short game, HBO Max servers overwhelmed with baseball fans watching the extended editions of the Lord of The Rings trilogy to fill that void
neutral · AI labelView post →how can i listen to the Lord of the Rings halftime show at the Michigan game
neutral · AI labelView post →Getting to know me through media My all time faves: Game - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Movie - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Show - Star Trek: The Next Generation Album - TOOL: Lateralus
neutral · AI labelView post →Today on Is This Your Card: Angel is showing us the The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game! twitch.tv/loadingready...
neutral · AI labelView post →Downloaded the "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Game Boy Advance game on my 3DS, and, while I haven't gotten to experience the gameplay much yet, the pixel art of the Shire is really cute and pretty.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just lost back to back games of The Lord of the Rings Duel. You know it's a good game when you enjoy losing. 7 Wonders Duel is one of my most played games and even factoring in new game bias I think this might be better. I should probably buy a copy and find out!
neutral · AI labelView post →Rip Boromir 🥲 This is Sean Bean (Ned Stark from Game of thrones) as Boromir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy when he redeems himself after betraying the party by sacrificing himself taking 3 arrows to the chest! This hits on so many levels!
neutral · AI labelView post →Game was bought by a second studio (Antihero Studios) after the first (Asmodee Digital) decided to sell it. However, after getting a road map and more Antihero inexplicably dropped off and abandoned it. The game was left in an incomplete state and is more the ruins of something that could have been great than any actual product. As someone who has the physical edition and played it religiously I'm sad that Antihero just left us like this. It's an incredible game but I would NOT recommend buying…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another great night at The Rose & Crown #Tooting for Ben's Game Club www.instagram.com/bensgameclub The Lord of the Rings: Duel(s) for Middle-Earth, #vegan pizza + fries, and mulled cider - what more do you need?! Thanks for all the games @jackadimus.bsky.social! #boardgames #tabletop #lotr #games
neutral · AI labelView post →New Solo Play is up and this time I'm trying out the first two chapters of the new The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking Game!! (Spoiler alert: I am obsessed with this game!) youtu.be/T162zkB-lmk
positive · AI labelView post →Amazon has cancelled The Lord of the Rings MMO, but promises it "continues to explore a compelling new game experience" set in Middle-earth www.eurogamer.net/amazon-cance...
neutral · AI labelView post →Bilbo's pizza in Kalamazoo leftovers...date night during the WMU vs CMU game at the Lord of the Rings themed pizza and brewery
neutral · AI labelView post →just finished The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings - Trick-Taking Game! just ordered The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Trick Taking-Game!
positive · AI labelView post →Time for AFK! Tonight we're playing The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game! twitch.tv/loadingready...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship won Cooperative Game of the Year, Thematic Game of the Year, and Medium Game of the Year at the Golden Geek Awards! Congrats to the whole team at @zmangamesofficial.bsky.social.
neutral · AI labelView post →Time for Is This Your Card! Wheeler and Angel are playing The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game with 2004 Worlds Decks! twitch.tv/loadingready...
neutral · AI labelView post →Rekindling the affair with an old flame. (The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game)
positive · AI labelView post →The journey continues! The next installment of this co-operative trick-taking game introduces all new chapters to complete, and challenges to overcome. Join me here and let's learn how to play The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s1y...
positive · AI labelView post →Thinking of doing a top ten of Games Workshop The Lord of The Rings™️ Middle- Earth™️ Strategy Battle Game individually named miniatures ranked by the least screen time they had
neutral · AI labelView post →I think "Animal Crossing but you're a Hobbit" probably is the Lord of the Rings game everyone has been asking for
positive · AI labelView post →Gave up my Fishing Net for a Ranger's Weathered Cloak. I feel like this fits me reasonably well as a Man of Rohan. 🧥 (Referring to the Lord of The Rings lore labeler game, Middle Earth Quest. 💍)
neutral · AI labelView post →the last time the Mariners won an ALCS game the Lord of the Rings movies were still just theoretical
neutral · AI labelView post →A decent effort but it died before there was much content
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gamification ruins what could have been a wonderful card drafting game. The core mechanics are fun, the art is beautiful, the narration, music and writing do a wonderful job of immersing you into the lore of middle earth. Sadly the grind required to unlock cards is perplexing. It feels like the developers were expecting players to put hundreds of hours into a game that has 10~15 hours of content. I think this becomes most obvious when you look at some of the games achievements. "In to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Random Game of the Day Day 370 - The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Another semi recent pickup that I haven't gotten around to trying out. However, I have heard the rave praises of this game, so I am eager to try it out eventually
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's the day, warriors of Rohan! My new book is OUT! Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings is the management textbook you never knew you needed, but now you know, you have to have it! Buy, share, review; the Road goes ever on... adoctorofmanythings.wpcomstaging.com/2026/07/21/w...
neutral · AI labelView post →I like this lil family pictured in The Lord of the Rings Adventure Game. Haha!
positive · AI labelView post →I watched a stream from five years ago, when this game was out, and decided to buy it. The devs have since changed the entire UI and removed information on quests for each mission. So now, you don't know which heroes have completed a quest, or what special things you are expected to do on these quests until after you have played through it. Don't remove working features! If players play on small screens, the blame is on them for not playing at a proper computer! Don't punish PC players!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2500 hours... I have played this game 2,499.6 hours in the past 5 years. It is well worth the price! Great solo, and even better with a co-op partner.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's quite a fun little deck-builder, and I thoroughly enjoy the Rohan Campaign. BUT. The game is unfinished; there's missing content galore - I found myself shaking my head when I came across the Mithril Shirt mentioning it could only be used by Frodo and Bilbo... ... aaaaaaaand Bilbo's not available in the game. So, until the very unlikely event where some other enterprising company snaps this up and completes it - I can't recommend to others. Quite a shame, really.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition is a strategic, cooperative digital card game developed and published by Twin Sails Interactive that reimagines the structure of Fantasy Flight Games’ tabletop Living Card Game into a more streamlined but still deeply tactical video game format. Set firmly within the mythos of Middle-earth, the game invites players to assemble fellowships of iconic heroes and venture through narrative-driven quests that emphasize teamwork, careful…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Daughter the Second has been dying play The Lord of the Rings for ages. It’s a crap day, so we finally have time!
neutral · AI labelView post →Very proud that The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Games won the Nederlandse Spellenprijs 2026 (Dutch Game of the Year) in the Kenners Category. So grateful to all of my collaborators on the game and the team at Asmodee NL for all of their hard work. denederlandsespellenprijs.nl/nieuws/nomin...
neutral · AI labelView post →I adore The Lord of the Rings LCG, and sadly this is not that. What this is is a pretty shallow, abandoned, and frustrating card game with terrible writing and a severe lack of content. I really wanted to like this more than I did unfortunately. The multiplayer is very dead as well. If you've never played the LCG I highly recommend that instead!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a weak recommendation. What's good about this game is the cosmetic stuff. The story, the voice acting, the card art. Unfortunately the game play is dated are repetitive. Cards are troops that each side lines up and tries to take out. It never makes me feel like my choices aren't predetermined, or makes me want to come back to the same fight with a different deck build to see how things will go differently.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finally tried 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game' with @jackadimus.bsky.social & loved it! The artwork, the variety, the mechanics that bring the story & characters to life, the idea it can be as gentle or as intense as you like - recommended! #lotr #boardgames
positive · AI labelView post →EXCLUSIVE: New The Lord Of The Rings Game In Development insider-gaming.com/exclusive-ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →Binged our way through a bunch of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game today. Really enjoying puzzling our way through some of the chapters with friends. #boardgames
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