Link to the article: http://www.outpostzero.net/2015/04/lotr-lcg-making-most-of-four-player-game.html

Our friend grant has been killin' it with some great LOTR articles lately!

"The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game supports one through four players. I have shared the game with nearly a dozen players, from casual games with nephews who are quite knowledgeable about The Hobbit and the adaptations surrounding it, to community events that required days drive and a hotel stay, to my closest gaming buddies who I have spent decades dealing cards with through a number of systems and formats. A chief selling point of the game is the scalability and balance (delicate though it may be) as you add additional players when tackling a quest. This article outlines some helpful hints and a few practices I’ve incorporated into my game that have been useful at keeping the game fun and the experience edifying."

That link again to the full article: http://www.outpostzero.net/2015/04/lotr-lcg-making-most-of-four-player-game.html

On the subject of four players, its recommended that an extra core set makes this possible.

Now i imagine at core-only stage this is simply to provide enough cards, but with a much expanded card pool am I right in assessing that the only 4-player ability an extra core set brings is two more threat counters and a chunk of tokens/counters?

Obviously extra core brings more copies of the 1&2 count cards which is good, i just wondered about the 4 player aspect.

Sorry if this seems a bit thread-hyjack its not meant to be. I thought it was relevant and not worthy ofa separate thread.

Four players can play with one core set. Each person takes one of the thirty card starter decks. You might run out of tokens once in a while. Also, two players will need to track their threat with paper and pencil (dice, etc).

If you are 4 players I'd recommend that you get 2 core sets between you. The extra cards, trackers and tokens really are worth it. We have 4 core sets for 4 players in my group, and that makes it even better. This becomes less noticeable if you buy into expansions and cycles, but I imagine many players will want their own core set for some cards that still see a lot of play like Gandalf.

Thanks im actually solo-play but at some point would likely get a second core anyway so it was mainly my curiosity thanks