They actually can't do the Valar fighting Melkor.

If they run out of ideas appropriate for a regular group of adventurers they'll probably end the game. We know the designers respect the lore.

If zombie Tolkien raises from his grave and eats Peter Jackson's brain, I would thank him.

Hey! Don't lump in those that weren't fans of Prancing Pony with those who weren't fans of seafaring!

Seafaring is 100% thematic and fitting in that world. Cheesy murder mysteries not so much..

Agree to disagree.

I didn't find prancing pony to be cheesy, or not fitting. There are towns and cities in middle earth, full of men, so murders will happen, and they would need to be solved. Why doesnt that fit?

Man, I loved Murder at the Prancing Pony. I think it can fit in the storyline during the time of ROTK. When the Hobbits pass back through Bree they find it has been troubled by ruffians, and I believe that's where the flavor text for the quest (quoting Barliman) comes from. I thought it was a very well done quest and quite entertaining.

It's less the setting and more the tone and what it is based on (murder mystery dramas). That being said I have come to accept the quest I just feel it is the least thematic thus far.

Man, I loved Murder at the Prancing Pony. I think it can fit in the storyline during the time of ROTK. When the Hobbits pass back through Bree they find it has been troubled by ruffians, and I believe that's where the flavor text for the quest (quoting Barliman) comes from. I thought it was a very well done quest and quite entertaining.

That's actually a really cool idea.... it sort of fits perfectly considering how much the hobbits have grown by then.

This is my new head canon for this quest! Might even be fun to randomly include it in your saga campaign after the last box and before scouring of the shire!

Just to say that I agree with absolutely eveything that's been said here. If the game feels like Tolkien, I'm in.

I'm one of the few people here that doesn't care about theme. I'm not a die-hard Tolkien fan, I haven't fully read the books either. I got into the game just because I love card games and solo/co-op games. I love the art as well, and as long as art and game-design keeps superb, I'll keep buying LOTR LCG stuff, regardless of how thematic it is.

When they run out of ideas I'm hoping they'll make a Descent LCG which reimplements elements of both LotR and AHLCG. Then everything they print s canon, and it will still appeal to the less discerning players

If there is ever a crossover I'm out.

What do you mean by crossover? Say, with, I don't know, Westeros or Faerûn?

If there is ever a crossover I'm out.

What do you mean by crossover? Say, with, I don't know, Westeros or Faerûn?

Abbot and Costello Meet the Ringwraiths?

Eh, wouldn't be the worst movie I've watched.

Abbot and Costello Meet the Ringwraiths?

Eh, wouldn't be the worst movie I've watched.

I can imagine arguments over the number of rings.

This is a game mostly inspired by Tolkien / middle-earth. For me, the vibe tolkien-vibe is essentially rooted in the art... some arts I like some I don't. For exemple, the Hail of Stone artwork is too "comic-bookish" to bring me the tolkien-vibe that I enjoy. As far as it comes to explore the world of Middle-Earth, they can carry me anywhere with this game, as long as they don't actually create locations that would be absolute world-changing... say, a Capital of Haradrims in the middle of the desert while tolkien never ever hinted such things... Still, this is pretty much a game, and Middle-Earth is pretty much a imaginary places... there is no such thing as "cultural appropriations"... and as far as I am concerned, the designers did a pretty nice job of staying in themes! Of course, I am almost finishing the Against the Shadow cycle, so I am not that fare into the game. I have the feeling that the Angmar Awaken cycle is a little less "Professor Tolkien, the linguist and myth-weaver" and a little more "Peter Jsckson, the director of Braindead and The Feeble", but then again, might be wrong...