A brand-new Lord of the Rings tabletop game has just been announced, and it's beginning its crowdfunding journey on July 14. Titled The Lord of the Rings: Ascension, this officially licensed project will be a fast-paced deckbuilding card game designed for 1–4 players.
As its name suggests, The Lord of the Rings: Ascension will use the same gameplay system as Stone Blade Entertainment's Ascension series of fantasy deckbuilding games. Ascension first released in 2010, and it was originally forged by some key Magic the Gathering alums. This Magic the Gathering DNA can be seen in key areas of Ascension's gameplay, with it generally revolving around casting monsters and heroes and having players use them to battle one another.
Warhorse's Lord of the Rings RPG will probably be called too hard if it preserves Kingdom Come's identity, but to me, that's exactly what it needs.
In May, Stone Blade Entertainment officially announced The Lord of the Rings: Ascension, a 1–4-player deckbuilding card game that will release in three separate, standalone volumes, each one based on one part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Soon after its announcement, Stone Blade confirmed that The Lord of the Rings: Ascension would...
