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The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown

Fantasy Flight Games · 2016Expansion
1–260 min13+ yrs7.5 BGG350Co-opCouples
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From the publisher: Middle-earth and The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game are full of adventures, and your road goes ever, ever on. Sometimes, when the mood strikes you—or when your heroes take a wrong turn—you may see that road darken… and then darken again.

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From the publisher:

Middle-earth and The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game are full of adventures, and your road goes ever, ever on. Sometimes, when the mood strikes you—or when your heroes take a wrong turn—you may see that road darken… and then darken again.

Nightmare Decks allow you to revisit your favorite scenarios recast within the darker and deadlier shadows of Nightmare Mode. Each Nightmare Deck introduces new encounter cards that you exchange with specified cards from the adventure's standard encounter deck. The result is a more challenging adventure that comes full of novel and thematic new twists.

Even after they recover Celebrimbor's ring mould, your heroes must continue along their quest, for they have many miles to travel before they can return the mould to Saruman in Orthanc. However, their journey is interrupted in The Antlered Crown when they come upon the battles between warring clans of Dunlendings. In order to successfully complete their task, then, your heroes must battle through waves of hostile Dunland enemies before they can establish a lasting alliance with the Dunlendings who swear their loyalty to Chief Turch.

As the conclusion of The Ring-maker cycle, The Antlered Crown focused heavily on the cycle's Time X keyword, using it to trigger a number of effects, including the reveal of enemy cards from the Raven deck that you create at the beginning of the scenario. The Antlered Crown Nightmare Deck reinforces this focus on the Time X keyword and the Raven deck, so that both of the scenario's signature elements are more challenging and impactful than ever.

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BGG rating7.5 / 10
Vibe
Co-opCouples
Play time
60 min
Players
1–2
Recommended age
13+ yrs
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Q3How do you play The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown?
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown is a expansion for base-game game, for 1–2 players, taking ~60 minutes, featuring cooperative game. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown support?
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown is played by 1–2 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown take?
A game of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown takes about 60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown for?
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: The Antlered Crown is recommended from age 13.
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