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War of the Ring: The Card Game – Hope and Despair

War of the Ring: The Card Game – Hope and Despair

Ares Games · 2026Expansion
2–660 min13+ yrs10.0 BGG7Co-op
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The heart of Middle-earth beats within its lore, its moods, its ethos. Tolkien's words immerse the readers into his wondrous creation, weaving beautiful and powerful stories.

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The heart of Middle-earth beats within its lore, its moods, its ethos. Tolkien's words immerse the readers into his wondrous creation, weaving beautiful and powerful stories.

Hope and Despair is an expansion for War of the Ring: The Card Game that adds a new type of card: the story card. Inspired by key events and turning points of The Lord of the Rings, story cards represent natural and supernatural influences on the events of Middle-earth, providing a powerful way to modify your playing decks.

This expansion includes 54 story cards, 40 story tokens, and rules for adding story cards to your game, both in multi-player and solo scenarios.

Hope and Despair can be used in conjunction with Fire and Swords, or just with the base game alone. A set of Shadow "bot" cards are provided for use with Against the Shadow to play solo or co-operatively.

game anatomy
BGG rating10.0 / 10
Vibe
Co-op
Play time
60 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
13+ yrs
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Q4How many players does War of the Ring: The Card Game – Hope and Despair support?
War of the Ring: The Card Game – Hope and Despair is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of War of the Ring: The Card Game – Hope and Despair take?
A game of War of the Ring: The Card Game – Hope and Despair takes about 60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is War of the Ring: The Card Game – Hope and Despair for?
War of the Ring: The Card Game – Hope and Despair is recommended from age 13.
Mechanics & categories
Cooperative →Expansion for Base-game →Card Game →Novel-based →

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