The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game

The first thing I want to highlight is the production quality. The cards are beautifully printed, with clear artwork and very pleasant card stock — they feel great in your hands. The tokens are also well made and sturdy, and overall the components give a strong impression of a premium, carefully produced game. From a physical standpoint, it’s a real pleasure to play. As for the gameplay, I personally find it just as interesting and engaging as The Crew. If you enjoy cooperative trick-taking games, this one definitely deserves your attention. That said, instead of going into detailed rules or explanations here, I’d recommend checking out online reviews or playthrough videos — they do a much better job of showing how the game flows and why it works. Overall, this is a very well-made game with a solid and enjoyable core mechanic, especially for fans of trick-taking and cooperative card games.

Love this game, there's so much to it. So much variety of play, really challenging and fun to play for all players. Good quality.

Very good indeed. Beautiful artwork. Nicely ramped challenges. Nothing not to like about this game. My group is loving it

Love artwork, great trick taking game. The campaign allows you to work through increasing difficulty. Plenty of levels and good replay ability makes great value for money. A must for any LOTR fan.

Haven’t played it yet but looks good quality. My dad was very happy with the Gift.

Bought for my brother in law, cool well thought out game, nice to play a game where you work with others rather than against, decently difficult, puzzling might be a better work, value wise we got to chapter 12 of 18 and we’re playing for an hour plus, great value, I may well be buying myself a copy

Bought as a Christmas gift and my parents loved it. Can be done in sessions or for longer periods of time as it has chapters. A challenging but fun activity for Lord of the Ring lovers.

From the artwork to the game play. A must have.

This is a seriously great game. It's simple to learn (if you know how to play other trick-taking games like Spades or Hearts, you're 90% of the way there). It's Cooperative, so everyone wins or loses together. Setup time is minimal. Space needed is minimal. You don't need knowledge of Lord of the Rings to enjoy it (though it would enhance your enjoyment). The game is strategic without taking a huge amount of time. The stained-glass style art is great. And most importantly, it's a huge amount of fun. I have a huge amount of board games and heartily recommend this to anyone who seems remotely interested. Also would make a good gift. (If you like this, check out The Crew, and The Gang as well) My only suggestion is to pick up some card sleeves on the side because it could see a lot of play and sleeves would protect it's value.

This game is insanely fun. Every chapter can play quite different following the lotr story. If you like card games of any sort you'll enjoy this. The components are top notch too.

If you're a LOTR fan then you will love this game.

As the title says, great game with a very nice Solo mode. Production/Art is gorgeous, especially if you are a fan of LotR.

Beautiful art, very thematic