The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game

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The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (LOTR TCG) was a card game by Decipher, Inc. based on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. Decipher also published the Star Wars CCG. The game ran from 2001 to 2007, and fans have kept it going since then.[1] Unique cards print a uniqueness dot (•) before the title; non-unique cards do not.[2][3] Each draw deck mixes Free Peoples and Shadow cards behind one card back. The deck must have at least 60 cards and an equal number of each alignment, shuffled together.[3] Free Peoples cards use a light circular field. Shadow cards use a dark diamond. Cultures sit as an icon on the face.

LOTR TCG card back.

History

Decipher announced in August 2000 that it had the film license. The first set, The Fellowship of the Ring, came out in November 2001, one month before the film. Decipher then released a set about every four months.[1] In late 2001 Decipher lost the Star Wars license to Wizards of the Coast (see Star Wars Trading Card Game), so LOTR became its main game.[1]

Shadows (2004) was a partial reboot. It was unpopular with fans, and the game began a long decline. Staff cuts delayed later sets. The Wraith Collection was put out to buy time before The Hunters. The last sets were made by a single employee, and the final set, Age's End, was printed right up until Decipher's license expired.[1]

Sets

# Set Released[4]
1 The Fellowship of the Ring 6 November 2001
2 Mines of Moria March 2002
3 Realms of the Elf-lords June–July 2002
4 The Two Towers 6 November 2002
5 Battle of Helm's Deep 12 March 2003
6 Ents of Fangorn 2 July 2003
7 The Return of the King 5 November 2003
8 Siege of Gondor 10 March 2004
9 Reflections 12 May 2004
10 Mount Doom 14 July 2004
11 Shadows 3 November 2004
12 Black Rider 18 March 2005
13 Bloodlines 12 August 2005
14 Expanded Middle-earth 17 February 2006
15 The Hunters 9 November 2006
16 The Wraith Collection 26 August 2006
17 Rise of Saruman 1 March 2007
18 Treachery & Deceit May 2007
19 Age's End June 2007

World Championships

Mathieu Brochu vs Alex Tennet, LOTR TCG final
Year Champion[5] Notes
2002 Mathieu Brochu DecipherCon 2002, Chesapeake; runner-up Alex Tennet
2003 Michael Dalton GenCon Indianapolis
2004 Emir Delic
2005 Kyle George
2006 Christian Kriesel
2007 Vince Accetturo / Chris Thompson
2010 Brian Fred Fan-run, at the 2010 SWCCG World Championship

Later online championships on GEMP were run by the Player's Council.[5]

Fan continuation

The fan forums and card wiki were hosted at lotrtcgwiki.com (The Last Homely House).[6] In June 2020 fans formed the Player's Council, which runs the GEMP online client, new "V" sets, errata and leagues, much like the SWCCG Players Committee.[7]

SWCCG players in LOTR TCG

The 2010 LOTR World Championship was a free Movie Block event on Friday 13 August 2010 at the Philadelphia Airport Hilton, during SWCCG Worlds. James Barnes was the tournament director and Chris Schoenthal was the backup for rulings.[6] The event was run by the SWCCG Players Committee.[5] One poster said its 16 players were "riding the coat tails of SW".[8]

SWCCG players who placed in major LOTR TCG events are listed below; sources also spell names as "Clint Hayes", "Yannick LaPointe", "Maximillien Bouchard", "Westenguard", "Shumann" and "Solonazik".[8][9]

Player Event Place
Alex Tennet Worlds 2002 2nd
Bastian Winkelhaus Worlds 2002 Top 16
Clint Hays Worlds 2002 Top 16
Dominic Gaudreault Worlds 2002 Top 16
Marcin Solonczak Worlds 2002 Top 16[10]
Brad Eier Premier Series Origins 2002 (Day 1) Top 16
Clint Hays Premier Series Origins 2002 (Day 1) Top 16
Dominic Gaudreault Premier Series Origins 2002 (Day 1) Top 16
Doug Faust Premier Series Origins 2002 (Day 1) Top 16
Kyle Craft Premier Series Origins 2002 (Day 1) Top 16
Hayes Hunter North American Continental 2002 1st
Marcin Solonczak European Continental 2002 1st[11]
Brad Eier Premier Series Origins 2003 Top 16
Dominic Gaudreault Premier Series Origins 2003 Top 16
Doug Faust Premier Series Origins 2003 Top 16
Kyle Craft Premier Series Origins 2003 Top 16
Alex Tennet North American Continental 2003 1st
Brian Fred Worlds 2003 Top 16
Yannick Lapointe Worlds 2003, Day 1 Fellowship Block 2nd
Brian Fred Worlds 2004 5th–8th
Maximilien Bouchard Worlds 2004 3rd–4th
Brian Fred Worlds 2005 Top 16
Bill Kafer Worlds 2010 15th
Brian Fred Worlds 2010 1st
Casey Anis Worlds 2010 2nd
Chris Schoenthal Worlds 2010 3rd
James Barnes Worlds 2010 4th
Jan Westergaard Worlds 2010 7th
Jim Li Worlds 2010 8th
Kyle Krueger Worlds 2010 16th
Ryan Freeman Worlds 2010 5th
Scott Church Worlds 2010 6th
Thomas Schumann Worlds 2010 12th

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Decipher, LOTR-TCG Wiki (Player's Council). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  2. ↑ Unique, LOTR-TCG Wiki. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Comprehensive Rules 4.2, LOTR-TCG Wiki, unique and non-unique. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  4. ↑ Sets, LOTR-TCG Wiki. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 World Championship, LOTR-TCG Wiki. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 LOTR Worlds Event 2010, CategoryOneGames.com (18 June 2010), The Last Homely House forums. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  7. ↑ Player's Council, LOTR-TCG Wiki. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 LOTR Worlds Event 2010, page 3, The Last Homely House forums (final standings posted 22 September 2010). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  9. ↑ LOTR World Championship List of Decklists, TelTura (19 August 2022), The Last Homely House forums. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  10. ↑ Top 16 for Day 3, DGMA (2 November 2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  11. ↑ 2002 DGMA European Continental Wrap-Up, Joeri Hoste, Decipher (7 August 2002). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
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