Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce an upcoming event for both the Middle Earth CCG and the Lord of the Rings LCG will take place in Las Vegas, NV, USA at Dice Tower West, one of the largest gaming conventions in the country. This will be the second time we are putting together the event we call 1...

Muster Report Sept. 3, 2024 In pairs they galloped by, and though every now and then one rose in his stirrups and gazed ahead and to either side, they appeared not to perceive the three strangers sitting silently and watching them. The host had almost passed when suddenly Aragorn stood up, and calle...

Join us at Muster For Middle Earth during Labor Day weekend (Pacificon Game Expo in Santa Clara). We will have a One Ring tournament for the veteran players. For new and returning players, join our ARDA, DARK ARDA and Challenge Deck tournament (no card ownership necessary) for a change to start a c...

Working on a new Arda Variant using five Fallen Wizards, staging cards, heroes/minions and agents with 5 mind or less and a copy of the Drinking Game expansion from Lure of Middle Earth. We will see what happens.

I wanted to have the give-away for this tournament to be a tribute to Bernard “Theoden” Hill who passed earlier this year. One free to all that participate in our Muster events, while supplies last. The schedule of all the events at Pacificon Game Expo have been posted! If you haven't registered for...

Hello fellow Travelers to Middle Earth The Muster will be upon us before we know it! Just 7 short weeks away! There are tickets available https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pacificon-game-expo-45-2024-tickets-704944065677?aff=oddtdtcreator The Muster for Middle Earth is taking place inside of Pacificon Ga...

Here's a revision of the schedule: Schedule of events: Friday: LOTR LCG For beginners and returning players: Joe Bisz’ ARDA; Dark ARDA; Challenge Decks (No card ownership necessary! We provide all the cards!) For returning and veterans: casual play or Challenge Deck Tournament Saturday Throughout Sa...

Sealed deck rules from Lure of ME website: 'Sealed Deck Rules In a so-called sealed deck tournament, players need not bring a deck: They get a starter deck and a few booster packs at the tournament. They then build decks with these cards and play with these decks during the tournament. This negates ...

On Saturday we will again be gathering at Game Kastle in Fremont for a day of MECCG and also some LOTR LCG. We have located a couple new or returning players and are hoping to see them as well as several of the people who joined us in December. With luck this will be come a regular thing (about ever...

Here are plans (and some of my thought behind them) for Muster for Middle Earth in Santa Clara (San Jose), CA of the United States of America from 30th August to 2nd September, 2024. My ultimate goal, plain and simple, is to establish an annual MECCG event for the USA. In order to re-establish a fir...

Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce an upcoming event for both the Middle Earth CCG and the Lord of the Rings LCG will take place in San Jose CA, USA over the Labor Day holiday weekend. We are calling it Muster For Middle Earth. This event will include a MECCG Open Tournament with a One Ring repli...

Over on the forum RPG.NET, a writer named Shannon Appelcline has done a great series on roleplaying companies and their history. This comes from her second article on the history of Iron Crown Enterprises and the death of the company. The CCG Line: 1995-1998 During the last few years of the original...

ARDA VARIANTS I’m starting to collect various different ways people have ARDA created. I’m going to try and record the differences for comparison sake. We will start with the Arda Basic Game> ARDA Basic Game rules These are the various elements of the basic game (version 5) that is posted here. Shar...

My tournament report from the General Open Opponent Tournament. I love what I call my Long-Expected Unexpected Dwarves Have Come to Party Deck. If I had played in Worlds 2023, it is what I would have been running. So I took it to Lure with me to see what would happen. Round 1 v. Karel I started off ...