The Tutorial
New to the game? If so, we highly recommend that you play the Tutorial Campaign. If you are an experienced gamer, or are coming to us with a lot of specific card game experience, you're probably thinking, 'How hard can this be?", or you just hate tutorials and don't feel like you need the hand holding. We get it. That's why we broke the Tutorial down into separate quests that teach you the basic concepts and then let you put them into practice as you wish. We wrap that up with an original narrative story that nicely leads right into the first campaign.
If you are used to lots of other card games, an important thing to note is that this is a Player Vs. Environment/Experience game, NOT a Player vs. Player game. That makes the experience very different than the typical digital card game and we have a very different complexity curve as a result. There are a lot of different options and nuances to the game that if you don't understand will hamper your ability to succeed against the forces of Sauron.
Where can you find the tutorial? Just click on the green campaign icon on the Single Player game map.
To select an individual Tutorial Quest (or any Quest), just click on the Quest icon to the right in the Campaign Information Screen. The first tutorial covers the basics of how to play the game, picking up where the basic prelude tutorial you played when you first started the game left off.
Tutorial Quest 2 covers more advanced concept for the game, laying on top of the skills you learned in Quest 1. Here we introduce Fate and Threat, which are key elements to the game and absolutely vital to your success or failure.
Tutorial Quest 3 covers the most nuanced aspects of the game, but veteran players will tell you that mastering these skills are your keys to victory. We go over attachments, specific keywords and hand size limits.
Tutorial Quest 4 covers how to make your own decks and what cards go into them.
Finally, we wrap it up with a standard quest in Tutorial Quest 5 for you to try out your new deck with, or to come back at any time. This Quest wraps up the narrative and directly leads into the first full campaign The Shadow's Reach.
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Did you know that you can also replay the Prelude Quest at any time? Need a refresher? Or just like honey? To replay the Prelude Quest, just click on the Options Icon from any screen and then click the Replay Tutorial button.
Obtaining Technical Assistance
If you happen to experience any issues or need technical assistance for the game, please remember that if you don't see the answer within the forums or on discord, you can always file a Helpshift here:
https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/lord-of-the-rings-acg/
Discord
For more info on the game, there is a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.
You can check it out here.
Twitch Stream
Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.
Our next regular stream will be Wednesday, September 25th.
Next Update
That's all we have this week. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!
-FFI and Asmodee Digital