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Message: <blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 6367877" data-attributes="member: 85870">I can't believe no one has suggested the PERFECT GAME for this situation: The Lord of the Rings Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight. <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It's co-operative. Yes, it's a deck-building game, similar to Magic: the Gathering, but it's not competitive. Each player builds a deck, then uses their deck to synergize as a team to defeat a scenario controlled by the game. Each scenario is a deck of cards (the "encounter" deck). On each turn, you flip over a number of encounter cards equal to the number of players in the game (typically 2, 3, or 4, but we've played successfully with 5). You then use your card deck to defeat the encounters presented.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It's highly thematic, based in Middle-Earth, keeping the fantasy "vibe" you're used to in D&D.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">You can play scenarios as a single one-off, or you can play in "campaign" mode where results from your previous play-through carry over to the next.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The "Saga" expansions let you play through scenarios based in the actual books of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. You don't know what real terror is in a board game until you play through the "Knife in the Dark" and "Flight to the Ford" scenarios from the Black Riders expansion. Some of the most intense, fun board gaming I've ever done.</li> </ol>The Cons: <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">You'll have to buy at least 2 core sets to play with 4 players out of the gate. That's not terrible, though, since you can pick up a core set on Amazon for around $30.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The ongoing cost of purchasing expansions and scenarios. You can have fun playing with JUST core sets, and download some of the fantastic fan-created scenarios (look up the Feonix and NinjaDorg scenarios on ratdorg.blogspot.com), but the game really shines in later expansions. As a player, you really don't get the "full experience" with the game until you spend ~$100.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">You'll have so much fun you'll feel compelled to spend that money.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></li> </ol>I highly, highly suggest you check it out. It's really a fantastic game, so much so that I'm willing to forgive Fantasy Flight's general cash-grab business model for the product line.</blockquote>

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