Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
The time has come! A staple of the library and the second most expensive game in it has finally left! Join Mackenzie Franklin from SideGame LLC as he goes through his reasoning on culling The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. Like all our culling videos, we’ll also give a suggestion to replace it, and this time we’ve got quite the recommendation, Mackenzie’s current favorite board game of all time, Marvel Champions! What do you think of our decision to let go of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game? Was getting rid of it the right choice? Have you tried Marvel Champions yet? Have you played both games? What do you think of the points we brought up here in the video? We’d love to hear what you think! SideGame Strong!
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My Favorite Hero: amzn.to/3fGcQnD
My Favorite Campaign Box: amzn.to/3RDuiq7
My Favorite Scenario Pack: amzn.to/3ECcitB
Get a copy of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game here: amzn.to/3M8piZB
If you’re wondering why the video is edited a little weird, it’s because I originally was going to put this in a bigger culling video but the section became big enough I thought it deserved its own video.
0:00 Lord of the Rings Overview
0:42 Deck-building Overview
1:27 Repetitive Decklists and Staple Cards
2:08 Slow Arc of the Game and Unused Cards
3:11 Limited Difficulty Scalability and Grind
4:26 Marvel Champions Overview
5:01 Resource System
5:27 Scalable Difficulty on Villains
6:23 Deck-building Overview
7:08 Resource Consequences
7:41 Non-Punishing Deck-building
8:07 Closing
The time has come! A staple of the library and the second most expensive game in it has finally left! Join Mackenzie Franklin from SideGame LLC as he goes through his reasoning on culling The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. Like all our culling videos, we’ll also give a suggestion to replace it, and this time we’ve got quite the recommendation, Mackenzie’s current favorite board game of all time, Marvel Champions! What do you think of our decision to let go of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game? Was getting rid of it the right choice? Have you tried Marvel Champions yet? Have you played both games? What do you think of the points we brought up here in the video? We’d love to hear what you think! SideGame Strong!
Join our Patreon! patreon.com/sidegamellc
Schedule a GameNight at: sidegamecolorado.weebly.com
Get a copy of Marvel Champions here: amzn.to/3fNQUqR
My Favorite Hero: amzn.to/3fGcQnD
My Favorite Campaign Box: amzn.to/3RDuiq7
My Favorite Scenario Pack: amzn.to/3ECcitB
Get a copy of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game here: amzn.to/3M8piZB
If you’re wondering why the video is edited a little weird, it’s because I originally was going to put this in a bigger culling video but the section became big enough I thought it deserved its own video.
0:00 Lord of the Rings Overview
0:42 Deck-building Overview
1:27 Repetitive Decklists and Staple Cards
2:08 Slow Arc of the Game and Unused Cards
3:11 Limited Difficulty Scalability and Grind
4:26 Marvel Champions Overview
5:01 Resource System
5:27 Scalable Difficulty on Villains
6:23 Deck-building Overview
7:08 Resource Consequences
7:41 Non-Punishing Deck-building
8:07 Closing
