The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Hobbit: On the Doorstep

Description

--- "The Hobbit: On the Doorstep" is the second Saga Expansion for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, continuing The Hobbit storyline with new scenarios, heroes, and cards. Key mechanics include: - *Saga Expansion* Continues the narrative from "Over Hill and Under Hill," reliving events from the second half of The Hobbit. - *New Scenarios* Introduces three scenarios featuring encounters with giant spiders, burgling Smaug's treasures, and the Battle of Five Armies. - *Hero and Card Acquisition* Adds five new heroes and 165 player cards (three copies each), drawn directly from The Hobbit. - *Thematic Immersion* Players engage in story-driven challenges recreating classic book events. The Hobbit: On the Doorstep serves as the second Saga Expansion for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, directly extending the storyline initiated in The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill. It immerses players in pivotal events from the latter portion of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, including confrontations with giant spiders, stealthy thefts of treasures guarded by the dragon Smaug, and the epic Battle of Five Armies. The expansion delivers 165 new cards—with three copies of each player card—alongside three fresh scenarios, five new heroes, and additional player cards faithfully adapted from the source material, enhancing cooperative deck-building and questing gameplay within the established card game framework. ---