Description
Frodo, Sam, Gandalf and the other heroes of Tolkien's story set out on their journey, and you guide them by playing cards. In The Fellowship of the Ring - Cooperative Trick-Taking Game you relive the first part of the story together across 18 chapters. This is the Slovenian edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game, with Slovenian cards and rules.
How to play The Fellowship of the Ring
At the start of a chapter, everyone is dealt cards and chooses a character with its own goal: Frodo, for example, must win at least two rings, while Pippin should take as few tricks as possible. Whoever holds the 1 of rings is Frodo and leads the first trick. You must play a card of the same suit as the card led, and the highest card of that suit wins the trick. Rings are a special suit: you may not lead them until someone has discarded one into another trick, and the 1 of rings wins any trick.
You are not allowed to talk about the cards in your hand. If every character fulfils their goal, the chapter succeeds and you move on to the next one, with new characters, dangers and rules. If a single goal fails, you replay the chapter.
Why you will like it
- Every chapter brings new characters, goals and rules, so each game sets a new challenge.
- Because you cannot talk about your cards, you read from every trick what your fellow players are holding.
- Some characters swap a card with another player before the chapter starts, which can rescue a difficult hand.
- Threat cards require you to win one specific card, so you have to plan your tricks together.
The story continues in The Two Towers – Trick-Taking Game.
Who is The Fellowship of the Ring for
The game is for 1 to 4 people aged 10 and up, and a single chapter takes about 20 minutes. The rules are moderately easy, especially if you have played a trick-taking game before. Players like it best with four. With two, a pyramid of face-up and face-down cards acts as a third hand, and in a solo game you play four hands yourself. In 2024 it won the Golden Geek award for best cooperative game.
What might you not like?
Because you cannot talk about your cards, a chapter sometimes fails because of a bad deal or a wrong judgement, so the game may not suit those who dislike replaying the same chapter several times.
What's in the box
- 37 basic cards (four suits valued 1 to 8 and rings valued 1 to 5)
- chapter 1 card and 4 character cards
- 96 cards for chapters 2 to 18 in two sealed compartments
- 5 wooden tokens (1 ring token, 4 star tokens)
- 6 rules summary cards
- rules in Slovenian
