LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers Trick-Taking Games
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Welcome fellow travellers, welcome!
Please, join us for another chapter in the long and ancient tradition of describing new games in simple and understandable words, what the old wisdom called “reviews”.
Make yourselves comfortable: take a cup of your favourite beverage, sit down, and most importantly remember to shut up.


This week Tom will tell us about what he considers trick-taking at its finest, or as he puts it, the kind of final boss of the card game obsession he’s had over the last few years of Shut Up & Sit Down: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Tacking game and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Trick-Tacking game.
You don’t know what a trick-taking game is? Fear not: Tom will enlighten you!
You don’t know what Lord of the Rings is? Not to worry, you are in good company! Before playing these games, Tom was none the wiser too, but he will now share the wisdom he’s acquired!
Tom is so enamoured with these games, that he’s travelled with them to no less than 5 different countries, and they have taken every single one of his game nights.


These are not your typical trick-taking games, because they are cooperative: this means that in order to win, players need to work together, without communicating, to ensure that specific players win specific tricks at specific times.
And which specific tricks you need to win a specific times is determined by which character from Lord of the Rings you are playing.


They are a love letter to Lord of the Rings, but even more to the trick-tacking subgenre.
To Tom, they are brilliant games first, and Lord of the Rings games second.
But he doesn’t stop there: they are not just some of the best Lord of the Rings games, they are some of the best full stop.


So, grab your copies and join Tom in exploring the fascinating, and tricky, world of Lord of the Rings: Trick-Taking card games!
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Tacking game is currently out of stock, and it should be available from 13th April 2026. It will probably sell out soon after, so pre order your copy now before it’s too late!
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Trick-Tacking game is currently available, although we don't know for how long!