The Tolkien Geek Reviews The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Board Game
The Tolkien Lore Podcast29 Touko 2023

The Tolkien Geek Reviews The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Board Game

00:00 Intro

02:44 Game Overview

06:53 Mechanics and Gameplay

38:58 Likes and Dislikes

52:39 Theming and Lore


Apologies to my brother (check out his channel over at https://www.youtube.com/@strategywizard for board game reviews, unboxing, etc.) for taking so long to finally play this game that he got me [inaudible] ago, but now I’ve finally played it and I can give my breakdown of the mechanics, what I like and dislike about the game, and how well it captures the essence of Tolkien’s world.

For more info on the game:

Fantasy Flight’s page for the game is here: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/1/11/the-lord-of-the-rings-journeys-in-middle-earth/

For a downloadable copy of the basic rules, go here: https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/74/c1/74c1ee20-a2d2-407f-93da-e6c2a4b25529/journeys_in_middle-earth_learn_to_play.pdf

For a downloadable copy of the Rules Reference, go here: https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/01/a0/01a0c9f7-4427-4113-9406-f53d6bde2ff5/journeys_in_middle-earth_rules_reference.pdf

So I was incorrect about Watch It Played but also not totally off. He didn’t do a video on the game on his channel (https://www.youtube.com/@WatchItPlayed), but he DID appear on BoardGameGeek.com’s channel for their “game night” series here: https://youtu.be/bBk_jSE4Bf8. The video is a full playthrough of the first adventure with explanations along the way so it gives a lot of the same information but obviously contains spoilers for the first adventure.

Similarly, the Dice Tower channel had a live play session here: https://www.youtube.com/live/JVh0M-fSWqo?feature=share. It doesn’t do as much detailed explanations of the rules and mechanics but it’s for the first adventure of an expansion campaign, so the spoilers won’t be as significant unless you know you’re going to get that expansion soon.

If you just want a brief run-down of how to play, I recommend this video: https://youtu.be/1VROBMSSBfc


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