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“The entrance to the forest path was like a sort of arch leading in to a gloomy tunnel made by two great trees that leant together, too old and strangled with ivy to bear more than a few blackened leaves. The path itself was narrow and wound in and out among the trunks. Soon the light at the gate was like a little bright hole far behind, and the quiet was so deep that their feet seemed to thump along while all the trees leaned over them and listened. As their eyes became

So this week, as a festive treat to myself, I took part in my first ever Organised Play event (At the North West Games Center in Stockport). Lord of the Rings The Card Game is one of my most played and reviewed games with in excess of 300 plays and probably 200 losses under my belt. The Organised Play events are notoriously hard and this one was no exception. We played the game in Epic Multiplayer mode. This basically meant that we each took on a stage of the quest and our fa