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Cardboard of the Rings

245 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings

A podcast about The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, which is a Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games. Join the crew as they explore the world of LotR:TCG, keeping things casual and fun.

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Episodes

Episode 226: Just Say No-sgobel

March 09, 2024 20:50 - 1 hour - 109 MB

Welcome from Jon, Chris, and Eric Thank you to Jan L, Kyle B, Michal B, Bradley H Announcements News Top 3/Bottom 2 SKUS not being rereleased AMA Seastan's Soliloquy 

Episode 225: The Slush Folder

February 21, 2024 14:00 - 2 hours - 118 MB

Welcome from Jon, Chris......and Caleb!!!??? Thank you Judyth A, Topi L, Jacek J, Frank D New Schedule One Ring Session on 2nd feed Catchup with Caleb The Crebain Brief: An Art Based Game with Caleb AMA  Farewell!  

Episode 224: So Long, Flannel, auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye

January 25, 2024 02:00 - 2 hours - 135 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris, Brad, and Mark Thank you Travis B, Wes N, Florian S, Hiemad E Annual Song! Chad-o-Fax We say nice things about Chad for awhile AMA  Farewell!

Episode 223: White Oliphaunt

December 20, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 93 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris Thank you Jason W, Ceri W, Lee K, Scott K Big Podcast news: https://www.patreon.com/posts/92555028 Holiday Gift Exchange! 2023 Cotr Highlights All Swag has shipped. AMA  Farewell!

Episode 222: Con of the Rings 2023 Special

November 27, 2023 16:13 - 1 hour - 108 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris Thank you Andreas R, Ross G, Brian S,  David S Big Podcast news: https://www.patreon.com/posts/92555028 The Con has happened and we have tales to share! All Swag has shipped. AMA  Farewell!

Episode 221: Dreamchaser State of Mind

November 13, 2023 14:47 - 1 hour - 87.8 MB

Welcome from Jon, Eric, and Chris. Special Guest: Jeremy Zwirn Thank you Andreas R, Ross G, Brian S, David F The Swag has been shipped domestically, international shipping soon. Two Towers re-packaged is out in the wild So JZ, what would you say you do here? AMA  Farewell!

Episode 220.5 - Second Breakfast 2023

November 07, 2023 13:42 - 1 hour - 102 MB

It's our annual Second Breakfast with the community! Jon, Chad, Chris, and Splice open up with early Con highlights Time travel back to Friday to chat with Amy while she gives Chad his long-awaited henna masterpiece Jon is joined by Brian, Lee, and Mike for Dwarrowdelf commiserations Sabina, Dominic, and Rob hop in for Eagle Talk and some poetry Finally, appearing from the mists, 3/4ths of the Grey Company!   Thank you to our Patrons who make the show possible, as always the .5's are...

Episode 220: Cast it into the fire!

October 17, 2023 12:26 - 1 hour - 92.9 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris Thank you Ziggi W, Glenn H, Stefano L, Daniel M The Con is happening in 3 days! (and already happened if not listening live) Italy a huge event in Milan, the 28th of October, contact Lorunks on Discord Top 4/Bottom 3 player cards from Return of the King Saga boxes AMA  Farewell!

Episode 219: A Single Message from Ally Elrond

September 19, 2023 18:11 - 1 hour - 83.3 MB

Welcome from (a very sick) Chad, Jon, and Chris Thank you Andrew D, Atte L, Sam VanT, Luke H The Siege of Erebor an ALEP stand-alone quest RRR -Multiplayer The Con is near! Decks we are bringing to The Con AMA  Farewell!

Episode 218: Super Mario Alt Starters

September 06, 2023 12:39 - 1 hour - 104 MB

Welcome from  Chad, Jon, and Chris Special Guest: Autumn Thank you Diedert K, Darren M, Tim F, Michael K. Con of the Rings is almost here RRR -Multiplayer A Fifth Starter Deck: https://ringsdb.com/deck/view/456558 https://ringsdb.com/deck/view/457843 https://ringsdb.com/deck/view/457259 Autumn's deck and website: https://theroseofgondolin.wordpress.com/flight-to-the-ford/ Alt-art discussion  AMA  Farewell!

Episode 217: The Ghost of Chadsburg

August 07, 2023 16:32 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Welcome from  Jon, Eric, Brad and Chris Thank you Tyler M, Zack P, Helen H, Lars J Announcements and News:  Join the League of Cooperative Gaming Discord for a big LOTR LCG weekend: August 18-20th. Invite link: https://discord.gg/SahjuTx    Christen that Ship winners!  Congratulations to all! Please email us at [email protected]  2022 Swag plus Daan’s book Max, alias Whispers; The seas Whisperer Eddie Ashton; USS Eden's Promise Kevin Zorena; USS Second Breakfast...

Episode 216: Don't Put a Ring On It

July 29, 2023 13:52 - 2 hours - 118 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris Thank you Niall H, Raymond W, Sean S, Nick A Announcements and News:  Dream-Chaser Campaign is out! Two Towers Reprint Announced FFG LotR Events at Gen Con GameZenter/Artiforge no longer printing Nightmare or POD RRR: Multiplayer Vengeance of Mordor Top 4/Bottom 3 (Someone's best is another's 3rd worst)  AMA  Farewell!

Episode 215: Boarding Party

June 30, 2023 22:12 - 1 hour - 95.7 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris, Thank you  David H, David R, Glen S, Doug B Announcements and News:  Con of the Rings 2023 tickets now for sale! https://www.conoftheringsmn.com/ Random Review Redo: Multiplayer https://youtu.be/Vk0GcujRgUM Ship Mechanics Explained We are on a boat! Contest https://forms.gle/d6ZCSeehh1MuvD4LA Dreamchaser Quest advice AMA  Farewell!

Episode 214: DavFlameTalk

June 18, 2023 15:04 - 1 hour - 110 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Eric, and Chris Special Guest: FFG Game Designer Tyler Parrott Thank you  Andy S, Michael O, Richard H, Mark C Announcements and News:  Jon's 100th Episode Con of the Rings 2023 tickets now for sale! https://www.conoftheringsmn.com/ Tyler has a lot to say about a lot of things.  AMA  Farewell!

Episode 213: Clippy the Dwarf

May 24, 2023 12:27 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris, Thank you  Liam C, Morgan K, Simon E, Sebastian L Special Thank You to Autumn for the artwork! Announcements and News:  Con of the Rings 2023 tickets now for sale! https://www.conoftheringsmn.com/ Random Review Redo: Multiplayer Chad does not like Nazgul. Three-murdered. 3 good, 3 bad. The gang once again looks at cards and thier theme. AMA  Farewell!

Episode 212: ALEP BOT 3000

April 30, 2023 21:16 - 2 hours - 126 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and eventually Eric and Chris, Very Special Guest: AR Thank you  Jindrich J, Janet W, Jason M, and Doug H Announcements and News: nothing important here, Chad really has noting happening that he wants everyone to know about. Just fast forward past this part.  AR Interview: The Pipeline Explained  AMA  Farewell!

Episode 211: Unhappy Salmon

April 11, 2023 13:03 - 2 hours - 117 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris, Thank you  Robert C, Alex S, Alexander W, Andrew S Random Review Redo: OF PAIN!  Announcements and News  Repackaged Dream-chaser Cycle announced Why you should be excited for this! AMA  Farewell!

Episode 210: Gathering in the Deep

March 22, 2023 13:41 - 1 hour - 104 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris, Aaron, Ben, and Mark Thank you Hayley L, Heather H, Perry R, Markus O Random Review Redo: OF PAIN! Announcements and News  Con of the Rings 2023! New LOTR games in the wild! What's the deal with MTG LOTR? Caleb was on Nerd of the Rings! AMA  Farewell!

Episode 209: Bill of Rohan

February 23, 2023 14:23 - 2 hours - 136 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Brad Thank you Kimberly B, Tom Z, Dai A, Edward B Announcements and News  Random Review Redo: OF PAIN! Saga and Theme and Deckbuilding Discussion AMA  Farewell!

Episode 208: Quickbeam Team

February 06, 2023 19:50 - 1 hour - 94.9 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris Thank you Gert V, Arjan H, Geoff C, David C  Announcements and News  Random Review Redo: OF PAIN! Top/Bottom player cards from The Two Towers AMA  Farewell!

Episode 207: Don't tell it on the Mountain

January 08, 2023 18:23 - 2 hours - 115 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Eric Thank you Anthony B, Brennan M, Dan AKA KennedyHawk, Brent M Announcements and News  Massive Multiplayer online January 15th  at 1:30 pm Eastern, which is 7:30 pm Central European time: The Nine are Abroad Random Review Redo: OF PAIN! Community Round-up  Spreadsheet with community information: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TvuRjJfbgLcm2I1PKEu_AsT7L93U4UddyTldI9B8hlE/edit?usp=sharing Other notable community contributers: Grey Company ...

Episode 206: Where is the Horse and Writer

December 17, 2022 17:09 - 1 hour - 107 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Eric, and special guest John Leo Thank you Chris D, Robin M, Al N, Luc B Announcements and News  Massive Multiplayer online January 15th  at 1:30 pm Eastern, which is 7:30 pm Central European time: The Nine are Abroad Random Review Redo: OF PAIN! Interview with head of writing for ALEP: John Leo AMA  Farewell!

Episode 205: We are not Ignored

November 22, 2022 13:23 - 1 hour - 96 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris Thank you Isaiah H, Nathan B, Craig B, Carl S Announcements and News  Lure of Middle Earth in February Massive Multiplayer online event in January: The Nine are Abroad Random Review Redo: OF PAIN! Do not ignore these cards from the repackaged content AMA  Farewell!

Episode 204: Who is Sauron?

November 09, 2022 13:03 - 1 hour - 95.9 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Chris Thank you Disco Drew, Lorenzo C, Chris M, Darthmaluus Announcements and News  Two new LOTR: LCG items available: Fellowship Saga, ALEP's The Nine are Abroad Main Topic: Rings of Power discussion.  Farewell!

Episode 203.5 - Con of the Rings 2022 Special!

November 01, 2022 12:30 - 2 hours - 127 MB

It's our annual Con special! First up, Second Breakfast with CotR from Saturday morning at the hotel. Chad, Chris, and Jon are joined by Brian, Robb, Vardaen, Alex, Matt, Splice, Eric, and special guest, Sabina! Then, through the magic of editing, we jump to a recap of Saturday, Sunday, and a few missing Friday stories with the crew.  Thanks to our amazing patrons who make this show possible. And, as always, the .5's are on us. Enjoy!

Episode 203: A Barrel Full of Titles

October 17, 2022 23:42 - 1 hour - 89.5 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Eric. I mean Chris.  I honestly cannot tell. Thank you Bryan D, Elijah W, Julian H, Aleksander K Announcements and News  Con of the Rings 2022 happening in hours! Random Review Redo: The Heroes conclusion ALEP has completed the HUGE accomplishment of releasing an entire cycle with the announcment that Blood in the Isen is available. Blood in the Isen player card review. AMA  Farewell! Chad tries to fall asleep ASAP.

Episode 202: The Price of a Kick(er)

September 20, 2022 12:14 - 2 hours - 131 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Eric Thank you Andrew P, Caleb H, Jamie S, Michael M Announcements and News  Some Lord of the Rings show thing.... A few Con of the Rings 2022 Tickets still on Sale! conoftheringsmn.com Random Review Redo: The Heroes  Does anyone have a...? Part 2 AMA  Farewell!

Episode 201: Does anyone have a dollar?

September 04, 2022 13:34 - 2 hours - 135 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, and Eric Thank you Mark S, Maxime P, Dennis G, Juan L and Autumn Announcements and News  A Westron Reading is live! Thanks to the support from our amazing Patrons we have hired Chloe Elmore to read the story text for the entire Angmar Awakened cycle. A HUGE THANK YOU to the behind the scenes guys (Matt, Eric and Brad) for doing all the work to get this done. Details on how to add the RSS feed can be found here:  https://learn.acast.com/en/articles/4339789-h...

Episode 200: Who wants to be a Silmarillionaire

August 13, 2022 16:12 - 2 hours - 135 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris and special guest Autumn! Thank you James & Wendy C, Joe H, Autumn B, Edmund L Announcements and News  A Westron Reading! Thanks to the support from our amazing Patrons we have hired Chloe Elmore to read the story text for the entire Angmar Awakened cycle. A HUGE THANK YOU to the behind the scenes guys (Matt, Eric and Brad) for doing all the work to get this done. Details on how to add the RSS feed can be found here:  https://learn.acast.com/en/articl...

Episode 199: An Unexpected Progression

July 24, 2022 23:02 - 2 hours - 127 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon and Chris Thank you Pratik M, Jonathan K, Nathan E, Rory H and Mika Announcements and News  Con of the Rings 2022 Tickets on Sale now! conoftheringsmn.com Random Review Redo: The Heroes New Progression: Is there one? I just got the new Angmar Awakens hero box. Now What? AMA  Farewell!  

Episode 198: Leeeeroy Ruxpin

July 01, 2022 23:13 - 2 hours - 127 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon and Chris. Joined by Aaron and Nick Thank you  Raymond R, Mark A, Sebastian W, Morgan A Announcements and News  Con of the Rings 2022 Tickets on Sale now! conoftheringsmn.com Trivia Game of complete relevance Random Review Redo: The Heroes ALEP expansion Player Card review: Mustering of the Rohirrim AMA  Farwell!  

Episode 197: McMiddle Earth

June 03, 2022 17:10 - 2 hours - 113 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon and Chris. Joined by Brad and Eric Announcements and News (lots of it) FFG article featuring a non-Haldir deck built by Chad https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2022/5/12/different-ways-to-adventure/ ALEP expansion coming soon! Random Review Redo: The Quests (Autumn is a big ol' meanie!) Tardy Takes  AMA  Farwell!  

Episode 196: Grimbeorn the Swole

May 13, 2022 11:47 - 2 hours - 112 MB

Welcome from Chad, Chris and Jon Thank you to Mats O, Michael G, Morrowless, Seth G Dreadnaught at GenCon E-mail sent to all Patreons recieving swag this year, if you have not recieved this e-mail please contact us. NPA How long does it take to build a deck? Random Review Redo: The Quests Discord throws us a bone! Top 4 / Bottom 3 Ered Mithrin Cycle Chad mis-reads a card for the first time ever Updates, AMAs, and farewells  

Episode 195: Precious Cards

April 23, 2022 11:58 - 2 hours - 124 MB

Welcome from Chad, Chris, and Jon Thank you to: Kyle P, Luke W, Manuel L, Mark T Patreon Deadline is HERE!   Join now at the Denethor or Boromir Tier for 6 months to get the AWESOME swag.  www.patreon.com/cardboardoftherings Tardy Takes and other Patreon exclusive content Random Review Redo (don't play this one 4 player!) New Play Advice: Action Windows in the Combat Phase 7 Cards from the Starter Sets you should care about Round-up AMA Farwells      

Episode 194: Starter-ing an Adventure

April 08, 2022 11:49 - 3 hours - 195 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris, Mark, Brad, Vardean, Shellin, and Matt! Thank you to: Buz H, Charles L, Christopher N, James G Announcements and News  Swag Deadline is fast approaching! Don't miss out. Chris turns 100! Don't miss out on Chad's Starter Deck series on YouTube Brad announces a collaboration with Shellin for our Patreons, Tardy Takes,. You can check it out if you join. Agmar will be the first to awaken in the new release model.  Starter Deck showdown. Brad does an a...

Episode 194.5: The Jason Walden Interview

March 27, 2022 17:42 - 1 hour - 82.1 MB

Enjoy this interview with Fantasy Flight Games Producer: Jason Walden.   This interview will also appear on Episode 194. Episode 194 is going to be a MEGAsode, so we decided to release the interview as a free-to-patreons mini-sode while the editing of 194 is being worked on. 

Episode 193: Glittering Glorfy

March 12, 2022 14:24 - 2 hours - 123 MB

Farewell to a couple of amazing people: Priscilla and Nigel. Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: George G, Neil P, Regan G, Aaron J  Announcements and News  Swag Deadline is fast approaching! Don't miss out. Random Review Redo: The Quests NPA: More common rule questions asked by new players The Glittering Caves: They have a Tactics Glorfindel Round-up Farewells

Episode 192: Delving Deeply into the Core Set

February 17, 2022 18:58 - 1 hour - 100 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: Shawn D, Adam F, Andre B, and Dave D Announcements and News  Swag update Core Set Talk: The boys give a lot of advice to new/potential players of the game. Round-up Farewells

Episode 191: The Tolkien Professor

January 30, 2022 13:47 - 3 hours - 185 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: Stephen N, Arthur E, David M, Matt K! Announcements and News  Random Review Redo: The Quests! The Tolkien Professor Interview! Cardboard of the Rings New Player Contest winners Farewells Find us on Facebook and YouTube https://patreon.com/cardboardoftherings COTR Discord https://discord.gg/9kA5E2PS  @cotrpodcast on twitter [email protected]

Episode 190: Half Pint

January 13, 2022 18:02 - 2 hours - 124 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: Thomas N, Daniel J, Mads R, and Podcast Dad Bob P! Announcements, Twitter, and News  Cardboard of the Rings New Player Contest Chad turns 100! Random Review Redo: The Quests! *Some ‘Fun’ Facts about 2021 * - Heading to Bree to get lit up! AMAs Farewells

Episode 189: Arwen, Barwen, and Jargon

December 22, 2021 14:47 - 2 hours - 115 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: Kevin C, Nate R, Robert H, Sam T Announcements, Twitter, and News  - Bree has no armies in their sleevies Random Review Redo What you talkin' about? The Jargon of LOTR: LCG AMAs Farewells

Episode 188: Help!

November 14, 2021 19:17 - 2 hours - 122 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: Leo L, Lieven P, Marc L, Keith D Announcements and News and Second News. Random Review Redo Top 10 Questions Asked by New Players  AMAs Farewells

Episode 187.5 - Sand Dunes of the Rings

November 02, 2021 12:19 - 2 hours - 141 MB

Show Notes Welcome from Brad, Jon, Matt, Mark, and special guests Brandon and Caleb! What's Dune, Precious? Theater or HBO Max? Snack Summit Movie opinions sure to be correct: What worked, what didn't, and would a Dune newbie like it? Inevitable Comparisons Board Game Segment - aka The Most Matt Has Talked On This Show Ever. TRIVIA!  Final Thoughts Brandon waxes rhapsodic about the Dune II RTS More Final Thoughts Farewells

Episode 187: Fellow Ship

October 27, 2021 12:37 - 2 hours - 148 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: Adam G., Jeff M, Josh B, Justin B Announcements, News and Vlogs 2nd age is 4 years old! More details about the new core set Random Review Redo Fan Content Round-up (check our website for the links) Re-cap of the amazing Con of the Rings 2021 Epic Dreadnaught was a MASSIVE success! AMAs Farewells

Episode 186.5: 2021 Convention Special

October 20, 2021 23:34 - 1 hour - 104 MB

Part I - Live from Con of the Rings! Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris Thank you to all our generous patrons! This one is on us. Retro Review Redux (with Youx!) Rate the results on FB! Part II - League of Cooperative Gaming Community Hot Jam Jon and Chris share musings with Mike, Wandering Took Shellin drops in from the lake house  Bobbymcbobface's Poetry Corner Ayy-Lep or Ahh-Lep? Farewells

Episode 186: The Game Isn't Dead

October 06, 2021 19:56 - 2 hours - 119 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: Chris L, Eric L, James S, Jason N Announcements, News and Twitter GenCon FFG In-Flight Report https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/9/15/in-flight-2021/ Random Review Redo ALEP: Fire on the Eastemnet is Now Available/Card Reviews AMAs Farewells

Episode 185: Number 2

September 14, 2021 19:10 - 2 hours - 129 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: Peter S, Carl S, Jon S, and Brandon B Announcements, News and Twitter SLEX Swag Shipped 9/14! Ashley Taylor's medium post https://medium.com/@ashrtaylor13/speaking-up-to-protect-others-73f152bcb772 Brad has some sportball contests going on Random Review Redo ALEP: Fire on the Eastement announcement Top 4 and Bottom 3 of the Lord of the Rings Saga boxes The gang will play 'Scouring of the Shire' Friday, 9/17 in the evening. You ...

Episode 184: Middle Earthborne Rangers

August 13, 2021 19:45 - 3 hours - 167 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Special Guest: Andrew Navaro! Thank you to: Marcus W, Daniel M, Audrin & Lain T, and Sam R Interview with Andrew Navaro: Insight into the early days of the game Andrew's new company and it's goals Earthborne Rangers https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/earthbornegames/earthborne-rangers Announcements, News and Twitter SLEX Swag reveal happened!  Stickers, Playmat, Coin, 400 sleeves!! Andrew B. won the Tesseract Dividers Random Review Redo? Son...

Episode 183: Octa-gone

July 23, 2021 14:01 - 2 hours - 131 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris  Thank you to: Robert F, Jesse B, Rymbeau R, Griff B Announcements, News and Twitter SLEX Swag reveal happening on our socials Saturday Aug 7, 1330 EDT Scour.   This is happening! Announcing DragnCard (buh-bye Octgn...not really gone, but why use it when this awesomeness exists!) Random Review Redux Part Three-do: Let the Discord decide. Who gets some respect? Contest: https://forms.gle/4CZUQmSMguixnFHx8 ALEP: The first AP is here, The Aldburg Pl...

Episode 182: Err of Mardil

June 24, 2021 12:44 - 2 hours - 116 MB

Welcome from Chad, Jon, Chris and special guests Aaron and Nick Thank you to: AJ, Scott J, Nicholas E Announcements, News and Twitter Con of the Rings 2021 is a go at the GameZenter! Random Review Redux Part Three-do: Let the Discord decide. One Decks: The Discussion. ALEP: Gavin and some hero that does not have the Ranged trait. AMAs  Farewells

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