The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Sands of Harad

2016
Caleb Grace, MJ Newman, Nate French
BGG Geek Rating
5.7
based on 171 ratings
BGG Average Rating
8.2
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Players
1-2
Weight
3.00/5.00
Playtime
60 min
Age
13+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Variable Player Powers Cooperative Game Hand Management

📂 Categories

Novel-based Expansion for Base-game Card Game Fantasy Novel-based

🎨 Artists

Adam Duff Aleksander Karcz Alexandr Elichev Ashley Lange Colin Boyer David Auden Nash Diego Gisbert Llorens Dimitri Bielak Dmitry Prosvirnin Ellyson Ferrari Lifante Ilich Henriquez J. B. Casacop J. Lonnee Jason Jenicke Joshua Cairós Kamila Tzutenberg Katy Grierson Ken McCuen Kim Sokol Marius Bota Mariusz Gandzel Nikolas Hagialas Owen William Weber Pavel Kolomeyets Piya Wannachaiwong Sam Lamont Tawny Fritz Tomasz Jedruszek Víctor Garcia Víctor Manuel Leza Moreno William O'Brien

🏢 Publishers

Edge Entertainment Fantasy Flight Games Galakta Heidelberger Spieleverlag

📖 About This Game

From the publisher: The Sands of Harad is the sixth deluxe expansion for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. Set immediately after the events of The Grey Havens and the Dream-chaser cycle, The Sands of Harad gives you and your heroes a chance to explore the strange lands and cultures to the south of Middle-earth… provided you can first make your escape through the streets of Umbar. Three new scenarios carry you from the coast, deep into the desert of Harad, and then back within the reach of Mordor and the Dark Lord's Orcs, although in such a fashion as you have never seen before. Along the way, you're bound to encounter countless ferocious Haradrim, gruelling environmental effects, and deadly desert predators. You will also have to overcome the ancient animosities that have long festered between the Men of Gondor and those of Harad. Meanwhile, your desperate journeys may also lead to desperate alliances, and you'll find a pair of heroes who make each other stronger, as well as a cluster of new player cards that require paired Traits to trigger, but that then offer tremendous rewards. You'll also find new allies for each sphere of influence and a game-changing side quest that allows you to ignore resource matching on the first ally you play each turn.