# The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – A Shadow in the East

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – A Shadow in the East is a board game for 1–2 players. It plays in 60–120 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 9 out of 10 by 1 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 1–2 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 60–120 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2019
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Expansion for Base-game, Novel-based, Card Game
- **Mechanics:** Hand Management, Variable Player Powers, Solo / Solitaire Game, Cooperative Game
- **Ludoya rating:** 9 out of 10, from 1 reviews
- **Owned by:** 8 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 2
- **Unique players:** 2

**Designers:** Caleb Grace

**Artists:** Antonio José Manzanedo, Leanna Crossan, Grzegorz Bobrowski, Stanislav Dikolenko, Nikolas Hagialas, Łukasz Jaskólski, Echo Chernik, Lucas Staniec, Sam Lamont, Aleksander Karcz, Guillaume Ducos, Chris Grun, Dimitri Bielak, Romana Kendelic, Ivan Dixon, Federico Musetti, J. B. Casacop, Carlos Palma Cruchaga, Martin de Diego Sádaba, Matthew Cowdery, Dual Brush Studios, Marius Bota, Sara Biddle, Ilich Henriquez, Álvaro Calvo Escudero, Alyn Spiller, Alexander Chelyshev, Jarreau Wimberly, Marco Caradonna, Sebastian Zakrzewski, Tomasz Jedruszek, Torbjörn Källström, Jon Bosco, Kevin Zamir Goeke, Rafał Hrynkiewicz, Drazenka Kimpel

**Publishers:** Fantasy Flight Games

## Expansions

- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Wrath and Ruin](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-wrath-and-ruin)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Under the Ash Mountains](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-under-the-ash-mountains)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The City of Ulfast](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-the-city-of-ulfast)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Challenge of the Wainriders](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-challenge-of-the-wainriders)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Land of Sorrow](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-the-land-of-sorrow)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Fortress of Nurn](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-the-fortress-of-nurn)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-a-shadow-in-the-east)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – A Shadow in the East in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-a-shadow-in-the-east)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/278303)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-24. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._