# The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Return to Mirkwood

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Return to Mirkwood is a board game for 1–2 players. It plays in 60 minutes and is meant for ages 13 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 8.5 out of 10 by 2 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 1–2 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 13+
- **Complexity:** 3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2011
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Expansion for Base-game, Novel-based, Card Game
- **Mechanics:** Hand Management, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative Game
- **Ludoya rating:** 8.5 out of 10, from 2 reviews
- **Owned by:** 29 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 6
- **Unique players:** 2

**Designers:** Nate French

**Artists:** Mark Poole, Ignacio Bazán Lazcano, Timo Karhula, Dimitri Bielak, Bill Corbett, John Gravato, Aaron Miller, Tiziano Baracchi, Sara Biddle, Sandara Tang, Ilich Henriquez, Ben Zweifel, Ijur, David Auden Nash, Tom Garden, Henning Ludvigsen, Anna Christenson, Andrew Johanson, Stacey Diana Clark, Magali Villeneuve, Felicia Cano

**Publishers:** Fantasy Flight Games

## Expansions

- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Deck: Return to Mirkwood](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-nightmare-deck-return-to-mirkwood)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Game Night Kit 2013 Season Three](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-game-night-kit-2013-season-three)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-return-to-mirkwood)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Return to Mirkwood in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-return-to-mirkwood)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/102875)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._