# The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Black Riders

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Black Riders is a board game for 1–2 players. It plays in 60 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 8 out of 10 by 3 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 1–2 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2013
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Expansion for Base-game, Novel-based, Card Game
- **Mechanics:** Hand Management, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative Game
- **Ludoya rating:** 8 out of 10, from 3 reviews
- **Owned by:** 24 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 26
- **Unique players:** 2

**Designers:** Caleb Grace, MJ Newman

**Artists:** Christine Bian, Mariusz Gandzel, Daarken, Michael Rasmussen, Sabin Boykinov, Winona Nelson, Chris Rallis, Brent Hollowell, Aleksander Karcz, Dimitri Bielak, Mariana Vieira, Chris Rahn, Alexandre Dainche, Jake Murray, Jim Pavelec, Owen William Weber, Adam Lane, Aaron Miller, Tiziano Baracchi, Lane Brown, Diego Gisbert Llorens, Sara Biddle, Sandara Tang, Alyn Spiller, Sarah Morris, Sebastian Giacobino, David Auden Nash, Melanie Maier, Julian Kok, Ryan Barger, Darek Zabrocki, Cristi Balanescu, Marcia George-Bogdan, Rafał Hrynkiewicz, Magali Villeneuve, Mike Nash, Drazenka Kimpel

**Publishers:** Fantasy Flight Games

## Expansions

- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Old Forest](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-the-old-forest)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Fog on the Barrow-downs](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-fog-on-the-barrow-downs)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Decks: The Black Riders](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-nightmare-deck-the-black-riders)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-the-black-riders)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Black Riders in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-the-black-riders)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/142875)

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