# The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Road Darkens

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Road Darkens 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:** 3.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2014
- **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:** 17 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 28
- **Unique players:** 3

**Designers:** Caleb Grace, Nate French, MJ Newman

**Artists:** Víctor Garcia, Mark Bulahao, Michael Rasmussen, Florian Devos, Sara Betsy, Tey Bartolome, Greg Opalanski, Mikhail Yakovlev, Jake Bullock, Aurélien Hubert, Guillaume Ducos, Ignacio Bazán Lazcano, Chris Rahn, Ferdinand Dumago Ladera, Ben Peek, Mark Behm, Victor Maury, Michael Komarck, Jim Pavelec, Nate Abell, Matt Bradbury, Owen William Weber, Anthony Devine, Silver Saaremäel, Rick Price, Nicholas Gregory, Rovina Cai, Katy Grierson, Cynthia Sheppard, Tiziano Baracchi, Arden Beckwith, Matt Stewart, Joel Hustak, Diego Gisbert Llorens, Claudio Pozas, Gabriel Verdon, Sandra Duchiewicz, Álvaro Calvo Escudero, Sebastian Giacobino, Emilio Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Barquet, Pedro Amato, Sara Diesel, Anthony Feliciano, Jose Vega, Mark Tarrisse, Dylan Pierpont, Stacey Diana Clark, Magali Villeneuve, Mike Nash, Carly Janine Mazur, Allen Douglas

## Expansions

- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Decks: The Road Darkens](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-nightmare-decks-the-road-darkens)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-the-road-darkens)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Road Darkens in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-the-road-darkens)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147723)

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