The Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle-earth Shadowed Paths Board Game EXPANSION - Adventure Board Game for Kids and Adults, Ages 14+, 1-5 Players, 60+ Minute Playtime, Made by Fantasy Flight Games

To any prospective buyers keep in mind you MUST have the base game and something that can install/run the companion app. While the base game is very fun, as is the DLC campaign, the replay value was relatively low because A. There were only two campaigns, albeit with slightly varying paths. B. There were only so many items/titles/events/enemies and most importantly C. There were just enough characters for a full party, with an equal number of classes, meaning there was very little variety in terms of character builds and options, with most parties being the same. This expansion totally fixes all of those by essentially doubling the variety of enemies, characters, classes, and (when the next DLC campaign drops) campaigns. The best part is that this and each future expansions components will be enabled and appear in old campaigns as well, essentially retroactively and exponentially increasing replay value as expansions come out. The new characters and classes are great fun, with unique play style characters like Gandalf as well as traditionally powerful characters like Din and Arwen. New item upgrades also make previously mediocre items more viable. It was unfortunate not to see a new battle map considering how much new terrain was added with the expansion, however the campaign does find several new and very clever ways to spice things up. The components are all high quality, and round out/fit in with those of the base game. The only real complaint/word of caution is that even after some updates the game still has bugs, with me encountering a token that was uninteractable, which was a minor issue, and far more seriously a game ending bug where the heroes were never placed/map not set up and upon trying to re load the save file was corrupt, resulting in the loss of a game we had invested 8 or so hours into. That said, if you liked the base game this is a must buy, if you thought it was ok but the lack of variety was a problem for you this should go a long way to fix that. If you didn't like the game at all however, its certainly not going to change your mind on it. Hope to see many more expansions for this, although I do hope they stop releasing the boss figure mini expansions later than the big box ones when they are clearly supposed to accompany the campaign.

Really fun game, and I love the expansions that go with it.

Great game if you like campaign style games. The app that supports the game works really well. We really enjoy playing this game.

Super game.

Purchased shadowed paths shortly after getting the core set and it’s high quality material. They expand the game with additional heroes, villains, tiles, roles, and the game content mixes with the core set. Also the expansion comes with a few rules added to the game. They are minor and easy to pickup. Overall I’m extremely happy with this purchase and I’m looking forward to the next round of expansions down the road

Game is great! Love playing it with friends around the table. New adventures from the basegame

I have really enjoyed this board game. I highly recommend that a first time player plays in adventure mode to get the hang of the game. The difficulty definitely scales up when changing to normal difficulty. A little bit of a learning curve for the best ways to succeed at the game.

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