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The LOTR Gamer
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This channel is primarily for the filming and documenting of opening LotR TCG booster packs and starter decks with some deck building videos incorporated once in a while. Other LotR games may also be featured, such as Magic The Gathering Tales of Middle-Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien Book Review | Comparison of Complete Tolkien Guide and Encyclopedia of Tolkien | LOTR
References
tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Complete_Tolkien_Companion
tolkiengateway.net/wiki/An_Encyclopedia_of_Tolkien
BREAKDOWN OF BOOK REVIEW COMPARISON
TL;DR: Book #1 is for Tolkien Purists who don't mind limited illustrations, whereas Book #2 is more for fans that enjoy beautiful artistry and doesn’t mind excessive literary comparisons.
Book #1 - The Complete Tolkien Companion
Author: J.E.A. Tyler
Illustrations: Kevin Reilly
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books of St. Martin's Press
Pages: 715
Price: $27 USD / $36 CAN (Amazon for $29 CAN…now going for $40)
Pros
○ User-friendly; dictionary format
○ True, clear content
Cons
○ Limited illustrations or maps
○ No timeline of events for 2nd and 3rd Age
Book #2 - An Encyclopedia of Tolkien
Author: David Day
Illustrations: Kip Rasmussen, Ian Miller, Allan Curless, and more
Publisher: Canterbury Classics
Pages: 544
Price: $25 USD / $34 CAN (Amazon for $34 CAN…same price)
Pros
○ Excellent illustrations and depiction of battle scenes
○ Good physical quality
Cons
○ Too much circumstantial comparative commentary
○Makes assertions not true to Tolkien's works
tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Complete_Tolkien_Companion
tolkiengateway.net/wiki/An_Encyclopedia_of_Tolkien
BREAKDOWN OF BOOK REVIEW COMPARISON
TL;DR: Book #1 is for Tolkien Purists who don't mind limited illustrations, whereas Book #2 is more for fans that enjoy beautiful artistry and doesn’t mind excessive literary comparisons.
Book #1 - The Complete Tolkien Companion
Author: J.E.A. Tyler
Illustrations: Kevin Reilly
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books of St. Martin's Press
Pages: 715
Price: $27 USD / $36 CAN (Amazon for $29 CAN…now going for $40)
Pros
○ User-friendly; dictionary format
○ True, clear content
Cons
○ Limited illustrations or maps
○ No timeline of events for 2nd and 3rd Age
Book #2 - An Encyclopedia of Tolkien
Author: David Day
Illustrations: Kip Rasmussen, Ian Miller, Allan Curless, and more
Publisher: Canterbury Classics
Pages: 544
Price: $25 USD / $34 CAN (Amazon for $34 CAN…same price)
Pros
○ Excellent illustrations and depiction of battle scenes
○ Good physical quality
Cons
○ Too much circumstantial comparative commentary
○Makes assertions not true to Tolkien's works
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I have the leather bound Day book but not the first paperback you show. From what you show they seem tomfill completely different functions. The Day book links to other myths and legends that inspired Tolkien while the first book looks more comparable to Robert Foster's "Complete Guide to Middle Earth". That would be an interesting comparison video...
@NickBR57 thanks for the comment! I definitely need to check Foster's complete guide. I've been told that Day is notorious for injecting his own commentary into Tolkien's works with literary analysis of myths and legends. But they are very nice looking collector items nonetheless.
Very Nice Comparison! Thank You. Unfortunately, I have the Encyclopedia only. Yes, David Day does inject himself into the lore. The Atlas by Fonstad is absolutely indispensable to me. I hope to pick up the Tyler Companion book or The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Foster sometime soon.
@beerye9331 thanks for the comment! I will have to check out Foster's Guide. David Day does publish very beautiful books though so they are great collector items.
I have the fall of numenor in Dutch
Awesome! That was a great read.
Awesome! Cant wait for more of these.
Glad you like them! More to come 🎉
Love the book review!
Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed it.
I'm sorry. Guest Star??? @me bro
@BigDeckBoy in da house
Not LOTR...but great video!
More LOTR videos to come
14:02 that's good. You didn't "delve too greedily and too deep".
Hahaha I wish I did and bought more back then ;)
You think it's even possible to get a booster box or starter decks of those last three sets?
The booster boxes of the last three are basically impossible to get or extremely expensive. Starter decks are expensive too. Only The Hunters and Rise of Saruman had starter decks and those must be a pretty penny too :S
Do you believe in beginners luck? A friend of mine needed money fast, he offered 2 of these boxes to me at 500 euros. I didnt know anything about magic cards but I am a huge lotd of the rings fan, also he told me they where valuable so I took them. Looked up some youtube videos for some quick info, installed manabox and started opening. I opened my first pack and I kid you not I pulled a sol ring! I couldn't believe it when I scanned the card 😆.. I was like "Oh this is gonna be fun.." 😆
That is unreal!! Congrats. I still have to open the other box (Collector Boosters - Special Editions)...or not, the value is going up like mad!
@@The-LOTR-Gamer save it brother, don't open it!! Keep it as an investment, you can always open it later if you really want to or if prices tank. For all you know these could be 10k boxes in 10 years.
@Treayom I think you're right. As much as I want to open it...at this point, I pretty much have to hold it until it drops. But it could sky rocket even more. I should have bought more back in the Spring haha
Cool walkthrough of each booster pack!!
Thanks for the comment!! :)
Awesome video! Love the artwork of those booster packs. Open them all!!!!
I may just have to do that eventually 🎉 ;)
That's a great idea. All in one place and displayed very nicely. i have all but the last three. The hardest to find. Mayhe not find but definitely expensive. I found one T&D for 1000 U S
Thanks!!! Those are the three that took me about a year to get my hands on. The value is going up due to the very limited supply too. Even for my full sets, I never bothered collecting much outside of the Movie block (well more specifically inside Sets 15, 17, and 18) due to the prices.
DAAAAAYUUUMMMMM. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks BDB!!!!
What a great display! Love it!!!!
Thanks for the comment. I'm glad how it turned out.
Looks great!!!
Thanks! I'm happy with how it turned out.
Great video!
Thanks for the comment!!
Got mine a few weeks ago and I love it, I own the Special edition dvd from the movies and I always wonder why in the 2 towers they did not include, the 2 towers dioramas, now I finally gor the 2 towers cause today I got barad-dur
Sweet!! I am hoping to get my hands on Barad-dur. I agree...a two tower statue diorama for the dvd box set would have been money!
Great pulls 🎉🎉
Thanks for the comment:)
you give away the tcg codes?
I have a friend that uses them. Are you looking for some too?
Love these father and son Pokémon videos!! :D
Thanks :) more to come
Great video!! Always love Weta unboxings.
Thanks for the comment :)
Woohoo! We love Pokémon videos
We will probably do a couple more! Subscribe and hit that bell to be notified of them ;)
Love this video! So cute. Hope to see more Pokémon booster pack openings!!!
More to come! :)
Dope stuff my man
Thanks Ethan!! More unboxing to come :)
Playability wise you got some solid pulls. Value wise, without know the price point of the box, maybe the foils cover it? The Frodo foil is a great pull.
Yeah I might just try and make my 2nd RotK block deck from this box for the Deck Review video series I need to finish. I got the box for a fairly decent price - the double Cirdian and Shelob helped me come close to breaking even but I'm probably a bit short.
Part one was great, part two very big down turn on foils, let’s see how this wraps up!
Relatively strong finish in the foils department :)
First pack was sweet!
Yeah that was definitely a great way to kick off the box break :)
Make more content with my boy Ethan. SHOUT OUT, TO THE PARTY PEOPLE
You got it!!! Definitely more of the main man, Ethan, in videos. Check out our recent video on his channel.
A really nice video! I'll search for more information about the card game, your video makes me wanna play
Sorry I missed this comment. It is a great game. Tough to get into the physical cards now cause product is scarce but not impossible. The FB group in the description is always selling. Or Gemp, also linked, is a super fun way to play the game :)
Pulled all the makings of a great Elven/Wraith deck.
I think I am going to try for that - the Elves from this Set are pretty epic! With only using RotK block cards might be somewhat challenging though - we'll see I guess :) especially with no Elven Bows...cause elf archery is just a beast!
Nice video - not bad on the pulls! Looking forward to the final stretch of this box break.
Thanks for watching! Part 3 will be posted early next week.
That’s for this video, just what I was looking for. Love the sword but both look awesome
Thanks for the comment! The Weta products never disappoint but the sword was pretty awesome as well:)
I love these breaking boxes videos. There are not much of them. Love it! cant wait for next parts!
Thanks for the comment! Glad you like them. Definitely more to come!!
Fun rip! Thanks for opening some packs!
Thanks for the comment, Matt! I was long over due for some rips :)
Nice pulls! Not bad foils so far - cant wait for the rest of the packs.
Part Two will be posted next week!
Thanks for the rips. Did you pick up the box from Hills?
Thanks for the comment! No I actually bought it off someone from the Facebook group that was liquidating their sealed collection.
Great pulls! Can't wait for the next unboxing. Looking for those poster cards!!
Stay tuned - special edition collector packs getting ripped in a few weeks!
Thanks for the ideas.
Any time!
Do you have some nice lists for uruk berserkers and threat orcs for movie block?
Not off hand but I can definitely try and draft something up. I did play Uruk berserkers a little back when the game was hot in real life - let me see what I can dig up!
@@The-LOTR-Gamerfrom last homley house forum: 4x Mordor Guard 2x Mordor Trooper 4x Mordor Veteran 3x Mordor Warrior 4x Orc Officer 2x Orc Patrol 2x Orc Slaughterer 1x Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul 2x Grond, Hammer of the Underworld 1x Ithil Stone 1x Dead Marshes 4x Fires Raged Unchecked 4x Orc Banner 1x Flames Within
@@The-LOTR-Gamer Uruk Crossbow Troop x4 Uruk Engineer x4 Uruk Sapper x4 Uruk Crossbowman x2 Elite Crossbowman Ranged Commander Berserk Slayer x3 Berserk Savage x2 Berserk Rager Battering Ram x4 Assault Ladder x3 Weapons of Isengard x2 Scaling Ladder x2 Siege Engine x2 Delivery of Orthanc I wish i have all of those cards..
Rohirrim Helm has an alternate image version that was packed into Battle of Helms Deep starters. For that set and Ents the starters had fixed alt image rares instead of random rares! Which is kinda lame because you don’t get the random rares when you crack those starters but at the time the rares were chosen to be useful in the decks
Ah. I vaguely remember that. Couldn't remember if they were promo event cards or something. Did that happen with any other rares in TTT?
@@The-LOTR-Gamer not in Two Towers or in the King sets, like this at least. The starters reverted back to normal for ROTK. There are a lot of alt image promos though for various Towers cards though
what happened with the voice in the last few minutes?
I had to cut sound due to the background music caused copyright issues. Cant open cards to epic Howard Shore music unfortunately :(
It's all about having fun. Wish I had some of these cards for decks. These deck choices look fun.
Most definitely! Two Towers is a great block to play in. The intro of horses was a fun game mechanic.
Great video! Can't wait for the face off game.
Thanks for the comment!
I'd suggest getting in a copy of Sam's Pack to your ring bound ranger deck, as that allows you to add 2 twilight to heal a ring bound companion every turn. Which definitely helps heal all of the ranger bow exertions. Cheers!
Also, Sam's Pack can be played on Frodo, so it won't clog your hand waiting on Sam to come out.
Also, Eomer's spear should definitely be in your Rohan side. It is an uncommon, so easy to get. That extra damage on Eomer, means with horse exertion and a win, he deals out 4 damage, which will kill most things, if not then the rider of rohan can help him take out a 5 vitality minion, which covers pretty much everything.
Great idea. I should have a Sam's Pack hanging around too. Let me dig one up! And same with Eomer's Spear - I could probably drop one of the Rider Spears for it. Thanks!!
The blue one!
Nice pick - making it 3-2 for the green box. Did you pick the blue one because its the Maple Leafs colour? #doesthiscountashockeyreferences
Collector Booster! The one with Frodo on the box.
Great choice. That's looking like the front runner.
I gotta to go with Spacial Edit collator box
Great vote bro ;)
I'm with snakedoctor, the first box. Pull some fire! Also, why you pretendin like you actually play Commander? 😂😂 It's cap guys... #exposed
Haha ok boomer! You sure you used cap properly :P
The OG Collector Booster Box!
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