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Alone Time: Not Jackson’s Hobbit

Why "Not Jackson's Hobbit," you ask? Because Jackson's Hobbit is one of the worst things I've ever seen. It plundered my childhood and turned it into a bad videogame. And it didn't even look as good as most modern videogames.

Although it’s highlighted some pretty exciting adventure games, today Alone Time is going to outdo itself — and not only by talking about itself in the third person; rather, by introducing you to The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game from Fantasy Flight Games! More than being merely a great two-player game (and theoretically more, though more than two makes it as boggy as the Dead Marshes in late April — pardon me, Thrimidge by Shire reckoning), TLotR:TCG is also an absolutely fantastic solo game. What’s more, it’s so expansive that it blurs the line between game and hobby.

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