Sometime around the release of The Two Towers Decipher released a rulebook that was a combination of the Starter Rulebook, Deluxe Rulebook, and all the metagame erratas and card rulings. Sometimes a card would need to be reworded, clarified, or in some circumstances even modified from its original form (called thereafter an errata). However, dedicated fans managed to keep copies of the *.pdf's, and it was only through their diligence that the libraries below are filled.Īs time went on over the lifetime of the game, Decipher had to make more and more specific rulings over specific card wordings, combinations, or mechanics. They did not keep an archive, but rather replaced old rulebooks as the new ones became the authority (which of course makes sense from a marketing standpoint as you'd want to convince your players that the most recent iteration of the game is the only one worth playing).

There were three general types of rulebooks: Starter Rulebooks included with Starter Packs that included an overview of the game rules and some simplified concessions Deluxe Rulebooks included with Deluxe starter packs that had a more complete explanation of the game rules and the Comprehensive Rules that combined the Starter and Deluxe rulebooks and collected all the various specific rulings and clarifications that were made for individual cards.Įach physical rulebook had an electronic counterpart in the form of a *.pdf that Decipher distributed on their website. Though there were several flavors of each type of rulebook, each iteration composed Decipher's last word at any given era. In the Lord of the Rings TCG, Rulebooks were collections of, well, rules that outlined both general and specific guidelines of how the game was to be played.

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