Have you ever wanted to play Lord of the Rings TCG online? Well now you can through Apprentice!

If you don't have Apprentice go to our downloads area and get hooked up.

Once your set up, come back here for more info on how to use it.

There are three main sections to this page:

1. Find a Game
2. Getting Started, Basic Gameplay by Evan Fitzgerald
3. FAQ
   

Getting Started, Basic Gameplay by Evan Fitzgerald

1. Create Deck - under file - Deckmaker...a popup utility will appear. Create a deck and hit save (the little disk icon)
2. Either play solitaire or connect to opponent over the Internet
3. Before drawing your hand you need to do the following
   1. Go to the menu and select ACTION - CREATE A CARD
   2. The title of the card is BID - in the power section place your opening bid - and hit OK
   3. When you see your opponent has completed making his card both players should drag their cards onto the table.
   4. Then go to menu VIEW - MY LIBRARY
   5. While holding the shift key down - drag each of your sites onto the table and off to the side (I would keep them in some order). this will drag the cards upside down on the table
   6. Then drag frodo, the one ring, and your starting fellowship
   7. Close your library and CTRL-S to shuffle
   8. Draw 8 cards CTRL-D or click the draw button 8 times
   9. Go to the menu and select ACTION - CREATE A CARD titled TWILIGHT with nothing in power/toughness
   10. Place that card on the table
4. Keep track of counters but right clicking on a card a hitting D to add one or C to set the number on counters
5. Keep track of twilight by placing counters on the TWILIGHT card. Have the opponent take control of card anytime they need to play something - or just do it yourself.

FAQ

1. What happens if the game gets disconnected?

   The system has a built in feature for reconnecting, but its a little confusing. You will get some error like "Game has been unintentionally discounted". You then need to go to the Menu - select Communication - Disconnect. This will give you a new button on the far right on the Icon menu bar (for standard theme the stopwatch is replaced with the lightbulb - for LOTR theme you will see a blue button with "RE" in it). Push that button - and reconnect. IF YOU EXIT OUT OF APPRENTICE OR CLICK NEW GAME - You Are Screwed.

2. Why do the sites jump all around in the deck editor?

   To be honest, I don't know? But here is why it is setup that why - and what you can do about it. Pulling the sites out of the deck at the start of the game is tons easier. After opening the library - just hit "1" and it jumps you to site 1, rinse and repeat and it even works for "F" for frodo. Also, when making a deck its much easier to find the sites if they are ordered appropriately.

   Now here is how to use the deck editor. Go to "1 - Bag End", then use arrow keys to move up and down. You can right click to view the card without jumping. AAfter viewing a card click back to the deck editor (BUT NOT IN THE CARD WINDOW - just some 'dead space'). Continue using the UP and DOWN arrows. To add a card use CTRL-A and conitune with the UP and DOWN arrows. Hope this helps
   

3. What do I do if I forgot the order of my sites?
   I would consider it poor play to peak at any of the facedown cards on the table. The reason is that you cannot tell which card you opponent is looking at. Therefore if you get your sites messed up - it is your fault and therefore find your next site by either dragging it into your hand and dragging it back (while holding the shift key down) or just flip it over so your opponent see too.
   
   
4. How do I use GOBLIN SNEAK/BREEDING PIT/GIMLI/MALLORN TREES (placing cards beneath your draw deck)?
   If you drag a card to your library (book symbol) with the SHIFT key down...it goes to the bottom of your library. You will see this text in the dialogue box
   
   
5. How do I use THE UNDERDEEPS OF MORIA?
   There is no mechanic in Apprentice to show the bottom card of your draw deck. However I would say this is the best solution. If you have a totally random deck (i.e. haven't stacked the bottom with SNEAK) your can show your opponent your library and they will verify for you. Then you can view your library and play the card. However if you are going to play the combo - I would recommend that when you play the SNEAK you create a pile of cards off to the side that represent your "bottom of draw deck". If at any time you are required to shuffle your deck - move all of those cards into your library and shuffle them all together.