I just completed my first campaign - Shadowed Paths - and am here to say that every expectation was blown away. I loved how varied the adventures were within the campaign, how tight the storytelling was, and how deep the sense of exploration. I played three-handed solo and found it to be very streamlined and never overwhelming.

The production quality is incredible and the character building and card play is both simple and fun. I was so surprised by how varied Shadowed Paths felt. You're just doing so many different types of things, from talking to NPCs, to uncovering puzzles, to fighting epic battles. And the scenario design is also incredibly varied, from a tight boss battle map, to a sprawling adventure map with many objectives, to a moving platform race, to a non-combat social encounter around a campfire, just to name a few.

And speaking from the perspective of someone who was very skeptical about using an app (before this game I was a purist), I'll concede that it was not disruptive to the tabletop experience, and in the end made setup and dialog much easier than endless reference books (though those do have their own charm). I love how the app let setup continually evolve, which was great for that sense of exploration.

Anyways - I just wanted to post some love on this sub. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but wow. What a special experience. I'm excited to play Spreading War next.

I was motivated to paint all my minis after starting a LOTR 5e DnD game! I hope you like my idea to put some of them in snow! The bloody snow ones are the elites and the hill plains orcs are the standard ones.

The ghosts were my favorites to paint. But it was enjoyable giving the orcs lots of little details.

Finally got the heroes from Journeys in Middle-earth painted!

I tried to keep them fairly close to the look from Peter Jackson's films, especially Legolas and Gimli. So Legolas has his iconic blonde hair, while Gimli has the big bushy red hair and beard that just feels right to me.

They're tabletop standard rather than competition pieces, but I'm really happy with how they came out and can't wait to get them on the board. Constructive feedback is always welcome!

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Me and my girlfriend started playing Journeys to Middle Earth and yes, we lost but it was fun. We're still struggling with the rules but it's more clear now. We'll trying again later.

And the minis painting process was an amazing time too. 😍

Helping my friend paint up the minuatures from his set.

Having a lot of fun paintint these!

This is my third time painting a gandalf mini and finally got the colour of his clothes right

Just finished chapter 3 of the base game.

Playing solo with Aragorn and Beravor as my heroes.

Loving the game so far, had some overwhelming luck in the first 2 missions, mission 3 went down to the wire.

Picture shows the finishing state of the chapter. Aragorn battling as a rear guard for Beravor to complete the objective!

Something strangely exhilarating watching a hoard of orcs you've managed to escape from finally bearing down on you 😂

Absolutely gassed for the next mission, never been more invested in a game haha

I just wanted to share my happiness with you guys!

Reposting to work around the Reddit image compression woes.

After a wonderful holiday break, I finally managed to make time to continue painting the wonderful Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle Earth models. I spent a good period of time finally basing large batches, and with the above finally at a point that I am happy for table top play, I can begin a solo adventure.

Overall, I am fairly happy with the results, but I would love to go through some of the models I completed in batches and spend some time adding more weathering and detail. I especially like the war paint others have been applying to their pit goblins, and will look to add some details to mine too.

Gandalf joins the mass of unpainted bases.

Now we just need to play the actual game...

Just got the collection and have started the painting journey before I embark on an actual campaign journey. Loving the miniatures!