And so it begins... Lord of the Rings by Kingswildproject

[Harvonsgard]

Jackson shared an interesting picture on the kingswildproject instagram. Looks like the first draft for his Lord of the Rings deck(s).

[kem-collector]

I wonder how licensing is going to work here. I don't really want anything to do with any kind of tiered subscription so I never bothered with Kings Wild Project all that much. But I am a rather large LOTR fan. I wonder if he is going to (or even be able to) lock certain limited edition versions behind his subscription pay-wall. I can imagine there are going to be a lot of LOTR fans that want every deck version possible but will cause a ruckus having to subscribe to something and get decks they don't care at all about.

Or, I could be talking about something I know nothing about....lol. Like I said, I don't like subscriptions so I just avoid Jackson and KWP.

[Harvonsgard]

I'm not an avid follower as well so my infos my be faulty or overdue but the last infos I heard are, that this is an officially licensed product. He announced it last year that he finally got the license deal so this is all safe and sound. This will be a kickstarter of his. No subscription deck planned as for now.

[hsbc]

I wonder whether Jackson has any say in when his LotR campaign would be - I could certainly see the Tolkien estate wanting to have this happen around the same time as Amazon's upcoming LotR TV series

[kem-collector]

LOTR Kickstarter is going to explode I imagine. Well, this would be me on a LOTR playing cards KS campaign...

[Harvonsgard]

I expect it to knock off Name of the Wind from the current No.1 spot of playing card campaigns.
First playing card Kickstarter that breaks the 1,000,000 US$ mark? I would say it's not an unrealistic scenario.

[kem-collector]

Man, I hope there is a bad-guys deck as well as a good-guys deck. And the Mouth of Sauron better be a Joker.

[Harvonsgard]

Can't tell you that, but I can tell you there will be a gilded deck for sure!

[justplaycards]

Jackson has opened an instagram account for this project if you want to follow along https://www.instagram.com/lordoftheringsplayingcards/

[Harvonsgard]

Jackson starts to create instagram accounts just like decks. Kingswild, BTSKingswild, LotRKingswild, ...

[wingedpotato]

I know it's early yet, but I hope the design includes some more Middle Earth flourishes as it develops. Frodo (Bilbo?) looks amazing though.

[BaconWise]

Jackson has a great opportunity to bring some new collectors into the fold with this project. This will cross-over to the rabid fantasy fans (like myself!) and hopefully open their eyes to our strange corner of the world. I really look forward to more of these high-profile projects in the future because that means more eyes on the hobby!

[JacksonRobinson]

I wonder how licensing is going to work here. I don't really want anything to do with any kind of tiered subscription so I never bothered with Kings Wild Project all that much. But I am a rather large LOTR fan. I wonder if he is going to (or even be able to) lock certain limited edition versions behind his subscription pay-wall. I can imagine there are going to be a lot of LOTR fans that want every deck version possible but will cause a ruckus having to subscribe to something and get decks they don't care at all about.

Or, I could be talking about something I know nothing about....lol. Like I said, I don't like subscriptions so I just avoid Jackson and KWP.

Have no fear. Zero of the Lord of the Rings project will be trapped behind a subscription wall. The fanbase is just to big and that would be a stupid business mistake on mypart.

[JacksonRobinson]

This is my current court card list for each of the three decks.

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[Outsider]

The details excite me.

[kem-collector]

Mouth of Sauron - Joker 2 RotK deck. I'm in. Nothing else needs to be said.

[kem-collector]

Have no fear. Zero of the Lord of the Rings project will be trapped behind a subscription wall. The fanbase is just to big and that would be a stupid business mistake on mypart.

OK, sounds wonderful! I will be there for sure as one of the masses!

[Harvonsgard]

Giving love for Tom Bombadil. Awesome . Thanks for sharing that list Jackson. Really nice picks for the courts.

[hsbc]

I'm curious JR, is there an official list of some sort provided to you with the proper spellings for all of the Middle-Earth locations? Or are you just expected to get it right from the books?

[TheGentlemanWake]

Love this!

[Timmargh]

No Bill the pony?

[justplaycards]

No Bill the pony?

[EndersGame]

This looks like it is going to be fantastic!

If it is marketed well outside playing card circles, it certainly has the potential to become a huge success.