The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a cooperative game for 1 or 2 players where each player controls a band of adventurers who are attempting to complete dangerous quests in Middle-Earth. The players must work together in order to defeat scenarios controlled by the game. With the addition of a copy of the core set, up to 4 players can play cooperatively. As a Living Card Game, additional cards and quests are available in regular expansions, allowing players to customize the contents of this set or to create their own original decks.

This Two-Player Limited Edition Starter Box comes with two pre-built player decks constructed from previously released cards but with two new heroes and all new graphic design! Also included in this box are two unique scenarios and the threat trackers and tokens required to play them.

—description from the publisher

The scenarios included in this set were rereleased as The Dark of Mirkwood scenario pack.