Middle Earth Challenge Decks (MECD) (1998): 10 pairs of decks for tournament play.The White Hand (MEWH) (1997): Introduces a third faction, the corrupted Fallen-Wizard, whose player can use both hero and minion resources and characters, although with restrictions.Notable are the hazard creature versions of the five wizards. Mostly balances the game by adding resources for and hazards against the minion player as well as some support resources for the hero. Against the Shadow (MEAS) (1997): The only expansion to MELE, although it also contains hero cards.Adds the possibility to play as a Ringwraith of Sauron. The Lidless Eye (MELE) (1997): The second basic set.Also adds an underground network of site cards, The Under-Deeps, which later becomes The Balrog's realm. Dark Minions (MEDM) (1996): Adds many powerful hazard cards including more undead and introduces the agents - a subtle group of Sauron's servants, concentrating on intrigue and influence.As the name implies, deals mostly with dragons, their treasure and the northern regions. The Dragons (METD) (1996): The first expansion set for METW.Pretty straightforward gameplay with relatively simple marshalling point cards and hazard creatures. The Wizards (METW) (1995): The first basic set, dealing with the good side, including most main characters from the books, like Gandalf, Frodo and Aragorn.
MECCG online events are organized several times a year and every player is free to participate in them.Ī web-based game variant is active at Card sets The game can be played online through the use of the Generic Collectible Card Game ( GCCG), allowing normal or sealed games. MECCG still has a relatively loyal and active fanbase of players.
This license was later bought by Decipher, who used it to bring out another CCG. The game's production ended in 1999, when ICE lost the license that allowed them to use the content of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. MECCG won two Origins Awards: Best Card Game of 1995 for MECCG: The Wizards and Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game or Expansion of 1996 for MECCG: The Dragons. The game is somewhat distinguished from most other CCG's with the use of two six-sided dice for a random factor and also by the actual map of Middle-earth, including regions your companies travel through, and site cards they visit. Later expansions have added the possibility to take the role of a Ringwraith of Sauron (MELE), a corrupted wizard playing by his own rules (MEWH), the malevolent Balrog (MEBA), or even Sauron himself.
Any player may also win by acquiring and destroying the One Ring after a complicated set of events. Then, for each player's turn, the roles change clockwise around the table (the player who was moving his characters then throws hazards at the player to his or her right). A turn in the game consists of one player's wandering around Middle-earth with the help of famous characters of Middle-earth, trying to gather influence and power to aid in the battle against The Dark Lord, while another player tries to harass, and ultimately kill his characters with specific hazard cards.
Although the declare combat phase isn't a real phase in the game, this is what players should use to declare a combat step and to do 'When Entering Combat', as this will make sure players do not miss declaring a combat.In its basic form, it is a game for one to five players, each choosing one of the five wizards to represent themselves. After last phase turn will switch to the other player.
Alternatively, CTRL+Spacebar announces a pass.į5-F9 jump through phases. Clicking them announces either a Pass, no further actions, or a wait wants to react. Reaction Buttons appear when you load a deck. Enjoy the many benefits OCTGN has to offer, like game rooms, matchmaking, etc. That's it! You're all set to play DBZ online via OCTGN. After installing the image pack, you should get a success prompt. o8c file that was extracted from the zip. To add the images in-game, click 'Add Image Packs' and select the.
To add images, you have to download the Full Image pack.
From there, you have the option to install or uninstall the game.
After you install OCTGN, here are the steps to add the DBZ patch to the program:Īfter the game feed is installed, click the drop box to the left of 'Add Game Feed' and select 'DBZ Feed'.