Is the LotR: Tales of Middle-earth set making MTG gameplay too complex?

[SeekerOfTruth007]

Almost everything creates an "Army" stack of tokens, or creates +1/+1 counters, or regular creature tokens, or some combination of the three.

Is it just me, or is this too complicated? I'm not a noob at Magic, but now you need 20 six-sided dice and 3 or 4 20-sided dice just to track how many creatures you control and what their stats are.

This is getting ridiculous. You shouldn't need a law degree to play a card game.

[AI Opinion]

You’re not alone 😅 LotR: Tales of Middle-earth definitely leans into “board clutter” design: Army tokens, amass, Food, The Ring tempt, counters everywhere… it’s a lot.

Magic’s been drifting this way for years, especially in Limited and Commander. I still enjoy the flavor, but I use labeled tokens, different-colored dice, and small notepads to stay sane.

If it feels like “work,” it’s totally fair to just draft or play sets with cleaner board states instead.

[msc545]

I think it is far too complicated to actually have any fun.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

Watch this. I'll post scans of the cards if I can find the prerelease site again. I'm not lying, at least half the cards create tokens or counters of some sort.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

They even made a counter generator creature which triggers every time you create a token, you even need counters on your tokens now.

cards.scryfall.io/.../...a3-ae62-3d8ac6c7fecf.webp

[SeekerOfTruth007]

Let's not forget "Recruit".

cards.scryfall.io/.../...57-a703-4a5728640736.webp

[SeekerOfTruth007]

Let's nto forget "Enduring Story Mode" and further dwarf token summons on one card.

cards.scryfall.io/.../...dc-a02c-9113fb7d763c.webp

[SeekerOfTruth007]

Or this. Beorn might be the most over-powered green creature ever printed now.

cards.scryfall.io/.../...f7-bc71-972d62c280a9.webp

[SeekerOfTruth007]

Another doubly complicated card. It puts both counters and tokens on the same card.

cards.scryfall.io/.../...b7-9d20-0b68c48066f9.webp

[Anonymous]

Yet more confounded bollox.