That is, if this day was 1997, which is when the games final expansion released
Think of them like a Sidequest in an RPG: is it better to focus on your main objective (defeating the opponent), or focus your combat phase on the Battle and earn a reward for doing so that can help you accomplish your goal
You just need to set your expectations when it comes to how much money you want to make or spend
(2/2/2024) If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token
The game has 3 types of tokens, each of them important and in constant use: Influence, Progress, and Wounds
Each land card features an iconic region from Middle-earth: The Shire and Rohan are plains, Mirkwood is a forest, and The Dead Marshes and Gorgoroth are of course swamps