LOTR is a fantastic PIN, with more modes and rules then 3 pins combined. It really showed me that a pinball theme done right could elevate pinball to more of a complete story. The music and call outs are awesome and if you love the movies, the PIN will mean so much more to you. Every time I play it, I have to try to get to destroy the ring and see if I can beat my record. TWD at just over 150 plays with approx 30 on the 1.11 code is pretty damn fun and the average game is under 5 minutes because of the constant DDTM. TWD is no LOTR, but it is very fast and fun. They compliment each other, but I would take LOTR over TWD all day any day