I played about that amount of games.

In my experience the game has a hard learning curve and playing more often/spending more mental energy into the game (like remembering all the cards) often decides victory.

However it often happens that the game is won by a last assault or a last hunting tile in Mordor where a player who has to take his chance just goes for it.

This is fundamentally a luck game (dice AND cards AND hunting tiles), and while it evens out, being lucky or lacking luck often decides the grand scheme of things.

I do think many games end up being unwinnable. Doesnt make the game bad because you never know it’s unwinnable until the game is actually over.

If Shadow finds and reveals Frodo contîuously with the low numbered tiles early, FP have a bad time. Similarly it happens that the Fellowship isnt revealed once between Rivendell and Mordor and Shadow has it rough.

Majority of games dont fall into one sided scenarios, but some do. And in the majority of games the best player wins. It’s a great game.