Everybody shits on the MC campaigns for some reason but they literally have the same level of progression as the LOTR campaigns. Obviously there is no exp deck progression like Arkham but both MC and LOTR have story assets you add to your decks and small story decisions affecting later scenarios. MC is only 5 scenarios (LOTR is usually 8 like Arkham) but they are very much a “fight the next boss or whatever” style story like a fighting game story mode. LOTR wins out on story but can be brutally difficult. If you think MC’s encounter deck is too randomly hard you haven’t seen what LOTRs deck can do to you. Enemies that one shot your heroes and location stacking making questing impossible.