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The Fords of Isen with Hobbit Decks 3 – December 31, 2019
Sorry the playthroughs have been a bit sporadic lately. I’m hoping to get back on a regular schedule starting with the last attempt using the Unlikely Hobbit Professions fellowship!… Continue reading The Fords of Isen with Hobbit Decks 3 – December 31, 2019
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Dunedain Hunter
A great way to kick start the Dunedain engagement bonuses.… Continue reading Dunedain Hunter
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Massing at Osgiliath with 3 Unlikely Heroes – September 10, 2022
No review today, but I have playthrough of the first Print on Demand / Gencon quest! Also an update on my current thinking about Angmar Awakened campaign PnP and what it means for my playthroughs. … Continue reading Massing at Osgiliath with 3 Unlikely Heroes – September 10, 2022
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Halbarad (Hero)
“2 against 1, eh? It’s almost a fair fight for you but you really should have brought at least one more to make it even.” – Halbarad probably … Continue reading Halbarad (Hero)
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The Fords of Isen with Hobbit Decks 2 – December 29, 2019
I changed up the Necromancer deck a little bit to fix some issues from the my first attempt. I thought having Erestor discarding my hand would help the Necromancers have targets to bring back with Stand and Fight. It really hindered things instead since I usually didn’t the resources for much beyond playing Stand and Fight once. Plus discarding A Test of Will without using it was never good. Dain too his place for more defense and possible resource acceleration with Hidden Cache. Plus his ability could help get allies into the discard pile. … Continue reading The Fords of Isen with Hobbit Decks 2 – December 29, 2019
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The Fords of Isen with Hobbit Decks – November 10, 2019
After successfully completed Against the Shadow cycle, I continued on to Ringmaker. Ringmaker represents a change in how I played the game. Before I was trying to create a single deck that I would tweak as needed during a cycle. This cycle I abandoned that to experiment with more deck types. I started off playing two handed to play more decks. Spoiler alert, two handed play won’t last long. Still, I remember being excited about trying these two decks I found on Ringsdb and since I couldn’t decide which to play I chose both. I had to make changes because of card overlap, but I got a 2 handed fellowship that I was excited for. … Continue reading The Fords of Isen with Hobbit Decks – November 10, 2019
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Deadmen’s Dike with Lore Tactics Angmar Awakened Minimum Purchase Deck – August 18, 2022
I know the last time I attempted Deadman’s Dike with my last minimum purchase deck that I said I would try it again. I had this idea about making dual sphere deck to help speed up my early game. Also I wanted to improve the combat ability which to including Tactics. Particularly for Derndingle Warrior which I know from my old Mono Tactics deck is a great defender. Something that my previous decks had been missing. … Continue reading Deadmen’s Dike with Lore Tactics Angmar Awakened Minimum Purchase Deck – August 18, 2022
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Halfling Determination
There are many instances we see the determination of the hobbits in the books culminating in Frodo carrying the Ring all the way to the fire of Mount Doom. … Continue reading Halfling Determination
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Dwarven Tomb
Almost like having an extra copy of any Spirit card.… Continue reading Dwarven Tomb
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The Morgul Vale with Mono-Tactics – November 2, 2019
This game has a huge rules mistake. I thought back then that you could have multiple attacks against a single enemy in the same combat phase. Just that it usually didn’t make sense to do so because of defense. The last round in the game has me attacking the Nazghul 4 times in a single round. This game should have gone a few more round at least.… Continue reading The Morgul Vale with Mono-Tactics – November 2, 2019
Keep readingNo Review August 2nd, 2022
The blog and pod are taking this week off due to our various personal obligations. If you haven’t already check out the First Year Retrospective in the mean time. Friday will still have a written playthrough. Thanks everyone as always for reading, watching, or listening!
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