The Ghost of Framsburg with Ghostbusters of Framsburg – May 1, 2021

Starting Hand

• Ithilien Lookout
• Resourceful
• Peace and Thought
• Gandalf
• Erebor Hammersmith
• Quickbeam

Setup

• Hidden Staircase in the staging area
• Threat – 19
• Attach The One Ring to Pippin
• Add The Ruling Ring to hand

Turn 1

1.3 Draw

• Out of the Wild x2

2.2 Planning

• Out of the Wild and put Afraid of the Dark in the victory display
• Resourceful on Pippin
• Ithilien Lookout and top encounter card is Abandoned Ruins

3.1 Quest Phase 3.1 Action(s)

• none

3.2 Committed Characters

• Pippin
• Folco
• Total Quest Power = 4

3.2 Action(s)

• none

3.3 Staging

• Abandoned Ruins
• Threat – 21
• Terrible Shadows
• Quest power – 2
• Total Staging Area Threat = 2

3.3 Action(s)

• none

3.4 Quest Resolution

• no progress but no threat gained

4.2 Travel

• Hidden Staircase
• Discard Cursed Tower and Moonlit Passage
• Threat – 19

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 20

Turn 2

1.3 Draw

• Gildor
• Ithililen Lookout

2.2 Planning

• Ouf of the Wild and add Crypt Stalker to the victory display
• Ithilien Lookout and top encounter card is Slammed Shut
• Quickbeam and deal a damage to ready him.

3.1 Quest Phase

3.2 Committed Characters

• Pippin
• Quickbeam
• Folco
• Bilbo
• Ithilien Lookouts x2
• Total Quest Power = 9

3.3 Staging

• Slammed Shut
• Threat – 21
• Total Staging Area Threat = 0

3.4 Quest Resolution

• +4 Hidden Staircase progress (4 / 4)
• +5 quest progress (5 / 6)

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 22

Turn 3

1.3 Draw

• Scroll of Isildur x2

2.2 Planning

• none

3.1 Quest Phase

3.2 Committed Characters

• Pippin
• Quickbeam
• Total Quest Power = 4

3.3 Staging

• Moonlit Passage
• Total Staging Area Threat = 2

3.4 Quest Resolution

• +2 quest progress (7 / 6)

4.2 Travel

• Moonlit Passage
• Evil Spectre added to the staging area
• Hidden Staircase discarded

5.2 Optional Engagement

• none

5.3 Engagement

• none

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 23
• 7.4 Action(s)
  • Peace and Thought exhausting Folco and Bilbo drawing Risk Some Light, Drinking Song, Mihtrandir’s Advice, The Shirefolk, and Erebor Hammersmith
  • The Shirefolk
  • Threat – 19

Turn 4

1.3 Draw

• Mithrandir’s Advice
• Scout Ahead

2.2 Planning

• Mithrandir’s Advice to draw Robin Smallburrow, Resourceful, and Henamarth
• Resourceful #2 on Pippin
• Mithrandir’s Advice to draw Love of Tales, The Shirefolk, and Deep Knowledge
• The Shirefolk
• Threat – 15
• Deep Knowledge to draw Sword-Thain and Resourceful
• Threat – 17
• Resourceful #3 on Pippin
• Love of Tales on Pippin
• Scout Ahead
• Scroll of Isildur on Pippin
• Drinking Song to shuffle hand in and draw 11 cards. Erebor Hammersmith, Gaffer Gamgee, Deep Knowledge x2, Sword-thain, Risk Some Light x2, Ghan-buri-Ghan, Henamarth, Drinking Song, and Batering drawn.
• Love of Tales to gain a resource
• Deep Knowledge #2 draws Love of Tales and Peace and Thought
• Threat – 19
• Deep Knowledge #3 draws Gildor and Risk Some Light
• Threat – 21
• Drinking Song to shuffle hand in and draw 12 cards. Love of Tales, Sword-thain x2, The Ruling Ring, Scroll of Isildur, Gaffer, Warden of Healing, Peace and Thought, Risk Some Light 2, Out of the Wild, Henamarth
• Love of Tales to gain a resource
• Gaffer
• Warden of Healing
• Henamarth
• Henamarth scrys top encounter card is another Evil Spectre.

3.1 Quest Phase

3.2 Committed Characters vs Scout Ahead

• Pippin
• Gaffer
• Total Quest Power = 3

3.3 Staging

• Evil Spectre #2
• Total Staging Area Threat = 4

3.4 Quest Resolution

• Threat – 22

4.2 Travel

• none

5.2 Optional Engagement

• Evil Spectre #2
• Pippin draws Erebor Hammersmith #2

6 Combat Phase

6.2 Action(s)

• Return Gaffer to hand to cancel attack

6.7 Player Attacks

6.8b Target – Evil Spectre #2

• 6.8b Attackers
  • Quickbeam and Ithilien Lookouts x2
• 6.8.1 Action(s)
  • none
• 6.8.2 Total Attack – 7
• 6.8.3 Damage Dealt – 5
• 6.8.3 Action(s)
  • Warden heals a damage on Quickbeam
• Target destroyed.

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 23
• 7.4 Action(s)
  • Peace and Though exhausting Folco and Bilbo draws Barterting, Erebor Hammersmith #3, Risk Some Light #3, Mablung, and Ithilien Lookout #3

Turn 5

1.3 Draw

• Bartering #2
• The Shirefolk #3

2.2 Planning

• The Shirefolk
• Threat – 19
• Bartering returning Scroll of Isildur to hand and attach Sword-thain to Quickbeam
• Love of Tales on Quickbeam
• Risk Some Light to put Afraid of the Dark and Eyes in the Dark on the bottom of encounter deck while Moonlit Passage is on top.
• Risk Some LIght #2 to put Giant Spider on top of the encounter deck and Moonlit Passage and Old Lantern on the bottom.
• Itilien Lookout #3 and discard Giant Spider
• Risk Some Light #3 to put Giant Spider on top and Werewolf and Haunted Hall on the bottom.
• Gaffer
• Discard Scroll of Isildur to play Drinking Song to shuffle in hand and draw 9 cards. Robin, Scroll of Isildur x2, Erebor Hammersmith, Gandalf, Drinking Song, Bartering, Mablung, and Mithrandir’s Advice
• +3 resources from Love of Tales
• Mithrandir’s Advice draws Erebor Hammersmith #2, Firyal, and Ghan-buri-Ghan.
• Scroll of Isildur on Pippin

3.1 Quest Phase

3.2 Committed Characters vs Scout Ahead

• Pippin
• Quickbeam
• Warden of Healing
• Henamarth
• Gaffer
• Total Quest Power = 7

3.3 Staging

• Giant Spider
• Total Staging Area Threat = 4

3.4 Quest Resolution

• +3 Moonlit Passage progress (3 / 4)

5.2 Optional Engagement

• Evil Spectre
• Pippin draws The Ruling Ring

6 Combat Phase

6.2 Action(s)

• Return Gaffer to hand to cancel Evil Spectre attack

6.7 Player Attacks

6.8b Target – Evil Spectre

• 6.8b Attackers
  • Ithilien Lookouts x3
• 6.8.1 Action(s)
  • none
• 6.8.2 Total Attack – 6
• 6.8.3 Damage Dealt – 4
• Target destroyed.

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 20
• 7.4 Action(s)
  • a

Turn 6

1.3 Draw

• Ouf of the Wild
• Sword-thain #2

2.2 Planning

• Firyal
• Gaffer
• Drinking Song to draw 12 cards. Robin, Scroll of Isildur, Erebor Hammersmith x2, Gandalf, Drinking Song, Mablung, Out of the Wild, Gildor, Ghan-buri-Ghan, and The Ruling Ring drawn.
• +3 resources from Love of Tales
• Discard Scroll of Isildur to Play Risk Some Light and put Cursed Tower on top and Forgotten Crypt and Slammed Shut on the bottom.
• Scroll of Isildur on Pippin
• Ghan-buri-Ghan
• Robin Smallburrow

3.1 Quest Phase vs Scout Ahead

3.2 Committed Characters

• Firyal
• Ghan-buri-Ghan
• Robin Smallburrow
• Total Quest Power = 7

3.3 Staging

• Cursed Tower
• Total Staging Area Threat = 5

3.4 Quest Resolution

• +1 Moonlit Passage progress (4 / 4)
• +1 Scout Ahead progress (1 / 4)

4.2 Travel

• Cursed Tower
• Discard Black Bats, Giant Spider, and Eyes in the Dark

5.2 Optional Engagement

• Giant Spider
• Pippin draws Bartering

6 Combat Phase

6.2 Action(s)

• Return Gaffer to hand to cancel attack

6.7 Player Attacks

6.8b Target – Giant Spider

• 6.8b Attackers
  • Quickbeam and Ithilien Lookout
• 6.8.2 Total Attack – 5
• 6.8.3 Damage Dealt – 3
• Target destroyed.

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 21

Turn 7

1.3 Draw

• Risk Some LIght
• Deck is empty

2.2 Planning

• Risk Some Light to put Black Bats on top and Abandoned Ruins and Haunted Hall on the bottom.
• Discard Scroll of Isildur to play Risk Some Light and put Werewolf on top and Black Bats x2 on the Bottom.
• Drinking Song to draw Risk Some Light and my hand again.
• +3 Resources from Love of Tales
• Gaffer

3.1 Quest Phase

3.2 Committed Characters

• Firyal and choose not to discard because between Scout Ahead and last Out of the Wild, I should be able to add Fram’s Shade to victory display.
• Ghan-buri-Ghan
• Robin
• Gaffer
• Total Quest Power = 9

3.3 Staging

• Werewolf
• Total Staging Area Threat = 3

3.4 Quest Resolution

• +3 Cursed Tower progress (3 / 3)
• +3 progress on Scout Ahead (4 / 4)
• Add Fram’s Shade and Scout Ahead to the victory display.
• Next 4 cards are Crypt Key, Forgotten Tomb, Scatha’s Teeth, and Crypt Stalker

5.2 Optional Engagement

• Werewolf

6 Combat Phase

6.2 Action(s)

• Return Gaffer to hand to cancel attack

6.7 Player Attacks

6.8b Target – Werewolf

• 6.8b Attackers
  • Quickbeam
  • Ithiliien Lookouts x3
• 6.8.2 Total Attack – 9
• 6.8.3 Damage Dealt – 8
• Target destroyed.

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 22

Turn 8

1.3 Draw

• None because deck is empty

2.2 Planning

• Gaffer
• Gildor
• Erebor Hammersmith getting Scroll of Isildur back
• Attach Scroll to Pippin

3.1 Quest Phase

3.2 Committed Characters

• Friyal
• Total Quest Power = 3

3.3 Staging

• Forgotten Crypt
• Total Staging Area Threat = 2

3.4 Quest Resolution

• +1 quest progress (8 / 6)

4.2 Travel

• Forgotten Crypt
• Discard Scythia’s Teeth
• Discard Crypt Stalker and add it to the staging area.
• Crypt Key attached to it as guarded objective

5.2 Optional Engagement

• Crypt Stalker

6 Combat Phase

6.2 Action(s)

• Return Gaffer to hand to cancel attack.

6.7 Player Attacks

6.8b Target – Crypt Stalker

• 6.8b Attackers
  • Quickbeam
  • Ithilien Lookout x3
• 6.8.2 Total Attack – 9
• 6.8.3 Damage Dealt – 7
• Target destroyed
• Crypt Key attached to Pippin
• Advance to Stage 2
• Evil Spectre added to the staging area.

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 23

Turn 9

1.3 Draw

• none

2.2 Planning

• Risk Some Light to put an Eyes in the Dark on top and Crypt Stalker and another Eyes in the Dark on the bottom.
• Mablung to raise engagement cost and engage the Evil Spectre

3.1 Quest Phase

• Haunted Hall added to the staging area

3.2 Committed Characters

• Folco
• Pippin
• Firyal and discard Cursed Tower
• Mablung
• Robin
• Gaffer
• Henamarth
• Hammersmith
• Total Quest Power = 14

3.3 Staging

• Giant Spider
• Total Staging Area Threat = 6

3.4 Quest Resolution

• +2 Forgotten Crypt progress (2 / 2) and add it to the victory display
• • 6 quest progress (6 / 12)

4.2 Travel

• Haunted Hall and use Crypt Key to make it Discover 5
• Slammed Shut revealed
• Threat – 24 and Ghan-buri-Ghan exhausted
• Scatha’s Teeth attached to Haunted Hall
• Old Lantern, Cursed Tower, and Werewolf discarded.

5.2 Optional Engagement

• none

5.3 Engagement

• none

6 Combat Phase

6.2 Action(s)

• return Gaffer to hand and cancel Evil Spectre attack

6.7 Player Attacks

6.8b Target – Evil Spectre

• 6.8b Attackers
  • Ithilien Lookouts x3
• 6.8.2 Total Attack – 6
• 6.8.3 Damage Dealt – 4
• Target destroyed and shuffled into the encounter deck because Haunted Hall has the Dark trait.

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 25

Turn 10

1.3 Draw

• none

2.2 Planning

• Gaffer
• Gandalf
• Discard Scroll to play Risk Some Light and to put Slammed Shut on top and Giant Spider and Black Bats on the bottom.
• Threat – 26

3.1 Quest Phase

• Cursed Tower added to the staging area.

3.2 Committed Characters

• Pippin
• Gandalf
• Firyal and discard Terrible Shadows
• Ghan-buri-Ghan
• Robin
• Mablung
• Hammersmith
• Henamarth
• Gaffer
• Total Quest Power = 20

3.3 Staging

• Crypt Stalker
• Total Staging Area Threat = 7

3.4 Quest Resolution

• +4 Haunted Hall progress (4 / 4)
• +9 quest progress (15 / 12)
• Scatha’s Teeth attached to Pippin
• Advance to Stage 3
• Cursed Tomb added to the staging area.

4.2 Travel

• Cursed Tomb
• Use Crypt Key to make it Discover 2
• Terrible Shadows revealed.

5.2 Optional Engagement

• Giant Spider

5.3 Engagement

• none

6 Combat Phase

6.2 Action(s)

• Exhaust Scatha’s Teeth and Threat – 24
• Return Gaffer to hand to cancel spider attack

6.7 Player Attacks

6.8b Target – Giant Spider

• 6.8b Attackers
  • Gandalf
  • Quickbeam
• 6.8.2 Total Attack – 5
• 6.8.3 Damage Dealt – 3
• Target destroyed.

7 Refresh

• 7.3 Threat – 27
• 7.4 Action(s)
  • Keep Gandalf in Play and Threat- 29
  • Exahust Scatha’s Teeth and Threat – 27

Turn 11

1.3 Draw

• Risk Some Light

2.2 Planning

• Gaffer
• Erebor Hammersmith #2 and return Scroll of Isildur to hand.
• Add Eyes in the Dark to the victory display with Out of the Wild
• Scroll on Pippin
• Discard it to play Drinking Song for +3 Resources and redraw hand
• Risk Some Light to put Moonlit Passage on top and Black Bats and Abandoned Ruins on the bottom.

3.1 Quest Phase

3.2 Committed Characters

• Pippin
• Folco
• Gandalf
• Ghan-buri-Ghan
• Firyal
• Robin
• Mablung
• Total Quest Power = 18

3.3 Staging

• Moonlit Passage
• Total Staging Area Threat = 9

3.4 Quest Resolution

• +3 progress on Cursed Tower (3 / 3)
• +6 quest progress (6 / 6)

I win because Fram’s Shade is already in the victory display!

Score 124 = 10 x 10 rounds + 27 Threat + 0 hero damage + 0 dead heroes – 3 victory points