Steward’s Fear with Mono-Tactics 2 – July 30, 2019

Introduction

There is on caveat to this attempt. I didn’t realize until turn 11 that I was supposed to randomly select an ally. The game might have gone a bit differently if I had done so earlier. Turn 11 I rolled a d8 to select the unlucky ally. Before that I just picked.

Decklist

Play by Play

Starting hand: Vassal of the Windlord, Rivendell Blade, Honour Guard, Foe-hammer x2, Derndingle Warrior.

Turn 1: Foe-hammer drawn. Rivendell Blade played on Legolas. Derndingle Warrior played too. Eowyn quests for 4. Choose to add Storehouse to the staging area for Lost in the City. 2 progress made on the 4th Star. Refresh and increase threat to 26.

Turn 2: Gandalf drawn. Vassal of the Windlord and Honour Guard played. Eowyn and Derndingle Warrior quest for 5. False Lead ends questing. Refresh and increase threat to 27.

Turn 3: Bofur drawn and played. Bofur, Eowyn, and Derndingle Warrior quest for 6. City Street added to staging area and surges into Underworld Dissident for total threat of 7. Threat raised to 28 for unsuccessfully questing. Dissident engaged and Beregond defends taking no damage as shadow card has no effect. Legolas attacks and kills the dissident placing 2 progress on the 4th Star. Play Foe-hammer exhausting Rivendell Blade to draw 3 cards. Draw 2 Eagles of the Misty Mountains and Arod. Refresh and increase threat to 29.

Turn 4: Gondorian Shield drawn and played on Beregond. Arod played on Legolas. Eowyn, Bofur, and Derndingle Warrior quest for 6. Underworld Dissident added to the staging area resulting 7 threat. Threat raised to 30 for questing unsuccessfully. Dissident engaged and his attack defended by Beregond. No shadow effect and Beregond takes no damage. Legolas attacks and kills the dissident placing a progress on the 4th Star to explore it and 1 resource placed on stage 1B. Lossarnach Bandit added to the staging area from under the 4th Star. Arod exhausted to place a progress on Storehouse. Rivendell Blade exhausted for Foe-hammer and draw 3 cards. Derndingle Warrior, Gandalf, and Blade of Gondolin drawn. Refresh and increase threat to 31.

Turn 5: Dagger of Westernesse drawn and played on Legolas. Blade of Gondolin played on Beregond. Eagles of the Misty Mountains played. Eowyn, Bofur, Derndingle Warrior, and Eagles of the Misty Mountains quest for 9. Honour Guard discarded to A Knife in the Back treachery but no damage dealt to a hero. 2 progress places on the quest but it doesn’t matter. Travel to City Street. Lossarnach Bandit engaged but don’t have any resources to discard. Beregond defends and no shadow effect so no damage to Beregond. Legolas attacks and kills the bandit placing 2 progress on City Street exploring it which adds a resource to the quest. Exhaust Arod to put a progress on Storehouse exploring it and adding another resource to the quest for a total of 3. Zealous Traitor added to the staging area from under Storehouse. Exhaust Dagger of Westernesse and play Foe-hammer to draw 3 cards. 2 Favor of the Valar and Knights of the Swan drawn. Refresh and increase threat to 32. (That was an awesome turn.)

Turn 6: Feint drawn. Derndingle Warrior played. Eowyn and Eagles of the Misty Mountains quest for 6. Sewers added to the staging area so questing is successful. Travel to the Sewers. Zealous Traitor optionally engaged dealing a damage to all allies which kills Vassal of the Windlord. Vassal of the Windlord added under Eagles of the Misty Mountains. Beregond defends and shadow raises traitor’s attack to 4 dealing no damage. Legolas attacks and kills the traitor adding 3 progress to the Sewers after exhausting #Arod. Sewers explored adding the last resource to the quest and Secret Map objective revealed from under the Sewers. Stage 1B is completed revealing the Up in Flames plot (now not so happy about all the cards drawn by Foe-hammer) and adds Roots of Mindolliun as the active location. Refresh and increase threat to 33. Up in Flames gets a resource token and discards Vassal of the Windlord from the top of my deck.

Turn 7: Honour Guard drawn and played. Knights of the Swan played too. Eowyn, Bofur, 2 Derndingle Warrior, and Eagles of the Misty Mountains quest for 10. Sewers added to the staging area putting an Underworld card under Roots of Mindolliun. Questing results in Roots being fully explored and 1 resource token on the quest. Roots adds Umbar Assassin and Zealous Traitor to the staging area. Travel to Sewers. Optionally engage Zealous Traitor dealing 1 damage to all allies and exhaust Honour Guard to save Knights of the Swan. Eowyn soaks 2 archery damage from Umbar Assassin. Knights of the Swan defends the traitor’s attack and shadow removes the resource token from the quest as Knights of the Swan die. Legolas kills the traitor and with Arod explores the Sewers. Pickpocket added to the staging area from under the Sewers. Exhaust Beregond to claim the Secret Map objective. Up in Flames discards Beechbone and Knights of the Swan from top of my deck. Refresh and increase threat to 34.

Turn 8: Honour Guard drawn and played. Eowyn, Bofur, and 2 Derndingle Warrior quest for 8. City Street added which surges into Underworld Dissident. Questing unsuccessful resulting in threat increasing to 38. Travel to City Street. Umbar Assassin Optionally engaged and 2 of 3 damage to Legolas prevented by Honour Guards. Pickpocket and dissident engage on their own. Undamaged Honour Guard soaks 2 archery damage. Beregond defends against the assassin. No shadow effect and no damage dealt. Play Feint on pickpocket. Dissident atrack undefended dealing 2 damage to Beregond as shadow card has no effect. Legolas kills the assassin exploring the City Streets and putting a 2nd resource token on the quest. Eagles of the Misty Mountains kill the pickpocket. Up in Flames discards Favor of the Valar, Rivendell Blade, and Sterner than Steel. Refresh and increase threat to 39.

Turn 9: Dagger of Westernesse drawn. Eagles of the Misty Mountains number 2 played. Eowyn, Bofur, and 2 Derndingle Warrior quest for 8. Market Square added to the Staging area. Can’t travel to it. Dissident attacks and Beregond defends. No shadow effect and no damage dealt. Up in Flames discards 4 cards from top of my deck (16 cards left.) Refresh and increase threat to 40.

Turn 10: Defender of Rammas drawn and no cards played. Same questers as last turn for 8. Beregond gains Local Trouble. Spend a resource to travel to Market Square. Eagles of the Misty Mountains defends against Underworld Dissident. Shadow has no effect because attack is defended. Refresh and increase threat to 41. Up in Flames mills 5 (10 cards left).

Turn 10: Derndingle Warrior drawn and played. Same questers as last turn for 8. Discard a Derndingle Warrior to A Knife in the Back preventing the damage to a hero with Honour Guard. Questing now for 7 which well exceeds the 1 progress needed for Market Square. 3rd resource placed on the quest. Eagles of the Misty Mountains defends the dissident’s attack and shadow removes all resources but now damage. Up in Flames mills 6 (3 cards left), refresh, and increase threat to 42.

Turn 11: Sterner than Steel drawn. Same questers for 8 and if encounter card is not a location that’s the game. City Street added to the staging area and surges into A Knife in the Back. The damaged Derndingle Warrior is discarded and damage prevented with Honour Guard. Travel to City Streets. Damaged Eagles of the Misty Mountains defends dissident’s attack and takes no damage as there is no shadow effect. Legolas attacks and kills the dissident exploring the City Streets and placing last resource on the quest. Stage 3A adds the villain to the staging area but does not remove the plot. Lose to Up in Flames at the end of the turn.