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• Fire in the Night with Side Quest: Reunification of the Numenorian Kingdoms – April 17, 2021January 21, 2022
  Overview I read about how this quest is very side quest heavy and saw an opportunity to leverage all the Dunedain bonuses for having side quests completed. I needed some healing and a strong defender though. Enter Beregond and Last Alliance so that I have a strong defender right away and get resource acceleration for… Continue reading Fire in the Night with Side Quest: Reunification of the Numenorian Kingdoms – April 17, 2021 →
• Smoke and ThinkJanuary 18, 2022
  Card Talk Season 5 Episode 2 Video episode Audio episode Cycle Vengeance of Mordor  Set The Land of Sorrow   Player Card Categories  Cost Reduction Background Pipe-weed originally grew in Numenor. The Numenorians brought it to Middle Earth. It was the Hobbits though that domesticated and started smoking it in pipes. The practice spread via Bree… Continue reading Smoke and Think →
• The Land of Sorrow – January 9, 2022January 14, 2022
  Overview I read that this scenario had a lot of direct damage and threat raising. I thought I would take a modified version of Seastan’s Seventeen A Round Gloin deck against it. Let the scenario’s direct damage help me accelerate into a threat reducing combo with ally Nori recycling Galadhrim’s Greeting. I put in Galdor… Continue reading The Land of Sorrow – January 9, 2022 →
• Spare PipeJanuary 12, 2022
  Card Talk Season 5 Episode 1 Video episode Audio episode Cycle Vengeance of Mordor  Set The Land of Sorrow  Player Card Categories  Ally Attachment Burglar Treasure Card Search Hit Point Bonus Played from Hand Fantastic card in the pipe deck, but otherwise just a filler. Background Pipe-weed originally grew in Numenor. The Numenorians brought it… Continue reading Spare Pipe →
• Under the Ash Mountains with Electronjon’s Ain’t No Ash Mountain High Enough – December 21, 2021January 7, 2022
  Overview I was really unsure how this game would go. My opening hand wasn’t impressive. Once again, I demonstrate a knack for drawing Hidden Caches and Ered Luin Miners instead of mining them. I think bad luck defeats me more than the quest itself does. Decklist Ain’t no Ash Mountain High Enough Hero (3) Beregond… Continue reading Under the Ash Mountains with Electronjon’s Ain’t No Ash Mountain High Enough – December 21, 2021 →
• Andrath GuardsmanJanuary 4, 2022
  by Vardaen Card Talk Season 1 Episode 33 Video episode Audio episode Cycle Haradrim Set The Mumakil Player Card Categories  Attack Cancellation Background Let’s talk lore. Who is this guardsman, and what is the Andrath? The Andrath is a geographical feature in Arnor. Its a long defile between the Barrow-downs and the South Downs through… Continue reading Andrath Guardsman →
• Under the Ash Mountains with Electronjon’s Ain’t No Ash Mountain High Enough – November 20, 2021 – Attempt 2December 31, 2021
  Overview This time I’m much more careful to mine the correct number of cards. I don’t get a great starting starting hand, and it is all uphill from there. Decklist Ain’t no Ash Mountain High Enough Hero (3) Beregond (The Flame of the West) Éowyn (Core Set) Glorfindel (Foundations of Stone) Ally (21) 2x Arwen… Continue reading Under the Ash Mountains with Electronjon’s Ain’t No Ash Mountain High Enough – November 20, 2021 – Attempt 2 →
• Bombur (Hero)December 28, 2021
  Card Talk Season 4 Episode 53 Video episode Audio episode Cycle The Hobbit Saga Set The Hobbit: On the Doorstep Saga Expansion Deck Archetype  Dwarf Swarm Thematic Dwarf hero designed primarily to get you to 5 Dwarf characters as quickly as possible. Background Poor Bombur. The dude just likes a good meal and strong drink, yet… Continue reading Bombur (Hero) →
• Folco BoffinDecember 21, 2021
  Card Talk Season 4 Episode 52 Video episode Audio episode Cycle Haradrim  Set The Dungeons of Cirith Gurat Player Card Categories  Threat Control Mirlonde for Hobbits not that they needed one. Background Folco Boffin is a friend to Frodo. He that helps Frodo load up his belongings in a cart for the move from Bag… Continue reading Folco Boffin →
• Under the Ash Mountains with Electronjon’s Ain’t No Ash Mountain High Enough – November 20, 2021December 17, 2021
  Overview There’s a big rules mistake in this one! See if you can find it before I realize it in my log below. Decklist Ain’t no Ash Mountain High Enough Hero (3) Beregond (The Flame of the West) Éowyn (Core Set) Glorfindel (Foundations of Stone) Ally (21) 2x Arwen Undómiel (The Watcher in the Water)… Continue reading Under the Ash Mountains with Electronjon’s Ain’t No Ash Mountain High Enough – November 20, 2021 →