Introduction
Grant, Micah, and I have been playing some multiplayer eating up all my LOTR time. Here is some Ringmaker minimum purchase play until I get back to Angmar.
Decklist
Doomed Last Alliance – Into Fangorn – Minimum Purchase
Hero (3)
Éowyn (Core Set)
Glóin (Core Set)
Glorfindel (Core Set)
Ally (26)
3x Daughter of the Nimrodel (Core Set)
2x Faramir (Core Set)
3x Gandalf (Core Set)
1x Gléowine (Core Set)
2x Guard of the Citadel (Core Set)
1x Henamarth Riversong (Core Set)
3x Isengard Messenger (The Voice of Isengard)
3x Orthanc Guard (The Voice of Isengard)
3x Saruman (The Voice of Isengard)
2x Wandering Took (Core Set)
3x Westfold Horse-breeder (The Voice of Isengard)
Attachment (5)
1x Celebrían’s Stone (Core Set)
2x Keys of Orthanc (The Voice of Isengard)
2x Steward of Gondor (Core Set)
Event (19)
2x A Test of Will (Core Set)
2x Deep Knowledge (The Voice of Isengard)
1x Dwarven Tomb (Core Set)
3x Legacy of Númenor (The Voice of Isengard)
3x Power of Orthanc (The Voice of Isengard)
2x Radagast’s Cunning (Core Set)
2x Secret Paths (Core Set)
2x Sneak Attack (Core Set)
2x The Galadhrim’s Greeting (Core Set)
3 Heroes, 50 Cards
Deck built on RingsDB.
Play by Play
Threat is 30, and time is 4.
Starting hand: Celebrían’s Stone, Westfold Horse-breeder, Saruman, Henamarth Riversong, Deep Knowledge, and Wandering Took
Turn 1: Legacy of Númenor drawn. Play Deep Knowledge to draw Saruman #2 and Legacy of Númenor #2. Threat is 32. Play a legacy for resources and threat is 36. Play Celebrían’s Stone on Eowyn. Play Henamarth Riversong and breeder. Exhaust Henamarth to see top encounter card. Top card is low provisions. Eowyn, Gloin, Glorfindl, and Breeder quest for 12. Low provisions deals 3 damage to Gloin and 2 to Glorfindl. 3 resources added to Gloin. 10 progress placed on the quest. Travel to the Edge of Fangorn. Add Dark Hearted Huron to the staging area. It engages and removes a quest progress to reduce it to 9. Heal 1 damage on Gloin with Glorfindl. Refresh, threat is 37, and time is 3.
Turn 2: Threat is 39. Steward of Gondor drawn and played on Glorfindl. Exhaust Steward for resources. Exhaust Henamarth to see that another Dark Hearted Huron is the top card. Play Saruman and threat is 42. Eowyn quests for 6. Huron added to the staging area and results in active location explored plus 2 quest progress for 11 total. Exhaust Gloin to capture Mugash. Advance to stage 2. Deadly Huron added to the staging area for stage 2 and engages. The hurons can’t remove any progress. Saruman, Glorfindl, and Wandering Took attack a Dark Hearted Huron killing it. Glorfindl pays a resource to heal a damage on himself. Refresh, threat is 43, discard Saruman, and time is 3.
Turn 3: Threat is 45. Glorfindl takes 3 damage from Deadly Huron. Exhaust Steward for resources. Westfold Horse-breeder drawn and played. Play second Saruman and threat is 48. Quest with everyone for 18. Heart of Fangorn added to the staging area for 3 threat. 15 progress added to the quest to win.
Score 83 = 3*10 + 6 hero damage + killed heroes + 48 threat – 1 victory
Postmortem
One and done!
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