Introduction
Below are logs of my solo games. Each one will start off with an overview about the game could possibly include my deckbuilding thoughts, impressions about the scenario, summary of gameplay, deck performance, and most likely spoilers about scenario and the outcome of the game. Decklists are also included followed by the log formatted as an outline with the various game phases as headings and action windows marked. Decks are self made unless otherwise noted.
- Celebrimbor’s Secret with Smoke Screen Alliance – September 22, 2021Overview I have been doing a lot of deckbuilding around Ranger Bow for reasons. I decided to this particular idea out since I like the suite of Pipe cards as an engine. The threat reduction build into it has great synergy with direct damage into the staging area. Last Alliance gives it another resource accelerator… Continue reading Celebrimbor’s Secret with Smoke Screen Alliance – September 22, 2021
- Wrath and Ruin with The Doom of Men – September 11, 2021Overview Bonds between the free peoples of Middle Earth are tested once again. I played this quest once before multiplayer during one of the League of Cooperative Gamings digital cons. I remembered the enemies being tough with all the Easterling attachments and the general location capturing mechanism. I figured after Temple of Doom, BoF should… Continue reading Wrath and Ruin with The Doom of Men – September 11, 2021
- Temple of Doom with The Doom of Men – September 04, 2021Overview Some online discussion about how Bond of Friendship is a good counter to many of the quests in this cycle got me back to deckbuilding board. This time with a Good Stuff with a minor Doomed theme BoF deck. The limit of 2 copies limits the damage Shrine of Sauron can do. The line… Continue reading Temple of Doom with The Doom of Men – September 04, 2021
- Temple of Doom with Gandalf Mines Temple of Doom – August 29, 2021Overview I had the thought after last week that a Council of the Wise deck might be a good answer for the Shrine I’m back with a mining deck against Temple of Doom. I’ had the thought while playing this quest that a Council of the Wise deck might be a good answer for the… Continue reading Temple of Doom with Gandalf Mines Temple of Doom – August 29, 2021
- Temple of Doom with Rohan Harrying Force x2 – August 22, 2021Overview It’s a playthrough double feature! The first of the two attempts is pretty short. The encounter deck really went aggro and I didn’t have Golden Shield or Hama to help keep them at bay. The next attempt was a very solid one and I even make it through a stage 2! I do end… Continue reading Temple of Doom with Rohan Harrying Force x2 – August 22, 2021
- Temple of Doom with Rohan Harrying Force – August 21, 2021Overview I’ll preface this that I had played this quest 3 player during LCG Con 2021 and knew it was hard. I wanted to see if Rohan Discard with the A Long Extended Party cards could handle such a hard quest. I was certainly impressed with my ability to quest. I saw Memory of the… Continue reading Temple of Doom with Rohan Harrying Force – August 21, 2021
- Danger in Dorwinion with Seastan’s Dale Force Wins – August 15, 2021Overview I felt I needed to play a well-built deck after the many attempts at The River Running with three different decks. I found this Leadership Spirt Dale deck that Seastan reported had the fastest setup for Dale that he’d found. My only concern after The River Running was the lack of healing. Mainly for… Continue reading Danger in Dorwinion with Seastan’s Dale Force Wins – August 15, 2021
- The River Running with Hit and Run the Easterlings – July 18, 2021Overview OK lesson learned from last game, don’t advance when Easterling Pursuit will trigger at the end of the round. I also managed to get a better starting hand. Most importantly, Strider and Golden Shield are there so Herubrand can quest and defend every round. Eomer also got Firefoot right away. The encounter deck cooperated… Continue reading The River Running with Hit and Run the Easterlings – July 18, 2021
- The River Running with Hit and Run the Easterlings – July 17, 2021Overview I kept thinking in my previous games, Three Hunters probably won’t have much issue with this quest. It’s just so easy to have a quick start with the right draw of restricted attachments. Then once the contract flips, willpower and healing are online. Both of those I’ve struggled to get going in my other… Continue reading The River Running with Hit and Run the Easterlings – July 17, 2021
- The River Running with Eagles vs Easterlings – July 3, 2021Overview I went with an Eagle deck for yet another attempt at this quest following the advice of direct damage from the Vision of the Palantir scenario analysis. I thought Descendant of Thorondor along with Gwaihir’s Debt and core Gandalf would work. I also added Tactics Bilbo for more direct damage and to offset any… Continue reading The River Running with Eagles vs Easterlings – July 3, 2021
- The River Running with Eagles vs Easterlings – July 14, 2021I definitely had much worse first turn staging compared to my last game. It added quite a bit of threat plus I had 2 low engagement cost enemies to deal with right away. Easterling Pursuit got a number of resources pretty quick. I managed to deal with those early enemies but then Riders of Rhun… Continue reading The River Running with Eagles vs Easterlings – July 14, 2021
- The River Running with Mono Tactics Pseudo Questing – June 19, 2021Overview I really liked my first turn play putting out Followed and Outmatched. Then I used Dunedain Hunter to look at the top 5 encounter cards for an enemy to stick into those traps. Unfortunately, the only enemy was Easterling Outrider with 1 threat. I was hoping for at least a 2 threat enemy. It… Continue reading The River Running with Mono Tactics Pseudo Questing – June 19, 2021
- The River Running with Mono Tactics Pseudo Questing – June 13, 2021Overview I decided that I wanted to try updating the mono Tactics deck that I used for the Against the Shadow cycle. I thought it might be a good match considering how combat heavy the quest is. I made a crucial play mistake unfortunately. I didn’t travel to River Running location when I could have.… Continue reading The River Running with Mono Tactics Pseudo Questing – June 13, 2021
- Fate of the Wilderland with Screw You Fate of the Wilderland – May 21, 2021 – Attempt 2Overview This game I lucked out on the setup with just a Stray Goblin in the staging area this time. I was also able to get the contract flipped by turn 2 slowing down the Goblins’ Assault progress. My luck didn’t hold for long with Urdug attacking on Turn 1. Goblin Troop coming out turn… Continue reading Fate of the Wilderland with Screw You Fate of the Wilderland – May 21, 2021 – Attempt 2
- Fate of the Wilderland with Screw You Fate of the Wilderland – May 21, 2021- Attempt 1Overview After my ill-fated attempts with a Dunedain side quest deck, I decided I needed to pull out all the stops. I quickly built a Forth, The Three Hunters deck since they usually can get set up in a turn or two. I went full combat ability with Grimbeorn to defend and possibly just kill… Continue reading Fate of the Wilderland with Screw You Fate of the Wilderland – May 21, 2021- Attempt 1
- Fate of the Wilderland with DSQFW – May 21, 2021 – Attempt 2Overview I made one more attempt to get Vigilant Dunadan to defend everything for me in Fate of the Wilderland. At least in this game, I had some questing help with Followed in my opening hand and potential defensive help with Ancestral Armor and Keep Watch. Spoiler, it was not enough by far. Urdug’s Command… Continue reading Fate of the Wilderland with DSQFW – May 21, 2021 – Attempt 2
- Fate of the Wilderland with DSQFW – May 21, 2021 – Attempt 1Overview I had the brilliant idea for Fate of the Wilderland to use a Dunedain side quest deck (/sarcasm). I had played this quest once before in 4 player and knew there would be a lot of enemies. This seemed great for Dunedain. Even better no quest points on the main quest side quests should… Continue reading Fate of the Wilderland with DSQFW – May 21, 2021 – Attempt 1
- Mount Gundabad with Dooming Dale for the Win by The Mormegil – May 16, 2021Overview I replayed Mount Gundabad considering I made a notable miscalculation on willpower in my previous game. Last time, I kept revealing each Stage 2 immediately instead of waiting until the quest phase too. I was curious if it would make a difference playing it correctly. I didn’t really notice a difference in waiting to… Continue reading Mount Gundabad with Dooming Dale for the Win by The Mormegil – May 16, 2021
- Mount Gundabad with Dooming Dale for the Win by The Mormegil – May 8, 2021Overview I read about the quest and it was recommended to have ways to cancel treacheries. I also saw Dagnir was back with her 7 attack and could have multiple attacks a turn. I was originally thinking of building something with Spirit Dain or victory display cards. I was not feeling terribly inspired when I… Continue reading Mount Gundabad with Dooming Dale for the Win by The Mormegil – May 8, 2021
- The Ghost of Framsburg with Ghostbusters of Framsburg – May 1, 2021I had heard many times in the community how long this quest could take. A year or so ago, I watched Dave’s marathon playthrough of it. I didn’t want to have an epic marathon game as many of the quests in the cycle have already seem pretty long to me. I decided that I wanted to use Marcelf’s Barliman and Robin deck because the late game play is just to recur Risk Some Light for control of the encounter deck. This seemed ideal to filter through for the Loot objectives. … Continue reading The Ghost of Framsburg with Ghostbusters of Framsburg – May 1, 2021
