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New LOTR LCG post about The Lost Realm. It details the side quests a bit more...including that there are PLAYER CARD Side Quests! Interesting stuff, not sure how often they'll be used though... http://fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=5329 Can't wait though.
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Taran_Wanderer posted:A new preview for the Treason of Saruman is up. The Ally versions of Gimli and Legolas look very nice, though a bit expensive. Helm's Deep looks like a neat variation on the formula, too. I especially like that the locations give a benefit on travel, and a detriment on exploring. Mostly, it just makes me wish I had people to play LOTR with. A bit expensive, yeah...but man I can see Legolas doing some work with card draw in Tactics. Especially since most of my Tactics decks tend to be mono or Tactics/Leadership in multiplayer.
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Jan 26, 2015 21:27
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The first Angmar Awakened Adventure Pack details! http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=5346 Includes a new keyword Valour - triggers when you have 40 or more threat. Its the opposite of secrecy haha. More Hobbits expected  E: Sob. They do say at the bottom that the packaging is changing. That means my method of cutting the box to use a card separator probably wont work anymore 
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Jan 30, 2015 16:04
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Azran posted:Yeah, been doing some solo games on the Mirkwood quest to see how it plays. It's interesting, but goddamn there are so many phases and I constantly realize I skipped over some important stuff. My buddy and I are hoping to start playing on OCTGN too. His wife is expecting and it is just much easier to not setup a whole card game with a child haha. Also the latest Cardboard of the Rings podcast has an interview with the designer of LOTR LCG Caleb, super interesting. http://cardboardoftherings.com/
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Feb 3, 2015 20:33
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fozzy fosbourne posted:My Khazad Dum expansion finally arrived! Been waiting for that poo poo forever, finally get to die in the depths of Moria with my dwarven brothers. Now I just need them to print two of the Dwarrowdelf cycle expansions and the Steward's Fear Dwarrowdelf cycle should be available really soon, it is in the "shipping phase"!
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Feb 4, 2015 03:18
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fozzy fosbourne posted:What spheres would you use if you were going to play the Mirkwood cycle with Mirkwood cycle player cards and three players? I have 2 core sets and every expansion, have been playing 2 player so far and haven't built any 3 player decks. Whatcha mean? Are you making three single sphere decks? If so, I'd probably leave out Lore myself...but you can probably build 3 two sphere decks just fine...
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Feb 5, 2015 04:30
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Hah I haven't had to introduce anyone...maybe make a combat deck (mono tactics or 2 tactics and a lore\spirit to help with threat), middle ground deck of mostly leadership, and a support\tricks deck (spirit splash lore) for you to play. That way the two other decks are mostly Do Stuff in nearly mono sphere and you can fill in the gaps? E: something like Boromir/Thalin/Legolas, Aragorn/Theodred/Denethor, and Eowyn/Eleanor/Beravor maybe (just looking at the heroes.....) ChiTownEddie fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Feb 5, 2015 |
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Feb 5, 2015 04:58
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Epi Lepi posted:Halbarad is almost guaranteed to be in the next deluxe expansion, The Lost Realm. We're getting 2 Dunedain Heroes and one is Tactics Aragorn. Caaaaaaan't wait! I'm staying up to date from here on out. Slowly back buying Ringmaker and what I have left in Against the Shadow.
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Feb 6, 2015 18:16
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^^ I simply have not reached the point where I need to freshen up the game by making well known quests harder...Who knows when, if ever, I get there. Seriously can't come soon enough. At least a good part of my excitement is based off the fact I will be finally playing a cycle as it is released haha
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Feb 12, 2015 22:52
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fozzy fosbourne posted:The bad news: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ... oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ugh. Well, maybe its fine since I still need to finish the last few Hobbit quests.
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Feb 19, 2015 16:07
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Max posted:Man, the Hobbit punishes me more than any other group of quests. Tell me about it haha. I started playing single deck, but now I'm playing two handed. How many of you guys play on OCTGN for solo stuff? Sometimes it is just annoying to deal with all the cards...
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Feb 19, 2015 16:32
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Whew! My buddy and I played our first LOTR OCTGN game last night (him having a kid + me moving into a new condo = took a while to coordinate). He played a mono-Lore with a bunch of attachments meant to make Aragorn a beast. I had a test Tactics/Spirit deck with Boromir, Frodo, and Merry. Definitely had some hilarious moments down the stretch. Nothing like having Boromir easily tank multiple 6 attack guys. Reminding my buddy at refresh that the refresh action window is AFTER you raise your threat (ie if you get to 50 you can't then reduce it to survive in that action window) and him being like "Oh I guess I'll reset my threat now then" and then immediately flipping a card that raises your threat by the # of guys not committed to the quest...totally wold have threated him out. Top decking A Test of Will and then revealing a card that would have killed me, canceling, and winning! OCTGN is definitely pretty great at how well it handles the game in general, we were impressed. It'll take a few more games until we're a bit more fluent in the shortcuts and nuances of it though. Can't wait for more! (Plus shorter setup/take down is huge for him with dealing with the baby)
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Mar 5, 2015 15:52
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mongol posted:You should check out our LOTR PbP FINE. 
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Mar 5, 2015 17:34
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Holy crap is the Dúnedain trait looking awesome. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/3/12/the-secret-defenders/
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Mar 12, 2015 18:00
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Mr. Met posted:I wish they'd do a "complete your core" print on demand thing or something like that. Now that would be awesome! But since its a co-op game and not competitive I just use really shittily proxied ones.
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Mar 18, 2015 20:23
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HOLY CRAP. LOTR guys, looks like Lost Realm is finally in the "shipping" phase. *it's happening*
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Mar 24, 2015 03:53
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fozzy fosbourne posted:poo poo i preordered it with treason of saruman for some reason. poo poo Where as I am saying "crap, CSI is OOS on most stuff I want!" I'll probably just amazon prime it then.
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Mar 24, 2015 04:55
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 It's happening! http://www.coolstuffinc.com/p/206791
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Apr 1, 2015 15:56
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mongol posted:I just wanted to share with you guys the news that I started a new blog for LOTR. I've got a lot of ideas for content (a new entry should be posted later today). As well, I want to reach out to as many people in the community to get input on what type of content people are interested in seeing. I plan on making both articles and videos, so hit me with any ideas you have! Cool! Bookmarked. I'll let you know if I think of any ideas too
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Apr 2, 2015 15:30
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Baron Porkface posted:Is there a resource for fundamentals of LOTR deckbuilding? Check out Tales From the Cards! https://talesfromthecards.wordpress.com/deck-building-101/
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Apr 5, 2015 00:30
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Finally ordered Voice of Isengard with my The Lost Realm order. Wednesday will be a fun night
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Apr 6, 2015 15:50
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Wow "Safe locations" in the 3rd Angmar Awakens AP sound really interesting. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/4/6/across-the-ettenmoors/
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Apr 6, 2015 18:13
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It will never stop being awesome So has anyone tried The Lost Realm's quests? My buddy's copy arrives today and mine tomorrow so we're hoping to play one then. God I am excited. E: bahaha, definitely meant the Sneak Attack + Gandalf is awesome...not me. ChiTownEddie fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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Apr 7, 2015 17:22
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mongol posted:I've played Intruders in Chetwood. I'm working on an impressions entry for my blog. Short answer: It's difficult, but very satisfying. Wooooow. That quest is really cool. And HOLY CRAP did we get housed. Twice. It is funny how much I can tell quests have changed and evolved because I am essentially skipping from Dwarrodelf/Hobbit/Black Riders, straight to this. (Just got VoI at the same time and I intend to two hand solo those). Catching up is fun So many new quests and mechanics to figure out.
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Apr 9, 2015 05:26
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Do people that play LOTR on OCTGN hang out in the OP's IRC channel? (Lots of abbreviations) I have a random schedule, but so do my friends that play LOTR and I'd like to try and play more if possible.
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Apr 9, 2015 16:57
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Taran_Wanderer posted:Not so much. I'm usually hanging around to keep it open, but I haven't seen many people come in. I play LOTR though, so I'd be willing to play with you sometimes. I'm terrible, but it would be nice to play it more Gotcha. I'll install IRC and start idling tonight. Maybe we can get the channel going
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Apr 9, 2015 18:21
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Herr Tog posted:OCTGN? Gaming platform that allows you to play LCGs online! http://www.octgn.net/ Check it out!
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Beat the first Lost Realm quest. Really fun. I ended up going two handed, partly because I made two decks that I intend to be as my "First Play of a Quest" decks. They performed well in this limited test E: OMG ENT HERO. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/4/13/a-call-to-arms-lotr/ ChiTownEddie fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Apr 13, 2015 |
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Apr 13, 2015 20:47
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Taran_Wanderer posted:Each enemy may only be attacked once per round. And to be clear on this: Each enemy can be attacked once during each and every player's attack step*. What this means is that if Taran Wanderer attacks first and I join the attack with my ranged char. I can then refresh him (somehow) and attack the same enemy again during my turn. *excluding cards that break this rule (quick strike, etc) that don't even count towards your 1 attack. ChiTownEddie fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Apr 22, 2015 |
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Apr 22, 2015 18:26
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Taran_Wanderer posted:Personally, I just sleeve the player cards. Same here! Haha so Wednesday night I played with some buddies (via hangouts). It was one guys, maybe 2nd or 3rd time playing. The quest he picked (cause we let him) was Battle of Lake Town. It...did not go well. The highlight for me was having Eleanor with 3 Unexpected Courage's on her...because most good targets for it were dead. I think next time though we'll hold off on letting him pick and start with some slightly easier quests! Still super fun though.
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Apr 30, 2015 04:44
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Amoeba102 posted:Pro: And... ...hmmmm.
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Amoeba102 posted:Looking for some personal anecdotes here to convince me one way or the other. hahaha. I spent way too much. I started sleeving everything. Then realized that I just don't shuffle the encounter deck nearly as much as my player cards (plus I build a lot of decks). So now I can sleeve just the player cards going forward without spending more...so thats good? But really I proxy a lot because screw buying another (or two more?) core sets. Also if I am making a deck for someone else and I need proxies, I'll put those in mine. I also constantly flick cards off each other. So this protects them a bit more.
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Apr 30, 2015 05:20
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Taran_Wanderer posted:Land of Shadow, the next LOTR Saga expansion! I was kind of hoping for some sort of Gollum/Smeagol hero, but the way they've done it seems pretty cool! New Frodo seems good, too, though I think I still like the one from The Black Riders best. Woooow. They are really going full steam ahead with the Saga boxes. Love it! drat, now I really need to focus on catching up.
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Fourth AP announcement for Angmar Awakened... https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/5/8/the-treachery-of-rhudaur/ ...that hero  I wonder what type of deck I could make around him.
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May 8, 2015 15:51
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This whole cycle looks like it will have some fun player cards. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/6/2/the-battle-of-carn-dum/
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Jun 2, 2015 16:21
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In LOTR news Escape from Mount Gram is now in the 'shipping now' phase! I still haven't tackled Wastes of Eriador yet!
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Jul 20, 2015 20:40
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Escape from Mount Gram details! https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/7/21/prison-food/
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Jul 21, 2015 18:42
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Taran_Wanderer posted:This is really cool. Time to bust out all the Secrecy events! Yeah, I am quite excited to make a deck for it.
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Jul 21, 2015 20:27
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Lots of amazing spoilers for the next saga box! https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/7/23/trapped-in-the-land-of-shadow/ Another hero Faramir! Trap decks?!?!
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Next LotR cycle news?!?! https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/8/25/the-grey-havens/ "Three new scenarios feature mechanics for ships and sailing, as well as a heavy emphasis on exploration." Ships. Sailing. 
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