Monthly Archives: January 2014

Key Concepts: Control

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Beorn

“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War Fighting a battle involves managing risk on many levels. Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is no different. Everything from keeping your heroes alive, … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, Control, Key Concepts, Series | Tagged Attack Control, Cancellation, Combat Control, Control, Fantasy Flight Games, Key Concepts, Living Card Games, Location Control, Lord of the Rings LCG, Quest Control, Scrying, Shadow Control, Staging Are Control, Strategy, Threat Control, Tolkien | 9 Comments

Guest Author: The Last Stand of the Rohirrim

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Beorn

After my seeing my article of Hobbit-related custom cards, a reader by the name of John Michel was inspired to make some cards of his own. I enjoy sharing my ideas with fellow fans of the game, but it is especially … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Community, Game Variant, Guest Author, Homebrew Cards, Series, The Lord of the Rings, Theme | Tagged Community, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Guest Author, Homebrew Cards, John Michel, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Merry, Rohan, Tolkien | 6 Comments

Introducing: The Tenth Nazgûl

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Beorn

Mitch from the Progression Series has a new Youtube channel called The Tenth Nazgûl. I encourage everyone to check it out!

Posted in Community, Introducing, News, Series, Video | Tagged Community, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mitch, Mystery, News, Progression Series, Return of the King, Teaser, The Tenth Nazgul, Video | Leave a comment

Deck: Digging Too Deep

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Beorn

As we eagerly await the release of The Voice of Isengard, now is a good time for a bit of a diversion. Whether they were designed for thematic realism, brutal efficiency, or were some hybrid of the two, most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Decks, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Combo Deck, Deck Building, Dwarves, Ered Nimrais Prospector, Fantasy Flight Games, Hidden Cache, Imladris Stargazer, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Strategy, Tolkien, Zigil Miner | 7 Comments

Deck: A Desperate Gambit

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Beorn

Sending Frodo to destroy the One Ring was a desperate gambit by Gandalf and Elrond, but they felt it held their best hope of defeating Sauron. Certainly Sauron, isolated for so long in his own evil thoughts, would never imagine … Continue reading →

Posted in Decks, Theme | Tagged Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Frodo, Hobbit, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Sam Gamgee, Secrecy, Strategy, Tolkien | 9 Comments

Homebrew: Absent, But Not Forgotten

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Beorn

Ever since the game was first released, there has existed a cast of “missing” characters. The core set included nine recognizable heroes (Thalin, Eleanor and Beravor don’t count), and four unique allies (no, Henamarth Riversong and Brok Ironfist don’t count). … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, Books, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, Legendarium, Series, The Silmarillion, Theme | Tagged Aeglos, Bergil, Celebrian, Characters, Cirdan, Erkenbrand, Fantasy Flight Games, Finduilas, Galadriel, Gil-Galad, Grimbold, Gwaihir, Halbarad, History, Homebrew Cards, Legendarium, Lindir, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Nenya, Quickbeam, The Second Age, The Third Age, Thranduil, Tolkien, Treebeard | 27 Comments

Session Report: The Grey Company – Troll Exterminators For Hire

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Beorn

After some deck tweaks, and with much help from Archers, Creatures, Errand-Riders, and a very timely Greeting from the Elves, we managed to successfully defeat Nightmare Conflict at the Carrock! Our apologies go out to Eowyn – the shield maiden … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Nightmare, OCTGN, Screenshot, Session Report, The Grey Company | Tagged Community, Fantasy Flight Games, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Nightmare Conflict at the Carrock, OCTGN, Screenshot, The Grey Company, Tolkien | 6 Comments

Session Report: The Grey Company Defends The Carrock From Nightmarish Trolls

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Beorn

It was valiantly fought, but in the end we were overwhelmed by too many locations in the staging area.

Posted in Community, Nightmare, OCTGN, Screenshot, Session Report, The Grey Company | Tagged Community, Conflict at the Carrock, Fantasy Flight Games, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Nightmare, OCTGN, The Grey Company, Tolkien | 3 Comments

History: Lord of the Rings LCG Timeline

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Beorn

Editor’s Note: This was first posted in January of 2014 and last updated in May of 2021. Many unique characters have been added to the card pool in that time. In addition, I’ve included community created cards from the First … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, Legendarium, Series, The Lord of the Rings | Tagged Fantasy Flight Games, First Age, Fourth Age, History, Legendarium, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Lore, Middle-Earth, Second Age, Theme, Third Age, Timeline, Tolkien | 13 Comments

Key Concepts: Resource Curves

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Beorn

Even with mono-sphere decks on the rise, resource management remains vital to successful deck design. Whether you are building a Rohan quest-rush deck, a Gondorian Ranger deck with traps and staging area tricks, or a deck featuring the power of … Continue reading →