Category Archives: Combo

Homebrew: Springtime at the Carrock

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Beorn

Spring is a time of change. The cool weather recedes, the plants revive, and animals awaken from their winter slumbers. As the cold weather ebbs away, I’ve been a busy bear crafting a new batch of custom cards. I wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, Art, Combo, Community, Custom Cards, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, Media, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Beornings, Creatures, Discard from Deck, Discard Pile Interaction, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Homebrew Cards, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mining, Nature, Seasons, Spring, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Alternate Art: Beorn-Kazooie

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Beorn

Continuing in our series of alternate art decks for community contributors, this design is based on a deck by McDog3 called Ranger Danger. It is inspired by the beloved Rare platformer video game, Banjo-Kazooie. True to the name, it makes … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Games, Media, Series, Tribal | Tagged A Good Harvest, ALeP, Ally Mustering, Banjo-Kazooie, Beorn, Beorn's Welcome, Beorning Guardian, Beorning Pony, Beorning Skin-changer, Beornings, Beravor, Birna, Combo, Community, Daeron's Runes, Deck List, Descendants of Beorn, Dunedain, Dunedain Pipe, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Gather Information, Giant Bear, Grey Companion, Ithilien Guardian, Ithilien Tracker, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung Ally, McDog3, Northern Tracker, Osbera, Platformer Video Games, Rangers, Rare Software, Secret Vigil, Silly, The Houses of Healing, The Last Alliance, Theme, Tolkien, Tribal Decks, Woodmen's Clearing, Yazan | 1 Comment

Alternate Art: Legolas – Ace Attorney

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Beorn

A community thrives from contributions by all of its members and contributions come in all different forms. Some contribute blog articles, others design decks, while others support new players who have rules questions. A game as complex as The Lord … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Animation, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Games, Media, Series, Support | Tagged Alternate Art, Cirdan the Shipwright, Community, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Legolas, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, Rules Questions, Sappidus, Theme, Theodred, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Deck Spotlight: Bear Draft at Con of the Rings 2023

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Beorn

I had the privilege of attending Con of the Rings 2023 in Minnesota this past weekend. There I ran the latest version of my Bear Draft (v9) with a cooperative twist. In this version, participants were able to pass hero … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Archetypes, Bear Draft, Combo, Community, Con of the Rings, Draft, Events, Game Variant, Live Play, Multiplayer, Play Style, Series, Swarm | Tagged Bear Draft v9, Caldara, Community, Con of the Rings, Con of the Rings 2023, Deck List, Durin's Father, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Limited Format, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mono-Spirit, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Vision of the Palantir | 1 Comment

Homebrew: Elrond and Vilya

Posted on June 16, 2023 by Beorn

Onward, with my hair-brained quest to rebalance some of the most egregiously over-powered cards. As previously mentioned, these changes are intended for limited formats like Bear Draft, where over-powered cards have an even greater impact on game balance. The expectation … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, Combo, Community, Custom Cards, Draft, Game Variant, Power, Series, Theme | Tagged Bear Draft, Community, Dwarrowdelf, Elrond, Fantasy Flight Games, Game Balance, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Metagame, Overpowered Cards, RingsDB, Strategy, The One Deck, Vilya | 1 Comment

Alternate Art: Hamburglar’s Turn

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Beorn

If you thought a Care Bears-themed alt art deck was ridiculous, you are in for a surprise. This deck is based on Brad Lee’s Burglar’s Turn Caldara Explainer deck. The description on RingsDB does an excellent job of explaining how … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Art, Cardboard of the Rings, Combo, Community, Con of the Rings, Contract, Events, Media, Series | Tagged Alternate Art, Arwen Undomiel, Brad Lee, Burglar's Turn, Caldara, Combo, Community, Contract, Dain Ironfoot, Discard Pile, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Hamburglar, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mono Spirit, Recursion, Ridiculous | 1 Comment

Alternate Art: The Last Alliance of Bears and Trees

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Beorn

Among the decks I brought to Con of the Rings 2022, my favorite was a deck called The Last Alliance of Bears and Trees, designed by Shellin of Cardboard of the Rings. The mix of Beornings and Ents, in an … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Con of the Rings, Events, Live Play, Multiplayer, Play Style, Series, Swarm, Theme | Tagged Alternate Art, Beorn's Welcome, Beornings, Birna, Care Bears, Community, Con of the Rings 2022, Contract, Deck Building, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Grimbeorn the Old, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Osbera, Quickbeam, Shellin, Strategy, The Last Alliance, Treebeard | 2 Comments

Alternate Art: La Llorona

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Beorn

As a child, I thought of Halloween as a fun night to dress up and gorge on candy. Like many holidays, there are much deeper cultural traditions underlying All Hallows’ Eve. In Mexico, Dia de los Muertos can be traced … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Art, Books, Combo, Community, Media, Series, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Theme | Tagged ALeP, All Hallows' Eve, Altar, Alternate Art, Community, Culture, Dia de los Muertos, Fantasy Flight Games, Galadriel, Halloween, La Llorona, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Memorium, The One Ring, Theme, Tradition | 4 Comments

Deck Spotlight: Bear Draft at Con of the Rings 2022

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Beorn

This past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend Con of the Rings 2022 and it was a wonderful experience. It was nice reconnecting with folks I haven’t seen all year, playing lots of games, and sharing some fun alt-art … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Con of the Rings, Deck Spotlight, Draft, Events, Game Variant, Live Play, Multiplayer, Play Style, RingsDB, Series, Support, Theme, Tribal | Tagged ALeP, Bear Draft, Bear Draft v7, Beorning, Community, Con of the Rings, Con of the Rings 2022, Deck Building, Deck List, Draft, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Healing, Limited Format, Living Card Games, Location Control, Lord of the Rings LCG, Support Deck, Thanks, Thengel, Traps | Leave a comment

Deck: Be Our Guest

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Beorn

Mustering of the Rohirrim was released earlier this week, and I for one could not be more excited. Looking back on the decks I’ve built over the years, I’ve been trying to make viable decks around Beornings since The Hobbit … Continue reading →