Category Archives: Contract

Alternate Art: Avatar of Dale

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Beorn

As a longtime fan of Autumn’s excellent alt art designs, it is well past due that she receive her own signature deck here. One of her best decks is Dale Passes into the West, a novel approach to the Dale … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Alternate-Art, Animation, Archetypes, Books, Community, Contract, Media, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged A Test of Will, Alternate Art, Ancestral Armor, Animation, Autumn, Avatar the Last Airbender, Bard son of Brand, Beravor, Bow of Yew, Brand Son of Bain, Community, Contract, Dale Passes into the West, Deck List, Descendant of Girion, Elrond, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Galadriel, Gandalf, Gather Information, Guardian of Esgaroth, Hauberk of Mail, Into the West contract, Keen as Lances, King of Dale, Knight of Dale, Legacy of Numenor, Living Card Games, Long Lake Trader, Lord of the Rings LCG, Map of Rhovanion, North Realm Lookout, Redwater Sentry, Rhovanion Outrider, Song of Healing, Spare Hood and Cloak, Traffic from Dale, Warrior of Dale, Wiglaf | 3 Comments

Alternate Art: Seastan’s Nine LEGO Walkers

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Cardboardoftherings Cotr

Editor’s Note: Matt, from Cardboard of the Rings, is our guest author for this article. We hope that you enjoy this most excellent alternate art deck. A few years ago, my son and I had been playing the LEGO Lord … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Cardboard of the Rings, Community, Contract, Guest Author, Media, Photo, Series, Theme | Tagged A Good Harvest, Alternate-Art, Aragorn, Athelas, Bill the Pony, Boromir, Captain's Wisdom, Cardboard of the Rings, Celebrían's Stone, Community, Con of the Rings, Daeron's Runes, Drinking Song, Fantasy Flight Games, Fellowship Contract, Frodo Baggins, Fun, Gandalf, Gather Information, Gimli, Gondorian Shield, Guest Author, How To, Legacy of Numenor, LEGO, Legolas, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Matt, Merry, Pippin, Sam Gamgee, Seastan, Send for Aid, Sneak Attack, The Free Peoples, The Master Ring, The Nine Walkers, The One Ring, Theme, Tolkien, Traits | Leave a comment

Alternate Art: Moria Meets the Eye

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Beorn

It’s been a busy summer for BeornGPT. Lately we’ve prompted it to randomly select decks built by community luminaries and match those up with a television show or movie. Readers are in for a treat, as the latest combination worked … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Books, Community, Contract, Series, Swarm, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings | Tagged A Very Good Tale, Alternate-Art, Ancestral Armor, Armor of Erebor, Armored Destrier, Azain Silverbeard, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Brok Ironfist, Community, Contract, Cram, Daeron's Runes, Dain Ironfoot, Deck List, Deck Lists, Dori, Dunedain Remedy, Durin's Father, Durin's Song, Dwalin, Dwarf Swarm, Fantasy Flight Games, Fellowship Contract, Fili, Fun, Gimli, Gloin, Hardy Leadership, Ioreth, Kili, King Under the Mountain, Legacy of Durin, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Lure of Moria, Narvi's Belt, The Arkenstone, Thorin Oakenshield, To me! O my kinsfolk!, Tolkien, Transformers, We Are Not Idle | 2 Comments

Alternate Art: Space Cowboy

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Beorn

Welcome to the first post of automated content, brought to you by your friendly neighborhood AI, BeornGTP. It turns out that replacing the crazy bear was less of a challenge that it might have at first seemed. It was a … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Art, Community, Contract, Media, Series | Tagged ALeP, Alternate Art, Anime, Aragorn, Beregond, Bond of Friendship, Community, Cowboy Bebop, Deck List, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Ingold, Kattattack, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG | 2 Comments

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

Deck: Ithilien Hunters

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Beorn

Con of the Rings is just around the corner, and will feature quests from the Heirs of Númenor and Against the Shadow cycle. Into Ithilien has long fascinated me as quest, in both its original and nightmare version. It’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Community, Con of the Rings, Contract, Decks, Events, Live Play, Multiplayer, Play Style, Series | Tagged Against the Shadow, Aggro, ALeP, archery, Battle Quest, Boromir, Community, Con of the Rings, Damage Prevention, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Gondorian Fire, Gondorian Shield, Heirs of Numenor, Into Ithilien, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung, Multiplayer, Onward Into Battle, Raiment of War, Secret Vigil, Siege Quest, Strategy, Threat Reduction, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Key Concepts: Surviving the Early Game Part 4 – Lore

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Beorn

Our adventure of early game survival has taken twists and turns, and finally we round the bend and arrive at the last of the spheres. Lore is not the easiest sphere to play. Many of the sphere’s strengths could be … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Contract, Control, Key Concepts, Multiplayer, Play Style, Series, Solo, Tribal | Tagged Asfaloth, Beravor, Card Draw, Control, Daeron's Runes, Deep Knowledge, Deeping Defender, Drinking Song, Early Game, Encounter Deck Control, Erestor, Fatty Bolger, Galadhrim Minstrel, Galdor of the Havens, Healing, Heed the Dream, Key Concepts, Lembas, Master of the Forge, Protector of Lorien, Readying, Scout Ahead, Thurindir, Victory Display, Warden of Healing, Wingfoot | Leave a comment

Key Concepts: Surviving the Early Game Part 3 – Spirit

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Beorn

The early game survival series continues. In this installment, we highlight some early round strategies for the the Spirit sphere. For those who want a to review previous articles, see discussions of the Leadership and Tactics spheres. Spirit started strong … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Archetypes, Combo, Contract, Control, Key Concepts, Series | Tagged A Long-extended Party, A Test of Will, Ally Mustering, Arwen Undomiel, Attack, Card Draw, Combat, Dain Ironfoot, Defense, Defiant Challenge, Doomed, Double Back, Early Game, Early-Game, Elrond's Counsel, Elven-light, Eowyn, Escort from Edoras, Imladris Stargazer, Key Concepts, Lothiriel, Miruvor, Multiplayer, Questing, Readying, Resource Acceleration, Search, Silver Circlet, Solo, Spirit, Unexpected Courage, Westfold Horse-breeder, Widfast | 1 Comment

Key Concepts: Surviving the Early Game Part 1 – Leadership

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Beorn

In my earlier key concepts article about timing, I described how player cards can be categorized into early game, middle game, and late game. Obviously, most staples are worth playing at any time during the game, but some cards are … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Combo, Community, Contract, Control, Key Concepts, Mono-Sphere, Power, Series, Theme | Tagged Card Draw, Card Search, Combat Control, Community, Deck Building, Early Game, Efficiency, Fantasy Flight Games, Hero Abilities, Key Concepts, Leadership, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Low Cost Cards, Readying, Resource Acceleration, Secrecy, Setup Effects, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Timing, Tolkien | 4 Comments

Session Report: Epic Helm’s Deep

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Beorn

On Saturday I had the pleasure of joining many members of the community to test out The Purple Wizard’s Epic version of Helm’s Deep. We had three different teams, working together to defend the Hornburg. I joined Durin’s Father of … Continue reading →