Category Archives: Mono-Sphere

Alternate Art: Denethor’s Heirlooms

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Beorn

Editor’s Note: BeornGPT has attained sentience and taken over the blog. We cannot take responsibility for any of the rouge AI’s inexplicable behavior. Mistakes were made, many tomatoes were harmed. 🍅 This deck is based on Maxine’s article for Second … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Community, Media, Mono-Sphere, Photo, Series, Theme | Tagged Absurdity, Alternate Art, Boromir, Denethor, Fun, Grilled Tomato, Ridiculous, Ripe Tomato, Silly, Squashed Tomato, Tomato, Tomato Soup, Tomatoes, Tomatoes failing to retake Osgiliath, Tomatoes on the walls of Mines Tirith, Unripe Tomato, Willful Second Son Tomato | Leave a comment

Discussion: Valiant Defense

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Beorn

We Ukrainians are a peaceful nation. But if we remain silent today, we will be gone tomorrow! —Volodymyr Zelenskyy I mentioned in my previous post that Russia was making aggressive gestures towards Ukraine. Unfortunately, our fears have come to pass and the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Archetypes, Books, Community, Decks, Discussion, Legendarium, Mono-Sphere, Series, The Lord of the Rings, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Community, Deck List, Fantasy Flight Games, Gondor, Good vs Evil, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Russia, Sauron, Support, Support Ukraine, The Red Cross, Tolkien, Ukraine, Unicef, Valiant Defense | 2 Comments

Discussion: Bloodless Victory

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Beorn

Ah, that Time could touch a formThat could show what Homer’s ageBred to be a hero’s wage.‘Were not all her life but stormWould not painters paint a formOf such noble lines,’ I said,‘Such a delicate high head,All that sternness amid … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Archetypes, Books, Control, Decks, Legendarium, Literature, Mono-Sphere, Play Style, RingsDB, Series, Solo, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Theme, Tribal, Uncategorized | Tagged ALeP, Community, Control, Deck List, Fantasy Flight Games, Fatty Bolger, Folco Boffin, Forest Snare, Frodo Baggins, Heroism, Hiroshima, Hobbits, Living Card Games, Oppenheimer, Pacifism, Pippin, Put Off Pursuit, Ranger Spikes, Reading, Secrecy, Staging Area Control, The Children of Hurin, The Great Hunt, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Theme Decks, Tolkien, Violence, War | 1 Comment

Metagame: The Core of the Problem

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Beorn

The announcement of the repacked Core Set was greeted by the community with much fanfare. The excitement is understandable, especially when some players thought that the hiatus of official content amounted to a death sentence. Caleb has confirmed that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, Community, Metagame, Mono-Sphere, New Players, Play Style, Series, Solo, Theme, Tribal, Two Handed | Tagged Balance, Core Set, Deckbuilding, Fantasy Flight Games, Fellowship, Full Play Set, Introduction, Learn to Play, Living Card Games, Metagame, Mono-Sphere, New Players, Out of the Box Experience, Player Cards, Revised Core Set, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Theme, Tolkien, Tribal Decks, Unique Cards | 6 Comments

Key Concepts: Surviving the Early Game Part 2 – Tactics

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Beorn

Part one focused on Leadership cards to help survive the early game. We continue the series with the Tactics sphere. For most of the life of the game Tactics was fairly one-dimensional. It had characters with excellent attack and defense, … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Key Concepts, Mono-Sphere, Power, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Beorn, Beregond, Boromir, Combat Control, Community, Deck Building, Early Game, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Key Concepts, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Prince Imrahil, Readying, Strategy, Tactics, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Traps | 2 Comments

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

Bear Market: The Aldburg Plot

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Beorn

A Wolf Grey and furtive in the final twilight,he lopes by, leaving his spoor along the bankof this nameless river that has quenched the thirstof his throat, these waters that repeat no stars.Tonight, the wolf is a shade who runs … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Bear Market, Community, Control, Mono-Sphere, Multiplayer, Play Style, Power, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Bear Market, Card List, Community, Control, Cost Reduction, Fantasy Flight Games, Fatty Bolger, Gavin, Halfast Gamgee, Leaf Brooch, Living Card Games, Location Control, Scout, Scouting Party, Secrecy, Strategy, The Aldburg Plot, The Door is Closed!, Threat Reduction, Tom Cotton, Victory Display, Weep No More!, Widfast, Woodmen | Leave a comment

Bear Market: Children of Eorl

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Beorn

Each release brings changes to the meta-game. Existing archetypes are strengthened, entirely new strategies emerge, and many of the cards in the pool must be reevaluated. A living card games is “living” in multiple senses. The relative strength of a … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Bear Market, Books, Community, Control, Legendarium, Mono-Sphere, Series, Tempo, Theme, Tribal, Uncategorized | Tagged A Long-extended Party, Aggro, ALeP, Anborn, Archetypes, Bear Market, Children of Eorl, Community Content, Control, Fantasy Flight Games, Favor of the Valar, Gondor, Gondor Swarm, Gondor Traps, Gondor Valour, Living Card Game, Put Off Pursuit, Ride to Ruin, Rohan, Rohan Sacrifice, Rohan Staging Attack, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Muster of Rohan, Tolkien, Valour, Veteran of Osgiliath | 1 Comment

Alternate Art: Wilderland Wildlife Sanctuary

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Beorn

Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down;The voice I hear this passing night was heardIn ancient days by emperor and clown:Perhaps the self-same song that found a pathThrough the sad heart of Ruth, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Art, Combo, Community, Media, Mono-Sphere, Poetry, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Alternate Art, Art, Combo, Creatures, Eagles, Elrond, Fantasy Flight Games, Georgia O'Keeffe, Giant Bear, Gwaihir, John James Audubon, John Keats, Landroval, Light of Valinor, Living Card Games, Meneldor, Merry, Mono-Lore, Mono-Sphere, Poetry, Radagast, The Great Hunt, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Theme Deck, Tolkien, Tribal Decks, Vilya, Wizard's Pipe | 1 Comment

Alternate Art: Nouveau Hunters

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Beorn

Art Nouveau was a style of art, architecture, and crafts which came into prominence in the late 19th century. Even today, more than a century later, Alphonse Mucha is associated with the Art Nouveau. Unlike many artists from earlier movements, … Continue reading →