Category Archives: GenCon

Celebration: A Decade of the Hall of Beorn

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Beorn

It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Like many epic … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Austin Community, Books, Celebration, Community, Con of the Rings, Events, Fellowship Events, GenCon, Hall of Beorn Card Search, Legendarium, Live Play, Lure of Middle Earth, New Players, Patreon, Play Style, Series, The Grey Company | Tagged A Decade, Alternate Art, BeornBot, Blog, Cardboard of the Rings, Celebration, Community, Con of the Rings, Conventions, Discord, Fantasy Flight Games, Friends, Fun, GenCon, Gratitude, Hall of Beorn Card Search, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Lure of Middle-earth, The Grey Company, Tolkien | 2 Comments

Discussion: Long are the Waves on the Last Shore

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Beorn

To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying. West, west away, the round sun is falling. Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling, The voices … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin Community, Community, Con of the Rings, Contract, Discussion, Fellowship Events, GenCon, Lure of Middle Earth, Theme, Tribute | Tagged Adventure, Caleb Grace, Cardboard of the Rings, CardTalk, Christopher Tolkien, Community, Con of the Rings, Czech Republic, David Poage, Derek Kamal, Fantasy Flight Games, FFG, France, Friendship, Gen Con, Germany, Gratefulness, Hall of Beorn Card Search, Hiatus, Ian Martin, Japan, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Master of Lore, Matt Newman, Matthew Dempsey, Portugal, Spain, The Grey Company, Tolkien, Traveling, Tribute | 7 Comments

Alternate Art: The Three Hunters Aggro v2

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Beorn

Sands of Harad was not exactly my favorite deluxe expansion, when it was first released. The versions of Gimli and Legolas had obvious synergy, but their effects seemed a bit underwhelming. Spirit Legolas, in particular, was in an uphill battle … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Art, Community, Contract, GenCon, Metagame, Power, Solo, Theme | Tagged Aggro, Alternate Art, Aragorn, Caldara, Contract, Deck Building, Doomed, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Gen Con 2013, Gimli, Haradrim, Legendarium, Legolas, Living Card Games, Magali Villeneuve, Restricted Attachments, Sands of Harad, Solo, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Three Hunters, Thematic Decks, Tolkien | 2 Comments

Poll Results: Where should the next cycle go?

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Beorn

With Beneath the Sands, we’re half way through the Haradrim cycle already. The final Saga expansion, The Mountain of Fire, should be released at GenCon 2017, so we can start to look ahead a bit, and wonder about where the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, GenCon, Poll | Tagged Fantasy Flight Games, GenCon 2017, Haradrim Cycle, Living Card Games, Poll, Saga Expansions, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Mountain of Fire, Tolkien | 5 Comments

Game Variant: Bear Draft v3 – The Signature Squads

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Beorn

One of most interesting aspects of deck-building in the Conquest LCG is the signature squads. When making a deck, the first decision is which Warlord to use. Warlords are somewhat like heroes in Lord of the Rings LCG. They begin in play, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bear Draft, Community, Draft, Game Variant, GenCon | Tagged Bear Draft, Conquest, Deck Building, Draft, Fantasy Flight Games, Game Variant, Gen Con, General, LCG, Living Card Games, Signature Squad, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, Warlord | 8 Comments

Alternate Art: Magali Villeneuve

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Beorn

The physical constraints of a card game mean that amazing artwork is hidden on small cards. With many talented artists contributing to this game, it is shame to have beautiful images limited to 3.5 by 2.5 inches. With the promotional … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Art, Community, GenCon, Tribute | Tagged Alternate-Art, Anborn, Aragorn, Art, Bilbo Baggins, Boromir, Denethor, Elrond, Eowyn, Erestor, Fantasy Flight Games, Galadriel, Gandalf, Gimli, Glorfindel, Haldir of Lorien, Legolas, Mablung, Magali Villeneuve, Promotional Hero Template, Sam Gamgee, Théoden, The Lord of the Rings LCG | 14 Comments

Deck Spotlight: Bear Draft at Gen Con 2015

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Beorn

As promised, here are the deck lists from the 8 player Bear Draft that I ran at Gen Con this year. Unfortunately, I was not able to get each player’s name when I was collecting their decks at the end … Continue reading →

Posted in Bear Draft, Community, Decks, Draft, GenCon | Tagged Bear Draft, Dwarves, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Gen Con 2015, GenCon, Gondor, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Noldor, Rohan, Silvan, Tolkien | 6 Comments

Game Variant: Bear Draft v2

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Beorn

It’s been a while since Gen Con, but with so much happening at the Hall these the delay was longer than expected before I had a chance to write a retrospective. As part of the Grey Company‘s listener even, Ian hosted … Continue reading →

Posted in Bear Draft, Community, GenCon, The Grey Company | Tagged Bear Draft, Fantasy Flight Games, GenCon, GenCon 2015, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien | 9 Comments

Session Report: Bear Draft was a hit with the Austin LotR Group

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Beorn

For the second week in a row, we tried out a modified version of the Bear Draft format at our weekly Austin LotR Group. This time we had 6 players participate in the draft, followed by two 3-player games. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Draft, GenCon, Session Report, The Grey Company | Tagged Community, Draft, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, GenCon, GenCon 2015, Limited Format, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien | 2 Comments

Game Variant: Bear Draft at GenCon 2015

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Beorn

With GenCon 2015 fast approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot about having something special for The Grey Company Podcast listener event. With so many fans of the game in one place, we have a rare opportunity to try different game … Continue reading →