Category Archives: RingsDB

Alternate Art: Benderama

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Beorn

One of the best things about making alt-art decks is that it affords the opportunity to highlight your favorite shows. Futurama is, in this bear’s opinion, a criminally underrated show. This deck is based on a design by Mortendall, originally … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Animation, Archetypes, Community, Media, RingsDB, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD, Bears, Bender Rodriguez, Beorn, Beorn's Rage, Beornings, Burning Guardian, Burning Skin-changer, Community, Creatures, Deck List, Deep Knowledge, Descendant of Thorondor, Eagle of the North, Eagles, Eagles of the Misty Mountains, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Flight of the Eagles, Fun, Futurama, Gandalf, Giant Bear, Grimbeorn the Old, Gwaihir, Gwaihir's Debt, Healing Herbs, Landroval, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Loyal Hound, Meneldor, Messenger Raven, Mortendall, Radagast, Radagast's Staff, Silly, Support of the Eagles, The Eagles are Coming!, The Head of Stephen Hawking Shoots Lasers, The Most Loyal Hound Ever, The Riddermark's Finest, Tolkien, Vassal of the Windlord, Winged Guardian, Word of Command | Leave a comment

Homebrew: Forgotten Lore

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Beorn

Limited formats like the Bear Draft present a particular challenge to designing a balanced metagame. The card counts are skewed significantly by the overall size of pool and constraints on deck size. Common cards have only 3 copies in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Con of the Rings, Custom Cards, Draft, Events, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, Live Play, Lure of Middle Earth, Multiplayer, Play Style, RingsDB, Series | Tagged Bear Draft, Blessing of Nimrodel, Community, Deck Building, Dunedain Guardian, Fantasy Flight Games, Gatekeeper, Homebrew Cards, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Lore, Lore is less popular in draft, Metagame, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Woodman's Axe | 1 Comment

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

Poll Results: Most Anticipated Starter Deck

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Beorn

Depending on your location, the Started Decks have been available since March or April. At this point, most players interested in these four decks have probably had a chance to try one or more of them. Each deck focused on … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, BGG, Community, Multiplayer, New Players, Play Style, Poll, RingsDB, Series, Solo, Support, Tempo, Theme | Tagged Community, Decisions, Deck Building, Defenders of Gondor, Dwarves of Durin, Elves of Lorien, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Introduction, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, New Players, Riders of Rohan, Starter Deck, Strategy, Tactics, Theme, Tolkien, Tribal, Tribal Decks | Leave a comment

Bear Market: Starter Deck Orphans

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Beorn

The Revised Core Set and Starter Decks are introducing a wave of players to the game and they represent the perfect starting point for anyone new to LCG adventures in Middle-earth. These products offer a wealth of cards to support … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Bear Market, Community, Control, Multiplayer, RingsDB, Solo, Support | Tagged Aggro, Armored Destrier, Arwen Undomiel Ally, Control, Dagger of Westernesse, Deck Building, Enemy Engagement, Fantasy Flight Games, Forth the Three Hunters, Hall of Beorn Card Search, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Not in Revised Core Set, Not in Starter Decks, Popularity, Power Cards, Restricted Attachments, RingsDB, Staples, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Threat Control, Tolkien, Treebeard Ally, Warden of Healing, Weapons | 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

News: Con of the Rings 2021

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Beorn

Covid has put in-person games on hold for more than a year. Thanks to the vaccine, I’m finally ready to brave a convention and play some over the board games. After it was cancelled last year, Con of the Rings … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Alternate-Art, Cardboard of the Rings, Community, Con of the Rings, Events, Live Play, Multiplayer, News, Play Style, RingsDB, Series | Tagged A Long-extended Party, ALeP, Cardboard of the Rings, Community, Con of the Rings, Con of the Rings 2021, Conventions, Eagle Storm, Friendship, Multiplayer, Nouveau Hunters, Nurn Hobbits, Ride to Bruin, RingsDB, The Greatest Adventure | Leave a comment

Deck: Ride to Bruin

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Beorn

If you thought the hosts of Mordor were terrified to see the Rohirrim charging across the Pelennor Fields, just imagine if Rohan had been joined by giant bears. Without a doubt, this is one of the least thematic decks I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Combo, Community, Contract, Decks, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, RingsDB, Series, Tribal | Tagged ALeP, Beorning, Decks, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Grimbeorn the Old, Living Card Games, Mash Up, Rohan, Rohan Sacrifice, The Last Alliance, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Thengel, Theoden, Tribal | 2 Comments

Deck: 2020 – It’s a Trap!

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Beorn

Then Denethor leaped upon the table, and standing there wreathed in fire and smoke he took up the staff of his stewardship that lay at his feet and broke it on his knee. Casting the pieces into the blaze he … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Con of the Rings, Contract, Control, Decks, Discussion, RingsDB, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged 2020, Black Lives Matter, Breonna Taylor, Deck List, Denethor, Equal Pay For Woodswomen, Fantasy Flight Games, Fascism is Bad Mkay, Frustration, George Floyd, Isolation, Living Card Game, Pandemic, Politics, Rant, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Traps, Year End Retrospective | 1 Comment

Alternate Art: The Old Elf and the Sea

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Beorn

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.—Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea After extensive research, the intrepid research hounds here at The Hall … Continue reading →