Category Archives: The Grey Company

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

Celebration: 8 Years of Hall of Beorn and a Contest

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Beorn

After the closing of a particularly challenging year, it’s a good time to catch my breath. It also happens to be the 8 year anniversary of the blog, so it’s the perfect excuse to celebrate with a new contest. Before … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebration, Community, Patreon, Series, Thanks, The Grey Company, Tribute | Tagged 8 Years, Anniversary, Celebration, Community, Contest, Fantasy Flight Games, Favorite, Favorite Article, Favorite Deck, Giving Thanks, Living Card Games, New Year, The Lord of the Rings LCG | 61 Comments

Alternate Art: Aggro Outlands

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Beorn

Continuing in my series of alternate art decks, I’d like to present an Aggro Outlands deck which I keep in case of emergency. As listeners of the Grey Company podcast may recall, my view of Outlands was less than favorable … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Art, Austin Community, Community, Multiplayer, Power, Thanks, The Grey Company, Tribal | Tagged Aggro, Ally Swarm, Alternate-Art, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Living Card Games, Multi-Sphere, Multiplayer, Outlands, Power Deck, Strategy, The Grey Company, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Game Variant: Bear Draft v4 at Con of the Rings 2018

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Beorn

The online world can be alienating. We interact with others through text and emojis – the lingua franca of the 21st century internet. Perhaps the occasional photo gives us some context but we are largely disconnecting from those with whom … Continue reading →

Posted in Bear Draft, Community, Con of the Rings, Draft, Game Variant, Metagame, Thanks, The Grey Company | Tagged Bear Draft, Bear Draft v4, Community, Con of the Rings 2018, Fantasy Flight Games, FFI, Living Card Games, The Grey Company, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien | 1 Comment

Introducing: Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Beorn

My friend and fellow member of the Grey Company, Derek Kamal has just announced the Kickstarter for his new game: Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse. Anyone who enjoys roleplaying games, mice, motorcycles, or mice on motorcycles should give his wonderful game … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Community, Introducing, Series, The Grey Company | Tagged Derek Kamal, Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse, Kickstarter, Roleplaying Game, RPG, Shoreless Skies, The Grey Company | 2 Comments

Session Report: Redemption at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields!

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Beorn

This week I rejoined Brandon, Sean and Chad on the Cardboard of the Rings Twitch for our second attempt at a four player game of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. With power decks in hand, we narrowly held off the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Cardboard of the Rings, Community, Mono-Sphere, OCTGN, Power, Screenshot, Session Report, The Grey Company, Twitch, Video | Tagged Caldara, Cardboard of the Rings, Community, Fantasy Flight Games, Four Player, Multiplayer, OCTGN, Power Decks, Saga Quests, Strategy, Stream, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Twitch, Video | Leave a comment

Bear Market: Hero Showdown

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Beorn

I was traveling when my compatriots in the Grey Company were recording the Hero Showdown episode, but I wanted to add my voice to the discussion here. Below are my top three heroes for each sphere, along with my seven … Continue reading →

Posted in Bear Market, Metagame, The Grey Company | Tagged Action Advantage, Best Heroes, Card Drawing, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Favorite Heroes, Hero Showdown, Least Favorite Heroes, Lord of the Rings LCG, Overrated Heroes, Ranking, Resource Acceleration, Strategy, Tolkien | 4 Comments

Deck Spotlight: Defenders of Annuminas

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Beorn

I want to thank my Grey Company compatriot Ian, over at Tales from Cards, for developing this segment. When it comes to community, the variety of voices adds to the value of the conversation. So I am shamelessly stealing his idea. RingsDB has taken the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Deck Spotlight, RingsDB, The Grey Company | Tagged Community, Deck Building, Deck List, Fantasy Flight Games, Ian, RingsDB, Spotlight, Tales from the Cards, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien | 3 Comments

Session Report: Bear on Board

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Beorn

For the first time in ages, I was able to play a game on OCTGN with a fellow member of the Grey Company. Tonight, Derek and I narrowly prevented the Flight of the Stormcaller. Derek used For Gondor!, a deck designed … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, OCTGN, Screenshot, Session Report, The Grey Company | Tagged Beorn, Boromir, Community, Denethor, Eleanor, Fantasy Flight Games, Faramir, Lanwyn, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, OCTGN, Strategy, 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 →