Category Archives: Photo

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

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

Session Report: Journey up the Anduin and into Mirkwood

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Beorn

We had a special guest at the Austin LotR group tonight! Dan M., author of the Unfinished Trails blog, joined Terence and I for some epic three player games against The Wilds of Rhovanion. After a false start where my … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin Community, Community, Decks, Live Play, Mono-Sphere, Multiplayer, Photo, Session Report | Tagged Ally Attachments, Caldara, Dale, Deck Building, Dunhere, Fantasy Flight Games, Fastred, Journey Up the Anduin, Living Card Games, Location Control, Lost in Mirkwood, Multiplayer, Staging Area Attack, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Wilds of Rhovanion | 1 Comment

Session Report: ¡Viva Las Chingonas!

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Beorn

I finally had a chance tonight to try out my Las Chingonas deck, and the setting could not have been more appropriate. My friend Stephen and I sailed our ships against the Raider Flagship in A Storm on Cobas Haven. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Austin Community, Community, Control, Decks, Live Play, News, Photo | Tagged A Storm on Cobas Haven, Control, Deck Building, Dream-chaser Cycle, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Galadriel, Las Chingonas, Living Card Games, Multiplayer, Na'asiyah, Playtesting, Quest Control, Resource Acceleration, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Threat Control, Tolkien, Turtle | 3 Comments

Travels: Portugal. The Country, and the Deck.

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Beorn

Mrs. Beorn and I had a wonderful trip to Portugal over the winter holidays, and I’ve finally had the chance to sit down and write a bit about it. Being adventurous sorts, we have a list of all the countries … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Decks, Legendarium, News, Photo, Series, Thanks, Travels | Tagged Community, Experience, Fun, Lisbon, Nature, Porto, Portugal, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Travel, Travels | 2 Comments

Session Report: Braving the Crossings of Poros

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Beorn

It’s been a while in coming, but The Crossings of Poros finally arrived and we had a chance to play it this week at our Austin LotR group. The wait was worth it as this quest is both unique and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Austin Community, Community, Decks, Live Play, Multiplayer, Photo, Session Report | Tagged Aggro, Austin Community, Beorn, Beornings, Deck Building, Eagles, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Haradrim, Haradrim Cycle, Living Card Games, Location Control, Mablung, Mono-Tactics, Multiplayer, Oath of Eorl, Raiment of War, Strategy, The Crossings of Poros, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Vigilant Guard, Wait No Longer | Leave a comment

Session Report: Withstanding the Onslaught at Helm’s Deep

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Beorn

The upcoming episode of The Grey Company covers Helm’s Deep, the first of the iconic battles of the War of the Ring. It’s only fitting then, that we tackled this epic quest tonight at our Austin LotR group. I was playing … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Austin Community, Community, Decks, Legendarium, Live Play, Multiplayer, Photo, Session Report, Theme | Tagged Fantasy Flight Games, Helm's Deep, Living Card Games, Multiplayer, Saga Expansion, Seastan, The Grey Company Podcast, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Willpower | 1 Comment

Session Report: Escape from the Dungeons of Cirith Gurat

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Beorn

After what seemed like an eternity, The Dungeons of Cirith Gurat was released today! We had a chance to play a four player game at our local Austin Lord of the Rings group. After an initial attempt that went quickly … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Austin Community, Community, Fellowship Events, Mono-Sphere, Multiplayer, Photo, Session Report | Tagged 4 Player Game, Attack on Dol Guldur, Austin Community, Caldara, Community, Deck Building, Errata, Fantasy Flight Games, Fellowship Events, Living Card Games, Multiplayer, Strategy, The Dungeons of Cirith Gurat, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien | 5 Comments

Session Report: Fastred Outwits the Black Serpent

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Beorn

At last week’s Austin LotR group I had a chance to test out a multiplayer version of a Fastred deck. The deck was based on this design by Seastan, and I wanted to see if it was possible to adapt … Continue reading →

Posted in Control, Decks, Live Play, Photo, Session Report, Solo | Tagged Control, Dunhere, Fantasy Flight Games, Fastred, Living Card Gams, Rohan, Seastan, Solo, Spear of the Mark, Staging Area Control, Strategy, The Black Serpent, The Haradrim Cycle, The Lord of the Rings LCG | 5 Comments

Session Report: Caldara bests the Black Serpent

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Beorn

After a couple of futile attempts with other decks (Hobbits and Gondor never had a chance), I had to pull at the big guns and bring my Aggro Caldara deck against The Black Serpent. It was a pitched battle, with … Continue reading →