Category Archives: Session Report

Session Report: Epic Helm’s Deep

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Beorn

On Saturday I had the pleasure of joining many members of the community to test out The Purple Wizard’s Epic version of Helm’s Deep. We had three different teams, working together to defend the Hornburg. I joined Durin’s Father of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Contract, Events, Game Variant, Media, Multiplayer, OCTGN, Play Style, Power, Screenshot, Series, Session Report, Twitch | Tagged Aggro, Community, Con of the Rings, Contract, Durin's Father, Epic Helm's Deep, Epic Multiplayer, Fantasy Flight Games, Forth the Three Hunters, Game Variant, Grimbeorn's Path, Living Card Games, The Battle of the Hornbug, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Purple Wizard, Tolkien, Wandering Took | 2 Comments

Session Report: A Weary Pilgrim Hunts the Dreadnaught

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Beorn

I just successfully completed a rousing game against The Hunt for the Dreadnaught scenario pack. I used an updated version of my alternate art fellowship deck, A Weary Pilgrim. This time the game was standard mode, but it will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Contract, Control, Power, Session Report, Theme | Tagged Action Advantage, Contract, Control, Easy Mode, Fantasy Flight Games, Fellowship, Hard Mode, Hobbits, Living Card Game, Resource Acceleration, Scenario Pack, Secrecy, Ship Enemies, Ship Objective, Solo, Standard Mode, Strategy, The Hunt for the Dreadnaught, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Turtling | 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: 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 →

Posted in Aggro, Live Play, Mono-Sphere, Photo, Session Report, Solo | Tagged Caldara, Fantasy Flight Games, Living Card Games, Mono-Spirit, Photo, Southron Champion, The Black Serpent, The Haradrim Cycle, The Lord of the Rings LCG | 3 Comments

Session Report: A Vacation, with Spider Ceviche

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Beorn

After what seemed like an interminable wait, I finally got my massive paws on Beneath the Sands – the latest AP from the Haradrim cycle. A warning for anyone with arachnophobia, this quest features more spiders than you can shake a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Combo, Community, Decks, Session Report | Tagged Action Advantage, Beneath the Sands, Beorn, Beornings, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Horn's Cry, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung, Mono-Tactics, Tactics, Tolkien, Valour Effects | 4 Comments

Session Report: My Mûmak’s Name is Homer

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Beorn

I’m presenting my trek through the Haradrim Cycle a bit out of order, but I wanted to give a snapshot of my victory against The Mûmakil with my Aggro Caldara deck. With the help of an army of allies, Caldara was … Continue reading →