Tag Archives: Beorn

Celebration: 11 Years of the Hall of Beorn

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Beorn

The years roll by, and it continues to surprise me that a project I started on a whim is still going. Lord of the Rings LCG products are being re-released, but this blog has technically outlived the first official run … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Celebration, Community, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, Media, News, Series, Thanks, The Hobbit | Tagged 11 Years, Anniversary, Art, Beorn, Celebration, Community, Double-Sided Hero, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Hall of Beorn Blog, Homebrew Cards, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Thanks | 3 Comments

Alternate Art: Beorn-Kazooie

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Beorn

Continuing in our series of alternate art decks for community contributors, this design is based on a deck by McDog3 called Ranger Danger. It is inspired by the beloved Rare platformer video game, Banjo-Kazooie. True to the name, it makes … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Games, Media, Series, Tribal | Tagged A Good Harvest, ALeP, Ally Mustering, Banjo-Kazooie, Beorn, Beorn's Welcome, Beorning Guardian, Beorning Pony, Beorning Skin-changer, Beornings, Beravor, Birna, Combo, Community, Daeron's Runes, Deck List, Descendants of Beorn, Dunedain, Dunedain Pipe, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Gather Information, Giant Bear, Grey Companion, Ithilien Guardian, Ithilien Tracker, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung Ally, McDog3, Northern Tracker, Osbera, Platformer Video Games, Rangers, Rare Software, Secret Vigil, Silly, The Houses of Healing, The Last Alliance, Theme, Tolkien, Tribal Decks, Woodmen's Clearing, Yazan | 1 Comment

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

Key Concepts: Surviving the Early Game Part 2 – Tactics

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Beorn

Part one focused on Leadership cards to help survive the early game. We continue the series with the Tactics sphere. For most of the life of the game Tactics was fairly one-dimensional. It had characters with excellent attack and defense, … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Key Concepts, Mono-Sphere, Power, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Beorn, Beregond, Boromir, Combat Control, Community, Deck Building, Early Game, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Key Concepts, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Prince Imrahil, Readying, Strategy, Tactics, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Traps | 2 Comments

Spoilers: A Long-extended Party – Beorn

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Beorn

I’m excited to present a spoiler from an upcoming A Long-extended Party release! The set itself has not been announced yet, so I’m going to keep quiet about it. Still, I figured my readers would enjoy an early look at … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Community, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, News, News, Series | Tagged A Long-extended Party, ALeP, April 1st, April First, Beorn, Community, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Spoiler, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Troll-slayer | 6 Comments

Alternate Art: Gift of the First-Beorn

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Beorn

Continuing in my series of alternate art decks, I’m pleased to present another of Seastan’s creations: Gift of the First-Beorn. You can find the full deck list and strategy guide on RingsDB. The choice should come as little surprise to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Art, Cardboard of the Rings, Community, Decks, Power, RingsDB | Tagged Alternate Art, Art, Arwen Undomiel, Attachment-Light Deck, Beorn, Beornings, Event-Heavy Deck, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Gildor Inglorion. Fortune or Fate, John Howe, Living Card Games, Power Deck, RingsDB, Seastan, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Alternate Art: Nightmare in the Fog

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Beorn

Last month, I had the privilege to write a quest review for Nightmare Conflict at the Carrock over on the Vision of Palantir. It had been a few since I played that quest, and as part of researching the article … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Community, Contract, Decks, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Alternate-Art, Beorn, Beornings, Deck Building, Eagles, Fantasy Flight Games, Gwahir's Debt, Gwaihir, Istari, Landroval, Living Card Games, Nightmare, Playtesting, Power, Radagast, RingsDB, Strategy, Support of the Eagles, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Theme, Tolkien, Vision of the Palantir | 1 Comment

Guest Author: Nightmare Conflict at the Carrock on Vision of the Palantir

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Beorn

Durin’s Father has graciously invited me to write a narrative-based review of Nightmare Conflict at the Carrock, over on Vision of the Palantir. For anyone who likes brave tales of bears and eagles and wizards, or who just wants a … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Key Concepts, Multiplayer, Nightmare, Series, Writing | Tagged Beorn, Community, Conflict at the Carrock, Deck Building, Durin's Father, Fantasy Flight Games, Guest Author, Key Concepts, Living Card Games, Nightmare Conflict at the Carrock, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Trolls, Vision of the Palantir | Leave a comment

Alternate Art: Bear Jamboree

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Beorn

I’ve been tinkering with various means for unlocking the fierce potential of Grimbeorn the Old, and this decks represents my current thinking. There are undoubtedly decks which focus more directly on Grimbeorn, but I also wanted to create something thematic. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Art, Community, Decks, Metagame, Multiplayer, The Hobbit, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Aggro, Alternate Art, Beorn, Beornings, Card Draw, Dunedain, Fantasy Flight Games, Gandalf, Gildor Inglorion, Grimbeorn the Old, Hobbits, Leadership, Living Card Games, Readying, Resource Acceleration, Shadow Cancelation, Signal Attachments, Sneak Attack, Tactics, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tighten Our Belts, Tolkien, Weapons | Leave a comment

Discussion: We’re Having Cubs!

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Beorn

With much excitement, and a bit of nervousness, I am pleased to announce that Mrs. Beorn is pregnant with cubs! We’re obviously pleased as bees in honey here at the Hall, and I am sure to be a proud poppa … Continue reading →