Tag Archives: Boromir

Homebrew: Boromir’s Journey

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Beorn

In my recent custom card designs I’ve been interested in double-sided cards with a “upgrade” mechanic. This time I decided to apply that theme to Boromir’s Journey from Mines Tirith all the way to Rivendell where he joined the Fellowship … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, Art, Books, Community, Custom Cards, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, Legendarium, Media, Power, Series, The Lord of the Rings | Tagged Alternate Mechanics, Boromir, Community, Double-sided cards, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Golden Belt, Homebrew Cards, Horn, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Shield, Sword, Tolkien, Upgradable Attachments, War-gear | Leave a comment

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

Deck: Ithilien Hunters

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Beorn

Con of the Rings is just around the corner, and will feature quests from the Heirs of Númenor and Against the Shadow cycle. Into Ithilien has long fascinated me as quest, in both its original and nightmare version. It’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Community, Con of the Rings, Contract, Decks, Events, Live Play, Multiplayer, Play Style, Series | Tagged Against the Shadow, Aggro, ALeP, archery, Battle Quest, Boromir, Community, Con of the Rings, Damage Prevention, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Gondorian Fire, Gondorian Shield, Heirs of Numenor, Into Ithilien, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung, Multiplayer, Onward Into Battle, Raiment of War, Secret Vigil, Siege Quest, Strategy, Threat Reduction, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Discussion: The Downfall of Númenor – Part 3

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Beorn

This article continues a series of discussions (Part 1, Part 2) about the modern world through the lens of Tolkien’s legendarium. For those seeking game-specific subjects I encourage you to check out Vision of the Palantir, where you will find … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Discussion, Legendarium, Series, The Lord of the Rings | Tagged Adapting, Aragorn, Boromir, Community, Culture, Denethor, Discussion, Evolving, Frodo Baggins, Frodo of the Nine Fingers, Gollum, Gun Control, Gun Rights, Heroism, Immolation, Learning from Trauma, Legendarium, Mass Killings, Mexico, Mythology, Pacifism, Protecting Life, Self Destruction, The Downfall of Numenor, Tolkien, Traditions, Travel, Uvalde, Violence | 6 Comments

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

Homebrew: Filling in the Gaps

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Beorn

One of the biggest challenges with making thematic decks is that some characters are only available in hero form. Even with the new Bond of Friendship contract, there are four hero spots in your deck. This makes it almost impossible … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Custom Cards, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Allies, Aragorn, Balin, Bond of Friendship, Boromir, Cirdan the Shipwright, Deck Building, Eomer, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Frodo Baggins, Fun, Gimli, Grimbeorn the Old, Homebrew Cards, Legolas, Living Card Games, Oin, Ori, Saga, The Fellowship, The Fortress of Turn, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Quest for Erebor, Thematic Decks, Theme, Theoden, Thorin Oakenshield, Thranduil, Tolkien, Unique Characters | 1 Comment

Alternate Art: Seven Stars and Seven Stones

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Beorn

Even as Pippin gazed in wonder the walls passed from looming grey to white, blushing faintly in the dawn; and suddenly the sun climbed over the eastern shadow and sent forth a shaft that smote the face of the City. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Books, Decks, Legendarium, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Alternate Art, Anborn, Boromir, Deck Building, Denethor, Faramir, Gandalf, Gondor, Heir of Mardil, Ingold, Living Card Game, Magali Villeneuve, Mono-Leadership, Mono-Sphere, Palantir, Prince Imrahil, Resource Acceleration, Rod of the Steward, Send for Aid, Steward of Gondor, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Tome of Atanatar, Tribal, Visionary Leadership | 1 Comment

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

Alternate Art: Magali Villeneuve

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Beorn

The physical constraints of a card game mean that amazing artwork is hidden on small cards. With many talented artists contributing to this game, it is shame to have beautiful images limited to 3.5 by 2.5 inches. With the promotional … Continue reading →