Tag Archives: Ents

Alternate Art: The Last Alliance of Bears and Trees

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Beorn

Among the decks I brought to Con of the Rings 2022, my favorite was a deck called The Last Alliance of Bears and Trees, designed by Shellin of Cardboard of the Rings. The mix of Beornings and Ents, in an … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Alternate-Art, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Con of the Rings, Events, Live Play, Multiplayer, Play Style, Series, Swarm, Theme | Tagged Alternate Art, Beorn's Welcome, Beornings, Birna, Care Bears, Community, Con of the Rings 2022, Contract, Deck Building, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Grimbeorn the Old, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Osbera, Quickbeam, Shellin, Strategy, The Last Alliance, Treebeard | 2 Comments

Discussion: The Second Coming

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Beorn

The Second Coming Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Control, Decks, Discussion, Legendarium, Series, The Lord of the Rings, Theme | Tagged Argorn, Contract, Discussion, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Gandalf, Gandalf the White, Living Card Games, Poetry, Power, Saruman, Sauron, Secrecy, The Grey Wanderer, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Nature of Power, Theme, Tolkien, Tribal Deck, William Butler Yeats, Wisdom | 6 Comments

Alternate Art: Wandering in Search of the Entwives

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Beorn

ENT: When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf, and sap is in the bough; When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow; When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the mountain-air, Come back … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Combo, Community, Contract, Control, Decks, Metagame, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Contract, Control, Deck Building, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Living Card Games, Resourceful, Secrecy, Single Hero Decks, Solo, Strategy, Strider, The Grey Wanderer, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Timely Aid, Tolkien, Treebeard, Tribal Decks | 6 Comments

Poll Results: Which archetypes most deserve more support

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Beorn

I’ve had enough time to play through the scenarios of The Shadow in the East, in solo and multiplayer. Before too much time passes, I want to look back on the Ered Mithrin cycle and the related poll which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Community, Metagame, Multiplayer, Poll, Solo, Tribal | Tagged Aggro, Beornings, Dale, Doomed, Dunedain Trap, Dwarf Swarm, Dwarven Digging, Eagles, Ents, Ered Mithin, Fantasy Flight Games, Gandalf Hero, Gondor Swarm, Harad Ally, Hobbit Ally, Hobbit Optional Engagement, Living Card Games, Mono-Tactics, Noldor Discard, Outlands, Poll, Questing, Rohan Mounts, Rohan Swarm, Secrecy, Sidequests, Silvan Bounce, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Wilds of Rhovanion, Tolkien, Traps, Valour, Victory Display, Woodmen | Leave a comment

Deck: Shire Yard Sale

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Beorn

While the new power cards from the Dale archetype were joining the party, amid much fanfare, a group of less-heralded cards were slinking around the back of the house, to smoke pipes and specifically avoid their more gregarious companions. Silvan, … Continue reading →

Posted in Control, Decks, Legendarium, Mono-Sphere, Tempo, Theme | Tagged Attachment Bounce, Bartering, Bilbgo Baggins, Card Draw, Control, Deck Building, Encounter Deck Manipulation, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Folco Boffin, Gildor's Counsel, Hobbits, Living Card Games, Location Control, Mono-Lore, Pippin, Resourceful, Scroll of Isildur, Secrecy, Staging Area Control, Strategy, Tempo, The Hidden Way, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Wilds of Rhovanion, The Withered Heath, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Discussion: Middle-earth, Without Immigrants

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Beorn

Editor’s Note: This deck was originally posted on RingsDB in 2017. It was intended to spur discussion about bigoted immigration policies in the United States at the time. As I write this in 2024, US immigration policies sadly have not … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, Books, Community, Decks, Discussion, Legendarium, Series, Tribal | Tagged Compassion, Deck List, Discussion, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Immigration, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Middle-Earth, Politics, Treebeard | Leave a comment

Session Report: The Battle of the Pelennor Fields was a Massacre

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Beorn

I was fortunate enough to join the guys from Cardboard of the Rings on Twitch for an epic game of The Battle of the Pelennor Fields. I brought one of my favorite support decks which features Beorn, Bifur and Mablung. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Cardboard of the Rings, Community, Decks, Multiplayer, OCTGN, Screenshot, Session Report, Twitch, Video | Tagged Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Beorn, Bifur, Eagles, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Mablung, Multiplayer, OCTGN, Screenshot, Strategy, The Flame of the West, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Twitch | 3 Comments

Poll Results: Favorite Archetype as of 2015

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Beorn

At times, the meta-game can seem as fickle as a springtime thundershower. Just as one archetype disappears, two new ones appear in a bolt of lightning. Other archetypes change drastically, thanks to new cards which bring new-found strategies. It’s finally time … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, Community, Metagame, Poll | Tagged Archetype, Archetypes, Community, Deck Building, Dunedain, Dwarves, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Hobbits, Living Card Games, Noldor, Poll, Silvan, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien | 4 Comments

Deck: The Bear’s Revenge

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Beorn

For obvious reasons, Beorn is my absolute favorite hero. Unfortunately the metagame seems to have moved away from him of late. Whereas older quests had more 2 and 3-attack enemies, it has become all too common to see 3, 4 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Combo, Decks, Tempo | Tagged Beorn, Beornings, Combo, Damage Prevention, Deck Building, Dori, Ents, Fun, Honour Guard, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung, Pippin, Strategy, Tolkien | 24 Comments

Deck Spotlight: Bear Draft at Gen Con 2015

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Beorn

As promised, here are the deck lists from the 8 player Bear Draft that I ran at Gen Con this year. Unfortunately, I was not able to get each player’s name when I was collecting their decks at the end … Continue reading →