Tag Archives: Faramir

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

Play 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, Play Report, Screenshot, 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

Deck: Reaches of the Realm

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Beorn

Ever since I first opened the Core Set, I have always wanted to be able to make a powerful deck featuring an army of Gondorian characters. Epic battles like Pelennor Fields and the Morannon are memorable events from the books, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Decks, Metagame, Theme | Tagged Beregond, Boromir, Damrod, Deck Building, Deck List, Fantasy Flight Games, Faramir, Gondor, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Strategy, Tolkien, Tri-Sphere | 10 Comments

Deck: Rally the Troops

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Beorn

In a sense, new heroes represent a puzzle to be solved. Heroes form such an important part of a deck’s design, but it is not always immediately obvious how a new hero will best integrate with the existing cards, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Decks | Tagged A Very Good Tale, Aggro, Aragorn, Deck Building, Eagles, Engagement, Ents, Ever Vigilant, Fantasy Flight Games, Faramir, Gandalf, Honour Guard, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung, Mustering, Readying, Rumil, Skinbark, Strategy, Strong Allies, The Land of Shadow, The Lost Realm, Tolkien, Treebeard | 16 Comments

Deck: Refuge at Henneth Annûn

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Beorn

The work put before Faramir and his rangers of Ithilien was nigh impossible. Tasked with holding off the onslaught of the Dark Lord’s forces from Mordor into Osgiliath, they were sorely undermanned. The still proud people of Gondor lay directly in … Continue reading →

Posted in Control, Decks, Theme | Tagged Anborn, Damrod, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Faramir, Gondor, Henneth Annun, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung, Rangers, Rangers of Ithilien, Sam Gamgee, Staging Area Control, Strategy, Sword-thain, Tolkien, Traps | 9 Comments

A Tribute to David Poage

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Beorn

We live in a society of over-used superlatives. In games we always play as the “hero”. Often these characters are amateurish, one-dimensional tropes, whose sole distinction is mindlessly hacking away at mountains of anonymous enemies. The meaning of this word has … Continue reading →

Posted in Tribute | Tagged Aragorn, Family, Faramir, Love, Thorin Oakenshield, Tolkien, Tribute | 29 Comments

Deck: The Window on the West

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Beorn

‘See here, Captain!’ He planted himself squarely in front of Faramir, his hands on his hips, and a look on his face as if he was addressing a young hobbit who had offered him what he called ‘sauce’ when questioned … Continue reading →

Posted in Decks, Legendarium, Theme | Tagged Anborn, Fantasy Flight Games, Faramir, Gondor, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Rangers, Sam Gamgee, Secrecy, Staging Area Control, Strategy, The Dunland Trap, Tolkien, Traps | 14 Comments

Deck: Faramir and the Rangers of Ithilien

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Beorn

Since the release of Assault on Osgiliath, I have wanted to design a deck around Faramir. The captain of the rangers of Ithilien has always been one of my favorite characters and I was hoping to unleash this long-awaited hero’s potential. … Continue reading →

Posted in Control, Decks, Theme | Tagged Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Faramir, Gondor, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mono-Lore, Mono-Sphere, Rangers, Staging Area Control, Strategy, Tolkien | 11 Comments

Deck: Boromir Leads the Charge!

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Beorn

On the most recent episode of The Grey Company podcast, our discussion about deck-building has inspired me to try something a little bit different. For most of the Against the Shadow cycle, the Gondor trait seemed to be sadly under-developed, … Continue reading →

Posted in Decks, OCTGN, Theme | Tagged Boromir, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Faramir, Gondor, Leadership, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mono-Leadership, Mono-Sphere, Strategy, Tolkien, Visionary Leadership | 21 Comments

Deck: Three Kings, a Queen, and a Prince

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Beorn

One of the great things about The Lord of the Rings LCG is that it lets us play the game of What If?. What if Dain survived the battle of Dale at the end of the third age? What if … Continue reading →