Tag Archives: Gondor

Bear Market: Starter Deck Support

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Beorn

Thanks to an intrepid player in Australia, we finally have the full lists for the four Starter Decks. The cards from Defenders of Gondor, Dwarves of Durin, Elves of Lórien, and Riders of Rohan have also been added to Hall … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, Bear Market, New Players, Series, Swarm, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Ally Discard, Ally Mustering, Ally Swarm, Deck Building, Defenders of Gondor, Dwarf, Dwarves of Durin, Elves of Lorien, Fantasy Flight Games, Gondor, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mining, New Players, Resource Acceleration, Riders of Rohan, Rohan, Silvan, Staging Area Attack, Staging Area Control, Starter Decks, Strategy, Swarm, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Valour Effects | 2 Comments

Deck: Valiant Defense

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Beorn

We Ukrainians are a peaceful nation. But if we remain silent today, we will be gone tomorrow! —Volodymyr Zelenskyy I mentioned in my previous post that Russia was making aggressive gestures towards Ukraine. Unfortunately, our fears have come to pass and the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Archetypes, Books, Community, Decks, Legendarium, Mono-Sphere, Series, The Lord of the Rings, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Community, Deck List, Fantasy Flight Games, Gondor, Good vs Evil, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Russia, Sauron, Support, Support Ukraine, The Red Cross, Tolkien, Ukraine, Unicef, Valiant Defense | 2 Comments

Bear Market: Children of Eorl

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Beorn

Each release brings changes to the meta-game. Existing archetypes are strengthened, entirely new strategies emerge, and many of the cards in the pool must be reevaluated. A living card games is “living” in multiple senses. The relative strength of a … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Bear Market, Books, Community, Control, Legendarium, Mono-Sphere, Series, Tempo, Theme, Tribal, Uncategorized | Tagged A Long-extended Party, Aggro, ALeP, Anborn, Archetypes, Bear Market, Children of Eorl, Community Content, Control, Fantasy Flight Games, Favor of the Valar, Gondor, Gondor Swarm, Gondor Traps, Gondor Valour, Living Card Game, Put Off Pursuit, Ride to Ruin, Rohan, Rohan Sacrifice, Rohan Staging Attack, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Muster of Rohan, Tolkien, Valour, Veteran of Osgiliath | 1 Comment

Bear Draft v6

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Beorn

The original plan was to design a new version of the Bear Draft for Con of the Rings 2020. The pandemic had other ideas, so here we are in May of 2021 and I’ve finally finished updating the draft pool. … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Bear Draft, Community, Con of the Rings, Draft, Events, Game Variant, Multiplayer, Play Style, Series | Tagged ALeP, Bear Draft, Bear Draft v6, Community, Con of the Rings, Conventions, Covid-19, Fantasy Flight Games, Gondor, Limited Formats, Living Card Games, Rohan, Rohan Sacrifice, Staging Area Attack, Swarm, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Traps, Valour | 6 Comments

Custom Cards: A Little Help from our Friends

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Beorn

Readers enjoyed my last round of custom cards, so I’ve decided to design a few more. I’m continuing where I left off, designing allies cards for characters who are (mostly) featured as heroes. Unique allies fill an important role in … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Combo, Community, Custom Cards, Custom Cards, Game Variant, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged A Long-extended Party, Allies, Art, Community, Custom Cards, Dain Ironfoot, Denethor, Dwarf, Erkenbrand, Fantasy Flight Games, Gondor, Haldir of Lorien, Hirgon, Hobbit, Living Card Games, Mablung, Rohan, Sam Gamgee, Silvan, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Theme, Theodred, Tolkien, Tribal Decks | 8 Comments

Bear Market: Vengeance of Mordor, My Favorites So Far

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Beorn

I had hoped to have more of the cycle released by this point, but the release schedule of the game has slowed to a glacial pace. Still, Wrath and Ruin is finally available in the US (apologies to our European … Continue reading →

Posted in Bear Market, Community, Contract, Control, Metagame, Multiplayer, Spoilers, Tribal | Tagged A Shadow in the East, Contract, Control, Deck Building, Decks Without Allies, Discussion, Doomed, Fantasy Flight Games, Gondor, Hero Only, Hobbit Optional Engagement, Living Card Games, Location Control, Rohan, Saruman, Silvan Bounce, Spoilers, Staging Area Control, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Vengeance of Mordor | Leave a 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

Deck: The Grudge

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Beorn

Power is fickle. Men think to themselves, and indeed proclaim to others, that they “possess” it. As though power is some physical thing, with heft and dimension, a good which can be ferried to and fro. At best, this belief … Continue reading →

Posted in Decks, Legendarium, Power, Theme | Tagged Aragorn, Arwen Undomiel, Deck Building, Deck List, Denethor, Fantasy Flight Games, Gondor, Lord of the Rings LCG, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Tolkien | 5 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

Bear Draft: Gen Con 2015 Deck Lists

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 →