Tag Archives: Grimbeorn the Old

Beorning Advent: Dec 11 – Grimbeorn the Old

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Beorn

Posted in Archetypes, Art, Books, Community, Custom Cards, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, Media, Series, The Hobbit, Tribal | Tagged Advent, Advent 2023, Beorning, Christmas, Community, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Grimbeorn the Old, Homebrew Card, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Yuletide | Leave a 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

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

Deck Spotlight: Bear Draft at Con of the Rings 2021

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Beorn

I had a great time at Con of the Rings 2021. Seeing old friends and making new ones is always a highlight. Whenever I can, I like to run the latest version of my Bear Draft. This year it was … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Archetypes, Community, Con of the Rings, Control, Deck Spotlight, Draft, Events, Game Variant, Live Play, Multiplayer, Play Style, Power, Series, Tempo, Theme | Tagged A Long-extended Party, Bear Draft, Bear Draft v6, Beregond, Community, Con of the Rings 2021, Conventions, Deck Lists, Draft, Early Game, Eowyn, Fun, Galadriel, Gimli, Grimbeorn the Old, Limited Format, Lord of the Rings LCG, Multiplayer, Prince Imrahil, Strategy | 1 Comment

Deck: Ride to Bruin

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Beorn

If you thought the hosts of Mordor were terrified to see the Rohirrim charging across the Pelennor Fields, just imagine if Rohan had been joined by giant bears. Without a doubt, this is one of the least thematic decks I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Combo, Community, Contract, Decks, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, RingsDB, Series, Tribal | Tagged ALeP, Beorning, Decks, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Grimbeorn the Old, Living Card Games, Mash Up, Rohan, Rohan Sacrifice, The Last Alliance, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Thengel, Theoden, Tribal | 2 Comments

Poll Results: Favorites from Wilds of Rhovanion and Ered Mithrin

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Beorn

Last year was a strange year, to put it mildly. It’s only fitting then, that my last poll from 2020 was stuck in limbo. I’ve finally awakened it from hibernation so we can see what readers chose as their favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Poll | Tagged Action Advantage, Attachments, Card Draw, Drinking Song, Eded Mithrin, Fantasy Flight Games, Favorite Player Cards, Grimbeorn the Old, Living Card Games, Poll, Poll Results, Reforged, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Wilds of Rhovanion | Leave a comment

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: Grimbeorn’s Path

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Beorn

For a while now I’ve wanted to create a saga deck with the latest card pool and play through all of the quests in a full campaign. It should come as no surprise that I wanted to build a deck … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Art, Community, Contract, Decks, Key Concepts, Power, Solo | Tagged A Test of Will, Aggro, Alan Lee, Alternate-Art, Armored Destrier, Arwen Undomiel, Beornings, Blood of Númenor, Card Draw, Celebrant's Stone, Contract, Deck Building, Elrond's Counsel, Elven Spear, Elven-light, Fantasy Flight Games, Forth the Three Hunters, Gildor Inglorion, Golden Belt, Gondorian Fire, Gondorian Shield, Grimbeorn the Old, Heroes Only Decks, Legendarium, Light of Valinor, Living Card Games, Low Character Count Decks, No Allies, Open the Armory, Power Deck, Readying, Resource Acceleration, Restricted Attachments, Rohan Warhorse, Round Shield, Saga, Saga Quests, Silver Circlet, Steed of Imladris, Steward of Gondor, Strategy, Strider, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Unexpected Courage, War Axe, Windfola | 3 Comments

Alternate Art: All The Pretty Horses

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Beorn

He thought that in the beauty of the world were hid a secret. He thought that the world’s heart beat at some terrible cost and that the world’s pain and its beauty moved in a relationship of diverging equity and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Books, Contract, Decks, Metagame, Multiplayer | Tagged Alternate Art, Anato Finnstark, Attachment Heavy Decks, Beornings, Contract, Cormac McCarthy, Deck Building, Elfhelm, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Forth the Three Hunters, Grimbeorn the Old, Literature, Living Card Games, Mounts, No Ally Decks, Power Deck, Restricted Attachments, Strategy, Strider, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien | 2 Comments

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 →