Tag Archives: Legendarium

Artist Spotlight: Sandara Tang

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Beorn

Sometimes an artist’s best Tolkien-related work is not even featured in the game because it is from a part of the Legendarium outside of the Third Age. Sandara Tang’s portrayal of Gothmog fighting Ecthelion is truly epic. Since it takes … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Artist Spotlight, Books, Community, Legendarium, Media, Series, The Silmarillion | Tagged Art, Artist Spotlight, Fantasy Flight Games, First Age, Gothmog vs Ecthelion, Legendarium, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Painting, Sandara Tang | Leave a comment

Deck: Memories of the Second Age

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Beorn

The elves in Tolkien’s legendarium allow for histories and world building of truly mythological scope. Their lifespans mean that many of them have witnessed centuries of world events. It also deepens the tragedy when an elf is slain; centuries of … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Archetypes, Books, Community, Decks, Legendarium, Series, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Anachronism, Asfaloth, Deck Building, Deck List, Eldar, Elrond, Elves, Fantasy Flight Games, Forth, Forth the Three Hunters, Galadriel, Gil-Galad, Glorfindel, Gondolin, Imladris, Legendarium, Light of Valinor, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Lorien, Nargothrond, Nenya, Onward Into Battle, Second Age, Strategy, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Third Age, Three Hunters, Tolkien, Vilya, Westernesse | 1 Comment

Discussion: The Downfall of Númenor – Part 4

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Beorn

Time moves on, and the bear just keeps rolling with the tumult. This series looks at the modern world through the lens of Tolkien’s legendarium. You can find the previous parts here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. In particular, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Community, Discussion, Legendarium, Series, The Silmarillion | Tagged Discussion, Gun Violence, Legendarium, Opinion, Second Amendment, The Bear is Tired of Bad Faith Arguments, The Downfall of Numenor, The Only Solution to Gun Violence is More Guns, Tolkien, Uvalde | 4 Comments

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

Spoilers: A Long-extended Party – Worthy of Remembrance

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Beorn

With a community as active and passionate as ours, it should come as no surprise that there would be a concerted effort to continue the game after the official releases end. I’m fortunate enough to have played a minor role … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Control, Game Variant, Homebrew Cards, Legendarium, News, News, Tempo, The Lord of the Rings, Tribal | Tagged A Long-extended Party, Archetypes, Community, Community Content, Direct Damage, Event, Gamling, Guthwine, Homebrew Cards, Legendarium, Ride to Ruin, Rohan, Rohan Sacrifice, Rohan Staging Area Attack, Théoden, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Worthy of Remembrance | 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: The Three Hunters Aggro v2

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Beorn

Sands of Harad was not exactly my favorite deluxe expansion, when it was first released. The versions of Gimli and Legolas had obvious synergy, but their effects seemed a bit underwhelming. Spirit Legolas, in particular, was in an uphill battle … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Art, Community, Contract, GenCon, Metagame, Power, Solo, Theme | Tagged Aggro, Alternate Art, Aragorn, Caldara, Contract, Deck Building, Doomed, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Gen Con 2013, Gimli, Haradrim, Legendarium, Legolas, Living Card Games, Magali Villeneuve, Restricted Attachments, Sands of Harad, Solo, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Three Hunters, Thematic Decks, Tolkien | 2 Comments

Discussion: Tolkien, Politics, and Hobbies vs. “Real Life”

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Beorn

Other than the odd post with alternate art cards, I’ve been notably silent these days. More than the typical “life is busy” refrain, this stems from a certain unease with events outside of the game. “Real life”, so to speak, … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Discussion, News, Thanks, The Lord of the Rings | Tagged Community, Compassion, Hobbies, Immigration, Learning from History, Legendarium, Lord of the Rings LCG, Politics, Rome | 22 Comments

Guest Author: Big as a House

Posted on December 12, 2016 by gandalfDK

Here I am! As you all probably know by now: I arrive precisely when I mean to. Some of you already now me as GandalfDK from the Deck Spotlights on COTR.com or from the COTR Discord server. After several journeys … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Community, Guest Author, History, Legendarium, Theme | Tagged Adventure, Books, GandalfDK, Guest Author, Harad, Legendarium, Mumak, Oliphaunt, Rhun, Sands of Harad, Taming a Mumak, The Lord of the Rings, Theme, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Discussion: Make Middle-earth Great Again

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Beorn

Dear Númenor, It’s been a long slow decline into mediocrity for this fair island. It’s time to make Middle-earth great again, starting with our proud country. People say it can’t be done. Idiots. Not only is it possible – but I’m … Continue reading →