Tag Archives: Multiplayer

Bear Market: Convention Multiplayer Staples – Part 2

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Beorn

In the first part of this article, we discussed staples for card draw and resource acceleration, which are appropriate for multiplayer games. Specifically, with Con of the Rings arriving soon, the goal is to give players ideas of how to … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Bear Market, Community, Con of the Rings, Events, Live Play, Multiplayer, Play Style, Series | Tagged A Long-extended Party, ALeP, Brand Son of Bain, Community, Con of the Rings, Deck Building, Double Back, Fantasy Flight Games, Frodo Baggins, Galadriel, Gandalf, Grim Resolve, Hold Your Ground, Leather Boots, Legolas, Lembas, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Merry, Multiplayer, Readying, Rohan Warhorse, Secret Vigil, Sneak Attack, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Threat Control, Three and Four Player Games, Tolkien, Unexpected Courage, Woodmen's Clearing | 1 Comment

Bear Market: Convention Multiplayer Staples – Part 1

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Beorn

With Con of the Rings fast approaching, now is an excellent time to review some multiplayer staples worth considering. Many solo players, even if they play two-handed solo, don’t often have to deal with coordinating unique cards in an ad … Continue reading →

Posted in Bear Market, Community, Con of the Rings, Events, Live Play, Multiplayer, Play Style, Series | Tagged A Lesson in Caution, A Long-extended Party, ALeP, Ancient Mathom, Beravor, Bifur, Brand Son of Bain, Campfire Tales, Card Draw, Community, Con of the Rings, Deck Building, Deep Knowledge, Double Back, Fantasy Flight Games, Foe-hammer, Frodo Baggins, Galadriel, Gandalf, Gavin, Generic Replacements, Gildor Inglorion, Grim Resolve, Horn of Gondor, Legolas, Lembas, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung, Merry, Multiplayer, Part 1, Ranger Provisions, Readying, Resource Acceleration, Seasoned Forager, Secret Vigil, Sneak Attack, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Theodred, Threat Reduction, Three and Four Player Games, Tolkien, Unexpected Courage, Unique Cards, Wingfoot, Woomen's Clearing, Zigil Miner | 1 Comment

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

News: Con of the Rings 2021

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Beorn

Covid has put in-person games on hold for more than a year. Thanks to the vaccine, I’m finally ready to brave a convention and play some over the board games. After it was cancelled last year, Con of the Rings … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Alternate-Art, Cardboard of the Rings, Community, Con of the Rings, Events, Live Play, Multiplayer, News, Play Style, RingsDB, Series | Tagged A Long-extended Party, ALeP, Alt Art, Cardboard of the Rings, Community, Con of the Rings, Con of the Rings 2021, Conventions, Eagle Storm, Friendship, Multiplayer, Nouveau Hunters, Nurn Hobbits, Ride to Bruin, RingsDB, The Greatest Adventure | Leave a comment

Key Concepts: Surviving the Early Game Part 3 – Spirit

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Beorn

The early game survival series continues. In this installment, we highlight some early round strategies for the the Spirit sphere. For those who want a to review previous articles, see discussions of the Leadership and Tactics spheres. Spirit started strong … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Archetypes, Combo, Contract, Control, Key Concepts, Series | Tagged A Long-extended Party, A Test of Will, Ally Mustering, Arwen Undomiel, Attack, Card Draw, Combat, Dain Ironfoot, Defense, Defiant Challenge, Doomed, Double Back, Early-Game, Elrond's Counsel, Elven-light, Eowyn, Escort from Edoras, Imladris Stargazer, Lothiriel, Miruvor, Multiplayer, Questing, Readying, Resource Acceleration, Search, Silver Circlet, Solo, Spirit, Unexpected Courage, Westfold Horse-breeder, Widfast | 1 Comment

Alternate Art: Nouveau Hunters

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Beorn

Art Nouveau was a style of art, architecture, and crafts which came into prominence in the late 19th century. Even today, more than a century later, Alphonse Mucha is associated with the Art Nouveau. Unlike many artists from earlier movements, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Art, Decks, Mono-Sphere, Multiplayer, Theme | Tagged Alphonse Mucha, Alternate Art, Art Nouveau, Arwen Undomiel, Contract, Deck Building, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Forth the Three Hunters, Galadriel, Mono-Sphere, Mono-Spirit, Multiplayer, Quest Deck, Strategy, Style, Support Deck, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Theme | 3 Comments

Alternate Art: Aggro Outlands

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Beorn

Continuing in my series of alternate art decks, I’d like to present an Aggro Outlands deck which I keep in case of emergency. As listeners of the Grey Company podcast may recall, my view of Outlands was less than favorable … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Art, Austin Community, Community, Multiplayer, Power, Thanks, The Grey Company, Tribal | Tagged Aggro, Ally Swarm, Alternate-Art, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Living Card Games, Multi-Sphere, Multiplayer, Outlands, Power Deck, Strategy, The Grey Company, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Play Report: Journey up the Anduin and into Mirkwood

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Beorn

We had a special guest at the Austin LotR group tonight! Dan M., author of the Unfinished Trails blog, joined Terence and I for some epic three player games against The Wilds of Rhovanion. After a false start where my … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin Community, Community, Decks, Live Play, Mono-Sphere, Multiplayer, Photo, Play Report | Tagged Ally Attachments, Caldara, Dale, Deck Building, Dunhere, Fantasy Flight Games, Fastred, Journey Up the Anduin, Living Card Games, Location Control, Lost in Mirkwood, Multiplayer, Staging Area Attack, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Wilds of Rhovanion | 1 Comment

News: ¡Viva Las Chingonas!

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Beorn

I finally had a chance tonight to try out my Las Chingonas deck, and the setting could not have been more appropriate. My friend Stephen and I sailed our ships against the Raider Flagship in A Storm on Cobas Haven. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Austin Community, Community, Control, Decks, Live Play, News, Photo | Tagged A Storm on Cobas Haven, Control, Deck Building, Dream-chaser Cycle, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Galadriel, Las Chingonas, Living Card Games, Multiplayer, Na'asiyah, Playtesting, Quest Control, Resource Acceleration, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Threat Control, Tolkien, Turtle | 3 Comments

Play Report: Braving the Crossings of Poros

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Beorn

It’s been a while in coming, but The Crossings of Poros finally arrived and we had a chance to play it this week at our Austin LotR group. The wait was worth it as this quest is both unique and … Continue reading →