Tag Archives: Rohan

Bear Market: Starter Deck Supplements

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

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

Game Variant: Bear Draft v6 at Con of the Rings 2021

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

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

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

Bear Market: Vengeance of Mordor Favorites

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

Session Report: Fastred Outwits the Black Serpent

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Beorn

At last week’s Austin LotR group I had a chance to test out a multiplayer version of a Fastred deck. The deck was based on this design by Seastan, and I wanted to see if it was possible to adapt … Continue reading →

Posted in Control, Decks, Live Play, Photo, Session Report, Solo | Tagged Control, Dunhere, Fantasy Flight Games, Fastred, Living Card Gams, Rohan, Seastan, Solo, Spear of the Mark, Staging Area Control, Strategy, The Black Serpent, The Haradrim Cycle, The Lord of the Rings LCG | 5 Comments

Deck Spotlight: Bear Draft at Gen Con 2015

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 →

Posted in Bear Draft, Community, Decks, Draft, GenCon | Tagged Bear Draft, Dwarves, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Gen Con 2015, GenCon, Gondor, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Noldor, Rohan, Silvan, Tolkien | 6 Comments

Deck: The Might of Rohan

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Beorn

An interesting dilemma for any game series that is based on a book is what to do when you run out of source material. Fortunately, the world of Middle-earth is vast and the nature of this game is open-ended, so it … Continue reading →