Tag Archives: Secrecy

Discussion: Bloodless Victory

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Beorn

Ah, that Time could touch a formThat could show what Homer’s ageBred to be a hero’s wage.‘Were not all her life but stormWould not painters paint a formOf such noble lines,’ I said,‘Such a delicate high head,All that sternness amid … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Archetypes, Books, Control, Decks, Legendarium, Literature, Mono-Sphere, Play Style, RingsDB, Series, Solo, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Theme, Tribal, Uncategorized | Tagged ALeP, Community, Control, Deck List, Fantasy Flight Games, Fatty Bolger, Folco Boffin, Forest Snare, Frodo Baggins, Heroism, Hiroshima, Hobbits, Living Card Games, Oppenheimer, Pacifism, Pippin, Put Off Pursuit, Ranger Spikes, Reading, Secrecy, Staging Area Control, The Children of Hurin, The Great Hunt, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Theme Decks, Tolkien, Violence, War | 1 Comment

Key Concepts: Surviving the Early Game Part 1 – Leadership

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Beorn

In my earlier key concepts article about timing, I described how player cards can be categorized into early game, middle game, and late game. Obviously, most staples are worth playing at any time during the game, but some cards are … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Combo, Community, Contract, Control, Key Concepts, Mono-Sphere, Power, Series, Theme | Tagged Card Draw, Card Search, Combat Control, Community, Deck Building, Early Game, Efficiency, Fantasy Flight Games, Hero Abilities, Key Concepts, Leadership, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Low Cost Cards, Readying, Resource Acceleration, Secrecy, Setup Effects, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Timing, Tolkien | 4 Comments

Bear Market: The Aldburg Plot

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Beorn

A Wolf Grey and furtive in the final twilight,he lopes by, leaving his spoor along the bankof this nameless river that has quenched the thirstof his throat, these waters that repeat no stars.Tonight, the wolf is a shade who runs … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Bear Market, Community, Control, Mono-Sphere, Multiplayer, Play Style, Power, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Bear Market, Card List, Community, Control, Cost Reduction, Fantasy Flight Games, Fatty Bolger, Gavin, Halfast Gamgee, Leaf Brooch, Living Card Games, Location Control, Scout, Scouting Party, Secrecy, Strategy, The Aldburg Plot, The Door is Closed!, Threat Reduction, Tom Cotton, Victory Display, Weep No More!, Widfast, Woodmen | Leave a comment

Discussion: The Second Coming

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Beorn

The Second Coming Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Control, Decks, Discussion, Legendarium, Series, The Lord of the Rings, Theme | Tagged Argorn, Contract, Discussion, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Gandalf, Gandalf the White, Living Card Games, Poetry, Power, Saruman, Sauron, Secrecy, The Grey Wanderer, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Nature of Power, Theme, Tolkien, Tribal Deck, William Butler Yeats, Wisdom | 6 Comments

Bear Market: Tier 2 Favorites

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Beorn

As a Living Card Game grows, the best cards become apparent. The cream, as they say, rises to the top. While this game is technically in some kind of torpor, the same principles apply. A quick perusal of the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Archetypes, Bear Market, Combo, Contract, Power, Series, Tribal | Tagged Ancestral Armor, Armor, Bifur, Card Lists, Contract, Elfhelm, Fantasy Flight Games, Favorites, Firefoot, Gildor Inglorion, Hirgon, Knight of the White Tower, Light the Beacons, Living Card Games, Location Control, Mechanics, Meneldor, Merry, Mount, Narrative, Oath of Eorl, Pillars of Kings, Resource Economy, Restricted, Secrecy, Silvan Tracker, Spirit Elfhelm, Spirit Merry, Strategy, The Hidden Way, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Theme, Threat Control, Tier 2, Tolkien, Underrated, Unique, Valour, Windfola, Woodmen's Clearing | 4 Comments

Session Report: A Weary Pilgrim Hunts the Dreadnaught

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Beorn

I just successfully completed a rousing game against The Hunt for the Dreadnaught scenario pack. I used an updated version of my alternate art fellowship deck, A Weary Pilgrim. This time the game was standard mode, but it will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Contract, Control, Power, Session Report, Theme | Tagged Action Advantage, Contract, Control, Easy Mode, Fantasy Flight Games, Fellowship, Hard Mode, Hobbits, Living Card Game, Resource Acceleration, Scenario Pack, Secrecy, Ship Enemies, Ship Objective, Solo, Standard Mode, Strategy, The Hunt for the Dreadnaught, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Turtling | Leave a comment

Alternate Art: The Old Elf and the Sea

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Beorn

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.—Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea After extensive research, the intrepid research hounds here at The Hall … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Art, Books, Community, Contract, Decks, Legendarium, RingsDB, Solo, The Lord of the Rings, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Alternate Art Cards, Art, Cirdan the Shipwright, Community, Deck Building, Ernest Hemingway, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Literature, Living Card Games, NC Wyeth, Resourceful, Secrecy, Single Hero Decks, Strategy, Strider, The Grey Havens, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Old Man and the Sea, Tolkien, Writing | 3 Comments

Alternate Art: Wandering in Search of the Entwives

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Beorn

ENT: When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf, and sap is in the bough; When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow; When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the mountain-air, Come back … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternate-Art, Combo, Community, Contract, Control, Decks, Metagame, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Contract, Control, Deck Building, Ents, Fantasy Flight Games, Living Card Games, Resourceful, Secrecy, Single Hero Decks, Solo, Strategy, Strider, The Grey Wanderer, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Timely Aid, Tolkien, Treebeard, Tribal Decks | 6 Comments

Poll Results: Which archetypes most deserve more support

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Beorn

I’ve had enough time to play through the scenarios of The Shadow in the East, in solo and multiplayer. Before too much time passes, I want to look back on the Ered Mithrin cycle and the related poll which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Community, Metagame, Multiplayer, Poll, Solo, Tribal | Tagged Aggro, Beornings, Dale, Doomed, Dunedain Trap, Dwarf Swarm, Dwarven Digging, Eagles, Ents, Ered Mithin, Fantasy Flight Games, Gandalf Hero, Gondor Swarm, Harad Ally, Hobbit Ally, Hobbit Optional Engagement, Living Card Games, Mono-Tactics, Noldor Discard, Outlands, Poll, Questing, Rohan Mounts, Rohan Swarm, Secrecy, Sidequests, Silvan Bounce, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Wilds of Rhovanion, Tolkien, Traps, Valour, Victory Display, Woodmen | Leave a comment

Alternate Art: A Weary Pilgrim

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Beorn

When evening in the Shire was grey his footsteps on the Hill were heard; before the dawn he went away on journey long without a word. From Wilderland to Western shore, from northern waste to southern hill, through dragon-lair and … Continue reading →