Tag Archives: Solo

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

Play 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, Play Report, Power, 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: 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 | 5 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 | 1 Comment

Play 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, Play 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: Solo First Turn Win

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Beorn

Bear’s Note: This article was written by a member of the community named Rouxxor, I merely helped a bit with the translation. Rouxxor can be found on the FFG Community Forums. You can read the article in the original French, … Continue reading →

Posted in Combo, Community, Decks, Solo | Tagged Card Draw, Combo Deck, Community, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, First Turn Win, Infinite Loops, Justice Shall Be Done, Living Card Games, Lure of Moria, Ravens of the Mountain, Recursion, Resource Acceleration, Rod of the Steward, Scroll of Isildur, Second Breakfast, Solo, Strategy, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tome of Atanatar, We Are Not Idle | 6 Comments

Play Report: Dúnedain hold back The Long Arm of Mordor

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Beorn

After a brief and much-needed hiatus in the City of Eternal Spring, I finally had a chance to try out my most recent deck. Last Guardians of Arnor is the first pure Dúnedain deck I’ve built which feels satisfying to play. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Decks, Photo, Play Report, Solo, Theme | Tagged Aggro, Amarthiul, Aragorn, Beravor, Deck Building, Dunedain, Fantasy Flight Games, Firyal, Living Card Games, Photo, Solo, Strategy, The Long Arm of Mordor, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Sands of Harad, Theme, Tolkien, Trait Deck | 5 Comments

Play Report: Three Hunters Aggro Braves the Desert Crossing

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Beorn

I had the chance to try out my Aggressive version of the The Hunters Deck tonight and was able to survive Desert Crossing before my heroes were burnt alive. Roheryn was invaluable for this quest. Not only did he provide the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Decks, Live Play, Photo, Play Report, Power, Solo, Theme | Tagged Aggro, Ally Light Decks, Aragorn, Desert Crossing, Doomed, Fantasy Flight Games, Gimli, Legolas, Living Card Games, No Cancellation, Solo, Strategy, Temperature, The Lord of the Rings LCG, The Sands of Harad, Three Hunters, Tolkien | 2 Comments

Metagame: Part 6 – A Unique Challenge

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Beorn

There are several core mechanics which all of Fantasy Flight’s Living Card Games share. In a sense, these fundamental aspects are what defines all of the disparate games as LCGs. The concept of unique cards is one such rule, and it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Metagame | Tagged Allies, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Heroes, Legendarium, Lord of the Rings LCG, Metagame, Multiplayer, Objective Allies, Setting, Solo, Solo vs Multi-player, Strategy, Theme, Tolkien, Uniqueness | 8 Comments

Play Report: The Hobbits Overcome Bellach, and Discover Celebrimbor’s Secret

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Beorn

Thanks to some invaluable help from Gandalf and Elrond, the Hobbits had no trouble taking out Bellach and discovering Celebrimbor’s Secret. By exploring locations as quickly as possible, and optionally engaging enemies with the Scour effect, I was able to mitigate … Continue reading →