Tag Archives: Tactics

Poll Results: Most Anticipated Starter Deck

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Beorn

Depending on your location, the Started Decks have been available since March or April. At this point, most players interested in these four decks have probably had a chance to try one or more of them. Each deck focused on … Continue reading →

Posted in Archetypes, BGG, Community, Multiplayer, New Players, Play Style, Poll, RingsDB, Series, Solo, Support, Tempo, Theme | Tagged Community, Decisions, Deck Building, Defenders of Gondor, Dwarves of Durin, Elves of Lorien, Fantasy Flight Games, Fun, Introduction, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, New Players, Riders of Rohan, Starter Deck, Strategy, Tactics, Theme, Tolkien, Tribal, Tribal Decks | Leave a comment

Key Concepts: Surviving the Early Game Part 2 – Tactics

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Beorn

Part one focused on Leadership cards to help survive the early game. We continue the series with the Tactics sphere. For most of the life of the game Tactics was fairly one-dimensional. It had characters with excellent attack and defense, … Continue reading →

Posted in A Long-extended Party, Aggro, Archetypes, Combo, Community, Key Concepts, Mono-Sphere, Power, Series, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Beorn, Beregond, Boromir, Combat Control, Community, Deck Building, Early Game, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Key Concepts, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Prince Imrahil, Readying, Strategy, Tactics, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tolkien, Traps | 2 Comments

Alternate Art: Bear Jamboree

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Beorn

I’ve been tinkering with various means for unlocking the fierce potential of Grimbeorn the Old, and this decks represents my current thinking. There are undoubtedly decks which focus more directly on Grimbeorn, but I also wanted to create something thematic. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Alternate-Art, Art, Community, Decks, Metagame, Multiplayer, The Hobbit, Theme, Tribal | Tagged Aggro, Alternate Art, Beorn, Beornings, Card Draw, Dunedain, Fantasy Flight Games, Gandalf, Gildor Inglorion, Grimbeorn the Old, Hobbits, Leadership, Living Card Games, Readying, Resource Acceleration, Shadow Cancelation, Signal Attachments, Sneak Attack, Tactics, The Lord of the Rings LCG, Tighten Our Belts, Tolkien, Weapons | Leave a comment

Session Report: A Vacation, with Spider Ceviche

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Beorn

After what seemed like an interminable wait, I finally got my massive paws on Beneath the Sands – the latest AP from the Haradrim cycle. A warning for anyone with arachnophobia, this quest features more spiders than you can shake a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Combo, Community, Decks, Session Report | Tagged Action Advantage, Beneath the Sands, Beorn, Beornings, Eowyn, Fantasy Flight Games, Horn's Cry, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Mablung, Mono-Tactics, Tactics, Tolkien, Valour Effects | 4 Comments

Poll Results: Favorite Attacking Hero

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Beorn

My apologies, dear readers. I have been busy lately with testing out a draft format for the Grey Company listener event at Gen Con 2015. Most recently, Derek and Matthew visited for the first of what will hopefully be an … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Poll | Tagged Aggro, Attack, Core Set, Deck List, Fantasy Flight Games, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Poll, Tactics, Tolkien | 3 Comments

Deck: Champion of Gondor

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Beorn

There has been some talk on the forums lately about the need to include Spirit in every deck. While I agree that quests increasingly are including “must-cancel” treacheries, I do enjoy building decks that defy the trends. This deck does … Continue reading →

Posted in Aggro, Decks | Tagged Aggro, Balin, Boromir, Deck Building, Eagles, Fantasy Flight Games, Leadership, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Sam Gamgee, Secret Vigil, Shadow Cancellation, Strategy, Tactics, Tactics Boromir, The Lost Realm, Threat Reduction, Tolkien | 16 Comments

Metagame: Core Set Supplements

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Beorn

One of the biggest challenges to introducing new players to this game is the Core Set. This statement might at first seem controversial, but anyone who has played this game this for long will begin to notice certain flaws in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Metagame, New Players, Series | Tagged Core Set, Core Set Supplments, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Improving the Game, Introduction, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Metagame, Strategy, Tactics, Theme, Tolkien | 30 Comments

Deck: Ride Them Down!

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Beorn

Ever since Hammer-stroke was released, I’ve been wanting to create a deck that makes use of such a unique and powerful effect. Now that The Voice of Isengard has given us such a majestic mount, we have what we need … Continue reading →

Posted in Decks, Mono-Sphere, Tempo | Tagged Boromir, Deck Building, Fantasy Flight Games, Hama, Hammer-stroke, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Merry, Rohan Warhorse, Strategy, Tactics, Tolkien | 6 Comments

Session Report: Narrow Escape from the Fords of Isen

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Beorn

I was at 48 threat, Brand was killed, and Beorn and Sam were each one hit point from death, but I was able to survive the Fords of Isen. The MVP of the game was a 7 attack 7 defense … Continue reading →

Posted in Screenshot, Session Report | Tagged Beorn, Brand Son of Bain, Eagles, Fantasy Flight Games, Leadership, Living Card Games, Lord of the Rings LCG, Sam Gamgee, Screenshot, Solo, Tactics, The Fords of Isen, Tolkien, Voice of Isengard | 2 Comments

Deck: The Field of Cormallen

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Beorn

As if to his eyes some sudden vision had been given, Gandalf stirred; and he turned, looking back north where the skies were pale and clear. Then he lifted up his hands and cried in a loud voice ringing above … Continue reading →