Last weekend at Con of the Rings, the new Adventure Pack of the Ered Mithrin cycle dropped. It was available for purchase by every attendee of the Con, a few days before general release. This meant that we got to see and play with new cards and a brand new quest. So let's discuss the … Continue reading First Impressions: Roam Across Rhovanion
Back in early July, the team behind the Con of the Rings came forward and announced that they would be starting a Kickstarter to see if they could host a convention about the cardgame in the Fantasy Flight Center. With overwhelming support, the goal was met in a matter of days, and the tickets sold … Continue reading Con of the Rings 2018: Experiences and memories
It is custom for members of the community to give something back to their respective supporters, and I wanted to do something for you as well. With the upcoming Con of the Rings event in October, I decided back in July that I wanted to make my own custom loot for my Patreon supporters and … Continue reading Vision of the Palantir Swag 2018
In this game, your characters are expected to get a couple of wounds on them as the scenario progresses. In order to prevent your characters from dying to these wounds, you can heal them. From the early days of the Core Set, there have been many cards that allow players to discard damage tokens on … Continue reading Staples: Healing
The final quest of the Deluxe box takes place in the ruins of Fornost, where the Rangers are taken by surprise by a hoard of Undead. This quest is unique as players can now also be eliminated when their deck runs out of cards. To make this a real threat, the encounter deck focuses on … Continue reading Deadmen’s Dike
Not all traits in the game depict what race a character is, or to what faction he/she belongs. There are a couple that also denotes what the occupation of the character is. Four of these occupational traits have been widely expanded upon and have been linked with a certain sphere. This began in the Dream-chaser … Continue reading Ranger
Can't believe another month has gone by so fast again. The blog is already 9 months old and I'm still in cycle 5. At least the news out of FFG has been slow, so I should be catching up to recent content within a year. This month has been a bit of an organized mess, … Continue reading Month in Review: September 2018
With the blog dipping its toe into the Angmar Awakened cycle this month, I wanted to know which of 9 quests rank among the favourites for the community. The cycle introduced the concept of side-quests, and several scenarios play around this. With only 9 options to choose from, I decided to give everyone 2 votes, … Continue reading Monthly Poll: September 2018
For many, Hunt for Gollum was their first Adventure pack, but it left the players a bit disappointed. The quest was very swingy with early cardpool cards and became easy in the later life of the game. To make the quest more interesting, the Nightmare version was released a few years after the regular AP. … Continue reading Nightmare Hunt for Gollum
Like I said in the previous Storage Solutions article, storage solutions tend to evolve. Players start with just a small collection of boxes and cards, but as time goes on (and more money is poured into this hobby) you will need more advanced storage solutions. With me moving house last month, I got a perfect … Continue reading Storage Solutions II
