The designers of this game are always looking to expand their roster of traits; this means that sometimes, we get traits just briefly mentioned in the original novels. One of these are the Woodmen of Mirkwood, who got a synergy late in the game's life despite being around since the days of the Ringmaker cycle. … Continue reading Woodmen
Guess I will start by wishing everyone a happy new year. Here's hoping that 2019 will be another great year for the community. For the first month, the blog has certainly been busy, so it looks like this year will turn out great. A lot of things happened this month on the blog itself, from … Continue reading Month in review: January 2019
There are a lot of allies in the card pool at this time with a stat distribution that makes them versatile in any situation. With 2 willpower they can contribute to the quest while making a measurable impact on that quest. 2 attack allows them to join in on combined attacks in order to kill … Continue reading Monthly Poll: January 2019
Exactly one year ago to this day, the first article appeared on the young Vision of the Palantir blog. Since then, the blog has grown to bea hub for several content creators, sharing their content with the community. In this article I want to reflect a little on the past year, and get some thank-yous … Continue reading First Year Anniversary
As we kick off this brand new cycle, we get right away one of my favourite quests in the game. During Voyage of Belegaer, players are introduced to the new mechanics of the cycle, involving sailing tests and ship objectives/enemies. I like this quest because of the replayability, as well as the fact that it … Continue reading Voyage Across Belegaer
The fun thing about this game is that it dares to go beyond the regular factions when it comes to player cards for this game. Instead, it shows that not everything in Middle Earth is light and dark, good and evil. There is also a grey area in between and characters can switch sides halfway … Continue reading Harad
For some people, regular Emyn Muil is already a nightmare to play due to the monotomous gameplay and the lack of twists as you clear locations. With very few enemies and Northern Tracker taking care of annoying locations, even progression players can beat this scenario with ease. However, as a location control player myself, I … Continue reading Nightmare The Hills of Emyn Muil
Going into the Dream-chaser cycle will see us facing a new mechanic in the game, unique to this cycle: Sailing tests. I wanted to explain a bit more about them in a separate article, as they are relevant for several quests during this cycle. Since this cycle also introduces us to Ship objectives and Ship … Continue reading Ships and Sailing tests
Unlike other months, where I would host the poll in the side-bar of the blog, I made a tournament bracket pitting all 102 quests that had been released up to the start of December against each other. Through direct head-to-head battles, we tried to derive what quest would end up being the community's favourite. As … Continue reading Monthly Poll: December 2018
As the year has come to an end, I look back at 2018 as a year in which I have appreciated the game some more. Not only did I attend Con of the Rings and bought every expansion that was released this year (excluding the Limited Edition 2 players set), but the Digital game was … Continue reading 2018: A year in numbers
