This is a real gem of a quest in this cycle. It is not very difficult and is the go-to quest for any deck that wants to include some Secrecy cards. The quest also introduced us to the biggest let-down in terms of objective allies, Nalir the Dwarf. This objective is anything but helpful during … Continue reading Trouble in Tharbad
As summer approaches, so does the light at the end of the tunnel known as university. In a few weeks, I will have finished the final exams and can pour all my attention towards the blog. This month has been a little bit quieter as I have been busy with projects and other things non-LOTR … Continue reading Month in Review: May 2018
At the start of the month, I posted the very first monthly poll on the blog. Since I was just wrapping up the Against the Shadow cycle at the time, I wondered what the community's favourite quest was of this cycle. A benefit of having a blog, you can just ask! And so the first … Continue reading Monthly Poll: May 2018
Knowledge is power, especially in this game where certain encounter cards can ruin your day. Knowing what comes off of the encounter deck and adjusting your board state accordingly can be a very powerful tool in this game. To look and interact with the top card(s) of the encounter deck is known as scrying and … Continue reading Staples: Scrying (Encounter Deck)
The threat counter serves as a sort of time counter for the majority of the game. It forces players to make progress and not stall forever, building up the decks. For most cases, the players are defeated once their threat reaches 50, but there are some quests that play around this limit a little. Any … Continue reading Staples: Threat Reduction
Every once in a while, the developers give us with a scenario that has some special mechanic that really flips the normal phases of the game upside down. The Blood of Gondor is such a quest. Not only does this quest give players a ton of enemies, but the enemies might engage players when they … Continue reading The Blood of Gondor
While the developers of this wonderful game are doing their best to crank out as much content as they can, the community itself doesn't sit idle as well. Over the years, several hard-core fans of this game have created their own quests, made different modes to enjoy the game differently, and have been producing other … Continue reading Fan-made content: Game modes and quests
This article will contain spoilers for the conclusion of the narrative of the Against the Shadow cycle. If you haven't played this quest yet, go in blind and come back in order to not be spoiled by the big surprise. The Morgul Vale is the conclusion of the Against the Shadow cycle and it ends … Continue reading The Morgul Vale
Every once in a while, a unique card turns up in the game which isn't part of any pre-existing trait. In the early days of the game, this was quite common as new synergies were getting developed. But the Wose trait wasn't introduced to the player card pool until the second to last Saga expansion. … Continue reading Wose
https://www.patreon.com/vision_of_the_palantir As I have mentioned in the Poll article, I have been considering upgrading the blog to remove advertisements and get a separate URL to make the blog easier to find. However, on a student budget, this is hard to do. This is why I have set up a Patreon account for anyone who is … Continue reading Patreon
