As the world continues to burn around us, it's nice to appreciate the little glimpses of light in this dark tunnel. Another year has come and gone, and Vision of the Palantir is now 8 years old! The blog continues to grow, though this was a rather slow year, boosted mostly by the QOTW articles. … Continue reading Eighth Year Anniversary
Happy holidays all! I hope everyone gets to celebrate the end of this year with some more games and I wish you the best for 2026. I know it has been a while since the last update, but we have finally gotten some progress going on the book again, and we are hopeful to release … Continue reading Update December 2025
It has been a while since I have written an actual article on the blog that isn't QotW-related, and I am sorry to say that this one is also not going to be a scenario analysis. I have some other priorities right now, but I will continue with the NM Dream-chaser cycle once I have … Continue reading Art-icle: Tools of the Trait
The blog is another year older, and that decade is approaching a lot faster than I thought. It has been another year of amazing interactions with this community, and the start of several new series on the blog that will keep content going while I am busy with work and writing the new book. Let's … Continue reading Seventh Year Anniversary
Well, it looks like I have my answer in the article I published earlier this year on what FFG would do after the Return of the King Saga expansion was repackaged. While I mentioned various scenarios that would see more products being released by the company, their most recent post announcing the repackaged Return of … Continue reading The Game is Dead, Long live the Game!
Strap in; this is going to be a long article. For years, I have been busy reviewing products and quests for LOTR LCG, but I have never done an article on every single expansion, reviewing both quests and player cards. In truth, this article borrows a lot from Ian's New Player Buying Guide over at … Continue reading Ultimate LOTR LCG expansion review
It has been over 3.5 years since the previous poll I did on the state of the blog, and with my job preventing me from spending a lot of time on the blog, I wanted to get some feedback. This helps me to see where I should spend some time and what the community would appreciate most. I'm … Continue reading Vision of the Poll-antir 4 Results
They grow up so fast, don't they? It has been exactly 6 years since I started to write for the blog and shared the first set of articles on the Core Set with the community. Back then, I had no idea how large the blog would grow and that we'd cross the 1 million views … Continue reading Sixth Year Anniversary
It's for the first time in a while that I feel that this year has been better than the last. That's not difficult to beat since 2022 was horrible, but it's nice to reflect on the past 12 months and feel good about how they have gone on a personal level. Let's hope that positivity … Continue reading 2023: A Year in Numbers
It has been a hot minute since I last did one of these overview articles. I took a break in August, and when the end of September rolled around, I was busy playing games at Con of the Rings. So I will recap a bit of the past three months in this article, and look … Continue reading Month in Review: October 2023
Vision Of The Palantir 