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Month in Review: December 2019

This will be the final article of this decade, and I wish everyone a happy new year within a few hours (or it is already 2020 if you live in Australia by the time this goes up). Unlike last year, I did not take a hiatus during December, and managed to keep pumping out the … Continue reading Month in Review: December 2019 →

durinsfather news Leave a comment 31 December 2019

2019: A year in numbers

As 2020 is around the corner, I take some time in this article to go over some of the statistics concerning me and the blog over this past year. Much like last year I will be going over the statistics of the blog, detailing the best articles of the year, and some other things that … Continue reading 2019: A year in numbers →

durinsfather Other 5 Comments 28 December 201928 December 2019

Player card review: The Redhorn Gate

Arwen wishes to visit her father Elrond, and Celeborn has bid the heroes to escort her over the Misty Mountains and safely to Rivendell. But the season grows late, and a sudden chill has descended on the three peaks that guard the Redhorn pass. Ready for hard climbing and severe frost in the middle of … Continue reading Player card review: The Redhorn Gate →

silblade222 Dwarrowdelf, Player card review Leave a comment 17 December 201928 January 2020

Collectables in LOTR LCG

With Living Card Games such as this one, you know exactly what you are getting in your expansions. No boosters, no 50 copies of the same Keen Eyed Took that you are never going to play, just the cards that you want. I love this format and prefer it over the CCG or TCG formats. … Continue reading Collectables in LOTR LCG →

durinsfather Other 2 Comments 14 December 201928 June 2022

Creatures

Sometimes, a secondary trait on cards can go around unnoticed until that trait suddenly gets some development. Such was the case with the Creature trait, which had no synergy at all until the end of the Ered Mithrin cycle. While a large subset of creatures have their own synergy, the Eagles, it is important to … Continue reading Creatures →

durinsfather Traits 3 Comments 12 December 201927 May 2020

Deckbuilding in the Ringmaker-cycle

After having built a deck to beat each scenario of the Ringmaker-cycle, I want to give an overall summary of the decks I have built and some general deck building strategies for this cycle . I will start with a list of all the decks in links to their articles: The Fords of Isen: Watchers … Continue reading Deckbuilding in the Ringmaker-cycle →

rokafuchs Deckbuilding, Ringmaker Leave a comment 10 December 2019

Score in LOTR LCG

This article was made as a request by the Master of the Annuminas Stone. If you also want a title and want to request articles like this concerning LOTR LCG, then feel free to check out this blog's Patreon page. There you will find how you can request articles and find the many other benefits … Continue reading Score in LOTR LCG →

durinsfather Other 4 Comments 8 December 20194 May 2020

The Black Serpent

One of the best things of this game is that it can dive deep into passing mentions of places and characters that were in the books. This cycle is a prime example of this, since we don't know much about Harad from the books. It has led us to the great jungles that were only … Continue reading The Black Serpent →

durinsfather Haradrim 3 Comments 3 December 201922 March 2022

Month in Review: November 2019

Another month is over, and what a month it has been for the community. Not only did we get a lot of new cards spoiled to us, but most of the community finally got their hands on Wrath and Ruin. This in turn meant that the community was thriving with discussions on the new cards … Continue reading Month in Review: November 2019 →

durinsfather news Leave a comment 30 November 2019

Deckbuilding: The Antlered Crown

With the Antlered Crown, this series comes to the final quest of the Ringmaker cycle. We meet once again with the Dunlendings after 3 quests without them for a final battle to conclude the narrative about the Dunlending civil war. I think two things are necessary from my deck to defeat this quest: High willpower … Continue reading Deckbuilding: The Antlered Crown →

rokafuchs Deckbuilding, Ringmaker 2 Comments 28 November 2019

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