“The Greenwood is sick Gandalf! A darkness has fallen over it. Nothing grows anymore - at least nothing good.” Welcome to the fourth ‘There & Back Again’ article in my progression series for the solo player, and this time I’m actually playing through a quest! I have a HUGE fondness for this quest as it … Continue reading Passage through Mirkwood: There and Back again
I think that the normal Journey Along the Anduin quest may just be the quest that has been played the most by the community as a group. Not just because the scenario is enjoyable, but also because of the many resets that players will go through during their playthrough because of the shear difficulty spike … Continue reading Nightmare Journey Along the Anduin
“A shadow has fallen over the Greenwood. ‘Mirkwood’ now men call it...” Welcome to the third ‘There & Back Again’ article in my progression series for the solo player. This time I’m going to be giving details of the tweaks I’ve used on the Player cards in the Core Set and ‘Shadows of Mirkwood’ cycle … Continue reading Intro to the Mirkwood cycle
It's safe to say that I was taken by surprise by this game. I entered in April 2014 and after a year of dabbling in the game, I realized that I wanted to get everything, NOW! I very quickly outgrew my old core set box, the staple of game storage from the the onset. This … Continue reading Storage solutions: Dave Walsh of Card Talk
Hey, it's Roka here, with the honour to introduce you to a new article format for Vision of the Palantir. In those posts I will take the quest analyses on this blog and use them in practice, by building and tweaking a deck for a specific quest that can beat it regularly. I will use … Continue reading Deckbuilding: The Fords of Isen
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” Welcome once more to ‘There & Back Again’, my series of progression articles for the solo player. This time I’m going to be giving details of the new house rules I’m using for my solo adventures along with the … Continue reading Story Mode: Rules
Not everyone owns all of the content straight away, but still need a way to store the various cards. In today's article, BGG user Solanum shares her storage solutions for a smaller collection. This is more of a transition solution for those slowly expanding beyond the Core Set. If you want to write an article … Continue reading Storage Solutions: Solanum
Usually, players tend to destroy enemies by having more attack strength than the enemy has combined defence and hitpoints. However, there is also another way to do damage, one that bypasses the defence value of the enemy. This Direct Damage strategy is a popular archetype for quests where enemies have only a few points of … Continue reading Staples: Direct Damage
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.” Welcome to ‘There & Back Again’, a new section of Vision of the Palantir, hosted by me, dragoncymru. This will cover a solo ‘progression … Continue reading Introduction to the There and Back Again series
More storage solutions for the hub! I am glad to feature a new article today where community member Catastrophic shares his solutions with you. Feel free to leave any comments on the forum post. There you can also read how to send your solutions to me to have them featured on the blog as well! … Continue reading Storage Solutions: Catastrophic
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