In this game, you as a player tend to grow as your collection grows as well. Why we may have entered the game through different reasons, as seen in this poll, we all started with the Core Set at some point. In this article, I will try to group players in different stages of involvement … Continue reading Levels of LOTR LCG players
Man, these months are really going by quickly. It can be a good thing though, as Con of the Rings is just 4 months away now. And the sooner that arrives, the better. But with another month coming to a close, it is time to review what has happened to the blog and the official … Continue reading Month in review: May 2019
“So the Company went on their long way, down the wide hurrying waters, borne ever southwards.” After the gentleness of ‘Passage Through Mirkwood’, this adventure is a big step upwards in terms of difficulty. I think it was a good idea of the game designers to put this one into the Core set as it … Continue reading Journey Along the Anduin: There and Back Again
With another month approaching its end, it is time to wrap up this month's poll. I was interested to see what sphere lineups are the most favourite among players in this community. I listed every possible lineup and gave you three votes for sphere lineups. The results of that poll will be discussed in this … Continue reading Monthly Poll: May 2019
While travelling in the Anduin Valley, the heroes come across a fallen Eagle, dreadfully wounded from a recent battle with Goblins, and on the verge of death. Given their location, the heroes attempt to transport the Eagle to Rhosgobel, on the Edge of Mirkwood, in the hope that the wizard Radagast can save the Eagles's … Continue reading Player card review: A Journey to Rhosgobel
“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
Vision Of The Palantir 