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  4. Posted

    Dear Community,

    I am looking for playtesters for three (custom) scenarios I have recently built and playtested on my own.

    You can be a beginner or an old grognard of the game. There are no requirements other than:
    - You must be able to play the game on OCTGN (that allows for quick games)
    - In the first step, I would like you to test the scenarios with only the Core Set player cards at your disposal
    - In the second step, you can use any deck at your disposal

    If you have the opportunity to apply/playtest as a team (2 players) or are willing to play two-handed, let me know, as I think the game is best tailored for two people.

    All files will be communicated in OCTGN format.

    I am looking for a second batch of playtesters willing to test player cards that will accompany those scenarios

    You can be a beginner or an old grognard of the game. There are no requirements other than:
    - In the first step, I would like you to build your decks using only those player cards and cards from the Core Set, test it against the reduced quest gauntlet below
    - In the second step, you can build a deck with the whole card pool

    All files will be communicated in OCTGN format and pdf format if you want to proxy and test them live.

    Please apply using my email address at mathieu.smartin __at___ gmail.com or pm me here, or boardgamegeek. I will use a discord channel to communicate more easily. So if you have a discord account all the better (I’ll send you the link to the channel).

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  5. Posted

    To this point, with the recent release of The One Ring, Gollum, Tom Bombadil and probably Wilyador, my short-list of wanted cards have insanely dwindled. I will start with what I don't want to see:

    - To this point of the game's life with so few cards remaining, I would hate seeing some duplicates (with the one exception). So **** no for new Arwens or Barlimans or whatever

    - No Gandalf the White. Gandalf became the White because he fought the Balrog. The Boon "Beyond All Hope" attached to Gandalf is Gandalf the White

    Soooooo:

    1. Spirit Aragorn, like every one else

    2. The Blue Wizards, though I suspect we won't get them

    3. Saruman hero

    Then it's ok, we have basically everything we need

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    A Gen Con 2019 special event! This unique custom scenario kit provides players with everything they need to build their own adventures in Moria! Escape from Khazad-dum supports two modes of play: standard cooperative mode, and a race-to-the-finish competitive mode.


     

    I think "The Mines of Moria" is the actual event's name, and that "Escape from Khazad-dûm" is the actual name of the scenario, reading that description.

     

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  11. Posted

    I'd really like a Song-support dedicated hero in the game, and I agree Elena is now our primary target for that.

    @Onidsen your design is cool enough, though I'm not sure how practical it would be without a bit of deck scrying, which can be done by Imladris Stargazer, that happens to be out of deck.

    Maybe she could have an additional passive effect, like "Elena gets +1 Willpower for each player controlling a Song" (way to spread the love), or kind of Response: After you play a Song, Elena gets +1 Willpower until the end of the round.

  13. Posted

    I think we are very far from second edition, as the DCG and Journeys in ME just look like "second editions" to me.

    I'd say that the Amazon's hype is more likely to boost the game sells. The amount of new players posting here, on BGG or discord is outstanding for an 8-years old game.

    The future is bright.

  14. Posted · Edited by banania

    The short of list of "what we need before we can call it off" is really dwindling since last cycle gave us four archetypes (Woodmen, Beorning, Dale, Creature) no one would dare dream about two years ago, alongside Radagast, Thranduil, Bard son of Brand, marginally Thorin Stonehelm (not in regular cycle, but that now does exist as a hero).

    My short list is now: Tom Bombadil, Goldberry, Spirit Aragorn, Saruman hero.

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  15. Posted

     

    2 hours ago, stimpaksam said:

    To the people guessing The Shire how could they center 9 quests on it? Is The Shire bigger than I'm imagining? I always guessed if they do go there it'll be a POD of the Scouring.

    I read that a lot.

    Making 9 quests out of a ME region is not about size!!

    I'm sure it's waaaaaay more difficult to come up with quests theme and ideas in Ered Mithrin, or worst, in place like Forochel.... which may be a thousand times the size of the Shire. Why?

    Because the Shire probably has the most detailed descriptions, map and history of all places in ME. The material there is really consistent. There are so much content to make quests in the Shire, you can't even begin to imagine.

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  16. Posted · Edited by banania

    One strong argument for the next cycle being Hobbit is that the past few cycles always have had cards sort of "announcing" development to come (the Beorning Guardian and Knight of Dale in past cycle), and we start seeing Hobbits in AP5 of this cycle.

    Furthermore, there is Tom Cotton.

    That guy boosts Hobbit allies when they enter play, but there are not much Hobbit allies to choose from right? And the Raise the Shire event is bound to raise no one if you don't have Hobbit in your deck...

    The player card development has been very consistent this past few years, so I'm sure we're bound for a massive injection of Hobbit cards coming soon.

    Finally, it's a Lord of the Rings game, and we haven't had yet a Deluxe centered on Hobbits. How silly does that actually sound?

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  18. Posted

    On 12/14/2018 at 9:58 AM, Rouxxor said:

    Also available in french, and we got our own article: http://www.fantasyflightgames.fr/news/article/de_laide_de_la_foret_noire

    Not really, it's a rehash of this article: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/8/6/fire-in-the-night/

    Just with a different title. I should add that the translation is often dubious, but it's not the place to talk about it :)

    Hey, and where are all the people that were waiting for Thranduil? We're actually getting him! I'm pretty excited to have and play with the new hero.

  23. Posted

    On 11/19/2018 at 1:22 PM, Calvadur said:

    The sets you listed are correct. You didn't especially list the set of the quest itself (e.g. Flight fro Moria), but that is pretty obvious.

    There is a great site, which lists the sets and rules (and some other features) for each quest:

    https://lotr-lcg-quest-companion.000webhostapp.com/home.html

    It isn't quite up to date (listing the quest up to the Haradrim cycle Quest 1: The Mumakil).
    Also, so far, the listed sets in my rules have always been correct. Some cards might have an error or aren't up to the recent erratas, but that mostly isn't that bad.

    That's because the right link is:

    http://lotr-lcg-quest-companion.gamersdungeon.net/

    Fully up to date

  24. Posted · Edited by banania

    I probably won't be playing any Guarded player card anytime soon. It's really not worth the cost of an extra encounter card. Most of the time, the encounter deck hits you hard and fast, and the first few turns are critical. Do you really want to play a card that will bring into play an extra encounter card?

    I mean, an extra encounter card.

    Ok, an extra encounter card.

    Not until there's some other cards actually supporting the archetype. Maybe a Bilbo Burglar hero or something.

    EDIT: I must add that if you can afford to reveal an extra encounter game by playing a Guarded card in the mid or late game, then you're probably already winning, and thus don't need the card.

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  25. Posted

    I'm buying both games. The hype is Arkham. It gets more releases.

    LOTR LCG is still a very lively 7-years old game.

    We already know there's more to come (Gildor Inglorion) which probably means one cycle. Caleb also hinted at some campaign mode things for LOTR LCG, though that's much more tentative.

    Releases are slower but steady.

    So I'm just asking: what's the issue?

    I'd rather vent my hate and rant at the digital thingy thing which should have its own forums and news tags on FFG's website. The digital confusion, I think, would harm the physical game much more than Arkham LCG does.

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