sometimes only the Path of Need can help.....

go it as often as possible

mulligan

for Love of Tales for some extrares, your mates enjoy the 2 or 3. of it (all get a res if you play a Drinking Song or Song of Healing or Song of Hope so its worth up to 6 res at you and some possible at your teammates.

gameplay

choose Gather Information as default-sidequest after it is explored search Path of Need and play it as often as possible. to get it back, Erebor Hammersmith and Second Breakfast help, so it is playable up to 7 times, you usually do not play it before 3. round so it should be enough for the game.

put the Steward of Gondor on rosie, if you do not need the res for Path of Need she can spend some with Song of Hope that could count double if she uses her ability on herself in the adventurephase if she has a Fast Hitch

try to sneack some gandalfs in and make Denethor a solid defender with Armored Destrier and Dúnedain Warning

playing mount doom:

replace all allies except Gandalf with 3 Song of Travel 3 Fireside Song and 4 other songs