Hobbits with support - thematic LotR saga campaign

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These decks have been designed for a thematic two-player LotR saga play-through. They are almost certainly 'sub-optimal' due to the cards I have available and the decision to only include heroes that could plausibly have been there at the start of Frodo's journey.

It's worth noting that they have been built with a very weird and limited card pool: 1 old core, The Black Riders, The Road Darkens, Hunt for Gollum and the Elves of Lorien starter set. Although the hobbit deck is a bit more traditional, containing cards from core, TBR and TRD.

The first deck is modelled on the classic hobbit decks, but may have some of the usual cards missing so they can be included in the companion deck. The basic design of this deck is to have decent card-draw and the usual Hobbit Cloak and Dagger of Westernesse attachments for Sam Gamgee and Merry. I thought I'd experiment with using Elf-stone to get the expensive Boromir and Faramir allies into play. I've thrown in a Citadel Plate which would hypothetically go on Boromir if I accrued enough resources.

The companion 'hobbit support' deck includes plenty of ranged allies to shoot at anyone who looks twice at the precious halflings, and relies on getting out as many attachments as possible to make the high-starting-threat heroes into true big-hitters. Galadriel is there to fetch them and I've included Sneak Attack to utilise her effect and Elrond cheaply.

Also, of the two decks, this one includes the only dedicated Spirit hero in the much maligned Fatty Bolger, so will be doing plenty of questing and threat reduction. He's pretty much only there because it makes thematic sense and he gives access to the Spirit sphere (plus his threat is low).

What do you think? Could I include any better heroes that would make sense thematically? (Glorfindel would presumably be amazing... if I had him). Is the threat of the support deck just too damn high? Let me know!

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