The hunt for Gollum (Thematic adventure C1 Nm) 1.0

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Hi comu

I present you the first deck of a new adventure I just began !

Subject : To defeat an entier cycle with an ultra thematic deck, in Nightmare mod, if able !

Adventure: I decided to go through the cycle 1, and tracking Gollum like the "real" lore when Aragorn and Gandalf were looking for Gollum before Sauron found him .

This cycle is relatively easy, and I starting with the best hero of the game <3, so, I decided to run in Nightmare mod.

Deck:

Rather than play Gandalf hero with Aragorn, and At the End of All Things or Forth, The Three Hunters!, i prefered start with solo Aragorn and The Grey Wanderer and just 1 ally, Gandalf

All of my cards are thematics, and I played without side deck (I take responsibility to just add 6 cards to pass Rhosgobel, I imagine you will understand that ;) )

In-game

The Hunt for Gollum : Easy, this scenario lets me take my time, none really danger .

Confit at the Carock : A great challenge ! I needed first a lot of ressources, then quickly, a lot of willpower, to avoid location lock . I decided to no commit to the quest during the 2 first rounds because I needed 6 round to prepare me (cf Nm card)! When the trolls were come, I had reduced my threat with Thorongil, turncoat the Marshes snake, and put Andúril, 3 Dúnedain Mark , Roheryn, Gondorian Fire with 6 resources ! I just killed them one by one !

A journey to Rhosgobel : when I arrived close Wilyador, there was already somebody with him ... A old woman, her name it was Ioreth ! She proposed to help me to save the eagle, and offer me a marvelous Box of Earth ( I promes ! :D) After used this box 4 times, I just boost Aragorn stats to cash in all danger of encounter deck, and Ioreth did keep Wilyador in live . Then, 1 Athelas and all of my Lore of Imladris allowed me to save my new feathered friend

The hills of Emyn Muil : None really danger here, just a hiking experience in mountain . The one focused thing it was empty the staging area before travel to Amon Lhaw (because this location makes blank all text of all attachments... So, max 6 with my 2 characters! Thanks to Word of Persuasion who offers me 3 more with an Orc horse thieves)

The dead Marshes : this one was the most boring of the cycle. I was ready and solid quickly, but Smeagol escaped ! So, 8 round to find it. Then, with Aragorn et Gandalf Always ready for the escape tests, it was easy to keep it close of me ! Thanks Strider, Andúril and Unexpected Courage ! For the final escape test I had 17 with Tower Aragorn, Gandalf and a Thing in the pools (thanks Word of Persuasion ) ! I definitely caught Gollum !

Return to Mirkwood : aaaah this one was definitely a real challenge! The forced effect of Nm card (at the beginning of the quest phase, the player who is guarding Gollum must either exhaust a hero he controls or resolve the "when revealed" effect of the topmost tantrum card in the encounter discard pile.) is so hard in The Grey Wanderer deck because I must keep contract' action to ready Aragorn at the beginning of the quest phase ... So, just 1 resource T1 . The best starting hand contented Andúril, Captain's Wisdom and Resourceful, this last one is very important because with the forced effect of Gollum who quickly raise my threat, I had just 1 round to play it ! And Captain's Wisdom combined with contract offer me 4 resources , to play Andúril !

2 big dangers ! 1 of them in early game, obviously the good old Attercop Attercop ! Before to have 4 ( thanks Dúnedain Warning and Andúril ) if I draw it, it s finished ! And the second big danger is sure "befouled equipment" (discard all attachments lol) ! A Test of Will is here extremely important because this last tantrum is horrible yes, but all of them are terrible! :,)

My were limited , I used maths to could engage Pursuing warg rider (engagement check at 48 and Cannot be optionally engage) before reset my threat with Thorongil ! This deck needs take his time, but impossible here because Gollum + Gandalf raise my threat by 6 all rounds !

Finally, I beat it at the fourth attempt ! The brain Burned ;) but with a new pet ! Attercop Attercop! (thanks a lot Bat for Word of Persuasion <3 )

Conclusion : A very nice adventure, I loved it ! And I have already an idea for the next cycles ! I hope I interested you with this thematic proposal!

See you soon, and take care!