Keep Him Hidden, Keep Him Safe

Fredmans 102

Description

This fellowship has explored some of the Nightmares of the Mirkwood Cycle. It is not combat-focused, so I tweaked it a bit to take on Return to Mirkwood. I have played it 2/2 this far. Once with only Frodo straggling on in one of the hands, but still a win.

Gollum prevents much of the Secrecy tech I have been relying on in previous quests, so the Hobbits' threat is more spent like a resource. The elven deck can really gear up will power, so my strategy is to blitz each quest stage. Enemies can be dealt with in different ways. Frodo defending and using his ability, Hobbit-sense, Ride them Down (perfect for Attercops), Galadriel boosting defense or offense through Against the shadow or Fair and Perilous. Map of EƤrnil can reuse both according to need.

Good Meal can be played on Pippin to play Out of the Wild for 1 resource, even when out of Secrecy. I start off with Gollum with the elves if I draw the 4 damage treachery, then I try to stick him with the hobbits for as long as possible, piling threat until he is handed over to the elves for the sprint.

4 comments

Nov 26, 2020 Emmental 426

Map of Earnil is an Action and can't be used on Response events like A Test of Will.

You can use a Dwarven Tomb to get a test of will back in your and (the dwarven tomb beeing a valid target for map of Earnil).

Nov 26, 2020 Fredmans 102

Thank you for spotting it. I play it chiefly for Fair and Perilous and Against the Shadow since that is the point of the deck. It is fun to manipulate the discard deck with Noldor. If I have the Map out I can pitch either of the two for a resource with Arwen and still play it and put it back in the deck. Galadriel's mirror or Gildor can shuffle the deck to get it back quicker. For A Test of Will, I like to fetch it back by playing a Weaver next turn unless I have to play cards.

Nov 26, 2020 doomguard 2121

and, u cannot play recourcefull on galadriel. "you control" means the heroes the player controls who play it. even if you play 2-handed, the different decks ae different player

Nov 26, 2020 Fredmans 102

Thanks again! Sometimes you stop reading carefully, just knowing what cards do and then you slip.