From the Halls of Cirdan the Shores of Umbar

A fellowship built to take on the Grey Havens and the Dreamchaser cycle. Both decks work really well outside of that context, though, so this is one my partner and I will be revisiting a bunch. The Silvan provide the combat and some questing, the Noldor provide the questing and some combat.

Generally, Imrahil defends one attacker, while the Noldor try to grab the rest, since they have more defenders. Whatever combination of allies left standing strikes back. Enemies generally died as quickly as we wanted them to, and rarely did we feel overwhelmed. During the sailing quests, Narya was fantastic for readying our ships and letting them strike back, allowing us to quickly sink the corsairs. The biggest danger was taking too many ships at once early on, and, in the quests with it, the "Winds of Wrath" treachery, which usually wiped out whatever contingent of Silvan allies was present. Otherwise, it was smooth sailing; we only had to retry two quests, Voyage Across Belegaer and Flight of the Stormcaller.

This was our first time through the cycle. Its easily a contender for the best so far.