GAME 188 - HUNT FOR GOLLUM (PROGRESSION)
Heroes: Denethor, Eowyn, Gimli
This deck, once again, performed well. It may not work quickly but it gets results once I can get a Unexpected Courage onto Denethor. My final score was
Completed turns (11): 110
Threat: 30
Damage: 2
Total: 142
Edited by silverthornDeleted for reasons of rampant stupidity.
Edited by silverthornGAME 189 - PASSAGE THROUGH MIRKWOOD
Heroes: Aragon (Lore), Frodo Baggins, Glorfindel (Spirit).
This game went better than I half expected. Getting Song of Wisdom and A Burning Brand in my starting hand made it that I was rarely raising my threat due to using Frodo as designated defender and my decision to put a few cards to draw other cards (three Ancient Mathon and a Daeron's Runes) worked out when I drew 6 cards in turn two.
To sum up, a style of deck I've rarely if ever used worked out a lot better than I thought it would.
My score was:
Completed turns (6): 60
Threat: 28
Damage: 0
VP: 0.
Total Score: 88.
GAME 191 - PASSAGE THROUGH MIRKWOOD
Heroes: Celeborn, Elrond and Galadriel & Haldir of Lorien, Legolas and Mirlonde.
Using the decks from the Second Breakfast articles I tried the easiest quest in the game. The game went well, although I hit a ridiculous amount of locations and the decks seemed to work well together. All in all, a decent start.
GAME 193: PASSAGE THROUGH MIRKWOOD (PROGRESSION)
Heroes: Eowyn, Gimli, Legolas
Trying this with a new hero combo for my efforts using only cards from the core set. Things went well after a less than brilliant start. After picking up a good few wounds and losing 5 events to one card I managed to get a win. My score was as follows:
7 completed rounds = 70
Total combined Threat = 37
Total damage on Heroes = 6
Cost of dead Heroes = 0
Victory points = 0
TOTAL SCORE = 113
GAME 194: JOURNEY DOWN THE ANDUIN (PROGRESSION)
Heroes: Eowyn, Gimli, Legolas
For this game I was blighted with some of the worst card draw I've ever had to suffer through. Having to use a Will Of The West with no cards in my discard pile (just in the hope of maybe getting some decent cards) barely solved it. I managed to barely win the game.
GAME 195: PASSAGE THROUGH MIRKWOOD
Heroes; Celeborn, Haldir of Lorien, Legolas.
This game went well, despite my drawing 2 Leadership cards in the whole game (thankfully the first one was O Lorien). Everyone did what was needed and everything went to plan. My score was:
Completed rounds (6): 60
Total Threat: 38.
Total Cost: 98
5 more to go my friend! Almost there.
I've been holding out for Antlered Crown coming out in the UK but I got sick of waiting. I think I'm probably going to keep going past 200 games to see how many games I can play before March 19th since that will be a year since I started this whole thing.
GAME 196: JOURNEY DOWN THE ANDUIN
Heroes: Celeborn, Haldir of Lorien, Legolas.
This one was a slog but worked out (mostly because I didn't go with my first instinct and mulligan when I didn't have O Lorien in my opening hand but did get Black Arrow, Sneak Attack and Core Set Gandalf in it). After sneak attacking Gandalf to do 4 damage I then had Haldir shoot the troll to death with the Black Arrow in the combat phase without it leaving the staging area.
After that it was a case of slowly but surely questing through while killing the enemies which cropped up (Haldir is really handy against Goblin Snipers). My final score was:
Completed Turns (9): 90
Threat: 42.
VP: 5.
Total Score: 127.
GAME 197: ESCAPE FROM DOL GOLDUR
Heroes: Denethor, Eowyn, Gimli
Trying a new (old) set of heroes I hit lucky. Gimli was the prisoner and I barely managed to survive long enough to get him released. As it was, Eowyn managed to quest to victory after losing all my other heroes. After 13 turns I didn't want to think about what the score was but it was a victory.
GAME 198: PASSAGE THROUGH MIRKWOOD
After sending him a message on the forum, MightyRauros gave me permission to use the format he uses for his website while I'm typing these up.
Player Set-Up
Heroes: Denthor, Eowyn, Gimli.
Starting Threat: 28.
Starting Hand: Arwen Undomiel, Boromir, Citadel Plate, Gandalf (Core), Gondorian Spearman and Henamarth Riversong.
Encounter Set-Up
Added Forest Spider to staging area.
Added Old Forest Road to staging area.
Round One
Resource Phase
+1 Denethor (1), +1 Eowyn (1), +1 Gimli (1).
Draw: Gondorian Shield.
Planning Phase
Play Henamarth Riversong (Denethor -1).
Play Gondorian Shield on Denethor (Gimli -1).
Exhaust Henamarth Riversong to look at top card of encounter deck, Enchanted Stream, and return to top of the deck.
Quest Phase
Commit: Eowyn.
Total Willpower: 4.
Reveal: Enchanted Stream.
Total Threat: 5.
Threat increased to 29.
Travel Phase
Travel to Old Forest Road. Refresh Eowyn.
Encounter Phase
Engage Forest Spider.
Combat Phase
Add shadow card to Forest Spider. Denethor defends. Shadow: Caught In A Web, no effect. No damage.
Eowyn and Gimli attacks Forest Spider, doing 2 damage.
Refresh Phase
Refresh all. Increase threat to 30.
Round Two
Resource Phase
+1 Denethor (1), +1 Eowyn (2), +1 Gimli (1).
Draw: Galadriel's Handmaiden.
Planning Phase
Play Galadriel's Handmaiden (Eowyn -2). Threat reduced to 29.
Exhaust Henamarth Riversong to look at top card of encounter deck, Driven By Shadow, and return to top of the deck.
Quest Phase
Commit: Eowyn, Galadriel's Handmaiden.
Total Willpower: 6.
Reveal: Driven By Shadow.
Total Threat: 3.
3 progress added to Old Forest Road. Explored.
Travel Phase
Travel to Enchanted Stream.
Encounter Phase
No encounters.
Combat Phase
Add shadow card to Forest Spider. Denethor defends. Shadow: Chief Ufthak, no effect. No damage.
Gimli attacks Forest Spider, doing 1 damage.
Refresh Phase
Refresh all. Increase threat to 30.
Turn Three
Resource Phase
+1 Denethor (1), +1 Eowyn (1), +1 Gimli (1).
Planning Phase
Exhaust Henamarth Riversong to look at top card of encounter deck, Eyes of the Forest, and return to top of the deck.
Play Gondorian Spearman (Gimli -2).
Quest Phase
Commit: Eowyn, Galadriel's Handmaiden.
Total Willpower: 6.
Reveal: Eyes of the Forest (discarded no cards)..
Total Threat: 0.
2 progress placed on Enchanted Stream. Explored.
4 progress placed on stage 1B.
Travel Phase
No travel.
Encounter Phase
No encounters
Combat Phase
Add shadow card to Forest Spider. Denethor defends. Shadow: The Necromancer's Reach, no effect. No damage.
Gimli attacks Forest Spider, doing 1 damage and killing it.
Refresh Phase
Refresh all. Increase threat to 31
Turn Four
Resource Phase
+1 Denethor (3), +1 Eowyn (2), +1 Gimli (1).
Draw: Horn of Gondor.
Exhaust Henamarth Riversong to look at top card of encounter deck, Forest Spider, and return to top of encounter deck.
Planning Phase
Play Horn of Gondor on Eowyn (Gimli -1).
Play Arwen Undomiel (Eowyn -2).
Quest Phase
Commit: Eowyn, Galadriel's Handmaiden, Arwen Undomiel. Add 1 to Denethor's defense.
Total Willpower: 8.
Reveal: Forest Spider
Total Threat: 2.
6 progress placed on stage 1B. Explored.
Stage 2B put into play.
Travel Phase
No travel.
Encounter Phase
Engage Forest Spider.
Combat Phase
Add shadow card to Forest Spider. Denethor defends. Shadow: Dol Goldur Orcs, adds 1 attack. No damage.
Gimli & Gondorian Spearman attack for 2 damage
Refresh Phase
Refresh all. Increase threat to 32.
Turn Five
Resource Phase
+1 Denethor (4), +1 Eowyn (1), +1 Gimli (1).
Draw: Thror's Map.
Exhaust Henamarth Riversong to look at top card of encounter deck, Forest Gate, and return to top of encounter deck.
Planning Phase
Play Thror's Map on Gimli (Denethor -1).
Play Gandalf (Core) (Denethor -3, Eowyn -1, Gimli -1). Draw Citadel Plate, Gandalf (Core) and Will Of The West.
Quest Phase
Commit: Eowyn.
Total Willpower: 4.
Reveal: Forest Gate
Total Threat: 2.
2 progress placed on Stage 2B. Explored. Random stage 3B is “Beorn's Path”.
Travel Phase
Travel to Forest Gate. Draw Erebor Hammersmith and Gondorian Spearman.
Encounter Phase
No encounters.
Combat Phase
Add shadow card to Forest Spider. Denethor defends. Shadow: Old Forest Road, no effect. No damage.
Eowyn & Gimli attack for 3, killing the Forest Spider.
Refresh Phase
Refresh all. Increase threat to 33..
Discard Gandalf (Core).
Turn Six
Resource Phase
+1 Denethor (1), +1 Eowyn (1), +1 Gimli (1).
Draw: Forest Snare.
Exhaust Henamarth Riversong to look at top card of encounter deck, The Necromancer's Reach, and return to top of encounter deck.
Planning Phase
No planning.
Quest Phase
Commit: Eowyn, Arwen Undomiel (1 defense added to Denethor).
Total Willpower: 6.
Reveal: The Necromancer's Reach (1 damage added to Eowyn and Arwen Undomiel).
Total Threat: 0.
4 progress added to Forest Gate. Explored.
Travel Phase
No travel
Encounter Phase
No encounters.
Combat Phase
No combat.
Refresh Phase
Refresh all. Increase threat to 34
Turn Seven
Resource Phase
+1 Denethor (2), +1 Eowyn (2) +1 Gimli (2).
Draw: Unexpected Courage.
Planning Phase
Play Unexpected Courage on Denethor (Eowyn -2).
Play Gondorian Spearman (Gimli -2).
Exhaust Denethor to look at the top card of the encounter deck, Dol Goldur Beastmaster, and move to bottom of deck.
Exhaust Unexpected Courage to refresh Denethor.
Quest Phase
Commit: Denthor, Eowyn, Gimli, Henamarth Riversong, Galadriel's Handmaiden and Arwen Undomiel.
Total Willpower: 12.
Reveal: King Spider, exhausted Gondorian Spearman
Total Threat: 2.
10 progress placed on stage 3B. Stage explored. Game completed succesfully.
Final Score
Completed Turns (6): 60.
Threat: 34.
Damage: 1.
Total Score: 95.
OK I've decided to accept the challenge. So far I played 1 game last week with a friend.
I plan on playing at least 2 games tomorrow night
This has turned out to be a lot of fun (despite a lot of things restricting the amount of time I've had to play the game since I started). Good luck.
So I played a solo game last night to test a new deck. Beat passage through Murkwood and beat it pretty easily using Aragorn, Denethor aand Faramir as my heroes. Only 198 more to go.
GAME 199: JOURNEY DOWN THE ANDUIN
Heroes: Merry, Pippin (Lore), Sam Gamgee.
This was supposed to be a one-off look at the feasibility of a solo Hobbit deck but the deck turned out to be a lot of fun so I'm going to give this hero set-up another try.
In the end the score was:
Completed Turns (8): 80
Threat: 25.
Damage: 0
VP: 10
Total ScoreL 95.
GAME 200
: A SHADOW OF THE PAST
Heroes: Beregond, Eowyn, Haldir of Lorien.
Since I finally got my hands on the Dark Forest I decided to give the Fellowship saga another go. I used a variation on a old deck and it seemed to go well. Getting a Rivendell Blade and Bow of the Galadhrim onto Haldir in the first two turns turned him into a excellent sniper against the Black Riders, softening them up for when I had to engage them. All in all, I managed to beat the quest and add Mister Underhill and Gandalf's Delay to my campaign log.
First of all, congratulations for achieving your goal...
Second, i really enjoyed your writing and the way you demonstrate how you played the game.
Now keep it up and go for the 250 until 19th March
Thank you.
I'm planning to keep recording the games until then to see just how many games I can play so it should be interesting.
GAME 201: A SHADOW OF THE PAST
I decided to go through the Fellowship Of The Ring scenarios and write them up using a all-Rohan starting team.
PLAYER SET-UP
Eomer
Eowyn
Frodo Baggins (with Mister Underhill and The One Ring).
Hama
Starting Threat: 28.
Starting Hand: Feint, Guthlaf, Hasty Stroke, Westfold Horse-Breeder and Westfold Outrider.
QUEST SET-UP
Phase: 1B (0/1 progress).
Active Location: Bag End (0/3 progress)
Gandalf's Delay.
Staging Area: Black Rider I.
TURN ONE
The game began with me adding a resource to all my heroes before drawing another Westfold Outrider.
Proceeding to planning I paid 1 resource from Eowyn to play Westfold Horse-Breeder I. She allowed me to place Firefoot into my hand before reshuffling my deck. I then paid 1 resource each from Eomer and Hama to play Westfold Outrider I.
Proceeding to questing I committed Eowyn and Westfold Horse-Breeder I for a total of 5 willpower. In addition to the 4 threat in play I drew Crawling Towards Him, which I exhausted the One Ring and paid 1 resource from Frodo to reshuffle back into the deck. The replacement card was Evil Crow, which made for a total 6 threat. I raised my threat to 29.
After skipping travel I engaged the Evil Crow, who attacked the Westfold Outrider I. The shadow card was Lure Of The Ring, which increased the Evil Crow's attack to 2, doing 1 damage to Westfold Outrider I.
In response Eomer attacked the Evil Crow for 3 damage, killing it.
To end the turn I refreshed my cards before raising my threat to 30.
TURN TWO
Eomer
Eowyn
Frodo Baggins (with Mister Underhill and The One Ring).
Hama
Allies: Westfold Horse-Breeder I and Westfold Outrider I (1 wound remaining).
Threat: 30.
Hand: Feint, Firefoot, Guthlaf, Hasty Stroke and Westfold Outrider.
Phase: 1B (0/1 progress).
Active Location: Bag End (0/3 progress).
Gandalf's Delay.
Staging Area: Black Rider I.
I started the turn by adding a resource to all my heroes before drawing Song Of Travel.
In the planning phase I paid 1 resource each from Eomer and Hama to play Firefoot on Eomer.
In the quest phase I again committed Eowyn and Westfold Horse-Breeder I for 5 total willpower. In addition to the 4 threat in the staging area I drew Lure of the Ring, which forced me to exhaust the One Ring before surging to Banfurlong for a total 6 threat. My threat increased to 31.
After skipping travel I optionally engaged Black Rider I who attacked the Westfold Outrider. The shadow card was another Black Rider for no effect and the attack over-killed Westfold Outrider I.
The death of Westfold Outrider I buffed Eomer, who, alongside Hama attacked Black Rider I for a whopping 10 damage, killing it.
To end the turn I refreshed my cards before raising my threat.
TURN THREE
Eomer (with Firefoot).
Eowyn (1 resource).
Frodo (1 resource, with Mister Underhill and the One Ring).
Hama.
Westfold Horse-Breeder I.
Threat: 32.
Hand: Feint, Guthlaf, Hasty Stroke, Song of Travel and Westfold Outrider.
Stage: 1B (0/1 progress).
Active Location: Bag End (0/3 progress).
Gandalf's Delay.
Staging Area: Banfurlong.
I started the turn by adding a resource to all my heroes before drawing Rohan Warhorse.
In the planning phase I paid 1 resource each from Eomer and Hama to play Guthlaf. I then paid 1 resource from Frodo to add Song of Travel to Eomer.
In the quest phase I committed Eowyn and Westfold Horse-Breeder I for a total of 5 willpower. In addition to the 3 threat in the staging area I drew another Black Rider, which I paid 1 resource from Frodo and exhausted The One Ring to shuffle back into my deck. The replacement card was Gildor Inglorion which became a ally. The total threat was 2. 3 progress was placed on Bag End, which was explored, allowing me to draw Westfold Horse-Breaker before Bag End was added to the victory display.
After travelling to Banfurlong I refreshed all my cards before discarding Gildon Inglorion and raising my threat.
TURN FOUR
Eomer (with Firefoot).
Eowyn (2 resources).
Frodo (with Mister Underhill and the One Ring).
Hama.
Guthlaf, Westfold Horse-Breeder I.
Threat: 33.
Hand: Feint, Hasty Stroke, Rohan Warhorse, Westfold Horse-Breaker and Westfold Outrider.
Victory Points: 1 (Bag End).
Stage: 1B (0/1 progress).
Active Location: Banfurlong (0/2 progress).
Gandalf's Delay.
Staging Area: Empty.
I started the turn by adding resources before drawing Spear Of The Mark.
Moving on to planning I paid 1 resource from Eomer to play Spear of the Mark on him before paying 1 resource from Hama to play Rohan Warhorse on him. I then paid 2 resources from Eowyn to play Westfold Horse-Breaker I.
In the quest phase I committed Eowyn, Westfold Horse-Breaker I and Westfold Horse-Breeder I for a total of 6 willpower. With no threat in the staging area I drew Black Steed which was discarded after surging to Lure of The Ring, which forced me to exhaust the One Ring before surging to Crawling Towards Him, which I did nothing to avoid a Hide 2 test. The draws were Stock Road and Evil Crow for 5 threat. The Hide test failed with no ill-effects.
In the end the threat total was 0 so 2 progress was placed on Banfurlong, exploring it and sending it to the staging area before I added 4 progress to stage 1B, exploring it.
Stage 2B forced me to add a Black Rider to the staging area before I skipped the travel phase and optionally engaged the Black Rider.
The Black Rider attacked Guthlaf. The shadow card was the Marish, buffing the Black Rider and making Guthlaf even more dead than he would have been.
Buffed by Guthlaf's sacrifice, Eomer and Hama attacked the Black Rider for 11 damage, killing it.
At the end of the turn I refreshed my cards before raising my threat again.
TURN FIVE
Eomer (with Firefoot, Song of Travel and Spear of the Mark).
Eowyn (1 resource).
Frodo (1 resource, with Mister Underhill and the One Ring).
Hama (with Rohan Warhorse).
Westfold Horse-Breaker I, Westfold Horse-Breeder I.
Threat: 34.
Hand: Feint, Hasty Stroke and Westfold Outrider.
Victory Points: 2 (Bag End, Banfurlong).
Stage: 2B (0/14 progress).
Active Location: None.
Gandalf's Delay.
Staging Area: Empty.
I started the turn by adding resources before drawing Unexpected Courage.
In the planning phase I paid 1 resource each from Eomer and Hama to play Westfold Outrider I. I then paid 2 resources from Eowyn to play Unexpected Courage on Eomer.
In the quest phase I committed Eowyn, Westfold Horse-Breeder I and Westfold Horse-Breaker I for 6 total willpower. I then drew Piercing Cry, which forced me to add a Black Rider from the encounter deck engaged with me. I then made 6 progress towards stage 2B.
After skipping travel and encounter phases the Black Rider attacked Westfold Outrider I. The shadow card was Have You Seen Baggins? Which did nothing before the Black Rider killed Westfold Outrider I.
Buffed by the death of the Outrider, Eomer and Hama attacked the Black Rider for 11 damage, killing it.
To end the turn I refreshed my cards before raising my threat again.
TURN SIX
Eomer (with Firefoot, Song of Travel, Spear of the Mark and Unexpected Courage).
Eowyn.
Frodo (2 resource, with Mister Underhill and the One Ring).
Hama (with Rohan Warhorse).
Westfold Horse-Breaker I, Westfold Horse-Breeder I.
Threat: 35.
Hand: Feint and Hasty Stroke.
Victory Points: 2 (Bag End, Banfurlong).
Stage: 2B (6/14 progress).
Active Location: None.
Gandalf's Delay.
Staging Area: Empty.
I started by adding a resource to my heroes before drawing Mustering the Rohirrim, which I immediately played to pull the last Westfold Outrider out of my deck.
In the planning phase I paid 1 resource each from Eomer and Hama to play Westfold Outrider I.
During the quest phase I committed Eowyn, Westfold Horse-Breaker I and Westfold Horse-Breeder I for 6 willpower. I then drew Have You Seen Baggins?, which I paid 1 resource from Frodo and exhausted the One Ring to reshuffle back into my deck. The replacement card was Pathless Country for a total of 2 threat. 4 progress was placed on stage 2B.
After travelling to Pathless Country, I refreshed all my cards and raised my threat.
TURN SEVEN
Eomer (with Firefoot, Song of Travel, Spear of the Mark and Unexpected Courage).
Eowyn (1 resource).
Frodo (2 resource, with Mister Underhill and the One Ring).
Hama (with Rohan Warhorse).
Westfold Horse-Breaker I, Westfold Horse-Breeder I, Westfold Outrider I.
Threat: 36.
Hand: Feint and Hasty Stroke.
Victory Points: 2 (Bag End, Banfurlong).
Stage: 2B (10/14 progress).
Active Location: Pathless Country (0/3 progress).
Gandalf's Delay.
Staging Area: Empty.
At the start of the turn I added a resource to my heroes before drawing Citadel Plate.
During the quest phase I committed Eowyn, Westfold Horse-Breaker I and Westfold Horse-Breeder I for 6 willpower. I then drew another Pathless Country for 2 threat. 3 progress was placed on the active Pathless Country, exploring it before adding 1 progress to stage 2B.
After travelling to the new Pathless Country I ended the turn by refreshing my cards and raising my threat.
TURN EIGHT
Eomer (with Firefoot, Song of Travel, Spear of the Mark and Unexpected Courage).
Eowyn (1 resource).
Frodo (2 resource, with Mister Underhill and the One Ring).
Hama (with Rohan Warhorse).
Westfold Horse-Breaker I, Westfold Horse-Breeder I, Westfold Outrider I.
Threat: 37.
Hand: Citadel Plate, Feint and Hasty Stroke.
Victory Points: 2 (Bag End, Banfurlong).
Stage: 2B (11/14 progress).
Active Location: Pathless Country (0/3 progress).
Gandalf's Delay.
Staging Area: Empty.
I started the turn by adding a resource to my heroes before drawing Westfold Horse-Breeder.
In the planning phase I paid 1 resource from Eowyn to play Westfold Horse-Breeder II, which drew nothing from my deck.
During the planning phase I committed Eowyn, Westfold Horse-Breaker and Westfold Horse-Breeder's I & II for a total of 7 willpower. I then drew Hunting For The Ring, which added 2 to my threat and made for a total of 0 willpower. 7 progress was made, 3 of which explored Pathless Country and 3 explored stage 2B.
Stage 3A added Buckleberry Ferry to the staging area and Stage 3B added another Black Rider to the staging area.
During the travel phase I committed Frodo and Eomer to make a Hide 3 test with 3 willpower (I then exhausted Unexpected Courage to refresh Eomer). The three cards were 2 Crawling Towards Him and The Ring Draws Them for no threat. I successfully travelled to the Buckleberry Ferry.
In the encounter phase I engaged the Black Rider, who attacked the new Westfold Outrider I. The shadow card was Hunting For The Ring, for no effect so the Black Rider killed Westfold Outrider I before the buffed Eomer and Hama attacked it for 11, killing the Black Rider.
At the end of the turn I refreshed my cards before raising my threat again.
TURN NINE
Eomer (1 resource, with Firefoot, Song of Travel, Spear of the Mark and Unexpected Courage).
Eowyn (1 resource).
Frodo (3 resources, with Mister Underhill and The One Ring).
Hama (with Rohan Warhorse).
Westfold Horse-Breaker I, Westfold Horse-Breeders I & II.
Threat: 40.
Hand: Citadel Plate, Feint, Hasty Stroke.
Stage 3B.
Active Location: Buckleberry Ferry (0/9 progress).
Gandalf's Delay.
Staging Area: Empty.
To start the turn I added a resource to my heroes before drawing Escort From Edoras.
In the planning phase I paid 2 resources from Eowyn to play Escort From Edoras I.
In the quest phase I committed Eomer (exhausting Unexpected Courage to ready him), Eowyn, Frodo, Westfold Horse-Breaker I, Westfold Horse-Breeder I & II and Escort From Edoras I. This gave me a impressive 14 willpower.
Needing 9 progress to complete the quest and knowing that I had nothing in the staging area I drew Green Hill Country for 2 threat. 12 progress was made, 3 more than I needed to explore the Buckleberry Ferry and complete the quest.
To end the quest I decided to add Gandalf's Delay and Mister Underhill to the campaign pool.
My final score was:
Completed turns (8): 80
Threat: 40.
Hero Damage: 0.
VP: 2
Total Score: 118.
Can you post your deck you used when you log? That would help beginners like me
thank you!
I'll do that. I'll set up a thread in the Strategy and Deck Building forum to post the deck used in each game (with links if I can work out how to do it). After having spectacularly bad luck with the Dark Forest I'm thinking about going for restarting the Fellowship quests again with a deck which has some Lore in it. I will post after I've built a deck and played through Shadow of the Past again.
GAME 202: PASSAGE THROUGH MIRKWOOD
Heroes: Elrond, Gandalf and Glorfindel (Spirit).
Deck: Mark I http://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/133239-my-solo-decks/
I decided to try this hero combo from the start of the quests. Things went well, if a little slowly since some of the main cards didn't show up until late in the game but I beat the game in 9 turns with some damage to my heroes. I amassed a win so things started well.