For more details check out this thread at BoardGameGeek.
Lotr LCG Duplicate Tournament (solo)
Hi all,
Just finished up the Tournament.
We had 18 participants.
You can read the rest of my report and see players game reports at this link
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1142011/lotr-lcg-duplicate-tournament-solo/page/4
Our very own FFG user Glowwyrm was the winner with a score of 55! 
Also after looking at each players report, no two players played the same exact game even though encounter decks and player decks were set in the same order. Each game varied significantly. Very neat to see.
Nice "experiment"/tournament! I guess this really goes to show that gameplay choices play as much of a part in game outcomes as deck building.
I didn't realize I could use Faramir the way Glowwyrm did on the last turn, but then I went back and looked at the card and you can. LOL still learning the game!
Thanks for putting it together Tracker! It was a cool idea, and it was fun to see how other people approached the same scenario!
A BGG user has set up another tounament in the same fashion.
Check it out and play if your interested.
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1150275/lotr-lcg-duplicate-tournament-2-into-the-pit
Another good time was had by all, and thanks to BGG user lwdgames for hosting it.
18 people dared to travel Into The Pit, and 12 of them (66%) made it out alive.
Congratulations to...
1st Place - Fanfan (score: 85) wins 25.25
2nd Place - xanalor (score: 90) wins 15.15
3rd Place - Tracker1 (score: 98) wins 10.1
Everyone else gets 3.37 for participating.
The remaining scores were:
4th(tie) - 101
4th(tie) - 101
6th - 112
7th(tie) - 113
7th(tie) - 113
9th - 117
10th - 120
11th - 124
12th - 129
There are a food number of players who are interested in keeping this tournament format going, so feel free to join in the next one if you like. I'll keep you posted on the details of the next one.
Edited by Tracker1I somehow missed that. It sounds fun. 
Perhaps I will eventually create an account on BGG.
Two questions:
1) Do the players know the encounter cards? And if yes, wouldn't that be too easy?
2) Is one core set enough to play?
Edited by leptokurtI somehow missed that. It sounds fun.
Two questions:
1) Do the players know the encounter cards? And if yes, wouldn't that be too easy?
2) Is one core set enough to play?
It'd be great to have you participate.
Players do not know encounter deck order before hand. Follow one of the links above and find where one of the posts lists the encounter and player card decks, each card is contained within a spoiler, and when clicked on reveals the card. It's a format that seems to work well.
All the tournaments thus far have used 1 core, and it will probably stay this way to be inclusive to all players.
I somehow missed that. It sounds fun.
Two questions:
1) Do the players know the encounter cards? And if yes, wouldn't that be too easy?
2) Is one core set enough to play?
It'd be great to have you participate.
Players do not know encounter deck order before hand. Follow one of the links above and find where one of the posts lists the encounter and player card decks, each card is contained within a spoiler, and when clicked on reveals the card. It's a format that seems to work well.
All the tournaments thus far have used 1 core, and it will probably stay this way to be inclusive to all players.
Oh, that's how you solved it! Very clever, sir!
Ok, so I'm going to open an account over there. CU
It'd be great to have you participate.I somehow missed that. It sounds fun.
Two questions:
1) Do the players know the encounter cards? And if yes, wouldn't that be too easy?
2) Is one core set enough to play?
Players do not know encounter deck order before hand. Follow one of the links above and find where one of the posts lists the encounter and player card decks, each card is contained within a spoiler, and when clicked on reveals the card. It's a format that seems to work well.
All the tournaments thus far have used 1 core, and it will probably stay this way to be inclusive to all players.
Oh, that's how you solved it! Very clever, sir!
Ok, so I'm going to open an account over there. CU
On the Lotr LCG BGG site you can subscribe to the the whole family of Lotr core + expansions. Any new post to any of those forums will be indicated at the top of the page next to a little subscription icon.
I also like to subscribe to any threads i am following, so when the next tournament is posted you'll want to do this too.
I'll also post when the tournament get started here if you do not want to start checking a whole new site.
Edited by Tracker1Sorry I missed this. Very cool idea Mr Tracker1.
The 3rd tournament has been set up. Check it out if your interested.
Thanks for posting it Tracker, I may not have caught the mail on BGG !
interesting idea - if I've got any spare time I might give it a go.
Perfect timing, I just started holidays. I'll definitely be involved in this.