I've been thinking a bit about the structure of box six. I don't think it'd be too farfetched to imagine having two Fellowship heroes: Sam for the first scenario, escaping from Cirith Ungol, with Frodo as an ally objective, then Frodo for the second two. I'd guess that the second and third scenarios would probably be the journey across Mordor (Frodo and Sam, maybe some sort of quest that encouraged Secrecy), and then Mount Doom and the Black Gate, with two separate staging areas. While it'd be nice to have the Scouring of the Shire as the last scenario, I just don't know that it's likely to follow Mount Doom/the Black Gate.

Surely Tactics Éowyn HAS to appear in box five. I'd expect a Leadership Éomer more than a Spirit Éomer, though.

Really? I was thinking a Return to the Shire as the final Quest, with a final show down with Saruman and Grima.

The one thing that makes me uncertain about Fellowship Sam in box 6 is that, while Box 3 and presumably Box 5 require that I do not play Frodo Baggins, they do not require that I do not play Samwise Gamgee.

Very interesting discussion. I'm pretty sure we will have another Ring-bearer hero.

Page 2 of the Blacks Riders manual reads :

Future Saga Expansions may include different heroes with the Ring-bearer trait, but for now the players must use Frodo Baggins when playing the scenarios in The Lord of the Rings Saga Expansions.

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I will be very surprised if no other Hero have the Ring-bearer trait. And Sam Gamgee with ring bearer will be so amazing in term of deck building, and so thematic ! It will make box 1,2,4 and 6 playable with another Ring-Bearer hero. It will give Fordo Hero playable in the Saga!

I find Estel Edain guess very interesting too!

My guess :

The Flame of The West :

Heroes

Aragorn Fellowship

Eomer Spirit

Imrahil tactics

Unique allies

Beregond Tactics

Halbarad Leadership

Eowyn Spirit

Denethor Lore

Box 6 :

Heroes

Sam Gamgee Fellowship

Fordo Leadership

Gwaihir Tactics

Unique allies

Meneldor Tactics

Aragorn Leadership

Merry Spirit

Pippin Lore

I've been thinking a bit about the structure of box six. I don't think it'd be too farfetched to imagine having two Fellowship heroes: Sam for the first scenario, escaping from Cirith Ungol, with Frodo as an ally objective, then Frodo for the second two. I'd guess that the second and third scenarios would probably be the journey across Mordor (Frodo and Sam, maybe some sort of quest that encouraged Secrecy), and then Mount Doom and the Black Gate, with two separate staging areas. While it'd be nice to have the Scouring of the Shire as the last scenario, I just don't know that it's likely to follow Mount Doom/the Black Gate.

Surely Tactics Éowyn HAS to appear in box five. I'd expect a Leadership Éomer more than a Spirit Éomer, though.

Really? I was thinking a Return to the Shire as the final Quest, with a final show down with Saruman and Grima.

I think that will be an extra, POD/Fellowship, quest. But the official saga will likely end with the Black Gate/Mount Doom encounter.

My guess :

The Flame of The West :

Heroes

Aragorn Fellowship

Eomer Spirit

Imrahil tactics

Unique allies

Beregond Tactics

Halbarad Leadership

Eowyn Spirit

Denethor Lore

Box 6 :

Heroes

Sam Gamgee Fellowship

Fordo Leadership

Gwaihir Tactics

Unique allies

Meneldor Tactics

Aragorn Leadership

Merry Spirit

Pippin Lore

This is clever. It might be better to postpone Merry and Pippin for the final box, just like they postponed some characters from box III to IV. Box V seems to be the most packed.