Noldor are just so much more fun than Dwarves. In the books it is a better competition, both cultures being magically defined. In the game, Dwarves, unfortunately, are a bit boring in comparison.

Sady, that you need Noldor allies (Gildor/Stargazer) to check you deck after that you can beginn mining mit Zigil Miner or the Prospector.

Dwarfs need some more allies/abilities to look at the deck and reorder some cards.

Its just a fun post guys, not really meant to be serious. Just an over-the-top way of saying that I want some non-Noldor stuff.

We have gotten pretty much everything but Noldor stuff in the current cycle, I think the only new card was the healer....

And the defender and Glorfindel. (But all 3 of those were from the first pack, so....)

Down with the Noldor, the killer of kings,

On the day of your death we will drink and we'll sing...

Sady, that you need Noldor allies (Gildor/Stargazer) to check you deck after that you can beginn mining mit Zigil Miner or the Prospector.

Dwarfs need some more allies/abilities to look at the deck and reorder some cards.

I disagree, I find it fits well with the Dwarven aesthetic. They're more concerned with "delving too greedily" than to worry about what exactly they're digging up and discarding. It makes tribal Dwarven mining decks far more exciting and dangerous, and a meta I wish got developed more to fill out more deck space.

I think the most underdeveloped concept in the game so far is different meals for hobbits.

The Hobbits only became useful once Aragorn stopped them eating all the time. Unless they're encounter cards I don't see the point.

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The Hobbits only became useful once Aragorn stopped them eating all the time. Unless they're encounter cards I don't see the point.

I definitely first read this as "The Hobbits only became useful once Aragorn stopped eating them all the time," and I was all, huh, maybe it really HAS been too long since I read the books.

The Hobbits only became useful once Aragorn stopped them eating all the time. Unless they're encounter cards I don't see the point.

I definitely first read this as "The Hobbits only became useful once Aragorn stopped eating them all the time," and I was all, huh, maybe it really HAS been too long since I read the books.

I first read it that way as well, despite knowing that Aragorn didn't actually eat any hobbits in the book. Not even Bill the Pony got et. However, I also couldn't recall Aragorn stopping them from eating all the time, nor do I recall any marked increase in competence associated with that. (I am speaking strictly of the book, I remember the movie had a scene along that line). The Hobbits were not constantly eating as they made their way from the Shire to Bree, and although they had plenty of unexpected help in order to get there, I think they did remarkably well under the circumstances and considering the fearsome nature of their opponents. With Strider they endured a miserable time largely without complaint -- the major exception being this:

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"I am being eaten alive!" cried Pippin. "Midgewater! There are more midges than water!"

"What do they live on when they can't get hobbit?" asked Sam, scratching his neck.

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Aragorn sets them straight on one occasion prior to Weathertop, but although it involved food it was not a complaint:

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The hobbits felt refreshed, as if they had had a night of unbroken sleep. Already they were getting used to much walking on short commons--shorter at any rate than what in the Shire they would have thought barely enough to keep them on their legs. Pippin declared that Frodo was looking twice the hobbit that he had been.

"Very odd," said Frodo, tightening his belt, "considering that there is actually a good deal less of me. I hope the thinning process will not go on indefinitely, or I shall become a wraith."

"Do not speak of such things!" said Strider quickly, and with surprising earnestness.

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Thinking about it further, though, it's surprising to me how often food or drink is connected to help in the text. Consider:

1) Gildor Inglorion and company scare off a Black Rider in a timely fashion, then take the three hobbits with them and feed them. Sam is mightily impressed with the apples.

2) Farmer Maggot gives them news and a ride to the ferry. And dinner. And lots of mushrooms.

3) Joining up with Merry and Fatty, the conspiracy is revealed and the steps taken to smuggle Frodo out of the forest. And serves them another dinner.

4) Rescued from the Willow by Tom Bombadil, he brings them home and feeds them. They spend a couple days eating and drinking. "Long tales are thirsty, and long listening's hungry work, morning, noon and evening."

5) Tom rescues them again from the Barrow-wight. He doesn't feed them again, though he does find their provision-carrying ponies for them, and recommend a good inn in Bree.

6) Butterbur's a bit of an exception. He does bring them a fine dinner, but mentions that they might want to go join the company afterwards. That didn't turn out so well, although Frodo did meet Strider there. When Butterbur's actually helpful (bringing the letter), he only brings hot water.

7) Sam decks Bill Ferny with an apple. He does think it's "a waste of a good apple", but I'll count it.

8) Glorfindel meets with them and helps them get to the ford -- and also produces a little liquor for each of them, which both invigorated them and helped their stale bread and dry fruit "satisfy their hunger better than many a good breakfast in the Shire had done."

9) Saved from the brink of death by Elrond, when Frodo awakens a great feast is ordered.

10) At the council of Elrond, Frodo volunteers only after Bilbo points out that it's high time they pick the messengers or break for dinner.

11) Galadriel and Celeborn give mighty gifts to the company, but Lembas is among the most important. Without it Frodo and Sam could never have endured to Mount Doom.

12) Treebeard helps Merry and Pippin out and topples Saruman. He also gives Merry and Pippin ent draughts.

13) Treebeard's sack of Isengard produces a feast for Merry and Pippin. And pipeweed.

14) Gollum provides invaluable guidance in getting to Cirith Ungol. He also provides a couple of coneys to S. Gamgee.

15) Foolishly cooking the coneys attracts the attention of dangerous men -- fortunately led by Faramir, who suspends the law, spares their lives, and feeds them.

16) Sam spills the beans to Faramir after he's filled with food and drink. Faramir gives them counsel, staves, and food and water for the road.

17) Merry first is in the same conversation with Eowyn at a feast, though the food may not have been ordered by Eowyn herself. Eowyn confines herself to giving Merry rainment of war, so she's a bit of an exception.

18) Beregond, on the other hand, gets food for Pippin on their first meeting, and later brings him to meet his company, who "gave him as much food and ale as he could wish."

19) Sam wishes the Lady Galadriel could give him sunlight and clean water. And gets it.

20) The rescue of Frodo and Sam by Gandalf and the Eagles was not directly associated with food, although they do get a light meal fed to them directly before proceeding to the Field of Cormallen.

All in all, I'd have to say that food has positive connotations in LOTR, and the player card "A Good Meal" is a good thematic fit. Having an encounter card that punishes the party for the Hobbit's joy of the table would be a poor fit for the text, I think.