Here's how the game works.

1. Sign up by making a post to this thread. In a few days I will close signups.

2. I will then post a list of heros. The number of heroes in the list will equal the number of signed up players, times 3.

3. Then you make a post where you bid for 3 of the heroes**, by stating how much of a threat cost you are willing to pay to use that hero. This would override their actual starting threat when you use them to play. For example, I might make a post like this:

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Arwen (11)

Aragorn (Lore) (10)

Fatty Bolger (2)

5. I will be keeping track of the highest bid for each hero in the OP. Your bids must always exceed the current highest bid for the hero. If you get outbid on a hero by someone else, you can submit an even higher bid for that hero, or you can bid on a different hero.

6. At the end of bidding, you must take the heroes for which you are the high bidder, and build a deck with them. The starting threat of that deck will be the combined threat cost you bid for all your heroes. So I do not recommend bidding 20 threat each on Gandalf Elrond and Glorfindel . You will then post your decklist here or make the deck on RingsDB and post the link. Remind readers in your post of the threat you bid for each hero.

7. I will unveil three quests. These will not be quests that require a tailored deck (like Rhosgobel), but they will vary in difficulty. The mode of play (Easy/Normal/Nightmare) is up to you.

8. Play through the three quests with your deck, and come back here to tell us how it went!

** If you wish to enter the contest as a two-handed player, you may make 6 bids.

If you would still like to round out your list of heroes, you can pick any hero that is not in the above list for +1 treat cost.

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I'll be in as a two-handed player.

I'm in

Edit: I'll Play solo.

I'll go in solo.

Yay, forum games! I'll play!

I will play 2 handed

I'll go in solo. Thanks for another crazy contest!

I'll give it a shot, solo!

I'm in

Sure, why not. In.

I'll take all the rejects and make an awesome secrecy deck, or something.

I'll try it.

7 minutes ago, chrsjxn said:

Sure, why not. In.

I'll take all the rejects and make an awesome secrecy deck, or something.

As something of a proponent of under-rated/under-used heroes myself, I was considering this exact approach...

And yeah, in.

I'll play solo two handed.

Yes please.

I'm in solo, if I may.

I'm in! I plan on doing it solo.

The bidding is now open! The list of heroes up for auction can be found in the original post.

You can still enter the contest if you missed the signup period! Just post a bid for 3 of the heroes. I will then add some more heroes to the list so that there is enough for everybody.

Sidenote: A careful eye will see that there aren't currently enough heroes to go around. This is done in anticipation of possible dropouts, because having a surplus of heroes can ruin this game, as you can nab up a bunch of heroes without bids for 1 threat. I will add more heroes if the bidding participation indicates that they are needed, so don't worry, everyone will still get the proper number of heroes.

Let's see if I can get a bargain:

Glorfindel (Lo) : 6

Idraen: 6

Rossiel : 4

Dori: 1

LeGimli: 1

TaEowyn: 1

Please don't outbid me

21 minutes ago, dalestephenson said:

TaEowyn: 1

Please don't outbid me

Hah! Good luck!

If it isn't too late to join in I'd like to bid ...

Glorfindel (sp) - 3

Elladan - 3

Elrohir- 3

Thanks for putting contest together Seastan...seems fun!

If I want to make a Strider deck with only 2 heroes, is that permitted? If so,

Rossiel 6

Bilbo (Lore) 5

If not, then add Celeborn 5.

Pippin (sp) - 1

Faramir (le) - 7

Galdor - 4

Amarthiul - 7

Beravor - 6

Tactics Eowyn - 4

Idraen - 7

Sam - 3

Arwen - 6