Fire in the Night is now available.

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/12/13/available-now-1212/

We didn't even get our own article this time Come on, ANA.

Woohoo! Cant pick it up until Monday unfortunately.....

Also available in french, and we got our own article: http://www.fantasyflightgames.fr/news/article/de_laide_de_la_foret_noire

Just finished a four player quest with Seastan, Esplanades and IanTFTC, what a great quest! I think this one will be a beast solo. The quest attacks you from so many different angles.

On 12/14/2018 at 9:58 AM, Rouxxor said:

Also available in french, and we got our own article: http://www.fantasyflightgames.fr/news/article/de_laide_de_la_foret_noire

Not really, it's a rehash of this article: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/8/6/fire-in-the-night/

Just with a different title. I should add that the translation is often dubious, but it's not the place to talk about it

Hey, and where are all the people that were waiting for Thranduil? We're actually getting him! I'm pretty excited to have and play with the new hero.

This quest is a beast. (Official DL is 7.) The dragon Dagnir relentlessly attacks for 7 one or more times per turn, first attacking the town of Hrothgar's Hill and then both the hill and you. Chump blocking is only partially successful because when she is attacking the town "excess damage must be dealt to Hrothgar's Hill" and when she's attacking you there are many shadow effects that cause her excess damage to go on the hill anyway. Hrothgar's Hill essentially has 50 hit points and you lose when 50 is reached.

It's been a while since we have faced a quest so difficult, especially solo.

That is not surprising since the player card power is ever growing....

I am redoing my study the past weeks so my play time has been reduced. Looking forward to this quest as a treat to play in my revamped room

On 12/21/2018 at 3:58 PM, Bullroarer Took said:

This quest is a beast. (Official DL is 7.) The dragon Dagnir relentlessly attacks for 7 one or more times per turn, first attacking the town of Hrothgar's Hill and then both the hill and you. Chump blocking is only partially successful because when she is attacking the town "excess damage must be dealt to Hrothgar's Hill" and when she's attacking you there are many shadow effects that cause her excess damage to go on the hill anyway. Hrothgar's Hill essentially has 50 hit points and you lose when 50 is reached.

It's been a while since we have faced a quest so difficult, especially solo.

SPOILERS!!

While I really liked Roam, and though we took 3 unsuccessful shots at Fire this week, Fire might be my favorite of the series so far. It's just manageable enough to not be burdensome but also not a cakewalk. I love flipping over one quest card with the win and loss conditions on it already. My buddy and I are still trying to figure out the hero set we should bring and the corresponding deck synergies. We are thinking a stout defender like beregond, powered up to take hits.

9 minutes ago, player3351457 said:

SPOILERS!!

I really liked roam, and though we took 3 unsuccessful shots at it this week, this one might be my favorite of the series so far. It's just manageable enough to not be burdensome but also not a cakewalk. I love flipping over one quest card with the win and loss conditions on it already. My buddy and I are still trying to figure out the hero set we should bring and the corresponding deck synergies. We are thinking a stout defender like beregond, powered up to take hits.

Roam or Fire?

On 12/16/2018 at 1:01 AM, banania said:

Not really, it's a rehash of this article: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/8/6/fire-in-the-night/

Just with a different title. I should add that the translation is often dubious, but it's not the place to talk about it

Hey, and where are all the people that were waiting for Thranduil? We're actually getting him! I'm pretty excited to have and play with the new hero.

I proxied him, been playing him for months. Silvans are my favorite and he works beautifully

11 hours ago, Bullroarer Took said:

Roam or Fire?

I should have said "while I really liked roam and though we were unsuccessful with fire 3x this week, fire seems to be my favorite." I'll edit

Man bullroarer was right, this is a beast solo. It is a lot of fun but very difficult. Got a win on the 5th try.

Definitely matters the order you draw those side quests in.

Seems like Beregond with a pile of readying is a great idea although that isn't how I did it.

One angry dragon momma. It reminds me of a retooled battle of laketown. The idea of all those side quests being different things happening in the "battle" is thematically awesome and makes some interesting choices

Tried my Dunedain deck against it. Got lucky with the goblin side quest first. Got my Guardians of arnor online and made pretty quick work of the quest. Nabbing a second win.

We were also thinking a silvan deck with thranduil, celeborn, and galadriel on one side and a lore-tactics ent deck on the other, heroes TBD. Maybe beregond, dori, haldir? Thoughts?

I only play solo so not sure on multiplayer.

But you need a strong defender who can ready. Ents may be too slow, not sure, also dernignle warrior won'tcut it. Silvans would be good if you can lay them out quickly, but that archetype doesnt have a solid defender, and chump blocking will not work (for the most part). Dagnir attacks for 7, once, twice, sometimes more than that. And you are punished in some cases for chumping through the main quest card.

Chumping is still possible. I manage to win with my silvan deck and I only succeed at blocking without dying twice on the game, on 10+ attacks.

Quick question: I still haven't bought the first two packs in this cycle but do you guys think I should buy this one first? I don't want it to sell out before I can get Thranduil and it's already more expensive on Amazon than the other two and lower stock on other sites. Thanks!

8 hours ago, Rouxxor said:

Chumping is still possible. I manage to win with my silvan deck and I only succeed at blocking without dying twice on the game, on 10+ attacks.

If you chump during planning, the unabsorbed damage gets placed on the hill. Same goes for the treachery that makes her attack. That hill racks up damage fast. Especially with the two side quests that help add damage.

Who did you have defending? My point was the silvans are fine as long as you have a defender in addition, which would not be silvan, unless you put ancestral armor on Thranduil and heal him.....

1 hour ago, alcuin18 said:

Quick question: I still haven't bought the first two packs in this cycle but do you guys think I should buy this one first? I don't want it to sell out before I can get Thranduil and it's already more expensive on Amazon than the other two and lower stock on other sites. Thanks!

If you aren't hurting for money I think it is best to always buy what you can as this game is notorious for being out of print at times

I’m guessing he meant chump blocking in combat phase. For me what works is the Dale allied with armour attachments and some good luck haha.

2 hours ago, Ywingscum said:

I’m guessing he meant chump blocking in combat phase. For me what works is the Dale allied with armour attachments and some good luck haha.

I understood that, but attacks in planning and quest coupled with 3 side quests that damage the hill require a defender.

The first time I beat it I slowly absorbed damage on my dale defenders just like you, until they each died in turn since I have no lore hero to put healing in my dale deck.

4 hours ago, alcuin18 said:

Quick question: I still haven't bought the first two packs in this cycle but do you guys think I should buy this one first? I don't want it to sell out before I can get Thranduil and it's already more expensive on Amazon than the other two and lower stock on other sites. Thanks!

I would recommend to buy it asap. Always difficult to get 2 packs later on. And you don't need the previous pack to play this quest either.

I've tried this quest a few times over the last few weeks with a few different builds of silvan and noldor decks, solo and 2 handed, and haven't got close to a win yet, even on easy mode.

7 hours ago, CaffeineAddict said:

I've tried this quest a few times over the last few weeks with a few different builds of silvan and noldor decks, solo and 2 handed, and haven't got close to a win yet, even on easy mode.

It’s tough for sure but I did beat it with Noldor Mill a couple times. I went up to 3 Guardians of Rivendell and 3 Lords of the Eldar. Many Guardians died, Glorfindel came back from the grave three times and Gildor at least once.

I haven't attempted with Noldor because I dont think the defense is there in my build, guardian and Narya is not enough.

By Monday I hope to have my next podcast episode out, and this quest will be what I cover.