Hi to all players and fans of LOTR LCG!

I decided to prepare for you one great surprise. You surely know the Player Card Review series, which gains very good response and feedback. I really appreciate your interest. Now, in the similar spirit I introduce you the whole new series, which see the things from the opposite side - from the view of Encounter deck. In Encounter Set Review series I analyze every card from the given Encounter set and describe its strengths and weaknesses, possible combos, just like you are used to at Player Card Review series. I also hold the "progression style" of playing - it means that I will only refer the cards, which you can encounter in the given time.

So here is the link to the whole new section with more detailed introduction: https://visionofthepalantir.com/encounter-set-analyses/

And here you find the very first part of Encounter Set Review series - Passage Through Mirkwood: https://visionofthepalantir.com/2020/02/10/encounter-set-review-passage-through-mirkwood/

I hope you will enjoy this series as well as Player Card Review series. It shouldn't serve just as the interesting reading, but players can take from these analyze some useful findings, which should learn them to better understand the certain mechanics of Encounter set/Encounter card. You then can utilize it to own advantage.

I will appreciate every comment and own experience with any of these cards. I know that cards from Passage Through Mirkwood are the least dangerous, so players shouldn't have any problem with dealing with them. But sometimes, the unlucky coincidence can cause that even common card can make it hot for you.

See ya later!

Silblade

I will enjoy for sure! Thank you for your wonderful blog!

One correction: under "Shadow Horror" you state that Forest Spider must discard two attachments if defending undefended -- that's incorrect, as stated in the earlier breakdown it's one attachment for the defending player (with no mention of undefended attack).

One thing that might be worth mentioning is that the "defending player" is the engaged player -- another player using a sentinel defender doesn't change the defending player.

Thank you for your kindness!

You are right, dalestephenson, I don't know, why I have written this, actually.:D Maybe I was mistaken by the Driven by Shadow, but while undefended, it discards all attachments.

This Encounter set was quite hard to describe, because... many cards are so weak or have positive effects that I hardly could think up some really challenging things for players. However, the other Encounter sets are better, stronger and nastier for players.