I found out I quite enjoy doing these little "battle reports", so I decided I'll send my 3 Hunters across the vast and rich land of adventures we've got available in this brilliant game. And maybe for some, it will be a fun and interesting read. I know many know these quests by heart, however, I have decided to attach stats and text to every card, except for player cards. Some folk might need to refresh their memory, some don't know the cards so well, or are completely new to the game. And there will be no unreleased material here. Which will be an obsolete statement in a few months. đ
Well, on with the show.
QUEST 1
Peril in Pelargir, or Itâs All Beregondâs Fault
Contract: Forth, the Three Hunters!
Lineup: Gandalf , Ăowyn , Glorfindel
Starting threat = 25
Initial draw: Test of Will, Silver Lamp, Rivendell Blade, 2x A Test of Will, Feint.
Mulligan: Light of Valinor, Gondorian Shield, 2x Quick Strike, Dagger of Westernesse, Golden Belt.
THE LEAPING FISH, 1A
Setup: Search the encounter deck for The Leaping Fish and Alcaronâs Scroll. Make The Leaping Fish the active location and attach Alcaron's Scroll to a hero.
The Leaping Fish , 6 quest points
If Alcaronâs Scroll is attached to a hero, The Leaping Fish gains: âForced: At the beginning of the quest phase discard X cards from the top of the encounter deck where X is the number of players in the game. Add each enemy discarded by this effect to the staging area.â Victory 3.
Alcaronâs Scroll (Objective)
If unattached, return Alcaron's Scroll to the staging area and it gains: âAction: Exhaust a hero to attach Alcaron's Scroll to that hero.â
Forced: When the hero with Alcaron's Scroll attached is damaged by an enemy attack, attach Alcaron's Scroll to that enemy.
Attaches Alcaronâs Scroll to Glorfindel .
THE LEAPING FISH , 1B
6 ques points
Battle. (Characters use their instead of when questing.)
When Revealed: Each player must search the encounter deck for a copy of Harbor Thug and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Adds Harbor Thug to the staging area (25 engagement cost, 2 , 3 , 1 , 3 . Forced: When the player whose hero has Alcaronâs Scroll attached raises his threat, Harbor Thug engages that player.) and shuffles the encounter deck.
ROUND 1
RP. Cards in hand: Light of Valinor, Gondorian Shield, 2x Quick Strike, Dagger of Westernesse, Golden Belt. Draws Firefoot.
PP. Plays Light of Valinor and Dagger of Westernesse on Glorfindel (now 4-5 ), Gondorian Shield on Gandalf (now 4 ), and Golden Belt on Ăowyn .
QP. 2 in the staging area.
âForced: At the beginning of the quest phase discard X cards from the top of the encounter deck where X is the number of players in the game. Add each enemy discarded by this effect to the staging area.â
Discards Collateral Damage .
Quests with Ăowyn and Glorfindel for 5 .
Reveals Local Trouble with the text, When Revealed: Attach this card to the hero with the highest threat cost without a copy of Local Trouble attached. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: âWhen attached hero exhausts, readies, or triggers an ability, raise its controller's threat by 1.â)
Attaches Local Trouble to Glorfindel . [ Should've put it on Gandalf. Highest threat hero! ]
Off to a great start! Good thing I put Power of Orthanc in my ... sideboard.
After staging: Harbor Thug (2 )
Uses Ăowyn âs ability ( Action: Raise your threat by 3 to ready Ăowyn. She gets +9 until the end of the phase. (Limit once per game for the group.))
Raises threat by 3 (28) and boosts from 5 to 14.
Harbor Thug engages because of "Forced: When the player whose hero has Alcaronâs Scroll attached raises his threat, Harbor Thug engages that player."
14 vs 0 threat = 14 progress . 6 on The Leaping Fish (6/6), and 8 on the main quest (8/6).
FIGHTING IN THE STREETS, 2B
13 quest points.
Battle. (Characters use their instead of when questing.)
The players cannot advance to the next stage unless Alcaron's Scroll is attached to a hero.
When Revealed: Attach Alcaron's Scroll to the highest engagement cost enemy in play, if able. Otherwise, add Alcaron's Scroll to the staging area.
Attaches Alcaronâs Scroll to the engaged Harbor Thug .
TP. /
EP. /
CP. Deals a shadow card.
Gandalf defends Harbor Thug , no shadow. 3 vs 4 = 0 damage.
Exhausts Glorfindel to kill it. +1 threat because of Local Trouble (29).
Alcaronâs Scroll unattached. Exhausts Ăowyn to attach the scroll to her.
RP. Raises threat by 2 (31).
ROUND 2
RP. Cards in hand: 2x Quick Strike, Firefoot. Draws Foe-hammer.
PP. Plays Firefoot on Ăowyn (now 2 ).
QP. 0 threat in the staging area.
Quests with Ăowyn and Glorfindel for 6 .
Reveals Pelargir Docks (4 , 3 quest points) with the text, While Pelargir Docks is the active location, enemies get +1 and +1 .
6 vs 4 threat = 2 progress on the main quest (2/13).
TP. Travels to Pelargir Docks .
EP. /
CP. /
RP. Raises threat by 1 (32).
ROUND 3
RP. Cards in hand: 2x Quick Strike, Foe-hammer. Draws Silver Lamp.
PP. Plays Silver Lamp on Glorfindel . Shadows give way!
QP. 0 threat in the staging area.
Quests with Ăowyn and Glorfindel for 6 .
Reveals Zealous Traitor (17 engagement cost, 2 , 3 , 2 , 2 . Forced: After Zealous Traitor engages a player, that player must deal 1 damage to each ally he controls. (2 damage instead if Zealous Traitor was not optionally engaged.))
6 vs 2 threat = 4 progress . 3 on Pelargir Docks (3/3) and 1 on the main quest (3/13).
TP. /
EP. Engages Zealous Traitor . His forced effect fizzles.
CP. Deals a shadow card, which is Any damage dealt by this attack is dealt to the hero with Alcaronâs Scroll attached, if able.
Gandalf defends. 3 vs 4 = 0 damage
Exhausts Glorfindel to kill it, +1 threat (33), and plays Foe-hammer (exhausts Dagger). Draws Unexpected Courage, Golden Belt, and The Galadhrimâs Greeting.
RP. Raises threat by 2 (35).
ROUND 4
RP. Cards in hand: 2x Quick Strike, Unexpected Courage, Golden Belt, The Galadhrimâs Greeting. Draws Gandalfâs Staff.
PP. Plays Gandalfâs Staff on Gandalf and Golden Belt on Glorfindel .
QP. 0 threat in the staging area.
Quests with Ăowyn and Glorfindel for 6 .
Reveals Pickpocket (28 engagement cost, 3 , 1 , 0 , 2 . Forced: When Pickpocket attacks, the defending player discards 1 resource from one of his heroesâ resource pools and 1 card at random from his hand).
6 vs 3 threat = 3 progress on the main quest (6/13).
TP. /
EP. Engages Pickpocket .
CP. Deals a shadow card, which is Any damage dealt by this attack is dealt to the hero with Alcaronâs Scroll attached, if able.
Plays Quick Strike and kills it with Glorfindel . +1 threat (36)
RP. Raises threat by 2 (38).
ROUND 5
RP. Cards in hand: Quick Strike, Unexpected Courage, The Galadhrimâs Greeting. Draws Song of Travel.
PP. Plays Song of Travel and Unexpected Courage on Gandalf . Plays The Galadhrimâs Greeting and lowers threat by 6 (32).
QP. 0 threat in the staging area.
Quests with Ăowyn and Glorfindel for 6 .
Reveals Pickpocket (28 engagement cost, 3 , 1 , 0 , 2 )
6 vs 3 threat = 3 progress on the main quest (9/13).
TP. /
EP. Engages Pickpocket .
CP. Deals a shadow card, which is Return attacking enemy to the staging area after it attacks.
Plays Quick Strike and kills it with Gandalf .
RP. Raises threat by 1 (33).
ROUND 6
RP. No cards in hand. Draws Rivendell Blade.
PP. Plays Rivendell Blade on Glorfindel .
QP. 0 threat in the staging area.
Quests with Ăowyn and Glorfindel for 6 .
Reveals Zealous Traitor (17 engagement cost, 2 , 3 , 2 , 2 )
6 vs 2 threat = 4 progress on the main quest (13/13).
ESCAPE TO THE QUAYS, 3A
When Revealed: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for 1 enemy and adds it to the staging area.
Adds to the staging area Harbor Thug (25 engagement cost, 3 , 1 , 3 ) and shuffles the encounter deck.
ESCAPE TO THE QUAYS, 3B
15 quest points
Enemies cannot be optionally engaged.
Forced: The first enemy revealed from the encounter deck each round makes an immediate attack against the player who controls Alcaron's Scroll from the staging area.
The players cannot defeat this stage unless Alcaron's Scroll is attached to a hero. If the players defeat this stage, they have won the game.
TP. /
EP. Engages Zealous Traitor (3 , 2 , 2 ) and Harbor Thug (3 , 1 , 3 )
CP. Deals shadow cards. Harbor Thug has Defending player discards 1 of his attachments. (Discard all of his attachments instead if undefended) . Zealous Traitor has no shadow effect.
Exhausts Gandalfâs Staff to discard Thugâs shadow.
Gandalf defends twice, 0 damage.
Exhausts Glorfindel to kill Zealous Traitor . +1 threat (34)
RP. Raises threat by 2 (36).
ROUND 7
RP. No cards in hand. Draws Herugrim.
PP. Plays Herugrim on Ăowyn . (I only now realised Iâm playing Gandalf, not Beregond.) Reveals the top card of the deck and immediately plays Dagger of Westernesse from the top on Glorfindel .
QP. 0 threat in the staging area.
Quests with Ăowyn and Glorfindel for 7 .
Reveals Harbor Thug (25 engagement cost, 3 , 1 , 3 ) [ How many of these guys are in the deck? Checks Hall of Beorn. Ah, 5. ]
âForced: The first enemy revealed from the encounter deck each round makes an immediate attack against the player who controls Alcaron's Scroll from the staging area.â
Deals it a shadow card, which is Attacking enemy gets +2 attack.
Gandalf defends and suffers 1 damage (1/5).
7 vs 2 threat = 5 progress on the main quest (5/15).
TP. /
EP. Engages Harbor Thug.
CP. Deals shadow cards.
Harbor Thug 1 has Defending player discards his hand . Harbor Thug 2 has Any damage dealt by this attack is dealt to the hero with Alcaronâs Scroll attached, if able.
Exhausts Gandalfâs Staff to discard shadow card on Harbor Thug 2 .
Gandalf defends Harbor Thug 1 , 3 vs 4 = 0 damage.
Harbor Thug 2 attack goes undefended, Glorfindel suffers 3 damage (3/5).
Exhaust Glorfindel to kill Thug 1 . +1 threat (37)
RP. Raises threat by 2 (39) and flips the contract. Gandalf (5 ), Ăowyn (6 ), and Glorfindel (6 ).
ROUND 8
RP. No cards in hand. Draws Herugrim.
PP. Plays Shadowfax from the top of the deck on Gandalf . Exhausts the contract to heal Gandalf (0/5), Glorfindel (2/5).
QP. 0 threat in the staging area.
Quests with Ăowyn , Glorfindel , and Gandalf (readies him with Shadowfax) for 17 .
Reveals Lurking in Shadows with the text, When Revealed: Return all Brigands enemies engaged with players to the staging area. If this effect returned no Brigands enemies to the staging area, Lurking in Shadows gains surge.
Harbor Thug is ⊠well, a Thug. Surge it is.
Reveals Lossarnach Bandit (24 engagement cost, 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 . Forced: When Lossarnach Bandit engages a player, that player discards 1 resource from each of his heroesâ resource pools. (2 resources instead if Lossarnach Bandit was not optionally engaged.))
Deals it a shadow card, which is Any damage dealt by this attack is dealt to the hero with Alcaronâs Scroll attached, if able.
Gandalf defends, 3 vs 4 = 0 damage.
17 vs 3 threat = 14 progress on the main quest (19/15).
GAME OVER
Edited by Preotet