Finally I managed to get through this scenarion without an embarassing score though I have to admit that I was very lucky. I had a bombastic initial draw but later my deck didn't give me the cards I needed. On the other hand the encounter deck was very friendly to me spitting almost no enemies out so I was able to concentrate on questing in Stage 2.

Heroes: Beravor, Gloin, Eowyn

7 rounds 60

5 wounds 5

Final Threat 43

VP Hill Troll, 2* GladdenFields -10

Makes a final score of 98 points. My best score ever, it took me just dozens of hours to achieve this.

What an exciting day of questing! Lots of activity in the Top Ten.

And what is it about the number 109? Kinda spooky.

As we head into the final day for this first tournament, I just want to take a moment to thank everyone who joined in to make it so much fun.

Good luck to all as we enter the last day.

Just over 24 hours to go...

Well I've been playing all week but this is the first time ever I've won this quest solo and just in the time limit

Heroes - Eowyn, Theodred, Bervor

Final Threat - 24

Wounds - 1

Victory - 7 (Adder & Troll)

Rounds 9 (80?)

=98 points

Am I right in thinking that if you don't complete a round you don't add ten to the score?

Bungo_Underhill said:

Correct, you only add 10 points to your score during the refresh part of the turn.

Good show everyone... Good Show!!

Let's call it a wrap!*

It's been an auspicious beginning, and I want to extend a hearty congratulations to each and every one of you who participated in this week's tournament.

I'll be posting the Top Ten Hall of Fame thread soon, so watch for that - and if you've placed, enjoy it!

Well earned, all around.

*There was some helpful "end of the day" discussion on page three of the ideas thread about the time clock for these tournaments, and as a result it's been decided to use the FFG time-stamp on the forums themselves to standardize the end of our tournament week. So, when the clock strikes midnight at the end of the week (FFG Time), that's all she wrote. That said, I had not made this clear from the start of this (our very first) week's tournament. So, if anyone was under the impression that they had 2 more hours (and if you make a final post within the two hour mark) this week, I will go back and make one more update in the morning (well, it'll be morning for me... ). I hope that's not too confusing. And as you can see from the new thread for Week #2, I've attempted to make this new time standardization matter clear from the get go.

Again, thanks for participating this week. It was loads of fun.

Aragorn has left the building.

I recorded my deck list and a turn by turn play. If anybody has any questions, feel free to ask. Hope I didn't make any mistakes.

Hero (3)
Gloin (Core) x1
Glorfindel (Core) x1
Beravor (Core) x1

Ally (25)
Daughter of the Nimrodel (Core) x3
Erebor Hammersmith (Core) x2
Faramir (Core) x2
Gandalf (Core) x3
Gleowine (Core) x2
Guard of the Citadel (Core) x3
Henamarth Riversong (Core) x1
Snowbourn Scout (Core) x3
Son of Arnor (Core) x2
Miner of the Iron Hills (Core) x2
Silverlode Archer (Core) x1
Brok Ironfist (Core) x1

Attachment (10)
Celebrian's Stone (Core) x1
Dark Knowledge (Core) x1
Protector of Lorien (Core) x2
Steward of Gondor (Core) x2
Forest Snare (Core) x2
Self Preservation (Core) x2

Event (15)
Ever Vigilant (Core) x2
For Gondor! (Core) x2
Secret Paths (Core) x2
Sneak Attack (Core) x2
Valiant Sacrifice (Core) x2
Lorien's Wealth (Core) x2
Radagast's Cunning (Core) x2
Grim Resolve (Core) x1

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Heroes: Gloin, Glorfindel, Beravor
Starting threat 31
Starting hand (after mulligan): Snowbourn Scout, Valiant Sacrifice, Radagasts Cunning, Guard of the Citadel, Gleowine, For Gondor!
Staging area: (Despair), Hill Troll

Turn 1
(1) Draw a card: Protector of Lorien
Collect 3 resources
(2) Play Protector of Lorien on Gloin
(3) Send Glorfindel questing
Reveal: Necromancers Reach
Place 1dmg on Glorfindel
3 WP vs. 1 threat: place 2 progress tokens on stage 1 (2/8)
(4) nothing
(5) Engage Hill Troll
Exhaust Beravor to draw 2 cards: Son of Arnor, Snowbourn Scout
(6) Gloin defends against Hill Troll
Shadow card is: Necromancers Reach
Discard 2 cards (Valiant Sacrifice, Radagast Cunning) to give Gloin +2 DEF
Place 3dmg and 3res on Gloin
(7) Ready each character
Raise threat by 1 (32)
End of turn state:
Gloin 4res 3dmg Protector of Lorien
Glorfindel 1res 1dmg
Beravor 0res

Turn 2
(1) Draw a card: Daughter of the Nimrodel
Collect 3 resources.
(2) Play Daughter of the Nimrodel
Play Snowbourn Scout
Play Guard of the Citadel
(3) Send nobody questing
Reveal: Gladden Fields
0 WP vs. 3 threat: raise threat by 3 (35)
(4) Travel to Gladden Fields
(5) nothing
(6) Snowbourn Scout defends against Hill Troll
Shadow card is: Massing at Night revealing Treacherous Fog
Snowbourn Scout dies
Raise threat by 4 (39)
Play For Gondor!
Gloin, Glorfindel, Beravor and Guard of the Citadel attack Hill Troll (destroyed)
Exhaust Daughter of the Nimrodel to heal Gloin
(7) Ready each character
Raise threat by 2 (41)
End of turn state:
Gloin 0res 1dmg Protetcor of Lorien
Glorfindel 0res 1dmg
Beravor 0res

Turn 3
(1) Draw a card: Sneak Attack
Collect 3 resources.
(2) nothing
(3) Send Glorfindel, Gloin & Guard of the Citadel questing
Reveal: Eastern Crows revealing The Brown Lands
Exhaust Beravor to draw 2 cards: Dark Knowledge, Protector of Lorien
Exhaust Gleowine to draw 1 card: Grim Resolve
6 WP vs. 6 threat: nothing happens
(4) nothing
(5) engage Eastern Crows
(6) Let Eastern Crows attack undefended
Shadow card is: Evil Storm
Place 1dmg and 1res on Gloin
Exhaust Daughter of the Nimrodel to heal Gloin
(7) Ready each character
Raise threat by 2 (43)
End of turn state:
Gloin 2res 0dmg Protetcor of Lorien
Glorfindel 0res 1dmg
Beravor 0res

Turn 4
(1) Draw a card: Forest Snare
Collect 3 resources.
(2) Play Dark Knowledge on Beravor
Play Snowbourn Scout
Place 1 progress on The Brown Lands (explored)
Play Protector of Lorien on Glorfindel
(3) Send Glorfindel, Gloin & Guard of the Citadel questing
Reveal: Misty Mountain Goblins
6 WP vs. 2 threat: place 4 progress tokens, 3 on Gladden Fields (explored), 1 on stage 1 (3/8)
(4) nothing
(5) engage Misty Mountain Goblins
(6) use Dark Knowledge on Misty Mountain Goblins: Misty Mountain Goblins
Let Misty Mountain Goblins attack undefended
Shadow card is: Misty Mountain Goblins
Place 2dmg and 2res on Gloin
Remove 3 progress from stage 1 (0/8)
Let Eastern Crows attack undefended
Shadow card is: Banks of the Anduin
Place 1dmg and 1res on Gloin
Exhaust Daughter of the Nimrodel to heal Gloin
Exhaust Beravor to draw 2 cards: Son of Arnor, Sneak Attack
Exhaust Gleowine to draw 1 card: Self-Preservation
(7) Ready each character
Raise threat by 1 (44)
End of turn state:
Gloin 5res 1dmg Protetcor of Lorien
Glorfindel 0res 1dmg
Beravor 0res

Turn 5
(1) Draw a card: Daughter of the Nimrodel
Collect 3 resources.
(2) nothing
(3) Send Glorfindel, Gloin & Guard of the Citadel questing
Reveal: Dol Goldur Orcs.
Place 2dmg and 2 res on Gloin
Play Sneak Attack on Son of Arnor
Engage Dol Goldur Orcs
Exhaust Beravor to draw 2 cards: Faramir, Guard of the Citadel
Exhaust Gleowine to draw 1 card: Erebor Hammersmith
Discard 2 cards (Forest Snare, Daughter of the Nimrodel) togive Glorfindel +2 WP
8 WP vs. 0 threat: place 8 progress tokens on stage 1 (finished)
Reveal stage 2
Exhaust Daughter of the Nimrodel to heal Gloin
Return Son of Arnor to hand
(4) nothing
(5) nothing
(6) use Dark Knowledge on Misty Mountain Goblins: Treacherous Fog
Let Misty Mountain Goblins attack undefended
Shadow card is: Treacherous Fog
Place 2dmg and 2res on Gloin
Let Eastern Crows attack undefended
Shadow card is: Marsh Adder
Place 1dmg on Beravor
Snowbourn Scout defends against Dol Goldur Orcs
Shadow card is: Goblins Sniper
Snowbourn Scout dies
(7) Ready each character
Raise threat by 1 (45)
End of turn state:
Gloin 9res 3dmg Protetcor of Lorien
Glorfindel 1res 1dmg
Beravor 1res

Turn 6
(1) Draw a card: Gandalf
Collect 3 resources.
(2) Play Faramir
Play Gandalf
Deal 4dmg to Misty Mountain Goblins (destroyed)
(3) Send Glorfindel, Gleowine, Gandalf, Beravor, Gloin & Guard of the Citadel questing
Reveal: Enchanted Stream, Despair
Exhaust Daughter of the Nimrodel to heal Gloin
Exhaust Faramir for his ability
Play Grim Resolve
18 WP vs. 2 threat: place 16 progress tokens on stage 2 (finished)
Reveal stage 3: Dol Goldur Beastmaster, Dol Goldur Orcs
Place 2dmg and 2res on Gloin
(4) nothing
(5) engage Dol Goldur Beastmaster and Dol Goldur Orcs
(6) use Dark Knowledge on Dol Goldur Orcs: Necromancers Pass
Let Dol Goldur Orcs attack undefended
Shadow card is: Necromancers Pass
Place 2dmg on Beravor
Exhaust Daughter of the Nimrodel to heal Beravor
Let Eastern Crows attack undefended
Shadow card is: Necromancers Reach
Place 1dmg on Beravor
Play Sneak attack on Son of Arnor
Son of Arnor defends against Dol Goldur Orcs
Shadow card is: Necromancers Pass
Son of Arnor is destroyed
Gleowine defends against Dol Goldur Beastmaster
Shadow cards are: Enchanted Stream, Wargs
Gleowine is destroyed
Glorfindel attacks Dol Goldur Orcs (destroyed)
Beravor and Gandalf attack Dol Goldur Beastmaster (destroyed)
Gloin and Guard of the Citadel attack Dol Goldur Orcs (destroyed)
Faramir attacks Eastern Crows (destroyed)
Win

Score

Win on turn 6 (50)
threat 45
5dmg
7 VP (Hill Troll, Gladden Fields)

= 93

I was determined to complete Journey Along the Anduin challenge with the best overall score despite not making it to the deadline on November 26. I am ecstatic to announce that after a week and a half of play I was able to finish the game with a final score of 76!

Final Threat Level: 21

Threat Cost of Each dead Hero: 0

Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 2

Number of Rounds Played: 6 (equals to 60 points)

Victory Points Earned: 7

Total Score: 76

Heroes: Eowyn, Gloin and Beravor (inspired by wraith428’s team)

Highlights of the Game:

Completed To the River (1A) by attaching an early Steward of Gondor on Eowyn and Sneak Attacking Gandalf twice to destroy the Hill Troll in round 4. Beravor's power is brought to light with the standard play: Eowyn and Gloin quest leaving Beravor back either to defend, attack or draw cards. On the Journey to the Anduin you draw a good number of cards with this play.

Completed the Anduin Passage (2A) by reanimating a discarded Faramir, care of a Stand a Fight, and sending in Lorien Guide, Wandering Took, Guard of the Citadel, Henamarth Riversong and Gleowine, plus all three heroes to take down the Location in 2 rounds with only locations and irrelevant events being flipped over.

Two copies of The Galadrihim’s Greeting plus Gandalf were played at this point to bring down my threat total to 21.

Completed the Ambush on the Shore (3A) on Round 6 as the only two cards revealed were an irrelevant event and a lone Dol Gudur Orcs, which I quickly dispatched with a basic ally block followed by Gloin and Beravor going in for the finishing blow.

It took me multiple teams, builds and luck to get to this point and even if this doesn’t count on the weekly tournament forum I’m pretty satisfied with my score. See you all in Dol Gudur!

Wow, that's an amazing result, Viper.

And you did finish stage 3B before the end of round 6, right? In that case you should only add 50 points.

Well, I think it's almost safe to say that the combo Éowyn, Beravor and Glóin/Theodred is probably the best for this scenario. They also do an excellent job against Dol Guldur, where I got a 133 in my last game.

Solo? If so, great job and who was taken prisoner?

leptokurt said:

Thanks leptokurt! I was amazed at some of the scores and couldn't fathom how someone could finish this challenge with less than 100 points. I thought you needed a god-hand to make something like an 84 happen, but apparently its also a combination of skill, familiarity and a lot of luck on the part of the encounter deck.

I actually wasn't taking any notes during the game, but my tracker was left at 6 when I finished, so I ended in the middle of round 7 and not 6. Sorry for the mix up.

I've also finished this challenge using Eowyn, Dunhere and Gloin, but with my best score only being 117. Dunhere is pretty awesome in this challenge as well, but Berevor is just too good.

Bullroarer Took said:

I think you're referring to Escape from Dol Gudur, but this challenge is Journey Along the Anduin, so you don't have to "take anyone prisoner".

I know, I know this forum thread is already old news, but I couldn't sleep until I have exhausted all ways to beat the top score at least once.

theredviper said:

Actually I was referring to this post, and should have quoted it:

leptokurt said: