RGun said:

Just realized I have been scoring incorrectly. I've been tallying a round at the start of each round as opposed to at the end during the refresh phase so all of my scores to date have been 10 points too high since they all have 1 extra round counted. If it's ok, I'd like to resubmit my scores making this correction. New scores would be 201, 153, 144.

Heroes: Eowyn, Eleanor and Prince Imrahil

Game 1 Result : Loss

Game 2 Result: Loss

Game 3 Result: Win (Score 71)
Final Threat Level: 20
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 1
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 5

The first two games were both pretty close to winning but both(!) times my useless sleeping sentries got Arwen killed In the last game I did everything I could to avoid combat (Gandalf made some pretty Sneaky attacks) and finally succeeded!

Final weighted score: 71 * 3/1 = 213

Played two sets of 3 games…..always lost the third….don´t know why always 2 games went totally great and then there comes a **** game.

In this game 3 I got Sleepping Sentry as first card. So ok nothing lost. But in turn 3 I got undisturbed bones and had only Arwen……****.

Heroes: Eowyn, Elrohir, Elladan

Game 1 Result: 108

Final Threat Level: 27
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 1
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 8

Game 2 Result: 108
Final Threat Level: 28
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 0
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 8

Game 3 Result: 106
Final Threat Level: 25
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 1
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 8

I use 1 Core Set and all available packs up to Watcher in the Water.

I've been wanting to really use Elrohir and Elladan and was going through the Dwarrodelf cycle so far and felt like my first score on this was pretty good so I gave it a couple more plays. I was surprised how close my scores were. It felt like a very reliable deck but not the quickest ever.

I did not use any Lore cards and just tried to keep the cost of the cards in my deck very low.

muemakan said:

Wrong. It's more like this: how is it possible to have two lucky games in a row and only one normal?

Heroes: Glorfindel (Spirit), Bifur, Théodred

Game 1 Result: (Report Final Score or Loss) = 82
Final Threat Level: 21
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: -
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 1
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 6

Game 2 Result: (Report Final Score or Loss) = 57
Final Threat Level: 15
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: -
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 2
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 4

Game 3 Result: (Report Final Score or Loss) = 88
Final Threat Level: 16
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: -
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 2
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 7

Total Score: 75,667

Card Pool: Core x3, all AP including FoS

Posting Your Results (Optional Information):

I made a Secrecy deck with 3 heroes using the new Glorfindel, and managed quite well.

Heroes: Aragorn (Lore), Theodred, Glorfindel (Spirit)

Game 1 Result: 61
Final Threat Level: 19
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 2
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 4

Game 2 Result: 58
Final Threat Level: 8
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 0
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 5

Game 3 Result: 50
Final Threat Level: 10
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 0
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 4

Total: 56,33

Card pool: 1 core set, everything except Hobbit.

These won games came after 3 losses. Hate Sleeping Sentry.

Heroes: Dain/Bifur/Thalin

Game 1 Result: (Report Final Score or Loss) 101
Final Threat Level: 29
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 2
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 7

Game 2 Result: (Report Final Score or Loss) 104
Final Threat Level: 30
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 4
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 7

Game 3 Result: (Report Final Score or Loss) Loss
Final Threat Level:
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero:
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes:
Victory Points Earned:
Number of Rounds Completed:

Posting Your Results (Optional Information): Game 3 is lost due to a Sleeping Sentry as a shadow effect where Dain is defending, so all of my characters (including all heroes) are discarded. Card pool: 1x Core Set + Every Action Pack and Expansion

Heroes: Ori, Dáin Ironfoot, Thorin Oakenshield

Game 1 Result: 77
Final Threat Level: 35
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 2
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 4

Game 2 Result: Loss

Game 3 Result: 76
Final Threat Level: 21
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 5
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 5

2 Core Sets, all expansions including The Hobbit.

In the first two games there was no sign of Gandalf whatsoever. In game 2 everything went fine until I came to the goblin gate and suddenly had to face three enemies at once, with two of them ambushing me before the combat phase. Five attacks meant five shadow cards. My Longberad Elder had forwarned me of the attack, so I didn't quest with Arwen in case I would get Sleeping Sentry as a shadow card. But instead two of the five shadow cards were Pathless Country which meant two damage on Arwen!

In game 3 I got Sleeping Sentry as an encounter card twice in a row, but that was no problem since I got forwarned by a Longberad Elder and Gandalf showed up just in time to lower my threat so that I didn't have to face more than one undefended attack, which I luckily survived.

There is a lot of luck in this quest, but I really like it because you never feel totally safe. I also somehow like the brutality of Sleeping Sentry and that you always have to plan around this card.

To my mind, Road to Rivendell is the poster child for a secrecy scenario. I think they designed this one specifically to work well with secrecy, seeing as all the enemies(besides Goblin Spearman) are over 20 threat. With that in mind, I'm always trying RtR to test secrecy decks.

I decided, for this endeavor, to go with Eowyn and Glorfindel (Spirit). Start with 14 threat and just try to run your ass off to the finish line. Old Gandalf is in there to try and eliminate some enemies building up in the staging area. Light of Valinor, Resourceful, and A Test of Will were obviously my must have cards for my starting hand. I'm very proud that these were my actual first three games (I tried a fourth to see if I could get better but I lost to an early Goblin Spearman). Here's how it went:

Game 1 Result: 69
Final Threat Level: 19
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 0
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 5

Game 2 Result: 73
Final Threat Level: 23
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 0
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 5

Game 3 Result: 51
Final Threat Level: 21
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 0
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 3

Total: 64.33

Tried this again with a slightly modified deck.

Heroes: Ori, Dáin Ironfoot, Thorin Oakenshield

Game 1 Result: 84
Final Threat Level: 28
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 6
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 5

Game 2 Result: 64
Final Threat Level: 11
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 3
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 5

Game 3 Result: 77
Final Threat Level: 21
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 6
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 5

Final score: 75

2 Core Sets, all expansions including The Hobbit.

In game 2 Gandalf came by 5 times! Even the Goblin Spearmen wouldn't engage me in the last round.

I am eager to try a secrecy deck with this scenario just to see how it works.

Heroes: Theodred, Eowyn, Beravor

Game 1 Result: 78
Final Threat Level: 18
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 0
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 6

Game 2 Result: 45
Final Threat Level: 05
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 0
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 4

Game 3 Result: 67
Final Threat Level: 17
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: 0
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 0
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 5

Final Score: 63.334

card pool: 1x core set, mirkwood cycle, KD, redhorn gate, road to rivendell

Heroes: Dain Ironfoot, Oin and Ori

Game 1 Result: 118
Final Threat Level: 35
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: -
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 3
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 8 rounds

Game 2 Result: 117
Final Threat Level: 35
Threat Cost of Each Dead Hero: -
Damage Tokens on Remaining Heroes: 2
Victory Points Earned: 0
Number of Rounds Completed: 8 rounds

Game 3 Result: Loss