I know. They sometimes do Wednesday instead which drives me crazy. Also, different time zones can make it suck as well.
Foundation of Stone Anticipation
richsabre said:
problem with elves is we so seldom see them in 'action' ….i mean take galadriel for example…..i believe i am right in saying she was only only surviving elf in the 3rd age to have made the trip over the helcaraxe wastes……so you could take that to be a huge amount of willpower…..but is it relavent in a third age middle earth? im not so sure, as we never see galadriel as anything other than a wise leader and member of the white council….
however in more than one occasion her power or influence contributes to the war against sauron….ie lorien being assaulted 3 times by dol guldur, which she eventually destroys after the war of the ring, so she could function more in her leadership powers
and of course you have her ring of power nenya….so i guess my point is how do you define such powerful characters? i think it is difficult to place where a major player in the events of middle earth should lie….and it is perhaps worse with elves as their ways are so distanced and secretive in the 3rd age
so perhaps it is better to have these characters as 'gandalf' type cards so that there is no themetic/gameplay issues…..and yet id be dissapointed if they didnt at least give elrond/galadriel/celeborn all a shot
rich
Galadriel is personally my LEAST favorite character in JRRT's writings. Probably because she was a "retcon" before anyone knew what the hell that even was… lol. She wasn't in his original writings on Middle-Earth, but had to be "back-written" into the story due to her inclusion in the later writings (that were published first). That's why she never really gets mentioned outside of Lorien (other than her inclusion in the "rebellion" later)…
jjeagle said:
A point I have noticed looking back at the preview for Durin's Axe from FOS.
The card is numbered 1 of 24. Assuming that there are 28 player cards as there have been in every other set, this means (I think) that either:
1. the card is misnumbered (not unprecedented)
2. there are 8 quest cards, so either a very lengthy quest, or a Flight from Moria style "quest deck" or similar
3. there are two separate encounter sets in FOS, one large one and one small one (maybe a small one that will be added in at a certain quest stage)
4. There are multiple copies of certain encounter cards.
No, that has (so far) been taken into account in the new "x of y" numbering for encounter sets.
If my math is correct it should be 24 encounter cards, 1 hero, 2 quest cards and 33 (11x3) player cards.
What makes you think there will be only 2 quest cards again? I am hoping for more personally.
It can only be 2 or 5 quest cards. 8+ just seems dumb.
Sprenger said:
If my math is correct it should be 24 encounter cards, 1 hero, 2 quest cards and 33 (11x3) player cards.
Maybe the "limit 1 per deck" are not 3 times in the pack.
It could be
24 encounter
1 hero
4 quest cards
31 player cards (10x3 + 1 or 9x3 + 4)
quit said:
Sprenger said:
If my math is correct it should be 24 encounter cards, 1 hero, 2 quest cards and 33 (11x3) player cards.
Maybe the "limit 1 per deck" are not 3 times in the pack.
It could be
24 encounter
1 hero
4 quest cards
31 player cards (10x3 + 1 or 9x3 + 4)
I can't see them doing just 1 copy of a player card. Eventually we will have enough cards to create more than 1 Leadership deck and it would be annoying having to find this card and put it in the your current deck (assuming you want it in both decks) every time you switched decks.
Sprenger said:
I can't see them doing just 1 copy of a player card. Eventually we will have enough cards to create more than 1 Leadership deck and it would be annoying having to find this card and put it in the your current deck (assuming you want it in both decks) every time you switched decks.
Yeah, but at the same time, they can't plan for people that want to build multiple decks. They give us a full 1 deck playset, usually 3x of a card since that's the limit. Just as I don't get 6x of a card that I'd want for 2 different decks (or 3x of every hero) I don't think they should waste slots to give us 3x of a card that is only 1 per deck.
I'd much rather see those slots be used for other 1 per decks, extra new heroes, or extra encounter cards.
Also, you can already build 2 Leadership decks if you don't double up any heroes (or of any sphere except spirit, until we get New Glorfindel).
What's the difference between not having enough Steward of Gondors or Sneak Attacks for 2 decks and not having enough Path of Needs for 2 decks?
Mattr0polis said:
Also, you can already build 2 Leadership decks if you don't double up any heroes (or of any sphere except spirit, until we get New Glorfindel).
What's the difference between not having enough Steward of Gondors or Sneak Attacks for 2 decks and not having enough Path of Needs for 2 decks?
I agree, I myself don't want Path of Need three times, I think I might have a hard time finding a single deck with a slot for it.
I am still pissed what they did with the core set though, three a piece should have been a rule there also.
lleimmoen said:
I am still pissed what they did with the core set though, three a piece should have been a rule there also.
Lol yeah, I should've picked different cards for my example. Steward and Sneak Attack there isn't enough for ONE deck, let alone two. 
I should've said Elrond's Counsel or something.
Sprenger said:
It can only be 2 or 5 quest cards. 8+ just seems dumb.
There are 8 quest cards in Flight from Moria, so, dumb or not, it is at least possible.
On a slightly different topic, anyone picked up this one already? It is usually that we see a person announcing it before ffg do… and I was really expecting the "on sale" announcement this Monday.
Na man; I am usually one of those guys who posts about a day before (or on the day of) FF releases it. I am oddly surprised this time around as it seems like they are backlogged about a week from the usual release on these adventure packs. Please hurry up!
Yeah, for a while I thought they finally had it going nicely with some frequency. And then I heard they want to release the Hobbit in July which now leaves half a month and a half for three releases. I fear they won't make it.