2 decks: Loreagorn and Theodred for 20. Frodo, Eowyn, Glorifindel for 21

Setup revealed a warg liar and warg, ouch, and sleeping sentry, sweet!

Spirit deck played good meal on frodo and escort from edoras. Lore spirit used needful to know. Black Uruks lowered threat to 19. Everyone commits. Spirit deck plays Elrond's council and spends meal for astonising speed. 25 willpower total. Deck reveals Black Uruks and followed by night Theored enables me to use taking initiative. Haldir of Lorein is revealed discarded, cost 4 is greater than 2. Black Uruks die. 25 will vs 3 threat. Black uruks dieing was bonus.

midwestborn86 said:

Umm, I'm having a bit of trouble following your narrative, but I don't think what you described was legit. If Sleeping Sentry was revealed during set-up you'd have had to enter that first turn with all of your heroes exhausted.

Even if they were up though, I'm not sure where that 25 Willpower is coming from. From those five heroes plus Elrond's Council plus Astonishing Speed, I'm counting 17 Willpower.

gatharion said:

This, so many times. Basic rules (+FAQ) failure.

i played 3 deck against RtR last night. drew that treachery that deals X damage to X allies you control. that was 2 on set up. Arwen only ally in game = game lost (they were shuffled well)

2nd try got to 2nd round and had 2 crebain in the staging area 1 damage on arwen (from same as above) and drew sentry. even had balin ready to cancel but those **** crows……= game lost

it alot easier solo as the cards dont line up so bad

rich

Yeah, the last time I got out Road to Rivendell we played it four person and it was brutally rough (it also included everyone starting exhausted due to Sleeping Sentry in the set-up). After a hard and vicious fight… we lost.

Then I played it out again solo and won pretty handily.