The Tragic Quests of Middle Earth

By TragicTheBlathering, in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game

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Here be the chronicle of my travels through Middle Earth with Lord of the Rings The Card Game. These will most likely all be solo games and I will be starting at the beginning of the quest lines and working my way forward.

I'm going to be using a semi limited card pool. A Cycle pool so to speak. Meaning, that each delux expantion has its own associated 6 pack cycle.. and that is a pool. So the Mirkwood Pool is CORE + The Mirkwood cycle. The Darowdelf Pool is CORE + The Mirkwood cycle + Kaz + the Darrowdelf cycle. Etc etc.

I'm going to try and show a different deck every time, and will attempt to not favor any sphere or hero.. Though that may be hard at the start as Lore / Spirit was really so strong!

Hope you enjoy it ...

Have Fun and ROLL HIGH!
--Tragic


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Mirkwood Cycle

Dwarrowdelf Cycle

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Really cool stuff there, Tragic! I really like what you said during the Journey Along the Anduin playthrough regarding the high difficulty of the game. I'm glad you've returned!

Keep up the good work!

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Nice to have another "Let's Play" focused on this game. It has been a pleasure to watch your videos. I hope you'll continue beating Mirkwood cycle and others!

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Do escape from Dul Guldur Nightmare deck.

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Do escape from Dul Guldur Nightmare deck.

i'll get to it eventually. Still it will be a while as I am going though the quest in order. I skipped Escape, but will go beat uit once I enter the Darowdelf Cycle and then I'll do Nightmare mode after I get into the current cycle… Though I guess I could do it as soon as I enter the Hobbit cycle.

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Mirkwood Cycle 4 - The Hills of Emyn Muil

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Quest / A Pleasant Walk

The Hills of Emyn Muil is probably one of the worst solo quest yet printed. You can basically play it blindfolded. Yet here is a deck to beat it! WOOT.

While The Hills of Emyn Muil can be a bit of a problem with 4 players (starting threat 12 + 4 reveals ramps it a bit) compared to modern quests even then it is not that hard.

There is only 1 monsters that is under 30 threat in this deck, so the goal is to just quest though the locations and never have to deal with the mobs at all.

Always quest with Frodo in case a Dol Guldur Orcs is revealed, so you can eat the dmg in threat. Keep Eleanor up for treachery cancelling and speeding up the location draw form the deck.

Have Fun and ROLL HIGH

--Tragic

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Into The Pit (Kaz 1/3) - (Dwarrowdelf Pool)

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Deck: OPE (Over Powered Elves) @ CardGameDB

Quest: Into The Pit

Introduction - 0:41

Start 8:19

Musings - 42:45

Right, so the next video in my progression series! Woot, and we are finally in the Darowdelf Cycle, so the card pool has really opened up and a bunch of really cool option is now open to us.

This is the first of the Kaz quests, Into the Pit and as always I am using a restricted card pool. So only cards from Core, Mirkwood, Khaz and Darowdelf are being used.

Have Fun and ROLL HIGH

--Tragic

Into The Pit (Kaz 1/3) - (Dwarrowdelf Pool) - Attempt 2

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Deck: OPE v2 (Over Powered Elves) @ CardGameDB

Quest: Into The Pit - Attempt 2

Introduction - 0:41

Start 7:15

Outro - 35:41

Had a couple of massive errors in the last video... Not that I feel it would have made much difference.. but thought I should post a better run! So here is a new one.. This time I'm using lackey to speed up the process.

I have also modified the deck a little. Link is in the description!

Anyway.. wish me luck for.... Attempt 2!!

Have Fun and ROLL HIGH

--Tragic

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This is a pretty cool series. Wish I had time to just sit down and watch people play LotR. :P

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Flight from Moria (Kaz 3/3) (Dwarrowdelf Pool)

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Deck: Gon-DIG-or @CardGameDB

Quest: Flight from Moria : Attempt 2

Quest: Flight from Moria : Attempt 3

The first time I tried to record this quest beat the game in like turn 3. Was really crazy, and not very fun to watch. If people really want I can upload it but hardly anything happened.

So I did a 2nd version with the hope of getting more stuff on tape. Then I thought I would do a 3rd take and see if I could get a even more interesting showing.

This quest is so random with how it tries to convey the feeling of getting lost in the mines. I wanted the recording to show some of that really cool "getting lost" stuff.

So I thought I would run a 3rd attempt but this time LackeyCCG as it is so easy to film.. just hit record and play and try to get a even more interesting game.

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Hey Tragic, thanks for the videos, very fun to watch! I am already super-looking forward to watch videos of you playing the HoN and AtS Cycle scenarios already :P

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Hey Tragic, thanks for the videos, very fun to watch! I am already super-looking forward to watch videos of you playing the HoN and AtS Cycle scenarios already :P

Thanks. I've got a way to go though. I have just started Darrowdelf, so Road to Rivendale is next. That is 6 vids then Hobbit 1+2. That is another 6. The The Shadow Cycle... Also Nigtmares start during Shadow I think as well.

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Hey Tragic, thanks for the videos, very fun to watch! I am already super-looking forward to watch videos of you playing the HoN and AtS Cycle scenarios already :P

Thanks. I've got a way to go though. I have just started Darrowdelf, so Road to Rivendale is next. That is 6 vids then Hobbit 1+2. That is another 6. The The Shadow Cycle... Also Nigtmares start during Shadow I think as well.

A lot on your plate, indeed! Plus your other videos are pure enjoyment, too. I am really happy you showed us Android the Boardgame, I was quite curious about that one for a while already.

Of course no pressure timewise, I also look forward to your Dwarrowdelf playthrough :)

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I really enjoy doing it. So it is not really like work. Android is only 1/2 though.. I will be restarting that soon. I get really busy of Xmas is all. I have a number of plays like this. Galaxy Defender, Arkham Horror, Pathfinder to name a few... are also ongoing progression series. I'm not in any rush :)

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Redhorn Gate is actually next. That is the first AP of dwarrowdelf. Also, I hate to be nitpicking, but its spelled and pronounced Rivendell, not Rivendale. Just thought you might want to know when posting a video title with it.

I do also enjoy your videos. Good job.

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Redhorn Gate is actually next. That is the first AP of dwarrowdelf.

Yeah, I forget what it is called. It is the one with the big white wolves that can not be blocked by allies and deal 1 dmg on declare defender.

I do also enjoy your videos. Good job.

Thanks, I'm glad you like them. I think at our hearts uTubers and PodCasters are rather vain people. I love getting comments good or bad. Comments is the crack for uTubers!

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