Into the Dark
Event • Regroup
Discard a condition to choose one: remove a burden or a threat to return Gollum to his owner’s hand; or discard Gollum to add 2 burdens or 2 threats.
“‘It won’t see us, will it, my precious? No. It won’t see us, and its nassty little sword will be useless, yes quite.’”

What Iss He?
Event • Maneuver
Play Gollum from your draw deck or discard pile to add a burden.
“The hobbit jumped nearly out of his skin when the hiss came in his ears, and he suddenly saw the pale eyes sticking out at him.”

This is directly inspired by Captured by the Ring, which is exactly the same, but adds a threat instead of a burden.

Only curious’s strength bonus needs to be until the regroup phase.

Honestly, I think this is well made. I’m not sure that discarding a condition and Gollum would be right for 2 burdens or 2 threats.
It does vary on the situation, though, so it might be... A fully healthy Gollum and a useful condition of yours, and 2 burdens seems almost too weak. An exausted Gollum that will be killed/discarded if the fellowship moves anyway and your opponent’s best condition, and 2 threats seems almost too strong.
So, if I were to change it, I might say "Discard your condition...", but with the cards, I’d say it’s a suggestion if you want to change it.

its to good. Make it 1 twilight an it might be OK 2 might be better.

Well, with my group, this would be strictly better than Captured by the Ring, although with a burden removal, low companion deck, it might not be...
Also, you can’t use any Shadow abilities on Gollum. That’s the disadvantage I can see... As opposed to a burden in place of a threat.
Ideawise, this is great, and I could see leaving it as it is. But it seems just a bit much, and I’m not sure what, if anything could make it better...

Into the Dark
Event • Regroup
Discard a condition to choose one: remove a burden or a threat to return Gollum to his owner’s hand; or discard Gollum to add 2 burdens or 2 threats.
“‘It won’t see us, will it, my precious? No. It won’t see us, and its nassty little sword will be useless, yes quite.’”

What Iss He?
Event • Maneuver
Play Gollum from your draw deck or discard pile to add a burden.
“The hobbit jumped nearly out of his skin when the hiss came in his ears, and he suddenly saw the pale eyes sticking out at him.”

Into the Dark
Event • Regroup
Discard a Gollum condition to choose one: return Gollum to his owner’s hand; or discard Gollum to add a burden or 2 threats.

“‘It won’t see us, will it, my precious? No. It won’t see us, and its nassty little sword will be useless, yes quite.’”

What Iss He?
Event • Maneuver
Play Gollum from your draw deck or discard pile to make the Free Peoples player choose to either add a burden or exert 2 companions (or exert a Ring-bound companion).

“The hobbit jumped nearly out of his skin when the hiss came in his ears, and he suddenly saw the pale eyes sticking out at him.”

•Brooded For Ages
Condition • Support Area
Each time the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, you may exert Gollum and spot X burdens to exert X Ring-bound companions.

“Gollum’s mind had jumped to a guess quicker than his...he was always afraid of its being stolen.”

Suspicion Grew In His Mind
Event • Response
If the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, remove a threat to choose one: spot Gollum to add a burden; remove a burden to make Gollum fierce until the regroup phase; or remove 2 burdens to make Gollum strength +1, fierce, and damage +1 until the regroup phase.

“‘What has it got in its pocketses?’ The sound came hissing louder and sharper, and as he looked towards it, to his alarm Bilbo now saw two small points of light peering at him.”

Wow. What a crazy day. I almost didn’t get a Duo in at all today.

Dáin’s DC Duos #42

I don’t have time for a lot of comments...maybe in a couple hours. But for now, I’ll just say that the Ring-bearer is going to hate putting on The One Ring when Gollum’s around. Enjoy!

•Brooded For Ages
Condition • Support Area
Each time the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, you may exert Gollum and spot X burdens to exert X Ring-bound companions.
“Gollum’s mind had jumped to a guess quicker than his...he was always afraid of its being stolen.”

Nice. Especially with the new burden adding cards

Suspicion Grew In His Mind
Event • Response
If the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, remove a threat to choose one: spot Gollum to add a burden; remove a burden to make Gollum fierce until the regroup phase; or remove 2 burdens to make Gollum strength +1, fierce, and damage +1 until the regroup phase.
“‘What has it got in its pocketses?’ The sound came hissing louder and sharper, and as he looked towards it, to his alarm Bilbo now saw two small points of light peering at him.”

Nice. Of course, here you assume that you’re running Gollum threats and burdens.

Wow. What a crazy day. I almost didn’t get a Duo in at all today.

Dáin’s DC Duos #42

•Brooded For Ages
Condition • Support Area
Each time the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, you may exert Gollum and spot X burdens to exert X Ring-bound companions.
“Gollum’s mind had jumped to a guess quicker than his...he was always afraid of its being stolen.”
fine by me

Suspicion Grew In His Mind
Event • Response
If the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, remove a threat to choose one: spot Gollum to add a burden; remove a burden to make Gollum fierce until the regroup phase; or remove 2 burdens to make Gollum strength +1, fierce, and damage +1 until the regroup phase.
“‘What has it got in its pocketses?’ The sound came hissing louder and sharper, and as he looked towards it, to his alarm Bilbo now saw two small points of light peering at him.”

Thanks for the reviews, guys. I dropped the cost of Brooded For Ages to , as suggested.

Dáin’s DC Duos #43
Anyways, on to the cards. Enjoy!

Creepy and Tricksy
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot Gollum (or Sméagol) and remove a threat.
You may exert Gollum and add to play this condition during the maneuver phase.
While the Ring-bearer wears The One Ring, each minion is strength +2 and fierce.
“‘It slipped from us, after all these ages and ages! It’s gone, gollum....The Baggins has got it in its pocketses; the nassty noser has found it, we says.’”
somewhat useful, I woudl make the second ability to play it during the skirmish phase. EVIL PURE EVIL!

What Have I, I Wonder?
Event • Maneuver
Exert Gollum to make the Free Peoples player choose to either exhaust the Ring-bearer or make the Ring-bearer put on The One Ring until the regroup phase.
“He put his left hand in his pocket. The ring felt very cold as it quietly slipped on to his groping forefinger.”
make it IMO 1 twilight and or either add burden and put on the...

Question: should I go back and add some "play during the maneuver phase" ability (with an added cost) for Brooded For Ages?