Interesting...I like it. Beorn/Grimbeorn choke deck, anyone?

Why else do you think all the Beorn cards say ’If you cannot spot 4 companions’?

The last three Beorn cards then, before I move onto some Eagles:

Lone Warrior
Event • Maneuver
If Beorn is terror X, make him defender +X until the regroup phase. Then you may exert him to make each minion skirmishing him strength -X until the regroup phase.
Swiftly he returned and his wrath was redoubled, so that nothing could withstand him, and no weapon seemed to bit upon him.
H2 R 75

w00t!

Terrible Anger
Event • Maneuver
Make Beorn defender +1 (and damage +1 if you cannot spot 4 companions) until the regroup phase for each minion you can spot.
He scattered the bodyguard and pulled down Bolg himself and crushed him.
H2 C 82

PWNT! I’d exert him.

Snuffling and Growling
Event • Regroup
Exert Beorn to wound each minion.
Bilbo wondered what it was and whether it could be Beorn in enchanted shape, and if he would come in as a bear and kill them.
H2 C 79

Nice.

Thranduil

Lone Warrior
Event • Maneuver
If Beorn is terror X, make him defender +X until the regroup phase. Then you may exert him to make each minion skirmishing him strength -X until the regroup phase.
Swiftly he returned and his wrath was redoubled, so that nothing could withstand him, and no weapon seemed to bit upon him.
H2 R 75

Gees, how good is that. Cost should be 2.

Terrible Anger
Event • Maneuver
Make Beorn defender +1 (and damage +1 if you cannot spot 4 companions) until the regroup phase for each minion you can spot.
He scattered the bodyguard and pulled down Bolg himself and crushed him.
H2 C 82

Wow the power of all your beorn cards are insane Thran. Without the for each minion its fine.

Snuffling and Growling
Event • Regroup
Exert Beorn to wound each minion.
Bilbo wondered what it was and whether it could be Beorn in enchanted shape, and if he would come in as a bear and kill them.
H2 C 79

Fair enough. id make it cost 1.

Thranduil

Lone Warrior
Event • Maneuver
If Beorn is terror X, make him defender +X until the regroup phase. Then you may exert him to make each minion skirmishing him strength -X until the regroup phase.
Swiftly he returned and his wrath was redoubled, so that nothing could withstand him, and no weapon seemed to bit upon him.
H2 R 75
a tad too good IMHO. make it cost more

Terrible Anger
Event • Maneuver
Make Beorn defender +1 (and damage +1 if you cannot spot 4 companions) until the regroup phase for each minion you can spot.
He scattered the bodyguard and pulled down Bolg himself and crushed him.
H2 C 82
WAY TOO GOOD. he automatically can fight all minions. frodo only gets one then.make it limit +2

Snuffling and Growling
Event • Regroup
Exert Beorn to wound each minion.
Bilbo wondered what it was and whether it could be Beorn in enchanted shape, and if he would come in as a bear and kill them.
H2 C 79

Farsighted Eagle
Companion • Eagle
Str: 5
Vit: 3
Res: 6
Winged (This companion can only take 1 wound per phase).
When you play this companion, you may stack a site from your adventure deck on a card.
Maneuver: Discard the current site and replace it with a site stacked on this companion.
... he could see the glint of the moon on goblin spears and helmets...
H2 U 63
sites stacked on companions...interesting

Great Eagle
Companion • Eagle
Str: 5
Vit: 3
Res: 6
Winged (This companion can only take 1 wound per phase).
When you play this companion, you may stack a site from your adventure deck on a card.
Maneuver: Discard a site stacked on this companion to take into hand a event from your discard pile.
The goblins hated the eagles, and feared them...
H2 U 65
to take a gandalf event into hand from your discard pile...word it like I just said

Circling Eagle
Companion • Eagle
Str: 5
Vit: 3
Res: 6
Winged (This companion can only take 1 wound per phase).
When you play this companion, you may stack a random site from an opponent’s adventure deck on a card.
This companion is strength +2 for each site stacked on it.
... they began to go down circling round in great spirals.
H2 C 59
interesting, I assume you would give it back to them eventually. maybe they get to choose the site

Eagle’s Eyrie
Condition • Support Area
When you play this condition, you may stack a site from your adventure deck on a card.
Skirmish: Discard a site stacked on a companion to make them strength +3 (and damage +1 if they are an Eagle).
You ought not to be rude to an Eagle, when you... are up in his eyrie at night.
H2 U 62

Okay, seriously toned the cards down, but they’re so powerful because it’s hard to make a 2/3 companion fellowship viable.

I think that’s it for Beorn until the next set, so now we’re onto some flying things. First things first, I should explain myself a little, as this concept that I’m introducing is rather weird and rule-bending.

I never liked site control, mainly because you can’t protect yourself from it, because the only way to would be to pack some cards to liberate sites, a mechanic that does nothing unless you happen to be playing against a deck that controls them. Compared to threats which you can always remove by killing someone, and initiative by drawing cards, this always annoyed me, but I wanted something similar for this set.

I also wanted to make the adventure deck more interactive and more a part of the game than it had ever been previously.

You may also remember one of the sites from my first set, the Lone-Lands, that you wondered about at the time, with the game text ’This site cannot be stacked or replaced.’ Now you will see the truth of those words:

Farsighted Eagle
Companion • Eagle
Str: 5
Vit: 3
Res: 6
Winged (This companion can only take 1 wound per phase).
When you play this companion, you may stack a site from your adventure deck on a card.
Maneuver: Discard the current site and replace it with a site stacked on this companion.
... he could see the glint of the moon on goblin spears and helmets...
H2 U 63

And what happens if that site is then controlled? Hm...

I like it.

Great Eagle
Companion • Eagle
Str: 5
Vit: 3
Res: 6
Winged (This companion can only take 1 wound per phase).
When you play this companion, you may stack a site from your adventure deck on a card.
Maneuver: Discard a site stacked on this companion to take into hand a event from your discard pile.
The goblins hated the eagles, and feared them...
H2 U 65

What happens when you go to play a site and the only sites left are stacked on your eagle? Hm....

I like it.

Circling Eagle
Companion • Eagle
Str: 5
Vit: 3
Res: 6
Winged (This companion can only take 1 wound per phase).
When you play this companion, you may stack a random site from an opponent’s adventure deck on a card.
This companion is strength +2 for each site stacked on it.
... they began to go down circling round in great spirals.
H2 C 59

A little powerful, IMO. A base 7 strength guy for with the potential to becom a lot nastier? And Winged? Make it at least.

Eagle’s Eyrie
Condition • Support Area
When you play this condition, you may stack a site from your adventure deck on a card.
Skirmish: Discard a site stacked on a companion to make them strength +3 (and damage +1 if they are an Eagle).
You ought not to be rude to an Eagle, when you... are up in his eyrie at night.
H2 U 62

Nice.

WORTH NOTING: When it says ’discard’, it means ’return it to the appropriate adventure deck’.

Thranduil

And what happens if that site is then controlled? Hm...

What happens when you go to play a site and the only sites left are stacked on your eagle? Hm....