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« on: January 22, 2009, 08:45:37 AM »
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UPDATE:

2011-06-21: Official current draft attached.

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Hi there everybody!

I just saw an SWCCG article the other day, and it was a comprehensive list with all major deck archetypes for SW. That helped me a great deal in getting to know the game and all I could do with it. For each deck there was:

Description
How it Works
How it Wins
Why should I play it?
Why shouldn't I play it?

That inspired me to write my own LOTR TCG Deck Encyclopedia, since most of the existing decks I've already built and played with. I'm thinking it will take some time, obviously, and I'm working on a PDF version and a web-based version. I'd like to show you how the index looks so far so you could tell me what you think of it. BTW this is based on Expanded, Standard and Movie Block formats. No open freaks or block specific decks.

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1. Introduction

2. "'One Ring to Rule Them All...'" - About rings

3. "'Let the Ring-bearer Decide.'" - About ring-bearers

4. "'You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring.'" - About the starting fellowship

5. Skirmish, Wounding, Archery and Choking

6. Splashing

6.1 The Gandalf Splash

6.2 The Sméagol Splash

7. Deck Archetypes

7.1 Free Peoples

7.1.1 Elvent Elven[skirmish]
7.1.2 Elven Telepathy (Pre Threachery & Deceit) ElvenGandalf[skirmish][initiative]
7.1.3 Elven Telepathy (Post Threachery & Deceit) Elven[skirmish][threats]
7.1.4 Elven Archery / Wounding Elven[archery][wounding]
7.1.5 Power Elves Elven[skirmish]
7.1.6 Elven Hunters Elven[archery][wounding][threats]

7.1.7 Rangers (Pre-Hunters) Gondor[skirmish canceling][site number][wounding]
7.1.8 Rangers (Post-Hunters) Gondor[minion discarding][site number][wounding]
7.1.9 Knights Gondor[skirmish][wounding]
7.1.10 Noble Leaders Gondor[skirmish][tokens][fetching]
7.1.11 Gondor Archery (Post-Bloodlines) Gondor[archery][wounding][tokens]
7.1.12 Wraiths Gondor[skirmish][threats]

7.1.13 Dwarves Dwarven[skirmish][cycling]
7.1.14 Gimli & Gloin Dwarven[cycling][choking]
7.1.15 Dwarves and Sméagol Dwarven[sméagol][site path control][skirmish][wounding][threats][cycling]
7.1.16 Discarding Dwarves Dwarven[discarding][skirmish][cycling]

7.1.17 Rohan Royal Family Rohan[frodo][skirmish][fetching]
7.1.18 Rohan Fighting with Frodo Rohan[frodo][followers][skirmish][fetching]
7.1.19 Rohan with Merry Rohan[frodo]Shire[skirmish][wounding][archery][fetching][site path control]
7.1.20 Rohan and Gandalf Rohan[frodo]Gandalf[skirmish][fetching][resistance]

7.1.21 Hobbit Hospital Shire[frodo][skirmish canceling][healing][allies]
7.1.22 Power Hobbits Shire[frodo][skirmish][tokens][healing]
7.1.23 Ring-bound Hobbits and Sméagol Shire[sméagol][skirmish canceling][tokens][followers][healing]
7.1.24 Hobbits and Gandalf Shire[frodo]Gandalf[skirmish][tokens][resistance]

7.1.25 Sméagol and Faramir [sméagol][choking]

7.1.26 Ents Gandalf[frodo][skirmish][fetching]
7.1.27 Ents and Gandalf as ring-bearer Gandalf[skirmish][fetching]
7.1.28 Gandalf Culture Men Gandalf[skirmish][followers]

7.1.29 Slaked Thirsts GondorElvenDwarven[rainbow][allies][wounding][archery][healing]

7.1.30 The Three Hunters GondorElvenDwarven[rainbow]Rohan[wounding][skirmish][healing][archery]

7.1.31 Refuge RohanGondorElvenDwarvenGandalf[rainbow][wounding][healing][skirmish]

That's what I got so far. The stuff between []'s are tags, they're a summary of the basic features of the deck. My idea is to provide at least one sample deck list, and then comment on how it works, related cards, history, stuff like that. Porbably there will be a later session for banned cards and how they were once played, but that's not certain.

I'll probably add more to the free peoples section, but I think I'm covering most of the known decks here. Also, I don't plan to add abused decks like Bilbo's tales, pippin engines, solo whoever, stuff like that.

Let me know what you think Cheesy
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 09:12:51 AM »
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Wow, Leo, you must have too much time on your hands....Cheesy, but no I really like it! Maybe you could use an short expaination as well regarding block decks, but other than that, great! Oh and please PM me a decklist of the Slaked Thirsts, I made one, looked very promising but it did very poor in a tournament.
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 12:30:00 PM »
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Well, if it's an encyclopedia, then I think you should try to go as far as you can, even if it means adding in broken Open stuff (block is ok to skip, though). However, even if you decide against it, I think you SHOULD cover the abusable stuff as well, if at least for the sake of the readers to know about them, and maybe include ways to BEAT the stuff (including the decks, it'd be nice to sum up what would be EVIL against a particular deck so players might play around it or pack it to face such decks). Other than this, I'll just say it's AWESOME to do something like this, and really satisfying, specially since all those memories come right back when you start writing about a deck, not to mention, it's a totally kick-#$&*@! homeage to this great game. Great idea. Gold Piece
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2009, 09:52:37 AM »
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If there's anybody interested, here is what I have so far:

http://www.geocities.com/leonardokula/1.doc

Please install the Ringbearer font for complete experience  Cool (attached)
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2009, 10:50:11 AM »
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That is pretty good!
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2009, 11:08:45 AM »
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Took a look at the encyclopedia. Congratulations!! Really cool job.
Something like that requires a lot, a lot of time (if you are to complete it).
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2009, 01:49:21 PM »
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Holy cow, I forgot Sindri!! My cousin used to stack events on preparations and then play them with Sindri... gees how could I forget?

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« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2009, 02:52:31 PM »
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Great work. I want to see the finished product for sure Gold Piece.
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2009, 07:59:41 AM »
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Great! Definitely awesome, keep it up dude!
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« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2011, 01:46:34 AM »
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Hi, where I find this file to download (encyclopedia)?
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« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2011, 03:28:12 AM »
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Page not available anymore.. can u post it once again pls!
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« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2011, 05:40:58 AM »
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You can download it through wayback machine. The file "1.doc" is what appears to be the encyclopedia: http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20091027001526/http://geocities.com/leonardokula/

Alternative download link: http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/U1U76YYK/c1.doc_links
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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2011, 02:24:46 AM »
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Is All Encyclopedia available anywhere?
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« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2011, 09:06:02 PM »
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I would really love to see this finished..if you want, I could help you write some of it? Tongue
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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2011, 08:04:08 PM »
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Hey everybody Smiley Thanks for the positive reviews so far!

I'm still writing it, I have a lot more decks than this version, but I need to put it together in the word file, with pictures and all. So far it's just a flat text file.

I'm not in my personal computer, but once I am, I'll upload the updated version.

@Breeze: I'll give this a thought and we'll work something out!
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Quote from: denethor on March 29, 2011, 05:40:58 AM
You can download it through wayback machine. The file "1.doc" is what appears to be the encyclopedia: http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20091027001526/http://geocities.com/leonardokula/

Alternative download link: http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/U1U76YYK/c1.doc_links


DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had no idea it was possible to get back some of my old GeoCities files! This is just awesome, you saved my day!
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« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2011, 02:46:21 PM »
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And now work on it, since it would be an awesome addition to this site Wink
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« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2011, 07:13:06 AM »
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Is this the kind of thing that should have its own Wiki?

Or would there be too much infighting about what constitutes the proper archetype of each deck?
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« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2011, 08:58:50 AM »
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The final product of this, as I'm imagining it, is a PDF with visual in the sorts of the LOTR marketing stuff, you know? A wiki could be interesting, too, I wouldn't dismiss it. I have no idea how wikis work tho, would definitely need a hand.

By the way, attached is the official current draft. I decided to work on the text file until I get it done, and then put in on a Word file or something, and finally a PDF.

Any feedback would be awesome.
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« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2011, 10:31:13 PM »
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ok, pm me. Good to see you're still working on it.
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« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2011, 03:15:05 PM »
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Quote from: leokula on June 21, 2011, 08:58:50 AM
The final product of this, as I'm imagining it, is a PDF with visual in the sorts of the LOTR marketing stuff, you know? A wiki could be interesting, too, I wouldn't dismiss it. I have no idea how wikis work tho, would definitely need a hand.

By the way, attached is the official current draft. I decided to work on the text file until I get it done, and then put in on a Word file or something, and finally a PDF.

Any feedback would be awesome.

For a Wiki, you go to a site like Wikia.com. It's pretty much like Wikipedia, but with more ads. If you were just looking to compile a deck bible, then that would be the thing to do.

I finally got a chance to read through the document posted and it's different than what I was expecting; it's more of a brief history of each deck type, which is interesting in its own way.

Are you going to include decklists in the finished product? I'm always interested in other people's card choices within a particular deck type.
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« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2011, 05:49:01 PM »
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Oh definitely, there will be one deck list per article, and probably a few comments about the list. Since I'll just use my own decks, I'll just copy the decks once I'm done writing all the stuff.

Thanks for reading!
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« Reply #22 on: July 30, 2011, 05:03:18 PM »
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This site is a gold mine for information on my favorite card game and my favorite past time. Thanks so much for making this encyclopedia. I just found it and I'm really enjoying going through it!
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« Reply #23 on: July 30, 2011, 07:12:48 PM »
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You still working on this? I can't wait to see it!
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« Reply #24 on: August 01, 2011, 10:02:46 AM »
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Thanks for the feedback, guys. Lately I've been a lot into Star Trek CCG, so haven't written any more of it, but I will definitely finish it, with deck lists and all.

I have to set myself a deadline for this! LOL when I'm able to, I will and then I'm posting here.

Thanks again for the positive feedback, that's what keeps me writing!
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« Reply #25 on: December 13, 2011, 02:16:06 AM »
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