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August 20, 2018, 06:21:36 AM
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You Must Be Under 5ft to ride this Fellowship/Easterling Burden Beasts
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August 20, 2018, 06:21:36 AM »
FP (37):
Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir
The One Ring, Such A Weight to Carry
Gimli, Son of Gloin
- Starting
Merry, Friend to Sam
- Starting
Pippin, Friend to Frodo
- Starting
Sam, Son of Hamfast
Boromir, Son of Denethor
Farmer Maggot, Chaser of Rascals
Hobbit Sword
x2
Gimli's Battle Axe
x2
Hand Axe
Dwarven Bracers
Sting, Bane of the Eight Legs
Mithril-coat
Nine-fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom
x4
The Shire Countryside
x4
Everyone Knows
x4
Birthday Present
x2
A Light in His Mind
x2
A Talent for not Being Seen
x2
There and Back Again
x2
Escape
The Tale of the Great Ring
O Elbereth! Githoniel!
Shadow (37):
Easterling Army
x4
Easterling Captain
x4
Easterling Lieutenant
x3
Easterling Axeman
x2
Easterling Footman
x2
Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul
Easterling Polearm
x4
Raider Bow
x4
Vision from Afar
x4
Red Wrath
x2
New Fear
x2
Small Hope
x4
Ships of Great Draught
Free Peoples is focused on making small people big - Gimli takes on most things can between himself and a Merry with
Escape
and
Everyone Knows
can take down most things before you heal up with
TSC
and do it all again. Boromir is an emergency pump and then sacrifice (as is appropriate). Farmer Maggot provides extra Merry healing and thanks to Frodo gives you a free exert each turn for
NFFatRoD
.
Not sure if switching to
Lockbearer
would be better? Can't get the +4 of
Son of Gloin
but is a guaranteed +2 without exerting...the fellowship cycles well and is pretty low on twilight once set up. You only play one of the
hand axe
or Bracers (or one after discarding the other for its effect) if you suspect
Wormtongue
is about).
The shadow is a slightly more aggressive version of your usual captain crunch,
small hope
and the footman get you rolling and then
vision from afar
with the invincible captain or the lieutenant should rack burdens up.
New Fear
and
Raider Bow
is a nasty combo which again results in burdens. The aim isn't corruption, just to hit the magic 5 burdens at which point those damage+1 polearmed captains,
red wrath
and
shotgun enquea
should start dropping companions pretty quickly.
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August 20, 2018, 10:34:10 AM
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ket_the_jet
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Re: You Must Be Under 5ft to ride this Fellowship/Easterling Burden Beasts
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August 20, 2018, 10:34:10 AM »
I wonder if
Gimli, Faithful Companion
wouldn't be a better choice as a main fighter? I also prefer
Gimli's Battle Axe, Trusted Weapon
to the former, but with several weaker companions you could be prone to swarm.
Ever My Heart Rises
could allow for a quicker set-up if you bid high and start with
Dunharrow Plateau
. I honestly think that cycling would help since your deck is so large.
I think you have too few minions--16 in a 37 card shadow, even with
Ships of Great Draught
's recursion mechanics.
New Fear
might be superfluous, and
Easterling Pillager
serves a similar function as a minion. I'd almost rather see two or three boats with two or three Bows, as a Gandalf with
Roll of Thunder
could destroy your recursion.
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August 20, 2018, 01:24:26 PM
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Re: You Must Be Under 5ft to ride this Fellowship/Easterling Burden Beasts
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August 20, 2018, 01:24:26 PM »
The trouble with that Gimli is I'm usually losing initiative to remove the burdens and then heal.
Ever my heart rises
is a good idea, what would you recommend dropping? The original axe is there for exactly the purpose you called out about helping with swarm. Think I'm going to try and fit a
PATHS
in too although to be fair Frodo with
Sting
and O Elbereth is a base 7 and between
Mithril-Coat
, Tale of
the Great Ring
and Merry boosted with
Everyone Knows
I should be ok...
Just tested this and you're right there were too few minions. I like the
New Fear
over the Pillager just because it's post
raider bow
twilight so is much easier to use whereas I'd often rather use the pillagers cost on an Army or Enquea.
Maybe:
-2
Raider Bow
-1
New Fear
-2
Small Hope
+1
Ships of Great Draught
+1
Easterling Lieutenant
+1
Easterling Axeman
+1
Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul
+1
Easterling Pillager
Would give 20 minions plus additional recursion. The other option is to cut a few of those cards mentioned and just drop the deck size to 34/34 as the freeps can easily lose a couple of conditions. Thoughts?
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mathes
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Re: You Must Be Under 5ft to ride this Fellowship/Easterling Burden Beasts
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November 04, 2018, 03:40:57 AM »
I disagree with the changes you suggested
The concern about the minion count is misplaced I believe.
This deck does not swarm, it doesn't really need to be swarming.
This deck is about getting to 2 burdens as soon as possible (4x
Small hope
are absolutely vital) and then drop 1-2 minion(S) per site (preferably Captain) with bow and polearm to eat 1-2 companions, or exhaust the only one that is able to take the beating without overwhelm.
My list is something like this:
4x
Easterling Army
4x
Easterling Captain
1x
Easterling Footman
1x
Easterling Regiment
4x
Small hope
4x
Easterling Polearm
4x
Raider Bow
2x
Ships of Great Draught
4x
Vision from Afar
2x
Red Wrath
2x
Discovered
1x
New Fear
1x
Grima Wormtongue
2x
Ulaire Enquea, LoM
This is 36 cards total, you might be able to cut up to two cards here (probably 1x
Vision from afar
), but personally I wouldn't as it hoses pretty much all ring bearers (in exception of super buffed frodo).
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