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The Least of Rings Event • Response
If a phase ends and the Ring-bearer is not wearing The One Ring, discard a
minion and a
condition from play to make the Ring-bearer wear The One Ring until the end of the next phase.
"'The Ring! What shall we do with the Ring... the trifle that Sauron fancies? That is the doom that we must deem.'"We're long overdue for more forced interactions with the Ring, in my opinion. My disastrous efforts with Phallen to make
Uruk Spy useful might have influenced the aggressiveness of this card. At least this card gives you
some kind of opening with which to hurt the Ring-bearer for ever thinking of toting the Precious across enemy lines.
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•Beyond Light and Knowledge Condition • Response
If the fellowship moves during the regroup phase, reveal a unique
minion from your hand to play this condition. Bearer must be an unbound companion.
Unless skirmishing a unique
minion, bearer's game text does not apply.
"'Thither I came at last, to the uttermost foundations of stone. He was with me still.'"Shut a companion down! Unusual timing restrictions for a condition, but when have I ever cared about that sorta thing?
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Near at Hand Event • Skirmish
Reveal any number of Men minions from your hand to make your Man minion (or Saruman) strength +1 for each Man revealed.
"'It won't be easy scaring them a second time. They were taken by surprise. You heard the horn-blowing? Evidently there are other ruffians...'"A wickedly-abusable splash pump. Works with
,
,
Men, or even Bill Ferny.
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Hey! Come Merry Dol! Event • Maneuver
Spell.Exert a Hobbit companion (except the Ring-bearer) to play
Tom Bombadil from your draw deck, discard pile, or dead pile.
"'Hey! Come derry dol! Hop along, my hearties! / Hobbits! Ponies all! We are fond of parties. / Now let the fun begin! Let us sing together!Probably useless, but it's got the flavor right where I want it.
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White Face Vanished Condition • Support Area
To play, spot Sméagol and exert a Hobbit companion.
Sméagol is strength +4. Each Nazgûl is strength +2. Discard this condition at the start of the regroup phase.
"'White face has vanished, my precious, at last, yes. Now we can fish in peace. No, not in peace, precious. For Precious is lost; yes, lost. Dirty hobbits, nasty hobbits. Gone and left us, gollum
; and Precious is lost.'"Related to
Not Feared in Sunlight, but tailored for Smeagol's particular proclivities.
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The Council of Lossoth Event • Regroup
Tale.Remove a
artifact in your discard pile from the game to play up to 2
cards from your discard pile (except artifacts).
"'This is a thing of worth beyond your reckoning. For its ancestry alone. It has no power, save the esteem in which those hold it who love my house. It will not help you, but if ever you are in need, my kin will ransom it with great store of all that you desire.'"Is it worth it? I dunno.
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•Graven in Memory Condition • Companion
Spell. Tale. To play, exert an Elf. Bearer must be a unique non-Elf companion.
Regroup: Discard this condition to play a card of bearer's culture from out of play, ignoring that card's to-play restrictions.
"...and long afterwards he interpreted them, as well as he could: the language was that of Elven-song and spoke of things little known on Middle-earth. The intent of this card is to allow Free Peoples players to bring cards into the game from their binders, or from stacks of nearby cards nobody seems to be paying attention to. It requires some setup to pull off, though.
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Accomplished Much Event • Maneuver
or Skirmish
or Regroup
Spell.Exert Gandalf and spot
Shadowfax to do any of the following: remove a Shadow token; exert a unique minion; remove
; remove a threat; draw a card; or discard a card at random from a Shadow player's hand.
"'Is this your work also, Gandalf, my friend?' said Théoden. 'You accomplished much in an evening and a night!'"I might love this card.
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•Merry, Master Bag Ally • Home 5[K] • Hobbit
Strength: 5
Vitality: 4
Signet: Théoden
Valiant. To play, exert Éowyn (or spot 3 mounted
companions).
While you can spot 4 threats, Merry participates in skirmishes.
Response: If you play a
skirmish event, exert Merry twice to play that skirmish event from your discard pile.
"'I am not a tree-root, Sir,' he said, 'nor a bag, but a bruised hobbit. The least you can do in amends is to tell me what is afoot.'"YES. Not only does this Merry come out at site 5[K], he'll also fight if the situation becomes dire enough, although he's still too small to absorb archery fire... which is fine, since you'll want to ration his vitality for that sweet, sweet skirmish-pump recursion.
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Strange and Furtive Condition • Support Area
At the start of each shadow phase, if you cannot spot a
Tree with
enduring, you may play a
Tree with
enduring from your draw deck.
Skirmish: Spot your
Tree with 2 or more wounds to resolve its skirmish using mettle instead of strength. Discard this condition.
"...and if they looked up to the pale sky, they caught sight of queer gnarled and knobbly faces that gloomed dark against the twilight..."This card exists only in a hypothetical universe's meta.
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Bending Over Him Event • Skirmish
Make Shelob
damage +1 for each wound on a character she is skirmishing.
"...already bound in cords, wound about him from ankle to shoulder, and the monster with her great forelegs was beginning half to lift, half to drag his body away."Kill. Kill. Kill.
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Beyond Bowshot Event • Shadow
Reveal a
mount from your hand to play a Nazgul from your discard pile. The Free Peoples player may reveal a Free Peoples mount from hand to prevent this.
"...birdlike forms, horrible as carrion-fowl yet greater than eagles, cruel as death. Now they swooped near, venturing almost within bowshot of the walls, now they circled away."The prevention text is a little wonky without additional flavor text, but the gist here is that Gandalf's intervention prevented the further harassment of the winged Nazgul as the forces of Osgiliath retreated.
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I could keep going. Maybe that's enough.