I'm sorry for the long absence, I've been both busy and a bit sick. Those changes look great sir!
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Ravenhill: The new picture is much better, not only in resolution but also in the overall view of the location.
Röac and Dain also need to change their images, and perhaps the
Emeralds of Girion and the
Iron-forged Weapon might benefit from that. Not necessarily change the film frame but the resolution quality, with the newly released Blue Ray/DVD. And if you want to totally change Röac's image there are great pictures of him in flight at 45:12 (flying to Iron Hills) and from 1:07:02 to 1:07:08 (arriving Erebor).
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Black Arrow: Good change, Bard with a little help from Kili or Dawn Take You All can get rid of Smaug...
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The One Ring: This is my favourite change my friend. Your version of The One can now be plentifully differentiated from
ATAR. And Bilbo can reach Frodo's normal resistance with The One and Burglar's Contract. Great!
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He gives me courage: Another good change here. The stronger effect is both more versatile and higher in cost.
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A Wizard Is Never Late: Now is more versatile, that's a good thing. But reduces the emphasis on Wizards...
Works even if your only wizard is dead, and that's a good thing from a gameplay point of view.
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Goblin Footman: Makes much more sense to not give a simple Goblin the skill to replay artifacts (and the Shadow Arkenstone is quite strong -and
too expensive to discard- to be so easily replayed). But that makes the
Ring of Thrór can't be replayed from discard (an "one-shot only" card), except you have in play 2 or more copies of Darkness Wrapped in Shadows (very unstable & unlikely) AND Gandalf cannot be spotted (even more unlikely) to retrieve both Sauron and the Ring...
The problem with that "use once and destroy" Ring of Thrór is that both cards are needed to make Sauron fight. And that's a sad thing, 'cause making him fight is a good thing to the Shadow player and
sometimes to the FP player too (he/she has the chance to kill/exhaust him with Thorin or another tank fighter)...
All in all, I support the change in the Goblin Footman. But I also believe we must find a way to make Sauron fight more often. It would be a shame if he didn't show his "nameless, faceless, formless" face more often to the Company...
As said above, the changes look great.