These are quick drafts, so they arn’t nearly perfect...



•Frodo burdened companion
companion hobbit
strength 3
vitality 4
resistance 10 ring bearer
Every time a Nazgul is played wound that nazgul.
Exert frodo for each burden added during the shadow phase.
make it you may wound that nazgul. otheriwse an interesting card


•Sam Frodo’s guard
companion hobbit
strength 4
vitality 4
resistance 6 ring bearer
Sam is strength +1 for each artifact and possession frodo bears.
Regroup: Exert sam to remove a burden.
If Frodo dies make sam the ring bearer.
remove the regroup ability and you have a good card maybe lower Sam’s resistance to 5.

•Merry Brandybuck
companion hobbit
strength 3
vitality 4
resistance 8
Skirmish: WHile at a river site, exert Merry to make a hobbit companion strength +2.
If you can spot pippin, Merry cannot be overwhelmed.
second ability is overpowered. make it "cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled".

•Pippin friend of Merry
companion hobbit
strength 3
vitality 4
resistance 8
Skirmish: exert Pippin to make merry strength +2.
Regroup: exert merry to heal pippin.
fine by me.

•Gandalf, Frodo’s adviser
companion wizard
strength 9
vitality 4
resistance 8
Every hobbit companion is resistance +1.
Fellowship: Exert Gandalf and spot sam to remove a burden.
make it Each hobbit companion. otherwise looks good. except 9 strenght might be a bit much

•Aragorn great tracker
companion man
strength 8
vitality 4
resistance 8
ranger hunter 1
Skirmish: exert Aragorn to wound a minion once. (or twice if that minion is a hunter minion.)
Regroup: spot a minion with two or less vitality, and exert aragorn to discard that minion.
great sounds bad how about Experienced Tracked. The regroup ability is to strong in my opinion maybe make it something to do with sites.

•Gimli great warrior
companion dwarf
strength 7
vitality 3
resistance 7
damage +1 hunter 1

Gimli is strength +1 for each hunter minion you can spot.
skirmish: exert Gimli to wound a or minion.
fine by me.

•Legolas elven archer
companion elf
strength 6
vitality 3
resistance 6
archer
exert Legolas twice to make each the fellowship archery total +1 for each hunter minion you can spot.
I am getting a serious sense of deja vu. Legolas, of the Woodland Realm anyone?

•Boromir Loyal lord
companion man
strength 7
vitality 3
resistance 7
Boromir is strength +2 while you can spot Aragorn.
skirmish: Wound Boromir to wound an minion twice.

These are quick drafts, so they arn’t nearly perfect...



•Frodo burdened companion
companion hobbit
strength 3
vitality 4
resistance 10 ring bearer

Every time a Nazgul is played wound that nazgul.
Exert frodo for each burden added during the shadow phase.
A very interesting balance...it comboes rather nastily with Shadowplay.

•Sam Frodo’s guard
companion hobbit

strength 4
vitality 4
resistance 6 ring bearer

Sam is strength +1 for each artifact and possession frodo bears.
Regroup: Exert sam to remove a burden.
If Frodo dies make sam the ring bearer.
I like it...although the regroup ability should have a limit, like 1 or 2. The Durin III-like ability is also pretty powerful, although then again doesn’t have many possessions and artifacts, so I guess that’s balanced.
•Merry Brandybuck
companion hobbit
strength 3
vitality 4
resistance 8

Skirmish: WHile at a river site, exert Merry to make a hobbit companion strength +2.
If you can spot pippin, Merry cannot be overwhelmed.
Nice...make sure it’s "Merry, Brandybuck".
•Pippin friend of Merry
companion hobbit
strength 3
vitality 4
resistance 8
Skirmish: exert Pippin to make merry strength +2.
REgroup: exert merry to heal pippin.
Good, solid card.
•Gandalf Frodo’s advisor
companion wizard
strength 9
vitality 4
resistance 8

Every hobbit companion is resistance +1.
Fellowship: Exert Gandalf and spot sam to remove a burden.
Good...except that the ability is really powerful, especially with Strength of Spirit, which essentially makes it, "Spot Gandalf to remove a burden."
•Aragorn great tracker
companion man
strength 8
vitality 4
resistance 8

ranger hunter 1

SKirmish: exert Aragorn to wound a minion once. (or twice if that minion is a hunter minion.)
Regroup: spot a minion with two or less vitality, and exert aragorn to discard that minion.
Good, fairly powerful.
•Gimli great warrior
companion dwarf
strength 7
vitality 3
resistance 7
damage +1 hunter 1

Gimli is strength +1 for each hunter minion you can spot.
skirmish: exert Gimli to wound a or minion.
I like his gametext, although you should drop his base strength to 6. His skirmish ability, sadly, probably won’t be very useful. and are all but dead.
•Legolas elven archer
companion elf
strength 6
vitality 3
resistance 6

archer
exert Legolas twice to make each the fellowship archery total +1 for each hunter minion you can spot.
Compare to the new Legolas from Hunters...this one’s worse.
•Boromir Loyal lord
companion man
strength 7
vitality 3
resistance 7

Boromir is strength +2 while you can spot Aragorn.
skirmish: Wound Boromir to wound an minion twice.
Change it to "wound an minion".