What Have I, I Wonder?
Event • Maneuver
Exert Gollum to make the Free Peoples player choose to either exhaust the Ring-bearer or make the Ring-bearer put on The One Ring until the regroup phase.
“He put his left hand in his pocket. The ring felt very cold as it quietly slipped on to his groping forefinger.”

somewhat useful, I woudl make the second ability to play it during the skirmish phase. EVIL PURE EVIL!

make it IMO 1 twilight and or either add burden and put on the...

I like it, and I know how you like your choices, but I’d remove the choice (well, sort of)

Exert Gollum to exhaust the Ring-bearer. The Free Peoples player may have the Ring-bearer put on The One Ring until the regroup phase to prevent that.

Although slightly weaker, and takes about the same space, so up to you... (weaker as cards that ’prevent the Shadow player from exerting/exhausting’ would cancel it out, as opposed to the original wording...

Exert Gollum to make the Ring-bearer put on The One Ring until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may exhaust the Ring-bearer to prevent this.

Thanks, guys. Anyone else?

You ARE evil

if you cut an option sure, if not you have to many options

Creepy and Tricksy
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot Gollum (or Sméagol) and remove a threat.
You may exert Gollum and add to play this condition during the skirmish phase.
While the Ring-bearer wears The One Ring, each minion is strength +2 and fierce.

“‘It slipped from us, after all these ages and ages! It’s gone, gollum....The Baggins has got it in its pocketses; the nassty noser has found it, we says.’”

What Have I, I Wonder?
Event • Maneuver
Exert Gollum to make the Ring-bearer put on The One Ring until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may exhaust the Ring-bearer to prevent this.

“He put his left hand in his pocket. The ring felt very cold as it quietly slipped on to his groping forefinger.”

Wouldn’t it make more sense to exert Gollum and remove to play during the skirmish phase? Unless, of course, you wanted to be evil and have it as add . Which is indeed the perfect word to desribe this card...

Dáin’s DC Duos #44

Wow. Today is the last of the Shadow cards already. Can you believe it? Posting a total of 12 cards last Friday and Saturday helped. I may come back and fill in a couple more Shadow cards here and there when the set is wrapping up, but this will be it for now.

Today we get into a little of something Gollum has entirely too few of: possessions! There’s also a bonus third card that deals directly with these possessions (as well as a couple possessions that will be dotted throughout my other sets). Enjoy!

Wretched Oddments
Possession • Support Area
Discard this possession if you cannot spot another card.
Gollum is strength +1 for each card stacked here.
Maneuver: Stack a card (except a minion) or Shadow possession here (limit 3).
Shadow: Remove to take a card stacked here into hand.
“...fishbones, goblins’ teeth, wet shells, a bit of bat-wing, a sharp stone to sharpen his fangs on, and other nasty things.”
Looks pretty good! You need to specify where to stack the card FROM, although I assume you meant from your hand. I like the card, but I think it could be unique. It might be too powerful with 4 out. That could be +12 strength and the ability to take any of those cards back into hand. For example, I’d always use this with They Stole It to get tons of cards to discard.

The idea behind this one is that Gollum clearly has some primitive but useful tools stashed away in his Misty Mountain chamber. To represent that, you take some of his cards and, in essense, turn them into possessions by stacking them here. Gollum gets a little strength boost for each. Then when he really needs his "tools", you can pay a little twilight to use them, whether they’re events, conditions, or other possessions...doesn’t matter.

•Gollum’s Boat
Possession • Support Area
Gollum is vitality +1.
Each time Gollum wins a skirmish, add a token here (or 2 tokens if that skirmish involved a Ring-bound companion).
Shadow: Remove 2 tokens from here to play Gollum from your draw deck or discard pile.
“He had a little boat, and he rowed about quite quietly on the lake....He paddled it with large feet dangling over the side, but never a ripple did he make.”
Yay! Gollum has more vitality, precious, yes! Seems like a good effect. I’d definately use it.

I thought about making this play on Gollum, like how Fishing Boat plays on Sméagol, but I decided against it in favor of having some token fun. I think it worked out pretty well in the end...what about you?

Cross It Is
Event • Shadow
Exert Gollum to play a possession from your draw deck. Unless the Ring-bearer is a Hobbit, that possession’s twilight cost is +1.
“‘...impatient, precious. But it must wait, yes it must. We can’t go up the tunnels so hasty. We must go and get some things first, yes, things to help us.’”
A cool card. Seems balanced.

With so few possessions, I figured Gollum could use a little help drawing them. The event itself costs nothing, but unless the Ring-bearer is Bilbo or another Hobbit, you’re going to end up paying a little more anyway. Still, it might be worth it to get something like Gollum’s Boat out.

Just because we’re done with Shadow cards doesn’t mean we’re done with the culture just yet. There’s a handful of Free Peoples cards too, and a couple might really surprise you. Get a couple reviews in by the afternoon and you can see some of those cards today!

Dáin’s DC Duos #44


Wretched Oddments
Possession • Support Area
Discard this possession if you cannot spot another card.
Gollum is strength +1 for each card stacked here.
Maneuver: Stack a card (except a minion) or Shadow possession here (limit 3).
Shadow: Remove to take a card stacked here into hand.
“...fishbones, goblins’ teeth, wet shells, a bit of bat-wing, a sharp stone to sharpen his fangs on, and other nasty things.”