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Anonymous Prodigy

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:17 am

Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 4197 Location: United States

Let’s see those DCs, Dain! Very Happy

I’m looking forward to seeing CC’s versions of the fellowship keyword... Think

I had to put something here.

DáinIronfoot

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:40 am

Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 4594 Location: Beltsville, MD, USA

Last call for cards! If you intend to submit DCs, and just haven’t quite finished yet, reply to this thread and let me know how much time you still need. If I don’t have any requests for extentions by this afternoon, I’ll post what I have at that point.

Best regards, Dáin, Vice Aftokrator of the Chosen Ones

Check out Lasting Alliances, The Road Ahead, and Ages of Middle-earth, three of my five dream card sets that make up Wars of the Ring. Oh, and I have a trade list now!

Also, if you're into DCs or RPGs (or even if you're not!), check out Realms of Middle-earth, the sequel to CG's "DC Adventure", Realms of the North!

DáinIronfoot

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:45 pm

Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 4594 Location: Beltsville, MD, USA

Okay, I think I’ve given others more than enough time to enter, so we’ll go with what we’ve got. Here they are, in the order they were submitted.

Please vote for your favorite three. Each first place vote will net that author 3 points, each second place vote will get 2 points, and each third place = 1 point.

Voting will end on Sunday, June 17th, at midnight EST; whoever has the most votes by then will win Legolas, of the Woodland Realm, Gimli, Feared Axeman, and Baruk Khazad! Very Happy

I would ask that you please vote within this thread rather than via PM, so my poor overworked inbox doesn’t explode. Razz

Here are the cards! Good luck to BW, WLC, AP, and AC! Thumbs Up

BattleWarg:

•Frodo, A Little More Cautious Shire

Companion • Hobbit
3 Strength
4 Vitality
10 Ringed Resistance
Ring-bound. Ring-bearer.
Each time a Shadow card would make Frodo wear The One Ring, you may prevent that unless any Shadow player removes

for each culture you can spot among companions (limit

).
”That is no trinket you carry.”

•Sam, Coming With Shire

Companion • Hobbit
3 Strength
4 Vitality
10 Resistance
Ring-bound. While Sam is the Ring-bearer, he is resistance -5.
While you can spot Frodo, each time a burden is about to be added, you may add

to prevent that burden and take off The One Ring.
Response: If Frodo is killed, Sam becomes the Ring-bearer.
”Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone.”

•Merry, Minstrel Shire

Companion • Hobbit
3 Strength
4 Vitality
9 Resistance
Each unbound companion is resistance +1.
Maneuver: Exert Merry to take a Shire

condition into hand from your discard pile.
”But the only brew for the brave and true…”

•Pippin, Minstrel Shire

Companion • Hobbit
3 Strength
4 Vitality
9 Resistance
Each unbound companion with resistance 7 or more is strength +1 for each Hobbit you can spot (limit +3).
Maneuver: Exert Pippin to take a Shire

possession into hand from your discard pile.
”Through shadow; to the edge of night; until the stars are all alight”

•Aragorn, Friend to Gandalf Gondor

Companion • Man
8 Strength
4 Vitality
8 Resistance
Ranger.
While you can spot a Gandalf

Wizard, each time the fellowship moves, remove

.
Response: If Gandalf is about to exert, add a threat to place no token for that exertion (limit once per phase).
”I think a servant of the Enemy would look fairer and feel fouler.”

•Boromir, No Thief Gondor

Companion • Man
7 Strength
3 Vitality
5 Resistance
Ring-bound. To play, spot a Ring-bound Hobbit.
Each time a Shadow card would add a burden, you may wound Boromir to prevent that burden.
While Boromir is resistance 0, remove him from the game and return a minion to its owner’s hand.
”There are other ways Frodo, other paths we might take.”

•Gandalf, Kingmaker Gandalf

Companion • Wizard
7 Strength
4 Vitality
7 Resistance
Each time you play a Gandalf

card, you may exert Gandalf to make its twilight cost -1.
Fellowship: Exert Gandalf to take a Gondor

artifact from your deck into hand.
”There is one who could unite them. One who could reclaim the throne of Gondor.”

•Legolas, Cave-walker Elven

Companion • Elf
6 Strength
3 Vitality
7 Resistance
Archer.
While at an underground site, Legolas is strength +1 and resistance +1.
While you can spot Gimli, Legolas is damage +1.
”’Nay! There is no time. Do not spoil the wonder with haste!’”

•Gimli, Dangerous Dwarf Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
6 Strength
3 Vitality
6 Resistance
Damage +1.
While at a forest site, Gimli is strength +1 and resistance +1.
While you can spot Legolas, Gimli is damage +1.
”’You are beset with dangers, Gimli son of Gloin.’”

Notes:
Although they don’t really work all together that well, I honestly don’t think that had the whole fellowship made it to Mordor that the Ring would have been destroyed.
In fact, it seems that the fellowship breaking was the best thing that happened to get the ring into Mount Doom and destroyed.

So, I broke them up into groups -
Frodo + Sam (with Boromir) heading into Mordor while keeping Frodo from fully slipping into darkness.
Merry + Pippin keep up support for the others through song, and are very effective themselves, but make for a strong duo.
Aragorn + Gandalf are working to have Aragorn reclaim the Throne of Gondor. Aragorn can choke decently even with Radagast, which actually makes sense, but is able to keep Gandalf’s strength of spirit up to a limited extent. Meanwhile, Gandalf is able to set up Aragorn’s artifacts and gives their cards a form of toil.
Legolas + Gimli, would probably not be in the same deck, but are useful in each other’s races decks. At any site, each have a furthur damage boost - making Gimli a dangerous foe and Legolas a semi-Dwarf who can shoot.

For Sam, I originally had it wound/exert him to prevent the burden, as this is in general for burdens added by the ring. However, in preventing the burden, it’ll wound the Ring-bearer. And yes, this would be usable with an ARB, although Sam can’t take the ring.

WeyounsLastClone:

•Frodo, Hope of the Nine Walkers Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 10
Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. Walker.
Each time the fellowship moves, you may exert Frodo and add

to make each companion strength +1 and each Walker resistance +1 until the regroup phase.
"I will take the Ring to Mordor!"

•Sam, Faith of the nine Walkers Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 10
Walker.
At the start of the maneuver phase you may exert Sam to heal a companion. If that companion is a Walker, you may discard a Shire

card from hand to remove a burden.
"Mr. Frodo’s not going anywhere without me."

•Merry, Rascal of the Nine Walkers Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 8
Walker.
Pippin is strength +1 and resistance +1.
Maneuver If each of your companions is a Walker, exert Merry twice. The Shadow Player cannot spot more than 2 Free Peoples cultures until the regroup phase.
"Well, that rules you out, Pip."

•Pippin, Rascal of the Nine Walkers Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 8
Walker.
Merry is strength +1 and resistance +1.
Maneuver If each of your companions is a Walker, exert Pippin twice. The Shadow Player cannot spot more than 5 companions until the regroup phase.
"Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of... mission... quest... thing."

•Gandalf, Guide of the Nine Walkers Gandalf

Companion • Wizard
Strength: 7
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 7
Walker.
Fellowship: Exert Gandalf twice and discard a card from hand to take a card of the same culture as the discarded card from your draw deck into hand.
"Ash Nazg Durbatuluk, Ash Nazg Gimbatul, Ash Nazg Thrakatuluk, Agh Burzum-ishi Krimpatul."

•Gimli, Dwarf of the Nine Walkers Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Walker. Damage +1.
When you play Gimli, you may add

to play Legolas from your draw deck.
Skirmish: Exert Gimli to make a Dwarf (or a Walker) Damage +1.
"...and my axe."

•Legolas, Archer of the Nine Walkers Elven

Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 7
Walker. Archer.
When you play Legolas, you may add

to play Gimli from your draw deck.
At the start of the archery phase you may exert 2 Elves (or 2 Walkers) to wound a minion.
"... and you have my bow... "

•Aragorn, Ranger of the Nine Walkers Gondor

Companion • Man
Strength: 8
Vitaliy: 4
Resistance: 8
Walker. Ranger.
Aragorn is strength +1 for each unwounded Walker.
At the start of the fellowship phase you may discard two Free Peoples cards from hand to heal a companion.
"If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword..."

•Boromir, Knight of the Nine Walkers Gondor

Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 5
Walker. Knight.
Each Walker bearing a hand weapon is strength +1.
Each time an unwounded companion wins a skirmish, you may exert that companion or discard a Gondor

card from hand to draw a card or remove

.
"You carry the fate of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done."

Anonymous Prodigy:

• Aragorn, Son of Arathorn Gondor

Companion • Man
Strength: 8
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 8
Hunter 1. Ranger.
Each time Aragorn wins a skirmish, you may discard a card from hand and add

to heal a Hobbit.
Response: If Aragorn is killed, heal each Hobbit and remove a burden.
”…if by life or death I can save you, I will….”

• Gimli, Stout Axeman Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Damage +1. Hunter 1.
While Gimli is bearing a hand weapon, he gains muster (and hunter 1 if you can spot Legolas).
”Beside them Gimli stood with his stout legs apart, wielding his dwarf-axe.”

• Legolas, Keen-eyed Bowman Elven

Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Archer. Hunter 1.
While you can spot a roaming minion, the fellowship archery total is +1.
While the fellowship is in region 3, Legolas gains hunter 1.
”’That was a mighty shot in the dark, my friend!’”

• Gandalf, Wandering Conjuror Gandalf

Companion • Wizard
Strength: 7
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 7
Muster.
Each time you play a spell in a skirmish involving Gandalf, you may discard a Gandalf

follower to heal him.
”At Bilbo’s front door the old man began to unload: there were great bundles of fireworks of all sorts and shapes….”

• Pippin, Curious Halfling Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 9
While you can spot 2 other Hobbits, Pippin gains muster.
Maneuver: Exert Pippin twice to reveal a Shadow player’s hand. For each Shadow card revealed, remove

.
“’O Wise People!’ interrupted Pippin eagerly. ‘Tell us about the Black Riders!’”

• Merry, Mr. Brandybuck Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 9
Fellowship or Regroup: Exert Merry and discard 2 Shire

cards from hand (or a Shire

tale) to play the fellowship’s next site (replacing an opponent’s site if necessary).
”There was Bree-blood in the Brandybucks by all accounts.”

• Sam, Stupid Fat Hobbit Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 9
Each other Hobbit is strength +1 and resistance +1.
Each time Sam is assigned to a skirmish, add a burden and a threat.
”’Spoiling nice fish, scorching it. Give me fish now, and keep nassty chips!’”

• Boromir, Horn-bearer Gondor

Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Hunter 1.
While Boromir bears a possession, he is damage +1.
”Putting it to his lips he blew a blast, and the echoes leapt from rock to rock, and all that heard that voice in Rivendell sprang to their feet.”

• Frodo, Mr. Baggins Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: Ring

10
Each time Frodo is assigned to a skirmish, you may make each companion gain hunter 1 until the regroup phase.
”’The hobbit’s bite is deep! You have a good blade, Frodo son of Drogo!’”

AnxiousChieftain:

•Frodo, First of the Nine Walkers Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 10
Ring-bearer. Ring-bound.
While you can spot 5 Free Peoples cultures, Shadow cards cannot spot the number of Free Peoples cultures.
Maneuver: Spot 5 Free Peoples cultures and discard 3 cards from hand to remove

.
"’I will take the Ring to Mordor....’"

•Gandalf, Second of the Nine Walkers Gandalf

Companion • Wizard
Strength: 7
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 7
At the start of each fellowship phase, you may exert Gandalf to play a companion whose culture you cannot spot in the fellowship from your draw deck.
Response: If another companion is about to take a wound, exert Gandalf and spot 4 Free Peoples cultures to prevent that wound.
"’I will help you bear this burden....’"

•Aragorn, Third of the Nine Walkers Gondor

Companion • Man
Strength: 8
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 8
Ranger.
At the start of each fellowship phase, you may spot 5 Free Peoples cultures to heal a companion.
Fellowship or Regroup: Exert Aragorn and spot 4 Hobbit companions to play the fellowship’s next site.
"’If by my life or death, I can protect you, I will....’"

•Legolas, Fourth of the Nine Walkers Elven

Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 7
Archer.
While you can spot 5 Free Peoples cultures, the fellowship archery total is +1.
Maneuver: Exert Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli to exhaust a minion.
"’Legolas shall be for the Elves....’"

•Gimli, Fifth of the Nine Walkers Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 7
Damage +1.
While you can spot 5 Free Peoples cultures, Gimli is strength +2.
Skirmish: Exert Gimli to make a companion strength +1 for each Free Peoples culture over 3 you can spot.
"’...Gimli son of Gloin for the Dwarves.’"

•Boromir, Sixth of the Nine Walkers Gondor

Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 5
Ranger.
While you can spot 4 Free Peoples cultures, Boromir is defender +1.
Skirmish: Exert 2 other companions to prevent all wounds to Boromir.
"’...if this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done.’"

•Sam, Seventh of the Nine Walkers Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 10
Ring-bound. While Sam bears the One Ring, he is resistance -5.
While you can spot 5 Free Peoples cultures, Shadow conditions may not be transferred to companions or played on companions.
Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer.
"’Mr. Frodo’s not going anywhere without me!’"

•Merry, Eighth of the Nine Walkers Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 9
While you can spot 5 Free Peoples cultures, each companion is resistance +1.
Response: If the fellowship moves during the regroup phase, exert Merry to heal another companion.
"’We’re coming too!’"

•Pippin, Ninth of the Nine Walkers Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 9
While you can spot 5 Free Peoples cultures, each minion skirmishing a Hobbit loses all damage bonuses.
Skirmish: Spot 5 Free Peoples cultures to discard Merry or Pippin.
"’You’ll have to send us home tied up in a sack to stop us!’"

Designer’s Note: Wondering why, for example, Gimli is the "Fifth of the Nine Walkers"? I chose this ordering based on when they joined the Fellowship of Nine at the Council of Elrond.

Dáin Ironfoot:

•Frodo, Full of Surprises Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Ringed Resistance: 12
Fellowship. Ring-bearer. Ring-bound.
Each time Frodo takes a wound, add a burden.
Response: If Frodo is about to be overwhelmed, wound him to prevent that.
While you can spot 8 burdens, Frodo is enduring.
“‘Just a plain hobbit you look. But there is more about you now than appears on the surface.’”

•Sam, The Stouthearted Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 10
Fellowship. Ring-bound.
Regroup: Exert Sam twice to remove a burden or a Shadow condition borne by a fellowship companion.
Response: If Frodo is killed while bearing The One Ring, make Sam the Ring-bearer; he is resistance -5.
“‘‘I want to hear more about Sam, dad. Why didn’t they put in more of his talk, dad?...And Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam, would he, dad?’’”

•Merry, Inquisitive Conspirator Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 8
Fellowship.
While the fellowship is at a dwelling or river site, each Hobbit companion is resistance +1.
Each time a threat is added by a Shadow card, you may exert Merry to make a fellowship companion strength +2 until the regroup phase.
“‘We know the Ring is no laughing-matter; but we are going to do our best to help you against the Enemy.’”

•Pippin, Steadfast Friend Shire

Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 8
Fellowship.
While the fellowship is in region 1, each companion is resistance +1 (or +2 if that companion is a fellowship companion).
Skirmish: If the fellowship is at a forest or dwelling site, exert Pippin twice to cancel a skirmish involving a Hobbit (except the Ring-bearer).
“‘The country is rough round here, and there are bogs and all kinds of difficulties down in the Marish – I know the land in these parts. And if you are worrying about Black Riders, I can’t see that it is any worse meeting them on a road than in a wood or a field.’”

•Gandalf, Grey Messenger Gandalf

Companion • Wizard
Strength: 7
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 7
Fellowship. Muster.
Fellowship: Play a fellowship companion and add

to heal Gandalf.
Response: If another fellowship companion (except the Ring-bearer) is about to take a wound, exert Gandalf to prevent that wound.
“‘Gandalf will go; for this shall be his great task, and maybe the end of his labours.’”

•Aragorn, The Dúnadan Gondor

Companion • Man
Strength: 8
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 8
Fellowship. Ranger. Hunter 1.
Each other fellowship companion gains hunter 1.
Each time the fellowship moves during the regroup phase, you may add

(or

if the fellowship is moving from a marsh or forest site) to remove a threat.
“He was taking a wandering course with many turns and doublings, to put off any pursuit.”

•Legolas, Keen-Sighted Wood-elf Elven

Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Fellowship. Archer. Hunter 1.
Archery: Exert Legolas and discard a card from hand to exert a minion (or wound an archer minion and make the minion archery total -1); Legolas does not add to the fellowship archery total.
“Stringing the bow and fitting an arrow he turned, peering back over the River into the darkness....”

•Gimli, Cousin of Balin Dwarven

Companion • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Fellowship. Damage +1. Hunter 1.
Assignment: Spot a wounded fellowship companion assigned to a skirmish and exert Gimli to make him strength +1 and defender +1 until the regroup phase.
“‘Let them come! There is one dwarf yet in Moria that still draws breath!’”

•Boromir, Defender of the Little Ones Gondor

Companion • Man
Strength: 7
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 5
Fellowship.
Skirmish: If Boromir is not assigned to a skirmish, exert him to have him replace an unbound Hobbit in a skirmish.
At the start of the regroup phase, if Boromir is unwounded, you may heal a fellowship companion.
“‘Have hope! I am weary, but I still have some strength left, and Aragorn too. We will bear the little folk.’”

Last edited by DáinIronfoot on Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:39 pm; edited 6 times in totalBest regards, Dáin, Vice Aftokrator of the Chosen Ones

Check out Lasting Alliances, The Road Ahead, and Ages of Middle-earth, three of my five dream card sets that make up Wars of the Ring. Oh, and I have a trade list now!

Also, if you're into DCs or RPGs (or even if you're not!), check out Realms of Middle-earth, the sequel to CG's "DC Adventure", Realms of the North!

DáinIronfoot

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:25 pm

Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 4594 Location: Beltsville, MD, USA

NO votes yet?! Shocked

Come on, people! Vote for these fine contestants. They worked hard for this!

sickofpalantirs

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:12 pm

Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 7750 Location: somwhere, over the rainbow way up high. There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.

sry forgot about this

WLC. his use of the fellowship esque keyword was sweet! dain was close, but to be perfectly honest I am tired of him winning things Wink

sorry dain Laughing

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(mm)"SoP: you will always be the Official CC Spammer in my heart"
"DáinIronfoot"
Spammers really are amazing creatures. You can learn all there is to know about their ways in a month. And yet, after a hundred years, they can still surprise you. Razz

WeyounsLastClone

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:02 pm

Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 175 Location: The Netherlands

The number of cards to vote for is a bit daunting. Also, are we voting for our three favorite cards, or for our three favorite creators? And I assume participants can vote as well?

DáinIronfoot

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:08 pm

Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 4594 Location: Beltsville, MD, USA

WeyounsLastClone wrote:

The number of cards to vote for is a bit daunting. Also, are we voting for our three favorite cards, or for our three favorite creators? And I assume participants can vote as well?

Three favorite creators, and yes on participants voting. Thumbs Up

Take your time, I was just shocked that after a week there were NO votes.

lem0nhead

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:05 am

Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 2981 Location: Blood Island

Ok so BW is my favourite then AC then DI.

BW your gandalf and gorn rock. And gimli and legolas are cool as well.

AC what the point in your gandalfs first bit of gametext? It just plays a companion like you could do anyway for no reward....

I like you 5 culture thing though. Excellent nine walkers synergy.

Well done all though, who took the time to submit to such a lengthy contest. Thumbs Up

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sickofpalantirs

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:25 pm

Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 7750 Location: somwhere, over the rainbow way up high. There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.

oh my bad my 2nd favorite is Dain

3rd BW

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AnxiousChieftain

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:25 pm

Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 3947 Location: Maryland

lem0nhead wrote:

It just plays a companion like you could do anyway for no reward....

Darn, that was supposed to say "from your draw deck". Embarassed