Thranduil's Virtual DC Contest #2 (Contest finished!)

[lem0nhead]

lol im glad to see someone else is awaiting this with baited breath and thinking what the #$&*@! happened!?

[Thranduil]

Yeah... ahem...

Well, let's get movin'! (finally... )

First things first, the winners from round 10 were:

1) sickofpalantirs (#5)
2) lem0nhead (#1)
3) Anvar (#6)

So well done and a to each of them!

As for the contest winners, let's drag it out by reposting the winning card(S) from each round, so that we can see what our virtual set looks like:

ROUND 1

lem0nhead - round winner
Men of Harad (V)
Condition • Support Area
Shadow: Play a Man to place a token here.
Shadow: Remove X tokens from here to play a Man with twilight cost X. That man is strength +X and gains ambush until the regroup phase.
The savage Haradrim, men from kingdoms south of Gondor and Mordor, were called Southrons.
4 V 238

Anvar - highest scoring Men of Rhûn
Men of Rhun (V)
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an Easterling.
Shadow: Spot 2 Easterlings and remove 2 burdens to play an Easterling from your discard pile.
Sudden war came upon Gondor out of Rhûn, land of the east.
4 V 239

ROUND 2

elf_lvr - round winner
•Boromir's Gauntlets (V)
Possession • Gauntlets
Bearer must be a ranger.
If bearer is Aragorn, he is damage +1.
If bearer is Boromir, he takes no more than 1 wound in each skirmish.
Skirmish: Discard this possession to make bearer strength +2.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112

macheteman - highest scoring Elven Brooch
Elven Brooch (V)
Possession • Brooch
Res: +1
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion.
Maneuver: Discard this possession to reinforce a culture token of the same culture as bearer.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall."
4 V 63

ROUND 3

Thranduil
•The Witch-King, Deathless Lord (V)
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 3
Enduring.
Each time The Witch-King is killed, shuffle him into your draw deck.
"‘Dead? No, you cannot kill them.'"
6 V 122

ROUND 4

lem0nhead
•Aragorn, Wingfoot (V)
Companion • Man
Strength: 8
Vitality: 4
Resistance: 8
Ranger.
If an opponent is ahead of you on the site path, Aragorn gains hunter 3 and at the start of the maneuver phase you may wound a minion.
"'Forty leagues and five you have measured ere the fourth day is ended! Hardy is the race of Elendil"'"
4 V 364

There was also Lockbearer and Dauntless Hunter available for this round, but I'm not going to post them - any versions of them in this virtual set would be based upon lem0n's winning template.

ROUND 5

Braler - round winner
Banished (V)
Condition
Spell.
To play exert Saruman or an Man. Bearer must be an unbound companion.
Bearer may not participate in archery fire or skirmishes.
Maneuver: Exert bearer to allow bearer to participate in archery fire and skirmishes untill the regroup phase.
"'Oh, but this is not from me - it comes from the King. He signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139

Anvar - highest scoring Leechcraft
Leechcraft (V)
Condition
To play spot Gríma or exert an minion. Bearer must be a companion. Limit 1 per companion.
Each time bearer wins a skirmish, exert bearer.
Bearer is strength -1 for each wound on them.
"'Your leechcraft ere long would have had me walking on all fours like a beast.'"
4 V 157

ROUND 6

MR. Lurtzy - round winner
•Treebeard, Oldest Living Thing (V)
Companion • Ent
Str: 10
Vit: 4
Res: 6
While you can spot 2 unbound hobbits, Treebeard is strength +2 and gains muster.
Skirmish: Exert Treebeard twice to have him replace an unbound hobbit in a skirmish. Each Shadow player may draw a card.
"'No, I am not tired. I do not easily get tired. And I do not sit down. I am not very, hm, bendable.'"
4 V 104

lem0nhead - highest scoring Treebeard, Earthborn
•Treebeard, Earthborn (V)
Follower
Str: +4
Aid - Exert a companion.
Skirmish: Transfer this follower to your support area to prevent bearer from being overwhelmed unless his or her strength is tripled.
Skirmish: If bearer is an unbound hobbit, transfer this follower to your support area to cancel a skirmish involving bearer.
"'Do not be hasty, that is my motto.'"
4 V 103

ROUND 7

Anonymous Prodigy
Dead Ones (V)
Minion • Wraith
Strength: 4
Vitality: 2
Site: 4
Enduring. Twilight. To play, spot a minion.
At the end of the maneuver phase, you may discard this minion to add a burden (or 2 burdens if the Ring-bearer is wearing The One Ring).
"‘The Dead can't really be there! Is it some devilry hatched in the Dark Land?'"
6 V 100

ROUND 8

Thranduil
•Aldor, Soldier of Edoras (V)
Follower
Aid - exert a companion.
While bearer is skirmishing a wounded minion, bearer is strength +2.
Skirmish: Discard a fortification to exert a minion skirmishing bearer.
Fighting to defend his people, Aldor found courage to replace his youth.
4 V 262

ROUND 9

lem0nhead - joint round winner
•Thónnas, Naith Captain (V)
Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 7
While you can spot 3 Elves, the fellowship archery total is +1.
Archery: Discard a ranged weapon Thónnas bears to wound a minion.
Elves of Lorien hone their knife-work fighting Goblin raiders.
4 V 86

sickofpalantirs - joint round winner
•Thónnas, Naith Captain (V)
Companion • Elf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
To play, spot an Elf.
At the start of each skirmish involving Thónnas, you may exert him to make a minion he is skirmishing -X, where X is the number of other Elves you can spot.
A strong line of command kept the elves' discipline, even in the disorder of battle.
4 V 86

ROUND 10

sickofpalantirs
Banner of Westernesse (V)
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +1
Bearer must be a Man.
Each minion skirmishing bearer is site number +X, where X is the number of fortifications you can spot.
"'What brought they from the foundered land / Over the flowing sea?... / and one white tree.'"
6 V 51

Banner of The Eye (V)
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +1
Bearer must be a Orc.
Each companion skirmishing bearer is resistance -X, where X is the number of engines you can spot.
"Stony-faced they were, with dark window-holes staring north and east and west, and each window was full of sleepless eyes."
6 V 98

AND NOW THE CONCLUSION...

Totalling the votes, I find that there were 4 people who entered every round of the contest. Unsurprisingly, they comprise the top 4.

And so, our winners for the Two Towers Virtual Contest are...

3) sickofpalantirs


2) Anvar


AND

 
1) lem0nhead

So, you three, I will be PMing you with some options of Two Towers cards for you to take home as your prizes. I will let lem0n have first choice, and so on.

And so all that remains for me to say, I thank you all who participated, take my hat off to the great quality which we saw (and you can review by looking back over this thread) and apologise profusely for the incredible delay in posting the winners!

Honourable mentions to elf_lvr, MR. Lurzty and GarrisonofGondor who would have been next on this list, and also Braler whose Banished won the most votes of any single card in the whole contest!

[lem0nhead]

Cool i won and for that i get.... a happy birthday? 

[Thranduil]

Cool i won and for that i get.... a happy birthday? 

It was the only celebratory smiley I could find!

Thranduil

[lem0nhead]

Haha ok thanks dude!