Welcome to Fill in the Blank Season 1: Lairs!Each week I'll post the collector's information for one of the cards in the set's card-list.
Contestants are free to create whatever card they see fit for that slot in the card-list, keeping in mind the surrounding cards. As the contest progresses, the card-list will become more and more defined, guiding the contestants' choices.
The theme of our set is Lairs! You're free to interpret this however you want.
Not every card has to fit the theme, of course, but it's something to keep in mind when coming up with entries.
Each week a poll will go up for the previous week's entries. Simply vote for one you like the most. In the event of a tie, I'll let a random result generator make the decision.
Last week's winner...SGollum claims the next card in the set with their card
Sméagol Lied! Congrats! There's a bonus to be found over on the facebook group!
Last week's entries to pick from for Card #21... Saved From Cirith Ungol
Event • Skirmish
If the Fellowship is at any site 8, spot another hobbit and discard Mithril-coat to wound a minion Frodo is skirmishing twice.
Designer's notes:
I made this card to represent the greed that the orcs have when arguing over Frodo's mithril coat. By restricting this ability to site 8 it is thematic and not too powerful. The high twilight cost gives the Shadow player a chance to play another minion on site 9. I also had solo Frodo decks in mind while making this card as that is my favorite deck.
•Bandobras, Bullroarer Took
Companion • Hobbit
Strength 6 Vitality 4 Resistance 8
Took. Defender +1.
Discard Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.
Each Hobbit is strength +1 and damage +1.
Skirmish: Exert Bandobras to wound a minion not assigned to a skirmish twice.
"He charged the ranks of the goblins... and knocked their king Golfimbul's head clean off with a wooden club."
Designer's notes:
He brings a totally different experience when playing a deck, discarding the previous core of characters except Bilbo (and Frodo or Sam BoGN if carrying the Ring) and replacing them with a totally new key figure that actually likes to skirmish. The Bullroarer can surround himself with peasants like Farmer Maggot HotM, Fatty Bolger, Tolman Cotton and Westfarthing Businessman and turn them into killing machines in the battle front!
Besides his big stats and the battle boost to the whole Shire, Bandobras can fend 2 foes simultaneously and even maim or finish minions that already fought their skirmishes (or that never were in one, like Rabble Rouser or KoI).
•Merry, Conspirator
Companion • Hobbit
Strength: 3
Vitality: 4
Signet: Frodo
At the start of each of your turns, you may shuffle your hand into your draw deck and draw 5 cards.
"‘Ever since this spring we have kept our eyes open, and done a good deal of planning on our own account. You are not going to escape so easily!'"
Designer's notes:
Dialing in the right draw amount was a challenge for me - 6 felt like too much (and I didn't want pseudo-mulligan Merry outshining the real thing) - however 4 felt like too few, especially once you start getting into formats with initiative. 5 cards seems like enough to rescue you from a bad draw or two each game, but not so many as to make it a common occurrence.
Leaving the Shire
Event • Response
If the fellowship moves from a dwelling site, shuffle X allies into your draw deck to reveal the top X cards of an opponent's draw deck. Remove for each Shadow card revealed.
"'I have sometimes thought of going away, but I imagined that as a kind of holiday, a series of adventures like Bilbo's or better, ending in peace. But this would mean exile, a flight from danger into danger, drawing it after me...'"
This week's contest is...Card #8!There are quite a few options for your designs to take this week. Have at it, you fiends!
- A card (after Sméagol Lied)
- A card
- An card
- A card
- A card (before Wrested Kingdom)
Closing date: June 6th. Good luck!
Lairs Card ListNumber - Name - (Culture • Type) - Contestant - Week it won
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2. Stronghold of the Adorn River (
• Possession) -
Durin's Heir - 3
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5. Sméagol Lied (
• Event) -
SGollum - 4
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8. IN CREATION THIS WEEK
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14. Wrested Kingdom (
• Condition) -
menace64 - 1
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20. Bag End Hearth (
• Condition) -
Inspire - 2
21. SUBJECT OF THIS WEEK'S VOTE
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