I would like to participate twice.Fair enough. But I'd expect double cards from your each round! :mrgreen:
i'm hoping we get to do weight of a legacy ;)You can feel free to do Weight of a Legacy - I won't stop you. You might not get any votes... :mrgreen:
i'm hoping we get to do weight of a legacy ;)
The earlier you get them in, the more I have a chance to think about them and give you good comments.
but some times, of course, you can be the first person to send an entry and get really bad comments. ;)I have no idea what you're talking about... :ninja:
no, thran's advice is always helpful, as long as he is paying attention to whether or not it's a condition or an event.
Triple Huzzah! DC sent!This is true and it bothers me, but I try my best to ignore it.
@ thran, this doesn't bother me really, but i was just thinking, when you vote, you know what cards are whose...
Let's see those entries. :P
#1
[1] Elven Brooch (V) [Elven]
Possession • Brooch
Res: +1
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion.
Each time bearer is assigned to skirmish a minion of higher strength, make another companion gain hunter 1 until the start of the regroup phase.
"'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.'"
4 V 63
At first, I read this card and thought: wth? But now, analyzing it, it makes PERFECT - and I mean REALLY PERFECT - sense! The big guy grabs you, you drop the brooch, a friend comes buy and finds it, and it helps that friend hunt in search for you! Amazing really. But then, the lore ended up messing it a bit. Sure, the lore is a given, but THIS brooch simply DOESN'T "fall off" for a reason. And ends up being really abusable this way.
#2
[1] Elven Brooch (V) [Elven]
Possession • Brooch
Bearer must be a fellowship companion.
Maneuver: Discard another possession borne by bearer to heal bearer.
Skirmish: Exert bearer to make a minion lose hunter.
"'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.'"
4 V 63
Kinda meh. Useful - and not REALLY due to the bearing requirements -, but not flavorful. And again, messed up with the lore for the very same reason.
#3
[1] Elven Brooch (V) [Elven]
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
What the...? I'm not even sure this is better than the FIRST Lorien Brooch. Really? Spotting requirement and a card slot for a token? Perhaps if it had built-in recursion...
#4
[1] Elven Brooch (V) [elven]
Possession • Brooch
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be an unbound companion.
Each time bearer is about to take a wound you may add a threat to prevent that wound.
"Not idly do the leaves of Lorien Fall."
4 V 63
And now it's OVERpowered. Not to mention, why the heck limit to unbound? Frodo had one! On a related note, this DOES dodge a bullet that the others didn't, which is allowing Smeagol to bear the Elven Brooch. That's completely unflavorful, it'd probably sear his neck so badly that he'd choke to death!
#5
[1] •Boromir's Gauntlets (V) [Gondor]
Possession • Gauntlets
Str: +1
Bearer must be [Gondor] Man.
If bearer is Boromir, at the start of the fellowship phase you may add [3] to make bearer
take no more than 1 wound until the regroup phase.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112
I won't lie, I like it. However, I think it's unflavorful it protects Boromir. I think it should boost Boromir (because he DID put up a fight before snuffing it) and protect the bearer if NOT Boromir, after all, it protected Aragorn pretty well, but it didn't work out quite that good with poor old Boromir, now did it? ;)
#6
[1] •Boromir’s Gauntlets (V) [Gondor]
Possession • Support Area
To play, spot 2 [Gondor] Men.
Each time a [Gondor] Man is about to take a wound, you must add a [Gondor] token here and prevent that wound.
If there are 4 tokens here, discard this possession and place a companion in the dead pile.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.'"
4 V 112
Gauntlets played to the support area? I'm not so sure... I like where it's going, though. However, I think this is really underpowered right now, with hefty spotting requirements, but I think it might be an ok card. However, as I said, I'm all for flavor when designing, and I REALLY don't see gauntlets in the group's stash protecting them from harm.
#7
[1] •Boromir’s Gauntlets (V) [Gondor]
Possession • Gauntlets
Res: +1
Bearer must be a [Gondor] Man.
Skirmish: If bearer is Boromir, exert him and discard this possession to make another [Gondor] Man strength +2 and reinforce a [Gondor] token.
“He was cloaked and booted as if for a journey on horseback; and indeed though his garments were rich, and his cloak was lined with fur, they were stained with long travel.”
4 V 112
Most cards that can be borne bu more than one companion have SOME use, they are just MORE useful when borne by their namesake companion. I'm not sure a simple +1 resistance would make for it being "useful", but I liked the design.
#8
[1] Elven Brooch (V) [Elven]
Possession • Brooch
Res: +1
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion with resistance 6 or more (except the Ring-bearer).
Fellowship or Regroup: If you cannot spot a minion, discard this possession to draw a card for each threat.
"'Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.'"
4 V 63
Again, not sure why the Ring-bearer can't bear it, I'd simply lose the resistance bonus. It'd be fine.
#9
[1] •Boromir's Gauntlets [Gondor]
Possession • Gauntlets
Bearer must be a [Gondor] Man.
While bearer is Boromir or Aragorn, he is strength +1.
Response:If bearer is about to killed in a skirmish, transfer this possession to another eligible bearer to make the move limit +1.
"...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own."
4 V 112
Downright absurd. Flavorful, but broken. You see, you could roast 3 random dudes and simply make a triple move AFTER a double move! I'd make it only bearable by Boromir or Aragorn, so transferring would be somewhat limited, and call it a day.
#10
[1] •Boromir's Gauntlets (V) [gondor]
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
Again, I think the design was messed up in that the abilities should be inverted, protection for Aragorn, boosting for Boromir. Other than that, it's a fine design.
#11
[1] •Boromir's Gauntlets [Gondor]
Possesion • Gauntlets
Vit: +1
Bearer must be a [Gondor] Man.
Skirmish: If another companion is about to take a wound, exert bearer to prevent that wound.
"'...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own."'
4 V 112
Simple, yet beautiful! Cards do not have to be utterly complicated to be nice. Check, for instance, MtG's Isamaru, Hound of Konda. Or Savannah Lions. They are as vanilla as it goes, yet they ROCK!
#12
[1] •Boromir's Gauntlets [Gondor]
Possession • Gauntlets
Str: +1
Bearer must be a [gondor] Man.
Response If bearer is Aragorn or Boromir and about to take a wound, discard this possession to prevent that wound. Any shadow player may wound a minion to prevent this.
"'....Now Boromir has taken his road and we must make haste to choose our own"
4 V 112
Clean design again, I like this one. I'd not allow the Shadow to stop it, though, see Dwarven Bracers.
#13
[1]•Boromir's Gauntlets (V) [Gondor]
Possession • Gauntlets
Bearer must be a [Gondor] Man.
If bearer is Boromir, Faramir, or Aragorn, each time you exert him to play a [Gondor] event, you may heal him (limit once per phase).
Response: If bearer is about to take a wound, discard this possession to prevent that wound.
“‘...now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.’”
4 V 112
Now THIS is awesome! I think it's nice REALLY nice!
11Um... SoP, you have already voted! And differently! :lol:
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I still want votes from m64, ML, DI and mm. Once those are done, I can post the next round. :up:
Fair enough. Thanks! :gp:Quote from: ThranduilI still want votes from m64, ML, DI and mm. Once those are done, I can post the next round. :up:
mm has departed. (http://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/index.php?topic=1408.0)
Uncle Dáin's entry is in! Does that make me first for once?! :oNope! Sorry but both me and AP got in before you! :lol:
Next: Hades freezes over. And hey, is that a pig buzzing around outside?
#1
[8] •The Witch-King, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
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
Great flavor, I think this card is really well-designed, AND useful, being an enduring nazgul that CAN be exerted freely, so even though you might not get to use the shuffling ability all that much, it's still great (although you COULD soak up heavy archery , for instance... ;)).
#2
[8] •The Witch-king, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 3
Fierce. Lurker.
While The Witch-king is the only minion you can spot, he is strength +2.
Response: If the Free Peoples player removes a burden or a threat, you may exert The Witch-king to exert an unbound companion for each wound you can spot on the Ring-bearer.
“There some paces from him sat the great beast, and all seemed dark about it, and above it loomed the Nazgûl Lord like a shadow of despair.”
6 V 122
This one is cool, but I'm just not sure WK and lurker add up, I mean, he's always there, up front, leading the charge, so I think a lurker WK would have to do something "crazier" to justify it. Also, a lot of burden-removing takes place during the Fellowship phase anyway, so I think I'd lose the "Free Peoples player" part in order to let him go off of sites and other stuff that let YOU remove burdens.
#3
[8]•The Witch-king, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Strength: 14
Vitality: 4
Site: 3
Fierce.
Shadow: Discard this minion from play or from hand to play another Nazgûl or [Wraith] mount from your discard pile.
Shadow or Regroup: Remove [X], where X is the current region number, to play this minion from your discard pile.
“‘Dead? No, you cannot kill them.’”
6 V 122
This one greatly captures the title. However, I think it might be a bit too much, be too annoying, actually, it may even be too powerful as well. Right now, I'm torn. I'd have to see this in playtesting to know if it IS too powerful or not, but I still think it's awesome design, it could probably be properly toned down (or up?) as necessary easily, and make for one of the greatest versions of WK all around, allowing you to build around HIM instead of ADDING him to a strategy.
#4
[8] •The Witch-King, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 3
Enduring.
Each time the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, you may discard 2 [Wraith] cards from hand to exert a Ring-bound companion.
At the start of the regroup phase, you may place this minion on the bottom of your draw deck to take a Nazgûl into hand from you discard pile.
"'Dead? No, you cannot kill them.'"
6 V 122
It "should" be "wear The One Ring", so I count this as porr formatting, knocking this one down a bit. Also, I think the first ability is not very good, but I like how it combines with the second, meaning you actually discard a single card, since the other one will be getting back to your hand for next turn. I personally liked it. However, I think the payoff might be too small, considering you're clogging your hand AND revelaing what you have, not to mention effectively discarding a [Wraith] card.
#5
[8] •The Witch-king, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit:3
Fierce.
If The Witch-king is about to take a wound, you may remove [2] to prevent that wound.
Regroup: Exert The Witch-king twice to play a Nazgûl from your discard pile.
"'Dead? No, you cannot kill them"'
6 V 122
I think a Shadow ability would make it cooler, but it really IS fine, though. Simple, straightforward, nice tie-in with title and useful.
#6
[8] •The Witch-King, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 3
Fierce. Damage +1.
Shadow Exert 2 [wraith] minions to play The Witch-King from your discard pile. The free peoples player may wound the Ring-Bearer to prevent this.
""Dead? No you cannot kill them""
6 V 122
THIS one is nice! Also, nice tie-in with the whole "force the R-b to wear the Ring" strategy, and a nice version all around. I liked it.
#7
[8] •The Witch-King, Deathless Lord (V) [Ringwraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 3
Fierce.
Response: If the Witch-King is exhausted, and is about to take a wound, you may discard a Nazgûl to prevent that wound and make the Witch-King strength +2 for each wound on that Nazgûl.
"‘Dead? No, you cannot kill them.’"
6 V 122
THIS WK would be nice as a lurker! :D Too bad it isn't.
#8
[8] • The Witch-King, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 3
Fierce.
Shadow: If you have initiative, remove [1] play The Witch-King from your discard pile.
"'Dead? No, you cannot kill them.'"
6 V 122
Another elegant design, but has poor formatting, there should be a "to" after the [1].
#9
[8] •The Witch-king, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 3
Fierce.
While you can spot a companion with resistance 2 or less, The Witch-king cannot take wounds.
While you can spot a companion with resistance 0, Nazgûl cannot take wounds.
"'Dead? No, you cannot kill them.'"
6 V 122
Seems nice, not sure how nice, though. But nice design, although I think the others capture the title essence a slightly bit better.
#10
[8] •The Witch-king, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 3
Fierce.
While bearing a [Wraith] artifact, The Witch-king is enduring.
Skirmish: Exert The Witch-king twice to make the Free Peoples player exert a companion twice.
"'Dead? No, you cannot kill them.'"
6 V 122
Nice design, but absolutely no tie-in with his title, it just seems you conceived a great WK and decided to just go with it regardless of the title.
#11
[8] •The Witch-King, Deathless Lord (V) [Wraith]
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 3
Fierce.
The Witch king is strength +1 for each other unique Nazgûl you can spot.
If you can spot another Nazgûl and 3 burdens during the Shadow phase, you may play this minion from your discard pile.
"'Dead? No, you cannot kill them.'"
6 V 122
Poorly worded, the second part should just be a shadow action on the card. Also, I think the first line is "overkill handicap", I mean, Lord of Angmar gets a bigger bonus, and there are not that many non-unique nazgul anyway.
Another elegant design, but has poor formatting, there should be a "to" after the [1].Just to make things clear, I correct any mistakes in formatting so that it should have no influence on voting. So, if there's a formatting error, it's essentially my fault for not spotting it.
It "should" be "wear The One Ring", so I count this as porr formatting, knocking this one down a bit.This is one thing I actually changed myself because I thought "put on" was more correct; the entry said "wear". If I'm wrong, I apologise, but again this is my fault and should not reflect badly on the entry itself.
Poorly worded, the second part should just be a shadow action on the card.I would also stand by this decision to keep the entry like Plotting Deceiver.
So, after consideration, my votes will go, this time in no particular order, to the ones that I thought designed nice, clean, balanced AND flavorful cards, which are: 1, 3 and 6!And I'm afraid I need an order because that's how I assign the points! ;)
The 19th?Sorry, I changed it while you were posting. 29th. :up:
1st - 7 (Love the way it captures the feel of relentless persuit while reinforcing the cross culture element)Great! Joining the contest is no problem, just send me your card before the deadline! This is an open contest, you can drop in and out any time. But the winner at the end will be decided by cumulative point-scoring.
2nd - 5 (Solid card like the way it helps you 'catch up' which was the whole theme of the 3 hunters in the story.)
3rd - 9 (Good card, gets quite good if you meet all the requirements)
Since im new to the boards i just found this contest but i enjoyed reading it. Might even try to submit something myself next round if thats alright.
Is there gonna be an overall winner Thran like total points or what?Yep. Exactly that. But after 10 rounds! ;)
Bah! I rush to get it in for the extension and its not up still, i couldve had the entire weekend to produce some masterpiece. If i fail in this round im blaming some silly woodland elf king!Yeah, stupid woodand elf king! :twisted:
Yeah, stupid woodand elf king! :twisted:
Can we vote if we didn't submit one? If we can, here is my vote.Of course you can! In fact, I'd love it if you did now and often in the future! :)
#1
(0) Leechcraft (V) [Isengard]
Condition
Strength: -2
Spell.
To play, exert Grima or an [Isengard] Man. Plays on an unbound Man
While bearer is skirmishing an [Isengard] Man, bearer cannot use skirmish special abilities
At the start of each turn while bearer is Théoden, he must exert.
"'Your !leechcraft ere long would have had me walking on all fours like a beast.'"
4 V 157
Where is the 'limit one per bearer'? Way too OP and cheap. Stack 4 on anybody and they're worse than useless. >:( :down:
#2
(0) Banished [Isengard]
Condition
Spell.
To play exert Saruman or an [Isengard] 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
I like this one. Not too powerful, though I don't think it should be a spell ;D :up: :up:
#3
(0) Banished (V) [Isengard]
Condition
Resistance: -2
Bearer must be an unbound companion.
While bearer is skirmishing an [Isengard] Man, the Free Peoples player may not play skirmish events.
Response: If bearer loses a skirmish involving an [Isengard] Man, return bearer to its owner's hand.
"'Oh, but this is not from me - it comes from the King. He signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139
A bit unwieldy, but I like it. The skirmish events part probably should have been written something like:
'Bearer may not affected by free people's skirmish events.' I do like it though. ;) :up:
#4
(0) Leechcraft (V) [Isengard]
Condition
Spell. To play, exert !Gríma or Saruman. Bearer must be an unbound companion. Limit 1 per bearer.
At the start of each skirmish involving bearer, the Free Peoples player must choose to either make bearer strength -4 until the regroup phase or discard a Free Peoples condition.
“‘But do not weary yourself, or tax too heavily your strength. Let others deal with these irksome guests.’”
4 V 157
It should be more expensive. I like the idea, but it needs to be toned down. :-| :down::up:
#5
(0) Banished (V) [Isengard]
Event • Maneuver
Exert your Man or Wizard to return a companion (except the Ring-bearer) to its owner’s hand. The Free Peoples player may add 2 burdens to prevent this.
"'Oh, but this is not from me - it comes from the King. He signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139
Finally, a banished that isn't a condition. I really like this one, flavorful and cool. =D> :up: :up:
#6
(0) Leechcraft (V) [Isengard]
Condition
To play spot !Gríma or exert an [Isengard] 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
I like it but I think it should be a Spell. Nice card. 8-) :up:
#7
(0) Banished (V) [Isengard]
Condition • Support Area
While skirmishing an [isengard] Man, bearer is strength -2 and resistance -2.
Response: If you play an [Isengard] Man, you may transfer this condition from your support area to an unbound companion. Limit 1 per bearer.
"'Oh, but this is not from me - it comes from the King. He signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139
I really don't like this one. It doesn't fit at all with the idea of banishment, me dislikey. :-X :down::down:
#8
(0) Banished (V) [Isengard]
Event • Regroup
Discard 2 [Isengard] Men and spot a companion (except the Ring-bearer) with resistance 4 or less to remove that companion from the game.
"'Oh but this is not from me - it comes from the King. he signed it this morning.'"
4 V 139
I don't quite get the point of this one; why not discard it instead? :-k :up: :down:
#9
(0) Banished (V) [Isengard]
Event • Maneuver
Exert two [isengard] Men (or spot !Gríma) to spot a companion. Until the regroup phase, that companion cannot participate in archery fire or skirmishes. The Free Peoples player may discard a companion to prevent this.
"'Oh but this is not from me- it comes from the King. He signed it this morning"'
4 V 139
I think this one is not as good as the previous Banished event but I still like it. :) :up:
Honestly, I didn't like any other ones.I'd quite like a 3rd choice, even if it's only the one you dislike the least! :)
Hey Thran, have you still not gotten everyone's entries? Kinda anxious to see what people have come up with.I have 5 entries, but I think we can do better. I'm going to postpone the deadline until Sunday 15th. On Sunday, I will post the cards regardless of how many I have.
How many do you have?Still 5 entries.
There's no point waiting if there is no hope in getting any more entries. Do you think that an extension will gain more DCs?I don't know. It depends on whether there are people that would have entered but just haven't been around. And I obviously don't know. Given that we've had a minimum of 9 in the past, the potential is there.
Is it to late for me to join?Send me a card, and depending on when we decide to continue, you'll be in! :up:
I just put one in, but I want to change one little thing, can I still do that? (I just want to add some spotting requirements)Yes! :)
How late can we put one in. If we can still, I sent you one.Well, now is fine!
Are there any more voters?Hey don't worry, people will vote in their own time, as long as it's before the deadline! :twisted:
to late to submit, you can submit in later rounds methinks though. And thran said no allies, just followers.SoP is most correct on all counts! ;) Kind of makes myself a bit redundant doesn't it? ;D
and I'm sure he would appreciate your vote.
to late to submit, you can submit in later rounds methinks though. And thran said no allies, just followers.SoP is most correct on all counts! ;) Kind of makes myself a bit redundant doesn't it? ;D
and I'm sure he would appreciate your vote.
Thranduil
Ok, I believe you have mine, and it is June 2nd.You are right on both counts! I've been a bit busy with work, but I will soon be sending PM's to those who have not submitted, given that I only have 5 entries. The extended deadline will be June 4th (or as soon as possible).
Thran has to list the entires first which for some reason he's a day late in doing. Where has that elf got to?Sorry, been very busy recently. I don't think I have time to organise the entries today, but I will do it tomorrow night or Sunday.
Are we voting starting today?We vote when he puts the cards up...
Why remake Banner of Westernesse? I love that + Gondor bow!Yeah, that's the only one I like as well because knights win skirmishes without strength, and it just makes all your guys into Hero of Osgiliath! Still, there's always room for creativity.
Oooooorr, he'll start pm-ing and you dont want that! ;)Well yeah, I think that time has come!
Thran??Sorry sorry sorry. Really really busy.
Thran??Sorry sorry sorry. Really really busy.
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Now I just need a vote from MR. Lurtzy and I can post the results hopefully tomorrow, because then I'm going to be away for two weeks.
Thranduil
Cool i won and for that i get.... a happy birthday? :-?It was the only celebratory smiley I could find! ;)