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Title: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Yanko Markovic on May 12, 2008, 12:37:38 PM
http://lotrtcg.fanhq.com/TCG/Card.aspx?gameID=7&cardID=6089 (http://lotrtcg.fanhq.com/TCG/Card.aspx?gameID=7&cardID=6089) and http://lotrtcg.fanhq.com/TCG/Card.aspx?gameID=7&cardID=6087 (http://lotrtcg.fanhq.com/TCG/Card.aspx?gameID=7&cardID=6087) note something similar? Read the subtitle of the cards...

that's it! Saruman, Captain of the Nine

i learnt to read the tengwar characters, and there is another misprint in saruman: "when you play Saruman, name a culture. Each companion of the named culture is strenght plus 1."    weird huh?
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: MR. Lurtzy on May 12, 2008, 12:39:51 PM
Wow...... that's funny. How did you learn to read tengwar? That's crazy! :o
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Hobbit_Pizza on May 12, 2008, 12:42:12 PM
I'll take your word for it.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Yanko Markovic on May 12, 2008, 12:45:08 PM
it's easy, that thing that it's like a "y" upside down is an "e" the thing that its like a "T" is an "l" and so on. it was just pure association...
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: lem0nhead on May 13, 2008, 01:14:56 AM
Niiiice. Good spot, thats typical D.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: sickofpalantirs on May 13, 2008, 05:14:58 AM
LOL I play saruman captain of the nine, and to counter his adding text, saruman, of many colours!

just by looking you can tell they have the same subtitle.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: MR. Lurtzy on May 13, 2008, 05:20:01 PM
just by looking you can tell they have the same subtitle.
Yes, that's what the OP said...
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Yanko Markovic on May 13, 2008, 06:31:22 PM
still, i think there were more misprints, i will post the others i find
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: FingolfinFinwe on May 14, 2008, 05:19:51 AM
Wow, that's actually really sad.  There weren't many Tengwar cards... you'd think it wouldn't take TOO much time to get it right.  And unfortunately as Lemon already pointed out, it doesn't surprise anyone.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: lem0nhead on May 14, 2008, 05:27:16 AM
There actually another error in tengwar i dont know if anyone is aware of. If you compare the cave trolls strength or vitality i cant remember to something else with a tengwar number it shows he actually has the wrong number. He's either ridiculously weak or strong. Someone can find out im sure. Anyway lol point is the Cave Troll is errored as well.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Mythdracon on May 22, 2008, 09:57:02 AM
Darn, and there was me thinking they at least respected Tolkien's Tengwar (if not balance) in the last few sets. O_o
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Celebrimbor on May 28, 2008, 01:40:01 PM
D obviously thought that they could throw in some pseudo-random tengwar characters and hope that none would be the wiser, and that no one would find out.  I just resent this.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: CarpeGuitarrem on June 05, 2008, 01:02:26 PM
Wow...... that's funny. How did you learn to read tengwar? That's crazy! :o
Appendix of LOTR.

Furthermore, that's an atrocious Tengwar transliteration. It reads more like..."Cwptiwn of the nen(e)". (That's a long "i" and a short "e", with a silent "e" at the end, by the way)
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Yanko Markovic on June 05, 2008, 02:28:15 PM
well, the silent "e" at the end is correct, but it's obvious it's incorrect english, the single presence of three letters where there should be 4 (nen)... they dont care even about the text of the card (PLUS 1)
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: CarpeGuitarrem on June 06, 2008, 02:47:01 PM
Actually..."Nine" could be done with two "n" Tengwar, with two dots above and one dot below the second one. (Yeah...I like to optimize my Tengwar writing)
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Gate Troll on October 20, 2008, 01:57:09 PM
Apparently the Tengwar Saruman translates to:

[8] •Saruman, Captain of the Nine Riders [Isengard]
Minion • Wizard
Strength; 14
Vitality: 4
Site: 3
Damage +1. Fierce. Lurker. (Skirmishes
involving lurker minions must be resolved
after any others.)

When you play Saruman, name a culture.
Each companion of that culture is
strength +1.
""White!" he sneered. "It serves as a beginning.""

 :roll:
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: HawkeyeSPF on October 20, 2008, 02:15:32 PM
Wow, now that was some lazy on Decipher's part, but it's not like we were supposed to expect quality work after RotK, right?

I actually pulled out my WotR Anthology set just to check it out for myself.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: leokula on October 21, 2008, 04:37:09 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHA Tis awesome!! Hilarious  :mrgreen: :hey: Way to go, D! We're waiting for Fight Klub  ](*,) \:D/ :twisted:
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Elf_Lvr on October 21, 2008, 07:44:53 PM
There actually another error in tengwar i dont know if anyone is aware of. If you compare the cave trolls strength or vitality i cant remember to something else with a tengwar number it shows he actually has the wrong number. He's either ridiculously weak or strong. Someone can find out im sure. Anyway lol point is the Cave Troll is errored as well.

Actually, I think it's his site number. I'm fairly sure it says 3 instead of 4. I'd have to find my copy somewhere and check, but I'm feeling lazy. Heh.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: MR. Lurtzy on October 21, 2008, 08:13:47 PM
So all you guys know how to read this?!?!?!?
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: FM on October 22, 2008, 07:50:17 AM
It's fairly easy, actually. Go ahead, seach the web. I bet you can learn it in about... what? 2-3 hours, tops? Then, just having a printout with the symbols to look up if you forget one will do, and you'll be writing in Tengwar in no time! Now, to find a use for it...
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: MR. Lurtzy on October 23, 2008, 02:28:44 PM
Yeah I don't want to learn it unless I can "find a use"...
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: FM on October 23, 2008, 07:48:00 PM
Reading tengwar cards? It also makes for nice tombstone scriptions and cute love notes.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: SomeRandomDude on October 23, 2008, 09:33:16 PM
Reading tengwar cards? It also makes for nice tombstone scriptions and cute love notes.

You write your girlfriend love notes in fake languages?

Has she dumped you yet?
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: leokula on October 24, 2008, 05:43:57 AM
Reading tengwar cards? It also makes for nice tombstone scriptions and cute love notes.

You write your girlfriend love notes in fake languages?

Has she dumped you yet?

cute love notes in tengwar really sounds like the nerdiest thing ever :hey: :-X =D>
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: FM on October 24, 2008, 08:24:10 AM
Yeah, it's not a great ice-breaker, don't try it when you're just getting to know each other. But considering she used to walk with a copy of The One Ring (which I gave to her, cute story also) in her wallet, it wasn't that much of a stretch. And I also had three other female friends of mine that learned it by herself to switch notes with me, so that makes 4 that didn't think it was THAT nerdy. ;)
However, what strikes me as the most odd is that no one even noticed the tombstone part...
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: SomeRandomDude on October 24, 2008, 09:10:02 AM
I noticed...and I ignored it.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: leokula on October 27, 2008, 11:31:37 AM
I noticed...and I ignored it.

seconded  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: FM on October 27, 2008, 11:43:32 AM
It'd still be neat, though.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: HawkeyeSPF on February 28, 2009, 08:03:36 PM
Well, his twilight cost ought to be 6, and that doesn't say 2, it actually just says 1 twice.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: Gerontius on March 02, 2009, 06:11:54 PM
Your right.... What was I thinking?
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: MR. Lurtzy on March 02, 2009, 06:54:57 PM
I would guess (and I may be wrong) that you were thinking what you posted earlier in this thread.
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: FM on March 02, 2009, 06:56:09 PM
Post-hunter! :P
Title: Re: saruman, ¿of many colours?
Post by: MR. Lurtzy on March 02, 2009, 07:00:22 PM
The irony...