I did a cut and paste from the Corba Card site to here for somebody to help me understand the mechanics behind this some.
Well, your ring-bearer won't have to bring any sunblock on this trip to Mt. Doom: Solo ringbearer (Somebody Gondor.) Did I say Solo? I did, didn't I. Well, that's because you have a TON o' little allies sitting in the background taking potshots at the minions. Let's take a look at the key cards here:
Rohirrim Bow. They don't have to be a companion to use this thing.
Rohirrim Javelin: Dittos.
Riddermark Javelin: Dittos…
Well Stored: Heals allies after the Bow exerts them.
Sword Rack: gets them back.
Armory: takes longer, but gets them back, too.
Yes, but what if that isn't enough archery? That's where the Gondor part comes in.
Gondor Bowmen. What if the minions can't take archery wounds? Then add in pincushions to deal with those nasty minions by adding Fellowship-block Elven allies with
Support of the Last Homely House and
Swan-Ship of the Galadhrim. Oh yeah. And Thrarin with some
hand axe, too.
With a really good setup, you can get over twenty archery if you need it.
You end up with something that looks like the following 37 or so card deck:
Gondor
(Whoever you have as RB)
Gondor Bowmen x4
Elven
Rumil, Elven Protector x1
Orophin, Lorien Bowman x1
Golradir, Councilor of Imladris x1
Saelbeth, Elven councilor x1
Swan-Ship of the Galadhrim x2
Support of the Last Homely House x2
Dwarven
Thrarin, Dwarven Smith x2
Hand Axe x4
Rohan
A bunch of Rohan allies; 4 or 5 should be good.
Rohirrim Bow x2
Rohirrim Javelin x2
Riddermark Javelin x4
Sword Rack x3
Armory x2
Well Stored X 2
I understand these two cards to help the Elf allies fight whenever, (
Swan-Ship of the Galadhrim x2
Support of the Last Homely House x2 ) but there was no mention of cards to help the Rohan Allies fight whenever,don't they need something to allow them to skirmish whenever as well? That is the part that has me confused. And if so what cards are out there to allow them to fight? Maybe I am just missing something here.