Rematch with Gerontius:
My Knights/Morcs vs his Wounding in
the Shire Countryside/ Unfair Corsair
(As you already know, I hate Corsairs, so I was in a bad mood in this game from the very start)
He wins the toss and starts, which means I'm looking forward to
Base of Mindolluin to grab a couple forts. I'm a little curious about his starting comps (
Eowyn, LoI and that 2-cost 8th set Merry), so I'm not sure what to expect except that I'm sure it will involve
Unheeded at some point and possibly Shadow-play. I play and move, trying to stay below that magic nine twilight which is
Castamir plus Halberd, and then pull
Citadel of the Stars with Mindolluin. Since I know that Gondor Bows won't stay on the table, I'm counting on recurring Citadel with
Sixth Level to kill Castamirs. It's messy, but it keeps me in the game.
Meanwhile, Gerontius has suddenly thrown down three Shire Countrysides, which, along with
Birthday Present and
A Light in His Mind are allowing him to heal about a billion times a turn. I realize that since wounds are just flying off his ringbearer my morcs are going to be entirely useless and I'm going to have to run. I decide my best chance is either a race to site nine or a stupid swarm at site seven. Unfortunately his spidey senses start tingling at six and he throws down two comps, which sucks for me because he's moving through my morcs easily and I'm still behind on the site path.
Eventually (between the Corsairs and the ridiculous
Birthday Present) I get pissed enough that when he reaches across the table to sweep away one of my conditions I try to get him in a submission hold and things threaten to degenerate. Gerontius has a cooler head than I though, and so after some discussion I'm persuaded to go back to the fun times I'm having being molested in
the Shire Countryside. He easily sweeps into site 9 with barely a wound on anyone. I, on the other hand, am limping around trying to figure out why I can't draw any
Citadel of Minas Tirith, and how I'm supposed to win every skirmish for two sites to make it work. :-)
Pros- Sweet new RotEL cards courtesy of Hawkeye.
Gerontius, for figuring out how to break
Shire Countryside a mere 4 days after getting it.
Ket_the_Jet, for advising me to just throw down comps against Corsairs. It makes things much easier.
Cons-
Birthday Present. (who decided that if you only had one event, you got to take it back anyway?)
Shire Countryside (Why isn't this banned?)
Me, for trying to Hulk Smash the only person I know who still plays LOTR).