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.
UPDATE TO THE RULES:We're getting a regular stream of ties, so in an effort to mediate the
sting of losing to a coin flip I'm adding any cards eliminated via tie-breaker to the Misadventure Deck. These cards are not part of the 25-card set for purposes of contest-related card ordering. We might shuffle them into the set once the season is over; or we might leave them on their own at the end of the final card list. I came to this decision last night having forgotten that Durin's Heir had already resubmitted Durin's Axe, a card that had previously been eliminated vie tie-breaker. I reached out to him and let him know of the change, and offered him a resubmission for this week since his Axe is now safe!
On to Stuff!
Last week's winner...SGollum wins with the set's first minion,
•Ulaire Attea, Khamûl! You've moved up to first place alongside Inspire! Congrats!!
Last week's entries to pick from for Card #3... •Tale of the Dragon's Lair
Condition • Support Area
Tale. When you play this condition, place a token here for each of these characters you can spot: Bilbo, Gandalf, Brand.
Skirmish: Remove a token here to make a character damage +2.
"I am fire, I am... death!"
Designer's notes:
The nature of this card gives damage bonuses without a full-on Dwarf deck so you could use Uri or Gloin (even though Gloin is awful) in a deck. To make up for the fact that it requires a very specific deck, it provides a damage +2 bonus.Why you would want this card:
1. Fits the theme with lairs.
2. Does something with multi culture Dwarves other than using Gimli.
3. You feel Dwarves are overpowered in set 9 and you want to see what they could be used for other than the infamous Dwarf deck.
Actually, I just want a Movie block Dwarven axe that doesn't discard the top card of the other player's draw deck... Sick of it!
•Book of Mazarbul, Record of Fortunes
Possession • Support Area
Each time a Dwarf wins a skirmish, you may draw a card.
Each time a Dwarf loses a skirmish, you may place a card from your discard pile beneath your draw deck.
Each time a Dwarf is killed, add a burden.
"'Balin is now lord of Moria.'"
Designer's notes:
My cards regarding Balin's Colony are meant to be in present time, so it's not a tale.
•Dared to Pass the Doors
Condition • Support Area
Tale.
Each Dwarf is strength -1 for each companion in the dead pile.
Fellowship: Discard a companion from hand to make each Dwarf companion strength +3 and damage +1 for each companion in the dead pile until the regroup phase.
"'But now we spoke of it again with longing, and yet with dread....'"
Designer's notes:
I wanted to capture the despair of having lost people (such as Balin), countered temporarily by telling stories about them or otherwise 'remembering' them, represented here by discarding the spare companion cards.
•Balin, Lord of Moria
Ally • Home 4 & 5 • Dwarf
Strength: 6
Vitality: 4
Damage +1. To play, spot 3 Dwarves.
Each time you discard a card from the top of your draw deck, you may exert Balin to take that card into hand from your discard pile.
Discard Balin if you spot 2 or more Dwarves in the dead pile.
Designer's notes:
Meant to synergize with cards like Realm of Dwarrowdelf which cannibalize your own draw deck. Balin makes sure you keep all the valuable stuff. Thematically this Balin exists in a "what if Moria didn't fall again?" design space, so I added a bit where Balin self-defeats if enough Dwarves have died.
The to-play requirement is there to prevent Balin from being splashed, since in a deck with no other Dwarves his discard penalty is negated, and I want Balin to work with the "delving" mechanic of Dwarves in Fellowship block.
A Horseman in the Night
Event • Response
If an opponent plays a minion, spot 2 companions and choose an opponent who may exhaust an unbound companion (or discard an exhausted companion) to place that minion on top of its owner's draw deck.
"'"The time of my thought is my own to spend," answered Dáin. "For the present," said he, and rode into the darkness.'"
This week's contest is...Card #6!It's almost like the random number generator wants us to get the FP stuff out of the way early.
- A card (after Sméagol Lied)
- A card (before Sheltered Hollow)
Closing date: June 27th. Good luck!
Lairs Card ListNumber - Name - (Culture • Type) - Contestant - Week it won
1.
2. Stronghold of the Adorn River (
• Possession) -
Durin's Heir - 3
3. SUBJECT OF THIS WEEK'S VOTE
4.
5. Sméagol Lied (
• Event) -
SGollum - 4
6. IN CREATION THIS WEEK
7.
8. Sheltered Hollow (
• Condition) -
TelTura - 6
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14. Wrested Kingdom (
• Condition) -
menace64 - 1
15.
16. Úlairë Attëa, Khamûl (
• Nazgul Minion) -
SGollum - 7
17.
18.
19.
20. Bag End Hearth (
• Condition) -
Inspire - 2
21. Merry, Conspirator (
• Hobbit Companion) -
Inspire - 5
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25.
The Misadventure Deck1. Durin's Axe, Omen of Fortune
2. From Lowest Dungeon to Highest Peak
3. Orkish Whip
4. Mountains of Shadow