The Uncountable Hoard

[DáinIronfoot]

I'm with lem0n. I love most of your ideas, but site stacking was really difficult to wrap my poor brain around. This looks MUCH better.

•Bodyguard of Bolg
Minion • Orc
Str: 13
Vit: 2
Sit: 4
To play, discard 2 cards from hand.
While you have 3 or fewer sites in your adventure deck, each other Orc cannot take wounds.
The bodyguard of Bolg came howling against them, and drove in upon their ranks like waves upon cliffs of sand.
H2 R 100

I love how this doesn't really trigger until late in the game, which makes sense storywise.

Lost Ways
Event • Shadow
Spot an minion to choose one: reveal a random site from your opponent's adventure deck and replace a site on the adventure path with the revealed site; or replace the current site with an underground or mountain site from your adventure deck.
... the roads out of the East towards Mirkwood vanished or fell into disuse...
H2 C 128

I don't see the first one really being used, but it's a fine card. MAYBE exert that Orc instead.

Raid and Plunder
Event • Regroup
Spot 2 minions to reveal a site at random from each player's adventure deck. Add , where X is the total of those sites' Shadow numbers. You may replace a site on the adventure path with one of the revealed sites.
H2 C 130

Woe unto the FP player that has Sirannon Ruins revealed!

[Elf_Lvr]

The cards all look really good - especially Bodyguard of Bolg. This is a neat way for your guys to take advantage of all your site-swapping somehow.

[lem0nhead]

•Bodyguard of Bolg
Minion • Orc
Str: 13
Vit: 2
Sit: 4
To play, discard 2 cards from hand.
While you have 3 or fewer sites in your adventure deck, each other Orc cannot take wounds.
The bodyguard of Bolg came howling against them, and drove in upon their ranks like waves upon cliffs of sand.
H2 R 100

Nasty, not sure even having only a few sites less is fair enough to give all orcs invulnerability though. I suppose archery would bugga it up sort of.

Lost Ways
Event • Shadow
Spot an minion to choose one: reveal a random site from your opponent's adventure deck and replace a site on the adventure path with the revealed site; or replace the current site with an underground or mountain site from your adventure deck.
... the roads out of the East towards Mirkwood vanished or fell into disuse...
H2 C 128

Dunno about spot an orc, maybe exert.

Raid and Plunder
Event • Regroup
Spot 2 minions to reveal a site at random from each player's adventure deck. Add , where X is the total of those sites' Shadow numbers. You may replace a site on the adventure path with one of the revealed sites.
H2 C 130

Nice.

[Thranduil]

How come you're online lem0n? You're surely not at work!

Thranduil

[DáinIronfoot]

Heheh. I PMed him the same question.

Isn't it scary how well we know each other's schedules? And how quickly we think the cosmos are out of balance when those schedules suddenly change?

And is it also not funny that lem0n are I are known to be most active when at work and not at home? Your tax dollars at work, folks!

[Thranduil]

Luckily I don't have a day-job (studenting really doesn't count!), so I can be here 100% of the time!

Thranduil

[lem0nhead]

Thats is kinda freaky. That two people know exactly when im online enough to be shocked when i turn up in the evening cos i have nothing else better to do!

I resemble the statement about being online at work!  My job is erm... very demanding i just manage my time well 

[sickofpalantirs]

Heheh. I PMed him the same question.

Isn't it scary how well we know each other's schedules? And how quickly we think the cosmos are out of balance when those schedules suddenly change?

And is it also not funny that lem0n are I are known to be most active when at work and not at home? Your tax dollars at work, folks!

I remember a few months ago when you were curious why I hadn't showed up between 1 and 3 EST to review

Well that lot wrapped it up for the Eagle site cards. So now we're moving on to Orcs as prompted by GT's minion of the same name as the one coming now (the Orcs in the Hobbit block tend to be able to draw lots and lots of cards, by the way):

•Bodyguard of Bolg
Minion • Orc
Str: 13
Vit: 2
Sit: 4
To play, discard 2 cards from hand.
While you have 3 or fewer sites in your adventure deck, each other Orc cannot take wounds.
The bodyguard of Bolg came howling against them, and drove in upon their ranks like waves upon cliffs of sand.
H2 R 100
noice...

Lost Ways
Event • Shadow
Exert an minion to choose one: reveal a random site from your opponent's adventure deck and replace a site on the adventure path with the revealed site; or replace the current site with an underground or mountain site from your adventure deck.
... the roads out of the East towards Mirkwood vanished or fell into disuse...
H2 C 128
fine by me

Raid and Plunder
Event • Regroup
Spot 2 minions to reveal a site at random from each player's adventure deck. Add , where X is the total of those sites' Shadow numbers. You may replace a site on the adventure path with one of the revealed sites.
H2 C 130

fine by me

[Thranduil]

Okay, those cards seemed fairly straightforward and uncontroversial. What do we think about these? This batch includes a new way of referring to sites in the last card which is also explained there and which will be explored further with Smaug.

(Sorry, I don't know why but for some reason I always want to accompany the word "Smaug" with evil smileys! )

Whirl of Bats
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
At the end of your Shadow phase, you may spot an minion to reveal a random site from your adventure deck. If that site has Shadow number 1 or less, you may shuffle an event from your discard pile into your draw deck.
... still the great bats swirled about the heads and ears of elves and men...
H2 C 137

Forging and Arming
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
At the end of your Shadow phase, you may spot an Orc to reveal a random site from your adventure deck. If it is a battleground, you may add .
H2 U 106

Edge of the Wild
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
When you play this condition, you may reveal a random site from your opponent's adventure deck and replace your site on the adventure path with the revealed site.
Skirmish: Remove and reveal a barren site from your adventure deck to make an minion damage +1. (A barren site has no terrain keywords.)
The Wild was still the Wild...
H2 R 105

[lem0nhead]

Whirl of Bats
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
At the end of the Shadow phase, you may spot an minion to reveal a random site from your adventure deck. If that site has Shadow number 1 or less, you may take an event or condition into hand from your discard pile.
... still the great bats swirled about the heads and ears of elves and men...
H2 C 137

Needs unique. Taking potential four events is lethal. Also GET RID OF THE CONDITION bit. I refuse to sanction what is another orcish smith.

Forging and Arming
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
At the end of the Shadow phase, spot an Orc to reveal a random site from your adventure deck. If it is a battleground, you may add .
H2 U 106

Again needs unique or a downside if its not a battleground.

Edge of the Wild
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
When you play this condition, you may reveal a random site from your opponent's adventure deck and replace your site on the adventure path with the revealed site.
Skirmish: Remove and reveal a barren site from your adventure deck to make an minion damage +1. (A barren site has no terrain keywords.)
The Wild was still the Wild...
H2 R 105

Have you introduced barren before this? Card is fine though.

[Thranduil]

Have you introduced barren before this?

No I haven't.

I'm not sure about those conditions being unique - you have to reveal 1 random site for each copy of those conditions and the likelihood of triggering all of them requires careful deckbuilding and a coherent site-playing strategy, and it needs to be late game. I will remove the condition clause though.

Thranduil

[sickofpalantirs]

Whirl of Bats
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
At the end of the Shadow phase, you may spot an minion to reveal a random site from your adventure deck. If that site has Shadow number 1 or less, you may take an event into hand from your discard pile.
... still the great bats swirled about the heads and ears of elves and men...
H2 C 137
I really think this one should be unique.

Forging and Arming
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
At the end of the Shadow phase, spot an Orc to reveal a random site from your adventure deck. If it is a battleground, you may add .
H2 U 106
maybe end of each shadow phase? or would that be too powerful? IDK, 4 chances to reveal a battleground is an awful lot. mayhaps if it was end of your shadow phase 

Edge of the Wild
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
When you play this condition, you may reveal a random site from your opponent's adventure deck and replace your site on the adventure path with the revealed site.
Skirmish: Remove and reveal a barren site from your adventure deck to make an minion damage +1. (A barren site has no terrain keywords.)
The Wild was still the Wild...
H2 R 105

for the helpful deck.  so you could remove 3 and do nothing hypothetically.

[Thranduil]

maybe end of each shadow phase? or would that be too powerful? IDK, 4 chances to reveal a battleground is an awful lot. mayhaps if it was end of your shadow phase 

Sorry, obviously the cards should read "your Shadow phase" rather than "the Shadow phase". I'd forgotten that each player has their own Shadow phase.

for the helpful deck.  so you could remove 3 and do nothing hypothetically.

I think in your haste to review you might have misread the card: this is the 1 of the 3 which is not random!

Thranduil

[DáinIronfoot]

Whirl of Bats
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
At the end of your Shadow phase, you may spot an minion to reveal a random site from your adventure deck. If that site has Shadow number 1 or less, you may take an event into hand from your discard pile.
... still the great bats swirled about the heads and ears of elves and men...
H2 C 137

Hate to just repeat what the others have said, but I agree that it should probably be unique, or else further limited to prevent you from potentially nabbing four events. Maybe if you shuffled the events into your deck instead....

Forging and Arming
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
At the end of your Shadow phase, spot an Orc to reveal a random site from your adventure deck. If it is a battleground, you may add .
H2 U 106

As written right now, if you can spot an Orc, you HAVE to reveal the site. Is that intended? And I'd make it just add , be unique, and/or have a penalty if that site is NOT a battleground.

Edge of the Wild
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot an minion.
When you play this condition, you may reveal a random site from your opponent's adventure deck and replace your site on the adventure path with the revealed site.
Skirmish: Remove and reveal a barren site from your adventure deck to make an minion damage +1. (A barren site has no terrain keywords.)
The Wild was still the Wild...
H2 R 105

I like the barren idea. This card seems okay.

[Thranduil]

I've updated the cards according to suggestions (the compulsory bit was not intended, by the way). It's also good to have all the regular reviewers back and reviewing!

I think that's all the site-craziness in the Battle of Five Armies. But there are a few cards to add from the third set of the block, The White Council. And here they are!

•Host of the Misty Mountains
Minion • Orc
Str: 14
Vit: 4
Sit: 4
To play, spot an minion.
This minion's twilight cost is -1 for each site you have on the adventure path.
This minion's twilight cost is -1 for each condition borne by a companion.
But a great host of foes was arrayed on the slopes above them...
H3 R 99

Moria Watcher
Minion • Orc
Str: 10
Vit: 2
Sit: 4
Each time a site is revealed from your adventure deck, you may spot another minion to add .
… and they had the higher ground.
H3 U 104

• Golfimbul, Orkish King
Minion • Orc
Str: 11
Vit: 4
Sit: 4
Fierce. To play, spot an Orc.
Golfimbul is damage +1 and for each site in your adventure deck below 4.
At the start of the maneuver phase, you may remove to replace the current site with a battleground site from your adventure deck, where X is the Shadow number of the current site.
[His head] sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit-hole, and in this way the battle was won and the game of Golf invented at the same moment.
H3 R 95