Virtual DC Contest Winners (Rounds 1-10)

[Thranduil]

Round 1 - Shieldmaiden
The Weight of a Legacy (V)
Condition • Support Area
Skirmish: Exert a Orc to make a companion bearing an artifact strength -2.
"...the same blood flows through my veins, the same weakness."
1 V 282

Round 2 - Lem0nhead
Beauty Is Fading (V)
Event • Maneuver
This event's twilight cost is -1 for each companion you can spot bearing a condition.
Exert a Nazgûl and spot a companion bearing X Wraith condtions to add X burdens.
"'...the Three will fail, and many fair things will fade and be forgotten.'"
1 V 202

Round 3 - Anvar
No Ordinary Storm (V)
Event • Shadow
Weather.
Choose one: reveal 2 weather cards from hand to play Saruman from your draw deck or discard pile; or discard X weather cards from hand and exert Saruman to exert X companions.
"'This is the work of Saruman!'"
1 V 130

Round 4 - Hobbiton Lad
Dwarf Guard (V)
Companion • Dwarf
Str: 4
Vit: 3
Res: 6
To play, spot a Dwarf.
While you can spot only Dwarves (except the Ring-bearer) in the fellowship, this companion is strength +2 and damage +1.
Dwarves from Dain's people are stout companions, trustworthy and loyal.
1 V 7

Lórien Elf (V)
Companion • Elf
Str: 4
Vit: 3
Res: 6
To play, spot an Elf.
While you can spot only Elves (except the Ring-bearer) in the fellowship, this companion is strength +2 and gains muster.
...we dwell now in the heart of the forest, and do not willingly have dealings with any other folk
1 V 53

Round 5 - AnxiousChieftain
• Úlairë Attëa, the Easterling (V)
Minion • Nazgûl
Str: 12
Vit: 3
Sit: 3
Twilight.
While the Ring-bearer is exhausted, Úlairë Attëa is twilight cost -3 and fierce.
Regroup: Exert Úlairë Attëa and discard a card from hand to make the Free Peoples player choose to either exert the Ring-bearer or add a burden.
"'They had words with Harry at Westgate on Monday.... He was white and shaking when They left him.'"
2 V 82

Thranduil
Elven Cloak (V)
Event • Response
If a companion with resistance 4 or more is about to take a wound, spot an Elf to prevent that wound.
At the start of the regroup phase, you may exert an Elf ally or discard an follower to take this event into hand from your discard pile.
'"They are fair garments, and the web is good, for it was made in this land."'
1 V 42

Round 6 - NappyKorn
• Saruman, Keeper of Isengard (V)
Minion • Wizard
Str: 8
Vit: 4
Sit: 4
Saruman may not take wounds during the archery phase and may not be assigned to a skirmish.
Uruk-hai are strength +1 for each site you control (limit +3).
Each time an Uruk-hai wins a skirmish you may heal Saruman.
Skirmish: Exert Saruman twice to take control of a site.
"Hunt them down. Do not stop until they are found. You do not know pain, you do not know fear. You will taste man-flesh."
3 V 68

DainIronfoot
• Sting (V)
Possession • Hand Weapon
Str: +2
Bearer must be Frodo.
At the start of each skirmish involving Frodo, you may exert him (or add if he is skirmishing an Orc) to play a skirmish event from your draw deck.
"Then he drew it, and its polished and well-tended blade glittered suddenly, cold and bright."
1 V 313

Round 7 - NappyKorn
• Bilbo, Retired Adventurer (V)
Follower
Res: +1
Aid –
To play spot a companion.
Each time you transfer this to a companion, you may draw a card.
Each time you transfer this to an companion you may heal a companion.
Each time you transfer this to a companion you may reinforce a token.
"...You will keep an eye on Frodo, won't you?"
1 V 284

Round 8 - Mr Lurtzy
One Whom Men Would Follow (V)
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot 2 Men.
Each time a follower is transferred to a companion, you may exert Aragorn to heal that companion or discard a condition borne by that companion.
"In the stern sat Aragorn son of Arathorn, proud and erect, guiding the boat with skilful strokes; his hood was cast back, and his dark hair was blowing in the wind, a light was in his eyes: a king returning from exile to his own land."
1 V 109

DáinIronfoot
Support of the Last Homely House (V)
Event • Skirmish
To play, spot an Elf.
Transfer an follower from a companion to your support area to make that companion strength +3.
"Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear, and sadness."
1 V 64

Swan-ship of the Galadhrim (V)
Event • Archery
To play, spot an Elf.
Transfer an follower from a companion to your support area to make the fellowship archery total +1.
"..and suddenly they percieved it was a ship, wrought and carved with elven-skill in the likeness of a bird."
1 V 65

Round 9 - Anvar
Too Great and Terrible (V)
Event • Assignment
Spot a Nazgûl and a companion to prevent that companion being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may add a burden to prevent this.
"His eyes flashed and his face was lit as by a fire within. 'Do not tempt me! For I do not wish to become like the Dark Lord himself.'"
3 V 85

Terrible as the Dawn (V)
Event • Assignment
Spot a minion and a companion to prevent that companion being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may add a threat to prevent this.
"'In the place of the Dark Lord, you would have a Queen... All shall love me and despair!'"
3 V 103

Can you protect me from yourself? (V)
Event • Assignment
Spot an minion and a companion to prevent that companion being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may exert that companion to prevent this.

Such a little thing (V)
Event • Assignment
Spot a minion and a companion to prevent that companion being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may discard 2 cards from hand to prevent this.

Why shouldn't I keep it? (V)
Event • Assignment
Spot a minion and a companion to prevent that companion being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may discard 3 cards from the top of his or her draw deck to prevent this.

Round 10 - Thranduil
Storm of Argument (V)
Event • Maneuver
Spot 2 Dwarves to shuffle this card into your draw deck face-up.
When this card is the top card of your draw deck, discard it to make each Dwarf strength +1 and damage +1 until the end of the turn. If it is not your turn, shuffle this card instead back into your draw deck face-up.
"‘I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf!'"
3 V 6

Friends of Old (V)
Event • Maneuver
Spot 2 Elves to shuffle this card into your draw deck face-up.
When this card is the top card of your draw deck, discard it to heal 3 companions and remove 2 threats. If it is not your turn, shuffle this card instead back into your draw deck face-up.
"‘Middle-Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite or you will fall.'"
3 V 16

His First Serious Check (V)
Event • Maneuver
Spot Gandalf to shuffle this card into your draw deck face-up.
When this card is the top card of your draw deck, discard it to make Gandalf strength +3 until the end of the turn and discard a Shadow card from play. If it is not your turn, shuffle this card instead back into your draw deck face-up.
"‘… a false turn now might be disastrous.'"
3 V 33

Might of Númenor (V)
Event • Maneuver
Spot 2 Men to shuffle this card into your draw deck face-up.
When this card is the top card of your draw deck, discard it to reinforce 3 tokens and play a tale from your discard pile. If it is not your turn, shuffle this card instead back into your draw deck face-up.
"'But the lords of Minas Tirith still fight on...'"
3 V 43

Coming for the Ring (V)
Event • Maneuver
Spot 2 minions to shuffle this card into your draw deck face-up.
When this card is the top card of your draw deck, discard it to heal each minion and exert a companion. If it is your turn, shuffle this card instead back into your draw deck face-up.
"'The Halfling has something of great value...'"
3 V 51

Dangerous Gamble (V)
Event • Maneuver
Spot 3 minions to shuffle this card into your draw deck face-up.
When this card is the top card of your draw deck, discard it to add 2 threats and play a card from your discard pile. If it is your turn, shuffle this card instead back into your draw deck face-up.
"Almost they began to hope that they would escape."
3 V 76

They Will Never Stop Hunting You (V)
Event • Maneuver
Spot a Nazgûl to shuffle this card into your draw deck face-up.
When this card is the top card of your draw deck, discard it to play a Nazgûl from your hand at twilight cost -4 and make each Nazgûl fierce until the end of the turn. If it is your turn, shuffle this card instead back into your draw deck face-up.
"‘At all times they feel the presence of the Ring, drawn to the power of the One.'"
3 V 84

The Dark Lord Advances (V)
Event • Maneuver
Spot 2 minions to shuffle this card into your draw deck face-up.
When this card is the top card of your draw deck, discard it to add a burden and discard the top 5 cards of the Free Peoples player's draw deck. If it is your turn, shuffle this card instead back into your draw deck face-up.
"‘The power of the Black Land grows and we are hard beset.'"
3 V 87

Meant to be Alone (V)
Event • Maneuver
Spot 2 Hobbits to shuffle this card into your draw deck face-up.
When this card is the top card of your draw deck, discard it to remove 2 burdens and heal the Ring-bearer twice. If it is not your turn, shuffle this card instead back into your draw deck face-up.
"'I'm going to Mordor, alone!'"
3 V 109

[NappyKorn]

Wow, am I really the only 2 round winner so far? Makes me wish I had started on time.

[lem0nhead]

Thats really sad ive been in since the start and you pwned me NK! Makes me GLAD that you didnt start! You DC darkhorse you.

Thran when i said who won so far, werent we getting points? I thought it was a cumulative thing. Who won with the msot points overall?

[Thranduil]

It is a cumulative thing - but I have no idea how many points each of us have because I haven't counted it yet!

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[lem0nhead]

But you will do right? That was the point yes?

[Thranduil]

Yes, that was indeed the point. And I will do so - never fear my juicy-headed friend!

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[lem0nhead]

Thank you. I am most intrigued to see how pear shaped it went for me after an initially promising start. Darn that Nk swooping in and pwning me!

[Thranduil]

Didn't you persuade him to join in?

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[lem0nhead]

LOL shush my friend shush. Yeah i might have done  But to be fair he did say he hadnt got a clue what to do so i thought i was helping, not shooting myself in the foot!

[Thranduil]

Now updated with the winners of this round. Interestingly, the 2 in equal first place were different cards!

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[Thranduil]

Now updated with the winning cards from round 9.

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[Anvar]

Should we fill out the rest of the cycle for round 9? Shouldn't be all that hard. Here are my initial thoughts. Note that I think Moria should be the easiest to prevent, since the Moria card in this cycle has the most potential for damage with a large swarm.

Can you protect me from yourself? (V)
Event • Assignment
Spot an minion and a companion to prevent that companion being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may exert that companion to prevent this.

Such a little thing (V)
Event • Assignment
Spot a minion and a companion to prevent that companion being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may discard 2 cards from hand to prevent this.

Why shouldn't I keep it? (V)
Event • Assignment
Spot a minion and a companion to prevent that companion being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase. The Free Peoples player may discard 3 cards from the top of his or her draw deck to prevent this.

[Thranduil]

I think I would make the one discard cards from hand and the one discard cards from the top of your draw deck.

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[Anvar]

Yeah, I could go for that. Except if it's cards from the top of the draw deck it had better be a fair few cards, as that is an easy cost to pay. 5 cards maybe?

[Thranduil]

Yeah, I could go for that. Except if it's cards from the top of the draw deck it had better be a fair few cards, as that is an easy cost to pay. 5 cards maybe?

It's easy, but the whole point of this cycle you said to me was to stop your opponent from being able to use the prevention clause, which is why I suggested discarding from the draw deck to work with mill. So it might not need to be that high if you're building a whole deck around it.

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