AUSTRIAN FORMAT

[Ringbearer]

Ettenmoors and healing nazgul are way worse...infinitive strength....and everyone here likes the sound of infinitive right? Exert +2 heal, exert +2 heal......love it...

Ulaire Enquea, Thrall of the One.... exert, hela to add burden, exert, heal to add burden....

[TheJord]

Site 2 win...

[NappyKorn]

Well 1 thing wrong with Ulaire Enquea, Thrall of the One and Ettenmoors.

Ettenmoors states you can exert your character to make it strength +1, BUT it can't be an enduring Character and we all know Ulaire Enquea, Thrall of the One is infact ENDURING.

Ettenmoors and healing nazgul are way worse...infinitive strength....and everyone here likes the sound of infinitive right? Exert +2 heal, exert +2 heal......love it...

Ulaire Enquea, Thrall of the One.... exert, hela to add burden, exert, heal to add burden....

....but then again maybe I missed something here, I onl;y read the topic from the top of this page .

[TheJord]

Read the Movie block Ettenmoors*!

[NappyKorn]

I thought movie block still had to use King block sites though.

[TheJord]

They are talking about using old sites in this Austria format, which uses new sites. So to allow people with old sites only to play, but as you can see it is cropping up some problems (Ettenmoors Enquae auto win, Balrog, DoM at -6 from draw deck!!!)

[NappyKorn]

Yeah it appears that they will make Austrian format broken or OP if they use rules like this. I talked with Olorin82 the other day and mentioned I liked the idea of this format (even back when G-E was mentioning it to me), but trying to make it more playable to others without the proper sites will infact ruin it. Better to just stick with your normal site path as they aren't that hard to get f you buy a few starter decks and such . Anyway go Austrian format, me likes. I will try to introduce it to Ulmo and CCCORNIV if/when we get together for a gaming day .

[Elrohir]

Yeah it appears that they will make Austrian format broken

Exactly what I think  That is too much! Austria-Format is perfect as it was. Standard and block Formats are perfect.
Expanded and Open are broken.
The best would be to play standard or Austria Format.

[TheJord]

I dont know about Expanded being broken.... I have rarely come across a deck that can deliver a swift death, as all the Free Peoples decks are so much harder. But if you go in with a casual deck against a well designed Expanded deck, get the buckets out coz it will hurt.

Open on the other hand is terrifying

[NappyKorn]

I agree with TJ about Expanded, not broken, but difinitely a good challenge. The strength of the shadow kills in expanded can be countered but the strengths of a well built freeps . Of course everyone has an opinion and everyone here deserve one. If you don't like a particular format you can just avoid the play. A good opponent will respect that and feels comfortable playing in any format (except for maybe open where it is just a race to get your loop before the opponent ).

Anyway the more formats that can come out of this game will only make it stronger. Hats off to those with ideas for new formats .

[TheJord]

I like the way it involves old and new players, especially as getting a PC and new cards still seems some way off.

[Olorin]

...seems it causes the expected troubles...

...any volunteers to build and then testing/playing those decks and reporting back to us???

...and yeah... open format is just horrible...

...but maybe, if I am/we are doing more work on "PR" for this format... it may get well established... who knows... ;-)

[Smeagollum]

A lot of questions!

1. Elrohir, There is a lot of sightseeing in Amsterdam and also a lot of longbottomleaf (but not in   two klaveren, otherwise I don't have a judge).
2. Yes CS is the right trainstation. From there you take tram 13 to elizabeth Wolfstraat. then walk 100 meters further and you will be there.
3. About using old sites. I don't agree with you. What you can say is that the new version of a site is the regular version. That means that an old version of bridge and ettenmoors can not be played.

4. how many people. Well a lot of people are not very clear. I asked to pm me so that I can make a list. so far 2 people responded on that. A few people said on the other tread that they would come and I know of hw many people from our group (amsterdam) will play.

amsterdam:
Henk Maul,
Martijn Goedhart,
Andre (don't know his last name)
Menno Kronenburg
Mo ten Have
Erwin
Myself

resonded by pm:
Mctonno
ringbearer (if he agrees to my suggestion)

responded on thread:
Bas Melis (with 2 friends)
Jeroen Kassenberg
Marcel Mathijssen
Gil Estel (I asume with friends)
Elrohir (with 2 friends?)

Possible:

Chris Goedhart
Peter Jackson
Andy Serkis


well maybe not the last 2... but people are allowed to dream don't they
Judge:

Marc Hameleers


So round about 20. If people are not on the list please MAIL me!!!