Quick update on the tournament:
1] I met a random guy in the club today who said he was keen to come along. He hasn't played since fellowship of the ring as far as I can tell (or possibly 2 towers(, and so it might be a steep learning curve for him. I said that he would be welcome to join us and we would help him out (I mentioned that he would probably need new sites). I figure that he probably doesn't know anything about the X-list or R-list, but we probably shouldn't complain too much, especially if he doesn't really know any of the cards we'll probably be using. Do you guys agree with me about this issue?
2] I found some ridiculously priced boxes of Ages End, so I bought 6 with the intention of using them as a basis of drafting/sealed. The 6 boxes set me back £30 total, £5 each. I figure that if you want to keep the boxes, pay me the £5. If not, I'll keep them.
3] In addition, Dave, the guy who runs fanboy 3 has ordered 3 booster displays of LotR! One each of Shadows,
Black Rider and Bloodlines. He has suggested that we pay £10 to the shop for the day, use the boosters as we see fit, and at the end of the day we will have split all the boosters! We can use them as prize support, and to draft with.
4] My suggestion then, for maximum entertainment value, is that we draft the boosters - 3 packs each, 1 from each set, with sealed Ages End to complete the decks and build around. Ages End gives ringbearer, ring, 19 FP and 19 Shadow cards. Since draft decks need only be 40 cards big (you reshuffle once), it should be easy to make playable legal decks. The only thing we would need would be sites, which we can always use our main deck sites for, or come prepared with a selection of 9 sites you would want.
5I love draft very very much, and have never drafted LotR at all, and would really love to give it a go. If the rest of you disagree with me, we could do the same thing but sealed with the booster packs. Perhaps Ages End plus 6 packs, 2 from each set, would make a good limited environment, again, with added sites.
Either way, I suggest that you keep what you open and we use the rest of the packs for prize support in the 2 events.
6] I hope we will be able to get at least 6 players, but if there is an odd number, then I will drop out of the main event to allow everyone else to play.
Let's have votes for sealed vs. draft, and then we can think about distribution of prize support.
Anvar
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