multiplayer question

[Gil-Estel]

Yesterday I was in the weirdest game of lotr ever. We played multiplayer and one of us had Shapes Slowly Advancing out with a few tokens  . The other 3 players had no conditiondiscard, assuming (at least I did) that others would play conditiondiscard, so we were in somewhat of trouble. So we were aiming to kill him before he killed us. In the archeryphase though this question rised. He wanted to keep his nazguls alive, we all wanted them death. Who decides where the arrow goes after the archerytotal is decided?

[Elessar's Socks]

After the Free Peoples player assigns the minion archery total, he chooses a Shadow player, who assigns the fellowship archery total to his own minions. Probably picking the SSA player.

[lem0nhead]

The freeps does indeed choose a player. All the archery goes onto that persons minions assigned by him.

It can be a double edged sword. In your case Gil it is a blessing.

In my multiplayer games if someone was using archery, the shadow worked together and split the pool so we could play equal numbers of minions as to have overkill on the archery total and leave more minions alive than if 1 guy had played the same amount!

[GarrisonofGondor]

 What they said, But I have to point out that I hate the fact you can't make all shadow players assign Archery.

[jdizzy001]

Wait, so the freep player decides who gets the archery total?  But can he choose multiple targets, say 2 to one one 3 to the other?

[HawkeyeSPF]

nope, all freeps archery gets directed at one shadow player's minions

[Tempest123]

speaking of multiplayer when will some1 make a 3 player room

[Anautikus]

I always thought archery could be directed to whomever; didn't know only one shadow got it all.
Oh well, my friends and I will probably continue playing the "shoot the way you want;" it makes things more interesting.

[jdizzy001]

So, if I send an archery total of 9 at one opponent and he only soaks up 5 before he runs out of minions, what happens the other 4 archery?

[HawkeyeSPF]

The short answer is..."that's why you don't play FP archery in multiplayer games..."

[Elrohir]

The short answer is..."that's why you don't play FP archery in multiplayer games..."

I like playing archery in multiplayer decks. So you can be sure, which minions get the arrows. In a two player game, archery fire is splitted up to several minions. But in multiplayer games, people usually play fewer minions. It is like precision Targeting.

As Lemon said:

It can be a double edged sword. In your case Gil it is a blessing.

[jdizzy001]

Elrohir has a point.  Generally only 1 shadow player is going to have the twilight to put out hard minions.  If you eliminate him, the remaining minions should be easier to down.  But that isn't always the case