Reflections II - Complete List

[Ulmo]

Good thinking.  But if the minion is stacked and you discard, it still goes back into the Shadow dispard pile.  What about 'removing from the game'?  I personally don't like that mechanic, just throwing stuff out there.

[Cw0rk]

I think that this Book of Mazarbul is overpowered. I would reduce it to strength +1 and damage +1.

[Thranduil]

Toned down the book. Let's see what else I've got for ...

How about some followers? The first followers in the history of the game.

Dwarven Axemen
Follower • Dwarf
Str: +1
Aid - discard the top 3 cards of your draw deck.
Skirmish: Discard your tale condition from play to exert a minion bearer is skirmishing. If that card was a tale, draw a card.
R2 R 6

Dwarven Longbeards
Follower • Dwarf
Aid - discard the top 2 cards of your draw deck.
Skirmish: Exert bearer and transfer this follower to your support area to play a skirmish event from your discard pile.
R2 R 7

•Carc, Raven of Erebor
Follower • Beast
Str: +2
Aid - spot a companion and draw a card.
Each time bearer wins a skirmish, each player discards the top 2 cards of his or her draw deck.
R2 R+ 5

[Cw0rk]

These followers are pretty cool. I like the 'Aid' you chose.

Carc might need a bit of cultural enforcement.

Are you sure that you have toned down the Book? Your previous post is still un-edited.

[Thranduil]

These followers are pretty cool. I like the 'Aid' you chose.

Carc might need a bit of cultural enforcement.

Changed. And is slightly different.

Are you sure that you have toned down the Book? Your previous post is still un-edited.

Yes it is, but I changed it in my database! Forgot to change it here...

[Anvar]

Seems like Carc is really a bit good. Draws a card every maneuver phase while giving one of your characters +2 strength. I would play this in every combat deck BUT dwarves who have a bit of a penalty, to my mind at least.

I would want to see a reason not to play it in a dwarf free deck.

Anvar

[Thranduil]

Seems like Carc is really a bit good. Draws a card every maneuver phase while giving one of your characters +2 strength. I would play this in every combat deck BUT dwarves who have a bit of a penalty, to my mind at least.

I would want to see a reason not to play it in a dwarf free deck.

Yeah... Not sure what I was thinking. Rejigged.

[Sam, Great Elf Warrior]

Carc still seems pretty powerful (free card and strength +2). His effect may be annoying, but its annoying to everyone (moreso to your opponents who can't see it coming).

[Thranduil]

I'll have to think about Carc. I think it conveys bringing messages reasonably well, but I may well change it when I have inspiration to do so.

Now some more follower orientated cards:

Assembled Host
Event • Fellowship
Tale.
Draw a card for each of your followers you can spot.
R2 R 2

•Fire of Their Anger
Condition • Support Area
Tale. Toil 2.
Each follower you play gains toil 1.
Each companion bearing your follower is enduring 1.
R2 R+ 8

•Náin, Lord of the Iron Hills
Companion • Dwarf
Str: 5
Vit: 4
Res: 7
Valiant.
While bearing your follower, Náin is strength +2.
Regroup: Exert Náin twice to transfer your follower to him.
"Then Náin stood before the Gate and cried with a great voice, 'Azog, if you are in come out! Or is the play in the valley too rough?'"
R2 R 10



I also realised that the Óri I posted before from memory was not exactly the card I had in my metaphorical file. So here he is:

•Óri, Chronicler of Moria
Companion • Dwarf
Str: 6
Vit: 3
Res: 6
At the start of each fellowship phase, you may exert Óri to take a Free Peoples tale or a possession into hand from your discard pile.
R2 R 11

[Cw0rk]

I like all of these cards. However I still wouldn't specify Free Peoples tale card on Ori.

[Thranduil]

I've thought about people's complaints that a lot of these cards didn't feel exciting enough to be in a Reflections set, and I've redone some of them (and a lot more which you won't have seen yet):

Corsair Captain
Minion • Man
Str: 8
Vit: 3
Sit: 6
Enduring 2.
When you play this minion, you may exert him any number of times to play the same number of conditions or possessions from your draw deck. Shuffle your draw deck.
R2 R 40

Corsair Raider
Minion • Man
Str: 6
Vit: 3
Sit: 6
When you play this minion, you may spot a companion with X wounds to reinforce a token X times.
R2 R 41


I've also rethought the Ring for the set and decided to go with something completely different (bear in mind the subtitle is obviously a work in progress!):

•The One Ring, Needs Allies
Str: +1
Res: +1
Maneuver: Make the Ring-bearer wear The One Ring until the regroup phase.
Maneuver: If the Ring-bearer is not wearing The One Ring, add 2 burdens to transfer a follower from your support area or companion to him or her.
While the Ring-bearer is wearing The One Ring, each time he or she is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
R2 R+ 1

[Cw0rk]

Corsair Captain is cool.

Corsair Raider, I'm not sure about the wording here... When you play this minion, you may spot a companion with X wounds to reinforce X [men] tokens. would sound better but I'm not familiar with how post-shadows cards are worded.

This One Ring is weird. You want to transfer companions on the ring-bearer? A ring that works with followers can be cool I guess. Just like the one from the previous Reflections set worked with Rings.

[Thranduil]

Corsair Raider, I'm not sure about the wording here... When you play this minion, you may spot a companion with X wounds to reinforce X [men] tokens. would sound better but I'm not familiar with how post-shadows cards are worded.

As far as I understand it, the current wording allows you to reinforce tokens only one 1 condition. Your wording allows you to spread them however you like.

This One Ring is weird. You want to transfer companions on the ring-bearer? A ring that works with followers can be cool I guess. Just like the one from the previous Reflections set worked with Rings.

It's quite rough at the moment, but I realised I should have been emphasising the follower theme and I was trying to think about the best way to do that. (Plus, I wanted to reuse the moving Ring I had already designed somewhere else). This was just my original rough idea, but I'm more than open for suggestions.

Thranduil

[Thranduil]

Any other reviews? Not even 1? Rings normally get a lot of responses.

Not that I don't value your opinion Cw0rk!...

Thranduil

[legolas3333]

the subtitle should be more along the lines of "In Need Of Support" or "In The Hands Of The Fellowship" other then that it's good