Rise of the Ring - The Hobbit

[Elf_Lvr]

Hah, thanks. Now go review my MtG set!

[DáinIronfoot]

•The Covering Darkness
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
When you play this condition, add a [gollum] token here.
Each time the Free Peoples player plays a skirmish event or uses a skirmish special ability, add a token here.
Maneuver: If you can spot 4 [gollum] tokens here, spot Gollum and discard this condition. The Free peoples player may not play skirmish events or use skirmish special abilities until the regroup phase.
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, / Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. / It lies behind stars and under hills, / And empty holes it fills. / It comes first and follows after, / Ends life, kills laughter.

I know it spots Gollum for the ability, but I think I'd still require spotting Gollum either to play it or for that initial token. I like it quite a bit, though.

A Tasty Fish
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time you play a [gollum] riddle, add a [gollum] token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot a [gollum] token here, discard this condition to heal Gollum for each token here.
Alive without breath, / As cold as death; / Never thirsty, ever drinking, / All in mail never clinking.

Heheh. Nice Fish for Gollum. Perhaps allow healing any minion, just for fun. Might be best to keep this unique, too.

•The Ravages of Time
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
At the start of each turn, add a token here.
Regroup: If you can spot 5 [gollum] tokens here, spot Gollum to discard each card borne by a companion. Discard this condition.
This thing all things devours: / Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; / Gnaws iron, bites steel; / Grinds hard stones to meal; / Slays king, ruins town, / And beats high mountain down.

Definately should spot Gollum (or Smeagol) to hit the table. I'd make it discard Gollum for the regroup as well, and perhaps remove some threats or burdens as well, because that is MEAN.

Sneaking About
Event • Shadow
Play Gollum from your draw deck or discard pile to reinforce a token.
He just throttled them from behind, if they ever came down alone anywhere near the edge of the water, while he was prowling about.

Awesome!

Solved the Riddle
Event • Shadow
Spot Gollum to reinforce a [gollum] token for every 2 [gollum] riddles you can spot.
But suddenly Gollum remembered thieving from nests long ago, and sitting under the river bank teaching his grandmother, teaching his grandmother to suck-"Eggses!" he hissed. "Eggses it is!"

I'd exert or increase the cost and add toil, but it's a nice idea, like the rest of these.

[Thranduil]

•The Covering Darkness
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
When you play this condition, add a [gollum] token here.
Each time the Free Peoples player plays a skirmish event or uses a skirmish special ability, add a token here.
Maneuver: If you can spot 4 [gollum] tokens here, spot Gollum and discard this condition. The Free peoples player may not play skirmish events or use skirmish special abilities until the regroup phase.
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, / Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. / It lies behind stars and under hills, / And empty holes it fills. / It comes first and follows after, / Ends life, kills laughter.

Interesting. I think I agree with DI.

A Tasty Fish
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time you play a [gollum] riddle, add a [gollum] token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot a [gollum] token here, discard this condition to heal Gollum for each token here.
Alive without breath, / As cold as death; / Never thirsty, ever drinking, / All in mail never clinking.

Solid. Do you need "If you can spot a token here..."?

•The Ravages of Time
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
At the start of each turn, add a token here.
Regroup: If you can spot 5 [gollum] tokens here, spot Gollum to discard each card borne by a companion. Discard this condition.
This thing all things devours: / Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; / Gnaws iron, bites steel; / Grinds hard stones to meal; / Slays king, ruins town, / And beats high mountain down.

I like this one! Nice title/text interaction!

Sneaking About
Event • Shadow
Play Gollum from your draw deck or discard pile to reinforce a token.
He just throttled them from behind, if they ever came down alone anywhere near the edge of the water, while he was prowling about.

Could be free easily.

Solved the Riddle
Event • Shadow
Spot Gollum to reinforce a [gollum] token for every 2 [gollum] riddles you can spot.
But suddenly Gollum remembered thieving from nests long ago, and sitting under the river bank teaching his grandmother, teaching his grandmother to suck-"Eggses!" he hissed. "Eggses it is!"

Rather, I would make it cost or and reinforce a token for each riddle.

Thranduil

[lem0nhead]

•The Covering Darkness
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
When you play this condition, add a [gollum] token here.
Each time the Free Peoples player plays a skirmish event or uses a skirmish special ability, add a token here.
Maneuver: If you can spot 4 [gollum] tokens here, spot Gollum and discard this condition. The Free peoples player may not play skirmish events or use skirmish special abilities until the regroup phase.
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, / Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. / It lies behind stars and under hills, / And empty holes it fills. / It comes first and follows after, / Ends life, kills laughter.

Wow thats hard. I might have chosen one or the other not both. This kills a fellowship at the site.

A Tasty Fish
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time you play a [gollum] riddle, add a [gollum] token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot a [gollum] token here, discard this condition to heal Gollum for each token here.
Alive without breath, / As cold as death; / Never thirsty, ever drinking, / All in mail never clinking.

Sweeet but might need unique as you could have 4 of these stacked up and do some really messed up combos. Imagine a skrimish phase with a gollum with 16 vitality?

•The Ravages of Time
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
At the start of each turn, add a token here.
Regroup: If you can spot 5 [gollum] tokens here, spot Gollum to discard each card borne by a companion. Discard this condition.
This thing all things devours: / Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; / Gnaws iron, bites steel; / Grinds hard stones to meal; / Slays king, ruins town, / And beats high mountain down.

Nice. I guess its costed higher due to reinforcing abilities.

Sneaking About
Event • Shadow
Play Gollum from your draw deck or discard pile to reinforce a token.
He just throttled them from behind, if they ever came down alone anywhere near the edge of the water, while he was prowling about.

Sound.

Solved the Riddle
Event • Shadow
Spot Gollum to reinforce a [gollum] token for every 2 [gollum] riddles you can spot.
But suddenly Gollum remembered thieving from nests long ago, and sitting under the river bank teaching his grandmother, teaching his grandmother to suck-"Eggses!" he hissed. "Eggses it is!"

Nice but due to the power of some of your riddles i might make this cost 2.

[sickofpalantirs]

•The Covering Darkness
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
When you play this condition, add a [gollum] token here.
Each time the Free Peoples player plays a skirmish event or uses a skirmish special ability, add a token here.
Maneuver: If you can spot 4 [gollum] tokens here, spot Gollum and discard this condition. The Free peoples player may not play skirmish events or use skirmish special abilities until the regroup phase.
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, / Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. / It lies behind stars and under hills, / And empty holes it fills. / It comes first and follows after, / Ends life, kills laughter.
fine,

A Tasty Fish
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time you play a [gollum] riddle, add a [gollum] token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot a [gollum] token here, discard this condition to heal Gollum for each token here.
Alive without breath, / As cold as death; / Never thirsty, ever drinking, / All in mail never clinking.
fine.

•The Ravages of Time
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
At the start of each turn, add a token here.
Regroup: If you can spot 5 [gollum] tokens here, spot Gollum to discard each card borne by a companion. Discard this condition.
This thing all things devours: / Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; / Gnaws iron, bites steel; / Grinds hard stones to meal; / Slays king, ruins town, / And beats high mountain down.
coolio.  could cost 2 though.

Sneaking About
Event • Shadow
Play Gollum from your draw deck or discard pile to reinforce a token.
He just throttled them from behind, if they ever came down alone anywhere near the edge of the water, while he was prowling about.
coolio.

Solved the Riddle
Event • Shadow
Spot Gollum to reinforce a [gollum] token for every 2 [gollum] riddles you can spot.
But suddenly Gollum remembered thieving from nests long ago, and sitting under the river bank teaching his grandmother, teaching his grandmother to suck-"Eggses!" he hissed. "Eggses it is!"

I would say for every one and set a limit

[Elf_Lvr]

Well, that's all the [gollum] riddles, but certainly not all the [gollum] cards - but I think, for sake of comparison - we should do the riddles next. Sound good? I know it does. 

Teeth, Of Course!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
When you play this condition, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 2 tokens here, discard this condition to make Bilbo strength +2.
"'Thirty white horses on a red hill, / First they champ, / Then they stamp, / Then they stand still.'"

Eggses It Is!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time you play a Riddle, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 3 tokens here, discard this condition to heal Bilbo twice.
"'A box without hinges, key, or lid, / Yet golden treasure inside is hid.'"

•The Sun on the Daisies
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
Each time the fellowship moves, add a token here.
Fellowship: Remove 2 tokens from here to play he fellowship's next site.
Regroup: If you can spot 2 tokens here and the fellowship is at a dwelling site, discard this condition to reinforce 3 tokens.
"'An eye in a blue face / Saw an eye in a green face. / "That eye is like to this eye" / Said the first eye, / "But in low place, / Not in high place."'"

The One Ring, The Precious
Vitality: +2
While wearing The One Ring, each time the bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
While the Ring-bearer is the only companion you can spot, bearer is strength +2.
Fellowship: Wear The One Ring until the regroup phase.
"He had a ring, a golden ring, a precious ring."

[lem0nhead]

Teeth, Of Course!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
When you play this condition, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 2 tokens here, discard this condition to make Bilbo strength +2.
"'Thirty white horses on a red hill, / First they champ, / Then they stamp, / Then they stand still.'"

Probably not worth using really. Why use it if you discard it?

Eggses It Is!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time you play a Riddle, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 3 tokens here, discard this condition to heal Bilbo twice.
"'A box without hinges, key, or lid, / Yet golden treasure inside is hid.'"

Bit more worth it but make it free so its proper worth it.

•The Sun on the Daisies
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
Each time the fellowship moves, add a token here.
Fellowship: Remove 2 tokens from here to play he fellowship's next site.
Regroup: If you can spot 2 tokens here and the fellowship is at a dwelling site, discard this condition to reinforce 3 tokens.
"'An eye in a blue face / Saw an eye in a green face. / "That eye is like to this eye" / Said the first eye, / "But in low place, / Not in high place."'"

Could cost less.

The One Ring, The Precious
Vitality: +2
While wearing The One Ring, each time the bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
While the Ring-bearer is the only companion you can spot, bearer is strength +2.
Fellowship: Wear The One Ring until the regroup phase.
"He had a ring, a golden ring, a precious ring."

Nice.... I like it!

[sickofpalantirs]

Well, that's all the [gollum] riddles, but certainly not all the [gollum] cards - but I think, for sake of comparison - we should do the riddles next. Sound good? I know it does. 

Teeth, Of Course!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
When you play this condition, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 2 tokens here, discard this condition to make Bilbo strength +2.
"'Thirty white horses on a red hill, / First they champ, / Then they stamp, / Then they stand still.'"
sure

Eggses It Is!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time you play a Riddle, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 3 tokens here, discard this condition to heal Bilbo twice.
"'A box without hinges, key, or lid, / Yet golden treasure inside is hid.'"
fine

•The Sun on the Daisies
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
Each time the fellowship moves, add a token here.
Fellowship: Remove 2 tokens from here to play he fellowship's next site.
Regroup: If you can spot 2 tokens here and the fellowship is at a dwelling site, discard this condition to reinforce 3 tokens.
"'An eye in a blue face / Saw an eye in a green face. / "That eye is like to this eye" / Said the first eye, / "But in low place, / Not in high place."'"
fine

The One Ring, The Precious
Vitality: +2
While wearing The One Ring, each time the bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
While the Ring-bearer is the only companion you can spot, bearer is strength +2.
Fellowship: Wear The One Ring until the regroup phase.
"He had a ring, a golden ring, a precious ring."

interesting...

[DáinIronfoot]

Teeth, Of Course!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
When you play this condition, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 2 tokens here, discard this condition to make Bilbo strength +2.
"'Thirty white horses on a red hill, / First they champ, / Then they stamp, / Then they stand still.'"

I think I'd prefer it cost or , unique it, and the ability be reusable (removing 2 tokens each time, perhaps). But it seems okay this way.

Eggses It Is!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time you play a Riddle, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 3 tokens here, discard this condition to heal Bilbo twice.
"'A box without hinges, key, or lid, / Yet golden treasure inside is hid.'"

No issues here.

•The Sun on the Daisies
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
Each time the fellowship moves, add a token here.
Fellowship: Remove 2 tokens from here to play he fellowship's next site.
Regroup: If you can spot 2 tokens here and the fellowship is at a dwelling site, discard this condition to reinforce 3 tokens.
"'An eye in a blue face / Saw an eye in a green face. / "That eye is like to this eye" / Said the first eye, / "But in low place, / Not in high place."'"

Neato!

The One Ring, The Precious
Vitality: +2
While wearing The One Ring, each time the bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
While the Ring-bearer is the only companion you can spot, bearer is strength +2.
Fellowship: Wear The One Ring until the regroup phase.
"He had a ring, a golden ring, a precious ring."

Hey...that's one WEIRD riddle.

Should be "each time bearer is about to take a wound", shouldn't it? It's interesting how you simply can't wear it if you double (or triple!), which makes it a bit less attractive in, say, solo Smeagol decks. But this DOES make solo Ring-bearer decks much, much more viable.

[Thranduil]

Teeth, Of Course!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
When you play this condition, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 2 tokens here, discard this condition to make Bilbo strength +2.
"'Thirty white horses on a red hill, / First they champ, / Then they stamp, / Then they stand still.'"

Seems fair enough. Is Bilbo the Ring-bearer in this set?

Eggses It Is!
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time you play a Riddle, add a token here.
Skirmish: If you can spot 3 tokens here, discard this condition to heal Bilbo twice.
"'A box without hinges, key, or lid, / Yet golden treasure inside is hid.'"

Again fair enough. I think I'd rather spot Bilbo, and then heal a Hobbit twice.

•The Sun on the Daisies
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
To play, spot Bilbo.
Each time the fellowship moves, add a token here.
Fellowship: Remove 2 tokens from here to play he fellowship's next site.
Regroup: If you can spot 2 tokens here and the fellowship is at a dwelling site, discard this condition to reinforce 3 tokens.
"'An eye in a blue face / Saw an eye in a green face. / "That eye is like to this eye" / Said the first eye, / "But in low place, / Not in high place."'"

To me this seems really good site placement in . I like the regroup action, but I'm wondering if the card a) needs the fellowship action, and b) would be better if the fellowship action discarded it.

The One Ring, The Precious
Vitality: +2
While wearing The One Ring, each time the bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
While the Ring-bearer is the only companion you can spot, bearer is strength +2.
Fellowship: Wear The One Ring until the regroup phase.
"He had a ring, a golden ring, a precious ring."

I also don't like solo strategies; I think they're boring and un-fun so I would not want to endorse them, but this ring seems fair enough.

Thranduil

[Elf_Lvr]

So... I haven't updated this in a while. But I figured... this is more important than my schoolwork for the moment. I.E. I feel more like it. So, here's some new DC's. Finally.

Fish By the Fire
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time a Hobbit wins a skirmish, you may add a token here.
Maneuver: If you can spot 3 tokens here, discard this condition to make a minion lose its game text until the regroup phase.
"'No-legs lay on one-leg, two-legs sat near on three-legs, four-legs got some.'"

•The Ring is Found
Condition
Bearer must be a Ring-bearer.
Skirmish: Discard this condition to put on or take off the One Ring.
Regroup: Exert the Ring-bearer to remove a burden. Discard this condition.
"He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel."

•Sting, Blade of Gondolin
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +2
Bearer must be a Ring-bearer.
At the end of each skirmish involving bearer, if bearer wears The One Ring, discard each minion in that skirmish.
"'But somehow he was comforted. It was rather splendid to be wearing a blade made in Gondolin for the goblin-wars of which so many songs had sung...'"

[lem0nhead]

Fish By the Fire
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time a Hobbit wins a skirmish, you may add a token here.
Maneuver: If you can spot 3 tokens here, discard this condition to make a minion lose its game text until the regroup phase.
"'No-legs lay on one-leg, two-legs sat near on three-legs, four-legs got some.'"

Seems a little too much effort. Why not just remove the tokens and not discard?

•The Ring is Found
Condition
Bearer must be your Ring-bearer.
Skirmish: Discard this condition to put on or take off the One Ring.
Regroup: Exert the Ring-bearer to remove a burden. Discard this condition.
"He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel."

Dont need the word 'your' just 'a' as only 1 rb is ever active. Think its good enough without the random regroup ability.

•Sting, Blade of Gondolin
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +2
Bearer must be your Ring-bearer.
At the end of each skirmish involving bearer, if bearer wears The One Ring, discard each minion in that skirmish.
"'But somehow he was comforted. It was rather splendid to be wearing a blade made in Gondolin for the goblin-wars of which so many songs had sung...'"

See above point. Nice, dont know if it would be used but certainly may lead to an interesting deck type.

[Thranduil]

Fish By the Fire
Condition • Support Area
Riddle.
Each time a Hobbit wins a skirmish, you may add a token here.
Maneuver: If you can spot 3 tokens here, discard this condition to make a minion lose its game text until the regroup phase.
"'No-legs lay on one-leg, two-legs sat near on three-legs, four-legs got some.'"

No I think this does need to discard the condition because it's a very good ability which is not one of 's strengths. I'm not a fan of this being non-unique, though. I think with the token adding I'd rather it cost and was unique. Then maybe you could remove tokens instead of discarding.

•The Ring is Found
Condition
Bearer must be your Ring-bearer.
Skirmish: Discard this condition to put on or take off the One Ring.
Regroup: Exert the Ring-bearer to remove a burden. Discard this condition.
"He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel."

Yeah, I agree with lem0n - it's pretty awesome without the second ability.

•Sting, Blade of Gondolin
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +2
Bearer must be your Ring-bearer.
At the end of each skirmish involving bearer, if bearer wears The One Ring, discard each minion in that skirmish.
"'But somehow he was comforted. It was rather splendid to be wearing a blade made in Gondolin for the goblin-wars of which so many songs had sung...'"

Very interesting. I like it!

Thranduil

[lem0nhead]

Changed my mind about the first one after reading Thrans review. I agree with him! I failed to notice the non uniqueness anyway when i reviewed but the elf king definately speaks sense.

[sickofpalantirs]

definitly go with thran on the first.