i played an orc swarm against a player, who started only with
gandalf, the grey pilgrim and frodo. i started against a moria swarm and he had a lot of card draw in his deck.
he played
elrond, lord of rivendell and
foul creation. then he saw my hand

. three goblin runners and two cheap sauron orcs. he used elrond to draw two more cards, but he didn´t draw a companion. so he conceded the game, before he even moved

.
i played against an sauron orc corruption deck with
orc officer and
enduring evil. at site 9 he overwhelmed my frodo and produced a big bunch of burdens, but there was no ring-bearer. then i moved the ring to sam, who survived untouched and in great shape.
i played a deck with
legolas, dauntless hunter,
aragorn, heir to the white city,
bill the pony,
a talent for not being seen and
three monstrous trolls. my shadow was sauron swarm with site control,
orc captain card draw and
forces of mordor. my opponent was the most famous moria player of mannheim and he played - moria. i moved on and survived
cavern entrance (the old one without even skirmish events). he died right there.