First Gemp-LotR Sealed FotR League

[ramolnar]

Congratulations to hsiale for defeating me and winning Week 1. He bid 3, I bid 3, he won the die roll and was smart enough to start Arwen. After the 1-4 triple, it was basically over.

http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=ramolnar$03r88zxesmtnu5xy

[hsiale]

http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=hsiale$n569slol0aleu713 - tiebreaker game.

Not too much history in it, we both bid 3, I got to choose, went first. We both drew many companions early so our shadow sides could do nothing to fellowships. We tripled to site 4 (Bree Gate increased move limit), then doubled to 6 and 8, I finished with 9 companions walking to 9 while 9 companions of ramolnar were sitting at 8. Most funny moment of the game was when I played Hide and Seek on one of my minions to which ramolnar immediately replied playing Seek and Hide

I think this game highlighted what many previous games shown - fellowships are very strong currently, especially if they're lucky to go up to many companions right at the start. I think it could help if together with boosters for series 2 we also get a copy of Ulaire Enquea, LoM. This series I very often finished the game in 4 turns, at least twice doubling 7-9 through Anduin Banks and Tol Brandir, which is really tough combination of sites.

[jahataku]

when i logged in this morning in the pop up box were 6 boosters (2 for each edition) but in the deck builder i could open only 3, just as the last week...

[hsiale]

3 of them were for league deck, the other were league prizes, unavailable for league deck and added straight to your permanent collection (you can find it in deck builder choosing "My cards" from dropdown).

[MarcinS]

when i logged in this morning in the pop up box were 6 boosters (2 for each edition) but in the deck builder i could open only 3, just as the last week...

What hsiale said. I'll change the display later to show two windows, one for each collection type (league and permanent "My cards"), as that could be confusing.

[hsiale]

Is series 4 the last one, or will there be more added?

[MarcinS]

Is series 4 the last one, or will there be more added?

I think it will be the last one. I'll do Towers league after.

[Not a Zombie]

I thought the rule of four didn't apply to league decks, but I'm not allowed to have more than four of a card in each deck

[MarcinS]

I thought the rule of four didn't apply to league decks, but I'm not allowed to have more than four of a card in each deck

The rule has changed before this league has started (check the League Rules). It was ok to have no limitation if you started with boosters only, but when you are given starter, it already contains 4-of a lot of cards, so this might lead to some weirdness happening.

[MarcinS]

I have started thinking about the prizes for the league, and here is what I came up with. If you have any ideas, feel free to post them here (in a form of "Place - (total booster count)FotR-MoM-RotEL, extras"):
1st - (36)22-7-7, 2x(choice of any Tengwar card from FotR block), foil set of "3 hunters" originally given to people who bought collector's edition of the movie)
2nd - (25)15-5-5, 1x(choice of any Tengwar card from FotR block), non-foil set of "3 hunters" originally given to people who bought collector's edition of the movie)
3rd-4th - (15)9-3-3
5th-8th - (10)6-2-2
9th-16th - (5) 3-1-1
17th-32nd - (3) 1-1-1

[Arcanite]

Looks quite good to me!

However, It might take a long time to get a full set of tengwars. Maybe 4 for 1st, 2 for 2nd 1 for 3/4th. Also, when shiftclicked to display card info, I suggest it shows the tengwar and english.

[CategoryOneGames.com]

I'm loving every second of this league.  I just want to give you a big Thanks for putting this together and creating it.  It really has been a blast and I'm really excited for Towers format. 

[brotherjus]

Yea I second CatOne with a big TY 

I've been having a lot of fun playing

[CategoryOneGames.com]

Is there possibly a way to run two leagues at a time?  Either a sealed and constructed or two different sealed leagues?

[MarcinS]

Is there possibly a way to run two leagues at a time?  Either a sealed and constructed or two different sealed leagues?

Yes, it is possible. But if there were two leagues running at the same time, I'd have to lower the number of games player can play in a week in each, because I don't want to put players who can play insane number of games per week at an advantage. 10 is already a stretch, as it requires on average over one hour per day...

Once I introduce currency and league participation will actually cost something, then I can do more than one league at the same time.

As for constructed leagues, I have them planned, but first I have to supply players with some cards, as I want to allow playing in constructed leagues only with cards in "My cards" collection. At the moment the only way to get the cards is participation in leagues. Once I introduce currency (probably after I finish all the sets, so - end of february), in addition you will be able to buy packs/cards and trade with other people.