The Hunt for Gollum - Full DC Set With Images

[Cw0rk]

A fan set inspired from a fan film...

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The Hunt for Gollum is a fan film about Gandalf sending Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum. It takes place between Bilbo's birthday party and the departure of Frodo from the Shire. The movie can be seen at www.thehuntforgollum.com.

Following that short movie, I've decided to create a DC set which could be played alongside the current Fellowship Block cards. I've first thought about doing a 122 cards set, but because of the length of the movie and the absence of several cultures inside it, I've decided to make a 61 cards mini set instead.

The key elements of that set are the introduction of the fifth Shadow culture [gollum] and the use of the search and stealth keywords which are also the key elements of the film. These two keywords are now present in both Free Peoples and Shadow cards.

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All cards with images can be found there:
http://s769.beta.photobucket.com/user/c10ckw0rk/library/HFG

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½U1 ½C2 ½R3 ½C4 ½U5 ½U6 ½R7 ½C8 ½R9 ½C10 ½R11 ½C12 ½U13 ½C14 ½R15 ½U16 ½R17 ½U18 ½C19 ½U20 ½U21 ½C22 ½C23 ½R24 ½R25 ½C26 ½U27 ½U28 ½R29 ½U30 ½C31 ½R32 ½U33 ½R34 ½C35 ½R36 ½R37 ½C38 ½C39 ½R40 ½U41 ½U42 ½U43 ½R44 ½U45 ½R46 ½U47 ½R48 ½C49 ½C50 ½R51 ½U52 ½U53 ½C54 ½R55 ½R56 ½C57 ½U58 ½U59 ½C60 ½P61

•Dug Far and Deep Lords of the Mountains Mine Exploration Battle is Coming •Celehedras, Elf Of The Great Wood Elanor •Elven Lights Lords of the Forests •You Have My Heart •Gandalf, The Grey Wanderer Interrogate Knowledge Is His Strength Silent Reflections Wizard Hat Wizardly Instructions •Baggins Has It •Gollum, Former Owner of the Ring •His Lurking Shadow Locked Doors Roof Climbing Snatching Tree Climbing We Should Have Squeezed It We'll Put Out It's Eyes We'll Wring It's Neckses •Aragorn, Dunadan •Aragorn's Cloak •Arithir, Ranger of Arnor Camouflage Campfire Folklore Double-Kill Luring Techniques A Ranger's Foresight Snare-Trap Bree Thugs Saruman's Fog •Danger of the Unexplored Goblin Raiders Invisible In The Dark Seeking The Ring The Road Will Not Be Easy •Úlairë Cantëa, Rider in Black •Úlairë Toldëa, Rider in Black Bring Him to Me •Dabgash, Morgul Scout •Goblok, Orc Chief Gorgoroth Cudgel •Mordor Detachment Orc Aggressor Orc Deserter Orc Investigator •Snaga, Mordor Scout Hobbit-Like Tracks Hobbit Taverner •Lily Mugwort, Bree-hobbit Send the Hobbits to Bree Bree Inn Entrance Gladden Fields Rivendell Promenade The Misty Mountains •Gollum, Spy of Sorts

Condition Condition Event Event Companion Possession Condition Condition Condition Companion Event Event Event Possession Event Condition Minion Condition Condition Event Event Event Event Event Event Companion Possession Companion Condition Event Event Event Event Event Minion Condition Condition Minion Event Condition Condition Minion Minion Event Minion Minion Possession Minion Minion Minion Minion Minion Condition Ally Ally Event Site Site Site Site Minion

Dwarven Dwarven Dwarven Elven Elven Elven Elven Elven Elven Gandalf Gandalf Gandalf Gandalf Gandalf Gandalf Gollum Gollum Gollum Gollum Gollum Gollum Gollum Gollum Gollum Gollum Gondor Gondor Gondor Gondor Gondor Gondor Gondor Gondor Gondor Isengard Isengard Moria Moria Wraith Wraith Wraith Wraith Wraith Sauron Sauron Sauron Sauron Sauron Sauron Sauron Sauron Sauron Shire Shire Shire Shire Site Site Site Site Gollum

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Culture

•Dug Far and Deep
Condition
Plays to your support area.
Site 6 is an underground site.
Skirmish: Discard this condition to make a Dwarf strength +2.
"'You fear to go into those mines, don't you? The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep.'"
½U1

Lords of the Mountains
Condition
Tale. Plays to your support area.
The Balrog's twilight cost is +2 for each Dwarf you can spot.
Discard this condition if you move to a site that is not a mountain or an underground site.
"'Seven to the Dwarf Lords, great miners, and craftsmen of the mountain halls.'"
½C2

Mine Exploration
Event
Search.
Fellowship: Exert a Dwarf to discard the top card of a Shadow player's draw deck for each underground site on the adventure path.
"'While I am searching, will you each make ready to enter the Mines?'"
½R3


Culture

Battle is Coming
Event
Skirmish: Make an Elf strength +2 (or +4 if skirmishing a tracker).
"'My friend, battle is coming.'"
½C4

•Celehedras, Elf Of The Great Wood
Companion • Elf
Strength: 5
Vitality: 3
To play, spot an Elf.
Celehedras is strength +1 for each forest site on the adventure path.
"'...this Gollum? ...I for one am glad that he is safely kept by the watchful Elves of Mirkwood.'"
½U5

Elanor
Possession
To play, spot an Elf. Bearer must be a companion.
Response: If any number of burdens are about to be added, place this possession beneath your draw deck instead.
"Before them lay a long lawn of shining grass, studded with golden elanor that glinted in the sun."
½U6

•Elven Lights
Condition
Search.
To play, spot 3 Elf companions. Plays on an ally.
Each time the fellowship moves, add .
Bearer participates in archery fire and skirmishes.
"They bore no lights, yet as they walked a shimmer... seemed to fall about their feet."
½R7

Lords of the Forests
Condition
Tale. Plays to your support area.
Each Elf archer is strength +2.
Discard this condition if you move to a site that is not a forest or a river.
"'Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest... fairest of all beings.'"
½C8

•You Have My Heart
Condition
Strength: +1
Vitality: +1
To play, exert Arwen. Bearer must be Aragorn.
While Aragorn is the only other companion you can spot (except the Ring-bearer), Arwen cannot take more than 1 wound during each skirmish phase.
"'You are the heir of Elendil... you have the strength of your forefathers and... you have my heart.'"
½R9


Culture

•Gandalf, The Grey Wanderer
Companion  • Wizard
Strenght: 7
Vitality: 4
Signet: Gandalf
While you have more cards in your hand than an opponent, Gandalf is strength +2.
"'It has seldom been heard of that Gandalf... sought for aid, one so cunning and so wise, wandering about the lands, and concerning himself in every business...'"
½C10

Interrogate
Event
Search.
Assignment: Assign a minion to Gandalf to exhaust that minion.
"'What did you learn, Gandalf?'"
½R11

Knowledge Is His Strength
Event
Skirmish: Make Gandalf strength +1 for each Free Peoples search card in your discard pile.
"'Nevertheless, by Gollum's capture, we know the enemy's next move.'"
½C12

Silent Reflections
Event
Search. Spell.
Response: If one of your condition or possession is about to be discarded, spot Gandalf to prevent that.
"'The matter is more complicated... I overlooked something important... something dangerous.'"
½U13

Wizard Hat
Possession • Helm
Bearer must be a Wizard.
Bearer may not be exerted or wounded by Shadow cards during the maneuver phase.
"He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrows that stuck out beyond the brim of his hat."
½C14

Wizardly Instructions
Event
Spell.
Fellowship: Spot 2 companions with the Gandalf signet to discard a shadow condition.
"'We guarded this creature day and night, at Gandalf's bidding, much though we wearied of the task. But Gandalf bade us hope still for his cure...'"
½R15


Culture

•Baggins Has It
Condition
To play, exert Gollum. Plays to your support area.
Each time a Free Peoples card makes you discard a card from the top of your draw deck, add a burden.
"'The foolish Hobbit revealed his name...'"
½U16

•Gollum, Former Owner of the Ring
Minion
Strength: 5
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 3
Each time the fellowship moves, you may add 2 burdens.
"'Its heart was tortured with longing for what he had lost, and hatred for the thief who took it.'"
½R17

•His Lurking Shadow
Condition
Stealth. To play, exert Gollum. Plays to your support area.
At the start of your shadow phase, add .
Shadow: Discard this condition to play Gollum from your discard pile.
"'Lurking by a stagnant mere, peering in the water as the dark eve fell... Gollum. He was covered with green slime.'"
½U18

Locked Doors
Condition
Stealth. To play, spot Gollum. Plays on a site.
While the fellowship is at this site, allies cannot be assigned to skirmishes.
Discard this condition at the end of the turn.
"'The villagers lock their doors tight against the dark.'"
½C19

Roof Climbing
Event
Stealth.
Maneuver: Exert Gollum to prevent him from taking any wounds until the end of the archery phase.
"'Come down Gollum!'"
½U20

Snatching
Event
Stealth.
Shadow: At sites 1 to 4, spot Gollum to discard a possession that has a twilight cost of 0. At any other sites, spot Gollum to discard a pipe.
"'...snatching a sleeping child from a cot, a fresh fish from an open window.'"
½U21

Tree Climbing
Event
Stealth.
Assignment: Exert Gollum to prevent him from being assigned to skirmishes until the regroup phase.
"'In the outlying villages they speak of a ghost that drinks blood, a horror that lurks in the trees...'"
½C22

We Should Have Squeezed It
Event
Response: If a stealth card is played, spot Gollum to exert the Ring-bearer.
"'And we will precious... We will.'"
½C23

We'll Put Out It's Eyes
Event
Response: If the Free Peoples player chooses to move during the regroup phase, spot Gollum to wound a companion twice (except the Ring-bearer).
"'We wouldn't hurt a fly...'"
½R24

We'll Wring It's Neckses
Event
Response: If the Free Peoples player chooses to move during the regroup phase, spot Gollum to exhaust a companion.
"'We promises we'll be very nice...'"
½R25


Culture

•Aragorn, Dunadan
Companion • Man
Strength: 8
Vitality: 4
Signet: Aragorn
Ranger.
While you are behind an opponent on the adventure path, Aragorn is strength +2.
"'The Dunadan,' said Bilbo. 'He is often called that here. But I thought you knew enough Elvish at least to know dun-udan: Man of the West, Numenorean.'"
½C26

•Aragorn's Cloak
Possession • Cloak
Bearer must be Aragorn.
Maneuver: Exert Aragorn to discard a search condition.
"A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him... he wore a hood that overshadowed his face..."
½U27

•Arithir, Ranger of Arnor
Companion • Man
Strength: 5
Vitality: 3
Ranger.
While you are behind an opponent on the adventure path, the roaming penalty of each minion is +1.
"'I'm a Ranger of Arnor. I swear allegiance to the Seven Stars and Seven Stones.'"
½U28

Camouflage
Condition
Stealth. Plays to your support area.
Response: If a minion uses a special ability, discard this condition or your cloak from play to cancel that ability.
"'I can usually avoid being seen if I wish, but to disappear entirely... that is a rare gift.'"
½R29

Campfire Folklore
Event
Tale.
Fellowship or Regroup: Spot 2 companions with the Aragorn signet to play the fellowship's next site (replacing opponent's site if necessary). Heal a companion if you play a sanctuary.
"'I went first to meet him and hear his tale.'"
½U30

Double-Kill
Event
Response: If a or companion kills a minion in a skirmish, wound another minion.
"'This land does not belong to you.'"
½C31

Luring Techniques
Event
Search.
Skirmish: Exert an unassigned ranger to have him or her replace another companion (except the Ring-bearer) in a skirmish.
"'You're coming with me... to the North.'"
½R32

A Ranger's Foresight
Event
Search.
Fellowship: Discard a ranger to make the move limit +1 for this turn.
"'You have the foresight of your people. If you can't find him... no one can.'"
½U33

Snare-Trap
Event
Search.
Assignment: Exert a ranger to prevent a minion from being assigned to skirmishes until the regroup phase. Unless that minion is strength 5 or less, it may exert to prevent this.
"'Be still. You will not escape.'"
½R34


Culture

Bree Thugs
Minion • Man
Strength: 9
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 2
Each time an search event is played, you may exert this minion to add a burden. Discard this minion if underground.
"But there were several questions asked that made Frodo a little uneasy. One of the Bree-landers... wanted to know where the Underhills lived..."
½C35

Saruman's Fog
Condition
Spell. Stealth. Weather.
To play, exert an minion. Plays on a site.
While the fellowship is at this site, skip the assignment and skirmish phases.
Discard this condition at the end of the turn.
"...beyond the wall the fog was thick, cold and white. The air was silent, heavy and chill."
½R36


Culture

•Danger of the Unexplored
Condition
Search. Stealth.
To play, exert a minion. Plays to your support area.
At the end of each of your shadow phases, if the Free Peoples player cannot spot more companions than minions, add a burden.
"...save to walk blindly with him into the darkness?"
½R37

Goblin Raiders
Minion • Orc
Strength: 11
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 4
Shadow: Exert this minion to add for each search card you can spot.
"'...raiding Orcs prowl the shores of Anduin, plundering the villages by night.'"
½C38


Culture

Invisible In The Dark
Event
Stealth.
Response: If your minion is about to be killed or discarded, return it to your hand instead.
"'I fear the Nine have returned.'"
½C39

Seeking The Ring
Condition
To play, exert a Nazgul. Plays to your support area.
If you can spot 9 search cards, the Ring-bearer is corrupted.
"'I think,' answered Frodo slowly... 'There is a connexion with Bilbo's old adventures, and the Riders are... searching, for him or for me.'"
½R40
 
The Road Will Not Be Easy
Condition
To play, exert a tracker (or exert a tracker and remove ). Plays to your support area.
The shadow number of each site is +1.
"'Yes, I think we will move on now,' said Frodo; 'but not on the road -in case that rider comes back, or another follows him.'"
½U41

•Úlairë Cantëa, Rider in Black
Minion • Nazgul
Strength: 10
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 2
Tracker.
The shadow number of each site is +1 for each weapon you can spot.
"'We have all been scared,' said Pippin... 'You would have been, too, if you had been chased for two days by Black Riders.'"
½U42

•Úlairë Toldëa, Rider in Black
Minion • Nazgul
Strength: 12
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 2
Tracker.
The twilight cost of each search card is -1.
"'What are these black men after, and where do they come from, I'd like to know?'"
½U43


Culture

Bring Him to Me
Event
Search.
Assignment: Assign a Orc to a companion (except the Ring-bearer). Unless that Orc is Goblok, the Free Peoples player may discard 3 cards from hand to prevent that.
"'Find him! Bring him to me!'"
½R44

•Dabgash, Morgul Scout
Minion • Orc
Strength: 9
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 6
Tracker.
The roaming penalty for each minion you play is -1.
Shadow: Exert Dabgash to take a search event into hand from your discard pile.
"'We'll get ourselves a nice juicy villager.'"
½U45

•Goblok, Orc Chief
Minion • Orc
Strength: 10
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 6
Shadow: Play a condition on a companion or a possession on a Orc to make Goblok strength +3 until the regroup phase.
"'Look out for Goblok, he ain't just meat.'"
½R46

Gorgoroth Cudgel
Possession • Hand Weapon
Strength: +3
Bearer must be a Orc. If bearer is Goblok, he is damage +1 while skirmishing a Man or Elf.
"'Goblok says there's trouble so look out or you'll get what's coming to ya.'"
½U47

•Mordor Detachment
Minion • Orc
Strength: 11
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 6
While you can spot your site 4, this minion has the gametext of that site.
"'These lands will not be safe much longer... soon they will even be this side of the mountains.'"
½R48

Orc Aggressor
Minion • Orc
Strength: 10
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 6
Each time a minion loses a skirmish, Orc Aggressor is strength -2 until the regroup phase.
"'We should be preparing for the war.'"
½C49

Orc Deserter
Minion • Orc
Strength: 8
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 6
Stealth.
At the start of each skirmish involving this minion and a Man or an Elf, discard this minion.
"'Forget this stinking raid!'"
½C50

Orc Investigator
Minion • Orc
Strength: 10
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 6
While the Free Peoples player has no cards in his or her hand, the move limit for this turn is -1 (to a minimum of 1).
"'I don't know how long they tortured him... but amidst the endless screams and inane babble, they discerned two words.'"
½R51

•Snaga, Mordor Scout
Minion • Orc
Strength: 6
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 6
Tracker.
The roaming penalty for each minion you play is -1.
Shadow: Exert Snaga to take a search condition into hand from your discard pile.
"'You big dumb knuckle-heads are all the same...'"
½U52


Culture

Hobbit-Like Tracks
Condition
Search. Plays to your support area.
Skirmish: Discard a Free Peoples search card from hand to exert a minion skirmishing a companion with the Frodo signet.
"'And then, by fortune, I came suddenly on what I sought: the marks of soft feet beside a muddy pool.'"
½U53

Hobbit Taverner
Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit
Strength: 2
Vitality: 2
Skirmish: Exert this ally to make Merry or Pippin strength +1.
"The Bree-hobbits were, in fact, friendly and inquisitive..."
½C54

•Lily Mugwort, Bree-Hobbit
Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit
Strength: 1
Vitality: 3
At the start of each of your turns, heal Lily Mugwort.
Fellowship: Exert this ally twice to heal a Man ally.
"The landlord introduced the newcomers to the Bree-folk... Some of the hobbits had similar names. The Mugworts, for instance, seemed numerous."
½R55

Send the Hobbits to Bree
Event
Search.
Skirmish: Exert a Hobbit or Man ally to add that ally's strength to a Hobbit companion.
"'As soon as the Shire-hobbits entered, there was a chorus of welcome from the Bree-landers.'"
½R56


Culture

1 Bree Inn Entrance
Fellowship: Add a burden to play a Man from your draw deck.
½C57

7 Gladden Fields
Marsh. River.
Maneuver: Spot a Man to make the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring until the end of this phase.
½U58

3 Rivendell Promenade
Sanctuary.
When the fellowship moves from this site, you may play Elrond from your draw deck. Discard Aragorn.
½U59

4 The Misty Mountains
Mountain.
Orcs are fierce and not roaming.
½C60


Premium Card

•Gollum, Spy of Sorts (Shadow)
Minion
Strength: 5
Vitality: 4
Site Number: 3
When you play Gollum, you may take a Shadow stealth card into hand from your discard pile.
"'...small in size, yet cunning.'"
½P61



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Starter Card List

1C290 1C2 1U319 1U336 1U338 1C346 1C349 2U120 ½U58 1C356 1U360 2C114 1C303 1C306 1C299 3C108 ½C54 1C297 1U301 1U309 1C315 1U293 1C296 1C298 3C114 ½P61 2U232 1U235 ½U42 ½C50 ½U18 1C283 2U79 ½C23 ½C39 2C91

•Frodo, Son of Drogo The One Ring, The Ruling Ring Bag End Weathertop Ford of Bruinen Moria Lake The Bridge of Khazad-dum Valley of the Silverlode Gladden Fields Anduin Banks Emyn Muil •Sam, Proper Poet •Merry, From O'er the Brandywine •Pippin, Friend to Frodo Hobbit Sword Frying Pan Hobbit Taverner Hobbit Party Guest •Master Proudfoot, Distant Relative of Bilbo •Rosie Cotton, Hobbiton Lass Stout And Sturdy Halfling Deftness Hobbit Intuition Hobbit Stealth Three Monstrous Trolls •Gollum, Spy of Sorts Ulaire Enquea, Ringwraith In Twilight Ulaire Ostea, Lieutenant of Morgul Ulaire Cantea, Rider in Black Orc Deserter •His Lurking Shadow You Bring Great Evil Resistance Becomes Unbearable We Should Have Squeezed It Invisible In The Dark Southern Spies

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2

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NOTE: This set is not endorsed by Decipher, the Tolkien Estate, New Line Cinema or the makers of The Hunt for Gollum short film. I made this set because I am a fan their work and I do not intend to make any profit out of this.

[Not a Zombie]

I'd like to see gandalf.

[Cw0rk]

I'd like to see gandalf.

The culture is mainly based on search cards as Gandalf is the character who sends Aragorn on the quest to find Gollum.


Culture

•Gandalf, The Grey Wanderer
Companion  • Wizard
Strenght: 7
Vitality: 4
Signet: Gandalf
You can mulligan more than once. Each time you decide to mulligan, draw one less card.
½C11

Note: Mulligan allows you to search for the cards you really want to start the game with. I choose the Gandalf signet because Gandalf, The Grey Wizard is the worst Gandalf of Fellowship block. This would be the only non-rare non-premium Gandalf of the block.


His Knowledge Is His Strength
Event • Skirmish
Make Gandalf strength +1 for each Free Peoples search card in your discard pile.
½C12

Note: There are 8 different Free Peoples search cards in this set. The maximum potential bonus would be +32. However, these FP search cards don't have much synergy with each other so I don't think that stuffing a deck with all of them would be very good.


Interrogate
Event • Maneuver
Search. Spell.
Exert Gandalf to exhaust a minion. That minion cannot take wounds until the start of the skirmish phase unless its owner decides to reveal his or her hand.
½R13

Note: Not killing the minion too early allows you to get the information you want. If the Shadow player want to reveal his hand, its because he thinks its beneficial for him that the minion to receive the archery wounds.


Silent Reflections
Event • Response
Search. Spell.
If one of your condition or possession is about to be discarded, spot Gandalf to prevent that.
½C14

Note: Can also work with Staff Asunder and can stop one of your condition from being discarded by Sleep, Caradhras.


Wizard Hat
Possession • Helm
Strength: +1
Plays to your support area.
Each time a spell is played, you may transfer this possession from your support area to a Wizard.
At the end of the regroup phase, return this possession to your support area.
½R15

Note: The picture of the card would show the hat on a table next to Gandalf, so he doesn't wear it yet. I thought it would be legit to allow the hat to be transferred by Shadow spell too. Why would Gandalf not wear his hat when Saruman's Snows is around?


Wizardly Instructions
Event • Fellowship
Spell.
Spot 2 companions with the Gandalf signet to discard a shadow condition.
½U16

Note: In this set, each signet strategy will be helped by one new card. That one allows cultures in which discarding shadow condition is not possible to have a costly backup option.

[Cw0rk]

Here is something new I wanted to try, an uncommon ring. Its sort of a mix between the common and the rare rings. I think its better than the rare ring at preventing wounds but the risk of being overwhelmed is higher.


Culture

•The One Ring, The Last Ring of Power
Vitality: +1
While wearing The One Ring, each time the Ring-bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
Response: If bearer is about to take a wound, he wears The One Ring until the regroup phase.
½U1

Note: The subtitle comes from a quote from the film.

[Thranduil]

•Gandalf, The Grey Wanderer
Companion  • Wizard
Strenght: 7
Vitality: 4
Signet: Gandalf
You can mulligan more than once. Each time you decide to mulligan, draw one less card.
½C11

This is a cool, interesting ability. There is a problem that it only does anything for people interested in tournament or tournament-style play.

His Knowledge Is His Strength
Event • Skirmish
Make Gandalf strength +1 for each Free Peoples search card in your discard pile.
½C12

Nice flavour-ability connection, and a good strength pump. I think it's fine particularly because it only works on Gandalf.

Interrogate
Event • Maneuver
Search. Spell.
Exert Gandalf to exhaust a minion. That minion cannot take wounds until the start of the skirmish phase unless its owner decides to reveal his or her hand.
½R13

Interesting. So this represents capturing the minion. I like it a lot. But I don't see why it's a spell.

Silent Reflections
Event • Response
Search. Spell.
If one of your condition or possession is about to be discarded, spot Gandalf to prevent that.
½C14

This is a fine place for a spell.

Wizard Hat
Possession • Helm
Strength: +1
Plays to your support area.
Each time a spell is played, you may transfer this possession from your support area to a Wizard.
At the end of the regroup phase, return this possession to your support area.
½R15

That's really weird. How can a hat not be borne by someone? And how does a hat grant a strength bonus? No, not a fan here.

Wizardly Instructions
Event • Fellowship
Spell.
Spot 2 companions with the Gandalf signet to discard a shadow condition.
½U16

Love it.

•The One Ring, The Last Ring of Power
Vitality: +1
While wearing The One Ring, each time the Ring-bearer is about to take a wound, add a burden instead.
Response: If bearer is about to take a wound, he wears The One Ring until the regroup phase.
½U1

This is supposed to be in Fellowship block, yes? I wonder if having a ring that's so similar to Isildur's Bane is more of a bane for your set than a boon. Try something quite different, I would.

Thran

[Cw0rk]

I agree with you for Interrogate. At first I made it a spell, just like Intimidate was one but it makes more sense to keep it as a search card only.

Here are a new ring and hat....

•The One Ring, The Last Ring of Power
Vitality: +1
Skirmish: Add a burden to wear The One Ring and prevent all wounds to the Ring-bearer until the regroup phase.
½U1

Note: Here I tried something like Gimli's Helm. I don't want the ring to be too fancy since its an uncommon card.


Wizard Hat
Possession • Helm
Bearer must be a Wizard.
While you can spot twilight token, bearer cannot take wounds during the maneuver phase.
½R15

Note: For me, the maneuver phase is a pretty wizardly phase. Archers got archery and warriors got the skirmish phase. Perhaps, I won't make it rare.

[Cw0rk]

Here is the Isengard culture. It is not present in the movie so only two cards were made. Please tell me which culture you want to see next and feel free to comment all previous cards.


Culture


Bree Thugs
Minion • Man
Strength: 9
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 2
Each time an search event is played, add a burden.
½U35

Uruk corruption has always been a waste. Here I try to make it work. Saruman's Reach, Wariness and Brought Back Alive (TT) are the only search event which were ever made. They are difficult to play as they require exertion of Uruks but I still think this card needs playtesting in order to be sure that corruption cannot happen too easily. I might make it a Rare card.


Saruman's Fog
Condition
Spell. Stealth. Weather.
To play, exert a minion. Plays on a site.
While the fellowship is at this site, skip the assignment and skirmish phases.
Discard this condition at the end of the turn.
½C36

That one is to help orcs a little bit. It can also help some strategies such as discard or Orc Slayer / Morgul Slayer. It will also be helpful to the [gollum] culture which I will post later.

[Zielak]

I think Bree Thugs should be unique. If you can drop e.g. Ugluk and 4 thugs, it could add lots of burdens. In early sets there are not many efficent ways to remove burdens (like Sting WoH or Glamdring FH) except Sam, who can be easily killed by Toldea.

[Cw0rk]

I think Bree Thugs should be unique. If you can drop e.g. Ugluk and 4 thugs, it could add lots of burdens. In early sets there are not many efficent ways to remove burdens (like Sting WoH or Glamdring FH) except Sam, who can be easily killed by Toldea.

I think that making it unique would indeed reduce the possibility of an overpowered bomb. However, I would rather try to keep it non-unique and just reword it a little bit.

Bree Thugs
Minion • Man
Strength: 9
Vitality: 2
Site Number: 2
Discard this minion if underground.
At the end of each phase during which an search event was played, add a burden.
½U35

What about that one?

[Cw0rk]

Here is another suggestion for Wizard Hat:

Wizard Hat
Possession • Helm
Bearer must be a Wizard.
Maneuver: Reveal X spell from your hand to add or remove (X) (limit once per turn).
½R15


The culture is also underrepresented in the movie so there are few cards. The card pictures would be pictures of mountains and underground places, which is also what the cards are about.


Culture


•Dug Far and Deep
Condition
Plays to your support area.
Site 6 is an underground site.
Response: If a card is discarded from the top of your draw deck, discard this condition to take that card into hand instead.
½U2

Note: This card is sort of a double-edged sword as the Balrog would not be discarded. However, it has a lot of potential, such as allowing the Fellowship to skip the site 6 sanctuary if it has a bunch of Till Durin Wakes Again.


Lords of the Mountains
Condition
Tale. Plays to your support area.
The Balrog's twilight cost is +2 for each Dwarf you can spot.
Discard this condition if you move to a site that is not a mountain or an underground site.
½C3

Note: That common card can be quite useful to avoid meeting the Balrog. Quite useful if you use the previous one. The tale keyword can be useful with cards like Mines of Khazad-Dum and Bilbo Baggins at other sites.


Mine Exploration
Event • Fellowship
Search.
Exert a Dwarf to discard the top card of a Shadow player's draw deck for each underground site on the adventure path.
½R4

Note: I know some people hate discard, but I would argue that it isn't such a strong strategy in FOTR block anyway, so that card can give it a little boost.

[Zielak]

Idea of Wizard Hat is interesting, mixed with cards like deep in thought or spells from Towers block.
Dig far and deep is useless for me, unless the sitepath has mountains (to make strategy with Till Durin wakes Again efficient). Lords of the Mountains should be unique (Balrog for 34? Thanks a lot).

[Cw0rk]

Idea of Wizard Hat is interesting, mixed with cards like deep in thought or spells from Towers block.
Dig far and deep is useless for me, unless the sitepath has mountains (to make strategy with Till Durin wakes Again efficient). Lords of the Mountains should be unique (Balrog for 34? Thanks a lot).

Thanx for your comments. I think that Dug Far And Deep can be useful, it can also work with Gimli, DotM, Their Halls of Stone, Realm of Dwarrowdelf and to some extent, with Speak "Friend" and Enter. It also works with Mine Exploration. I would like to keep Lords of the Mountains non-unique, it is not THAT strong compared to Hobbit Stealth which can help you avoid the Balrog too. However, if others also think it should be unique, I will change it.

[Cw0rk]

I believe that the Culture is already one of the strong shadow culture in FOTR Block so it doesn't need too much improvement. Instead, I decided to introduce a new strategy with trackers which focus on increasing the shadow number of each site (versus their ranger counterpart).


Culture

Escape Through the Dark
Event • Shadow or Skirmish
Stealth.
Remove a burden to prevent all exertions to a Nazgul until the end of the current phase.
½U39

Note: Facilitate the use of cards like Bent on Discovery and can be nice with some Nazgul like Ulaire Cantea, LoDG. I didn't want to include Maneuver because of Ulaire Enquea, LoM. The remove a burden requirement was included in order to not make it too powerful when combined with the next card...


Seeking the Ring
Condition
To play, exert a Nazgul. Plays to your support area.
While you can spot 5 burdens and 5 search cards, the Ring-bearer is corrupted.
½R40

Note: search cards are Bent on Discovery, Paths Seldom Trodden and The Nine Servants of Sauron.

 
The Road Will Not Be Easy
Condition
To play, exert a tracker (or exert a tracker and add a burden). Plays to your support area.
The shadow number of each site is +1.
½U41

Note: It can be used in most decks as each culture will have trackers, except and . I decided to make this to counter choke strategies which can be quite annoying, so annoying that Decipher had to ban cards. The add a burden twist is interesting as I believe that corruption is much harder to achieve in FOTR block than in other format.


•Úlairë Cantëa, Rider in Black
Minion • Nazgul
Strength: 10
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 2
Tracker.
The shadow number of each site is +1 for each weapon you can spot.
Fellowship: Play this minion from your hand to end the current fellowship phase.
½U42

•Úlairë Toldëa, Rider in Black
Minion • Nazgul
Strength: 12
Vitality: 3
Site Number: 2
Tracker.
The shadow number of each site is +2 (or +4 if you can spot 4 burdens).
Fellowship: Play this minion from your hand to end the current fellowship phase.
½U43

Note: These two Nazgul are uncommon, making them more accessible to players. Having the Tracker keyword, they are not fierce and got site number 2 instead of 3. I decided to make them playable during the fellowship phase because it fits with the concept of trackers arriving first.

[hsiale]

Rules problem: Shadow player is not allowed to perform fellowship actions.

Possible rewording: Response: If you can spot 5/6 twilight tokens during the fellowship phase, play this minion from your hand to make the Free Peoples player pass his next fellowship action.

Remark: "make the FP player pass his next fellowship action" instead of "end current fellowship phase" because of a few reasons - movement happens still during the fellowship phase, sometimes required amount of twilight is reached in the middle of some action and stopping it halfway could lead to other problems etc.

Possible problem: should those minions be playable at site 1? Should they cost 2 more then?

[tanzhamster]

Sarumans Fog is totally OP with Isengard warrior or spies of saruman...so the orcs would be played and the freeps player would have nearly no chance to do something against them exept for condition discard in the maneuver

Interrogate makes LoM nearly useless to protect from 6+ Companion Freeps and big minions like the balrog nearly unplayable against any sort of archery.

I don't like Gandalfs abillity, because it circumvents the rules just like radagast with his +1 movement increasing.