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[Durin's Heir]

Uruk Shaman + Uruk Spear can clear the board from mounts easily with enough twilight. That's vulnerable to maneuver wounding, but if the FP player doesn't have a way to wound him twice immediately ( Defend it and Hope, Fury of the White Rider / Terrible and Evil, or Baruk Khazad + another single wound event), then he/she will have to lose 1 mount and wound the Shaman before he can heal. Also, the Uruk Spear might be borne by another Uruk with more vitality (although that means reducing twilight).

Besides that, he can reduce twilight just added at maneuver for spotting requirements (The White Wizard, Deep in Thought, Fury of the White Rider), working marvels against Shoulder to Shoulder (although the splashable Not Easily Destroyed is often better). Or reload Orthanc Berserker's exhausting trick (assuming that after paying for both, you still have *X free and also can spot 5 burdens).

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Uruk Shaman + Uruk Spear can clear the board from mounts easily with enough twilight. That's vulnerable to maneuver wounding, but if the FP player doesn't have a way to wound him twice immediately ( Defend it and Hope, Fury of the White Rider / Terrible and Evil, or Baruk Khazad + another single wound event), then he/she will have to lose 1 mount and wound the Shaman before he can heal. Also, the Uruk Spear might be borne by another Uruk with more vitality (although that means reducing twilight).

Besides that, he can reduce twilight just added at maneuver for spotting requirements (The White Wizard, Deep in Thought, Fury of the White Rider), working marvels against Shoulder to Shoulder (although the splashable Not Easily Destroyed is often better). Or reload Orthanc Berserker's exhausting trick (assuming that after paying for both, you still have *X free and also can spot 5 burdens).

Added. Good to hear from you again Durin's Heir

[Durin's Heir]

Thanks! It's nice too to see your hard work on the LOTR Wiki.

I got some things to add about Hobbit Farmer. First, besides Aragorn (the Prancing Pony) and Bilbo (Hobbiton Party Field) he can play from deck Merry and Pippin (Farmer Maggot's Fields) or Sam (Green Dragon Inn). Also, in Pre-Shadows multipath, it's more stable than Knocked on the Head to replay the self-discardable versions.

Second, the Prancing Pony is NOT useless after playing Aragorn (or without him at all)! It's the only card usable by the FP to add burdens, and as such it's the only way to feed The Shire Countryside without risking the RB in skirmish (or taking archery with him, but that's only against some Shadows). It's also during the Fellowship phase, when burdens are easier (and wounds more important) to remove.

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Added. I love the Lieutenant of Orthanc + Uruk Shaman idea. I use to use Lieutenant ages ago, before I found Gemp, but he seems weaker than Lurtz.

Pass of Caradhras; Ulaire Attea, KoDG; Ulaire Toldea, MoM; All Thought Bent on It; Pippin, FtF

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Sauron's Defenses, In the Ringwraith's Wake, Relentless, Through the Misty Mountains and Traitor's Voice.

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Orc Butchery, Orc Assassin, Orc Scimitar, Orc Chieftain, Stone Trolls.

Does Orc Butchery include the character who just died? I did the maths assuming yes, but now I think I may be wrong?

[Phallen Cassidy]

Placing a companion in the dead pile is essentially a required trigger (same as assigning threat wounds), so it'll happen before any response actions. Your math did assume that a copy is played for each of 4 distinct deaths though, which may not always be the case (e.g., play two copies from hand when a companion dies). Great article, though. I'm interested in building a deck around that card now, never really noticed it before!

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Placing a companion in the dead pile is essentially a required trigger (same as assigning threat wounds), so it'll happen before any response actions. Your math did assume that a copy is played for each of 4 distinct deaths though, which may not always be the case (e.g., play two copies from hand when a companion dies). Great article, though. I'm interested in building a deck around that card now, never really noticed it before!

Thanks! I've fleshed it out a bit more now. I've never tried Orc Butchery on Gemp, but played with a physical copy ages ago, I had forgotten you could play multiples at once!

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Morgul Skirmisher, You Bring Great Evil, Ettenmoors*, The Twilight World, Retired Adventurer.

EDIT: The Master's Will, Mithril Mine, Balin's Tomb

EDIT: Band of the Eye, Morgul Blade, Threshold of Shadow, Paths Seldom Trodden.

EDIT: Dark Whispers, Seeking it Always, Lord of Angmar, The Irresistible Shadow

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A Talent for Not Being Seen, Seeking Its Master, Alive and Unspoiled, The Underdeeps of Moria

I thought I'd have more to say on Underdeeps, maybe I'm forgetting something. Only 8 cards left.

EDIT: Desperate Defense of the Ring, The Gaffer's Pipe, Bag End, Farmer Maggot's Fields.

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Bilbo's Pipe, Bounder, Relics of Moria, There and Back Again.

That's it folks.

[Air Power]

 

Well done!  I wish we still had  so that I could give you a bunch

[Phallen Cassidy]

How fitting for There and Back Again to be the last card. Excellent work!

[TelTura]

• Updated Rulebooks page to include a reference to the Tournament Guidelines
• Created the missing pages for Bidding and Mulligan
• Added the navigation tables for all phase pages and game setup pages
• Fixed the Comprehensive Rules not showing an auto link to the Assignment Phase for some reason?

There is also someone on the recently-popular Facebook group who is in the process of sending me physical rulebooks for Return of the King, Rise of Saruman, Bloodlines, and Fellowship, which I will scan in, compile to PDFs, and update the links on the rulebooks page once that's complete.

[TelTura]

Updated the Wiki Index to have tables that are more related to each other to be more tightly bound.

In particular I consolidated Actions into an easier-to-parse table.  This still needs to have all the various Verbs that a new player might come across entered here (and the actual article filled in if it's red-linked).

I also included a location for more catch-all concepts under Mechanics, which at the moment just contains Initiative and Threats, concepts which were shoehorned in elsewhere but didn't really fit.


TODO: (and anyone reading this feel free to contribute the following)

• Go through all links on the main index and ensure that each existing article includes the table it's contained in at the bottom of the article.  For instance, Knight contains at the bottom a reference to the Unloaded Keywords table, which permits someone to easily navigate between keywords if they're browsing.
• Read through a bunch of cards and try to find more Action verbs that cards reference that are not included in the Actions table.
• Read through a bunch of cards (and the Comprehensive Guide) and try to find more Mechanics that cards reference that are not included in the Mechanics table.
• Go through all articles linked on the main index (existing or not) and ensure there is an actual article explaining the concepts, history, pitfalls, and other relevant information about the concept more than just a quote from the Comprehensive Guide (see Wound for an example).
• Overhaul the Formats sections to include all the formats that exist (such as the ones that Gemp supports).
• Write articles for the individual sets (all red links near the bottom).
• Go through all articles linked on the main index and add a list of cards that are relevant to the concept.  See again Wound for a good example: all the cards that cause wounds, and all the cards that prevent wounds, sorted by Culture and then Set.  Don't worry about this if you're volunteering; I have a script that can be used to search the entire database of cards for keywords that spits out these lists.