Editing King of the Golden Hall (V2)

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{{Set
|ID=V2
|Name=King of the Golden Hall
|Abbr=KOTGH
|Creator=Player's Council
|ReleaseDate=2024-12-06
|IsOfficial=no
|Platforms=GEMP
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[[File:v2-banner.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The announcement banner used by the PC.]]

'''King of the Golden Hall''' is the second Virtual Set (VSet) released by the [[Player's Council]].  Design was headed by Finarfin with input by Tunadan and development by ketura. It was originally spoiled [https://lotrtcg.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/v2-spoiler-master-list/ in a series of blog posts] leading up to its release in December 2024, and was the first set by the PC to be playtested on [[GEMP]] before its release.

Like V1 before it, '''V2''' was a supplementary set aiming to fill in the gaps for [[Towers Block]] setting and concepts.  As there is no PC-Towers format, the set was designed from the start to target [[PC-Movie]], especially the [[Multipath]] rules that had been developed for it in the year prior.  Thus, a large focus of the set was in promoting {{C|Rohan}} and {{C|Isengard}} to be competitive as a culture within the [[Movie Block]] ecosystem, which meant bolstering their power level to match what {{C|Sauron}}, {{C|Elven}}, {{C|Gondor}} and others had received in [[King Block]].  
One of the major changes introduced was to carve out the Naith {{C|Elven}} subculture.  To do so, all Naith companions were issued errata to add the [[Valiant]] keyword, both to tie them closer to {{C|Rohan}} and to more strictly define their own subculture as distinct from more general {{C|Elven}} mainstays.


Old concepts revisited included:
* {{C|Rohan}} [[Valiant]] companions
* {{C|Elven}} Naith warriors, now also Valiant themselves.
* {{C|Isengard}} [[Machine]]s, [[Berserker]]s, and [[Site Control]]
* {{C|Isengard}} regroup-wounding [[Isenorcs]] and [[Warg]]s/[[Warg-rider]]s
* {{C|Sauron}} [[Twilight]] [[Wraith]]s

New concepts included:
* {{C|Dunland}} [[Initiative]] interaction
* {{C|Moria}} [[Threat]]s
* A cycle of "Flood Insurance" cards meant to punish too much twilight flooding 


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