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Your Ring-bearer is a [[companion]] who you place on the table before your starting fellowship, bearing the [[One Ring]] | = Ring-bearer = | ||
Your Ring-bearer is a [[companion]] who you place on the table before your starting fellowship, bearing the [[One Ring]] He or she is the key component of your deck, as all strategies rely on killing or corrupting the Ring-bearer, and you only win if your Ring bearer is alive at the regroup phase at site nine. | |||
At the game's initial release with [[Fellowship of the Ring]], the only playable Ring-bearer was Frodo, and if Sam was in play when he died, [[the One Ring]] would pass to Sam and you would continue on with Sam as your Ring-bearer. This remained true until the release of [[Reflections]], when 6 new Alternate Ring-bearers became available. Alternate Ring-Bearers represented what would happen if Frodo had given or had the [[One Ring]] taken by one of the characters. They were typically lower in [[resistance]] than Frodo, but compensated by having higher strength usually. This allowed for monoculture decks, since {{C|Gondor}}, {{C|Elven}}, {{C|Dwarven}}, and {{C|Gollum}} all recieved Ring-bearers. | |||
At the game's initial release with [[Fellowship of the Ring]], the only playable Ring-bearer was Frodo, and if Sam was in play when he died, [[the One Ring]] would pass to Sam and you would continue on with Sam as your Ring-bearer. This remained true until the release of [[Reflections]], when 6 new | |||
Once [[Bloodlines]] was released, two new alternate Ring-bearers were made of Sam and Gandalf, allowing ever culture but {{C|Rohan}} to have a Ring-bearer. | |||
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The Ring-bearer cannot be discarded or returned to your hand, and skirmishes involving the Ring-bearer cannot be cancelled.}} | The Ring-bearer cannot be discarded or returned to your hand, and skirmishes involving the Ring-bearer cannot be cancelled.}} | ||