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...lay, both in a broad strategic sense and how you expect them to play, turn to turn. ...

...d|Corsair War Galley}} is an infamous token-based card, which demonstrates how you might build up and use tokens in different ways over time. {{C|Raider} ...a trigger or a special ability that allows its owner to add culture tokens to the card. These conditions will also have a second special ability that us ...

...at http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr, but is now ran by the PC at https://play.lotrtcgpc.net ...ted. GEMP is currently the biggest online LotR TCG environment, with close to 200 active players. ...

...g the playerbase, who viewed the move as a marketing ploy to force players to purchase new cards (since the old ones were now incompatible). ...Culture was a move to promote the ''de facto'' state of these two cultures to a ''de jure'' unification. ...

...l of these simply describe the nostalgia of how the game began in contrast to the major changes that Towers block in particular brought. ...where the latest and most expansive version of the game is the only way to play. Decklists can be found at [http://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/index.php/board,1 ...

...erwhelm Filibert and solve that problem. Hate the Bounder? Let the Ravager play with him. ...companion! And if your opponent has two allies out, use War Cry of Dunland to make the Ravager fierce and remove even more possessions. ...

...ta testing in a circle of close friends, and in January 2006 it was opened to the Polish LotR community. Currently, all cards released (and many addition ...playing (in the form of tournaments and leagues) are supported. Known only to the Polish community, during the glory years (2006-2008) mLOTRO had over 20 ...

...phase, players may perform archery actions (special abilities on cards in play with "Archery:" and events with that keyword) using the action procedure. W ...he keyword '''archer''' to determine the “minion archery total.” No matter how many Shadow players there are, there is only one minion archery total. ...

...ot" ruling on how it works (see below), it only affects sites which are in play at the time it is played. ...a choke deck wants to be in. Choke does not want to double; the point is to avoid adding [[Twilight]], after all. ...

...player must select another defending companion (one who is still assigned to a minion), and perform another skirmish phase. ...s only for a single skirmish. When all players consecutively pass, proceed to resolve that skirmish. ...

...wered|overpowered]] or because it is an [[NPE]]. Broken isn't just applied to cards: it can also include particular [[combo]]s or entire [[deck]]s. [[Decipher]] attempted to [[errata]] or [[X-List]] all of the broken cards, but the last sets, [[Rise ...

...deck, if not open decks as well. After reading the card text you will see how it has a two-fold purpose. Fellowship: Exert an Elf to reveal an opponent's hand. That player discards a card from hand for each O ...

...more powerful minion. Using an [[exhausted]] {{Card|Sam, Son of Hamfast}} to skirmish {{Card|The Balrog, Durin's Bane}} is the classic example of chump- ...lowship is too large and you want to avoid being [[Rule of 6|vulnerable]] to cards like {{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Lieutenant of Morgul}}. Occasionally, it m ...

...your local Ents of Fangorn Pre-release. If you did not get the opportunity to do so, let me tell you a little story... ...th the Elves, the oldest living beings. Soon after came the Orcs who tried to cut down those Ents and suffered their wrath! In the end, the Ents overtook ...

...ansion, Rohan has gained a special ability not seen before: the ability to play possessions outside of the fellowship phase for a benefit (as if playing a ...n't enough, a pump card or maybe a Bow should give him the strength needed to make sure that most minions not only lose, but get quite trampled as well. ...

...f course that you have your extra companions, mounts, and weapons in play. To ensure that you can ride through your opponent's minions, just give a shout ...ng the regroup phase - after your opponent has taken the minions they wish to stack off the table, making your second move that much easier. ...

...r turns, your fellowship must move once, and may move a number of times up to your move limit. ...your regroup phase, you may decide to move your fellowship again, subject to this move limit. ...

...e a skirmish, Dwarven Bracers gives the Free Peoples player an opportunity to trade strength for vitality in a pinch. ...depend on the availability of healing, how desperate your position is, and how many copies of Dwarven Bracers you're playing. Bracers may be worth holding ...

...ermine the race of (see [[Creature]]), but this is obviously a bit too off to use for individuals with a murky origin. ...final [[Current Rulings Document]] has a section devoted to untangling how to interact with characters of no race: ...

...ss (4U233)|Fearless (4U233)]]|[[Gathering to the Summons (4C235)|Gathering to the Summons (4C235)]]}} ...If your opponent can guess your every move, he can plan ahead and attempt to thwart you at every phase of the game. A good opponent will always check ou ...

|text=Some card effects allow you to draw cards in the fellowship phase. You cannot draw (or take into hand) mor ...br>This applies to cards taken into hand by any means. This does not apply to cards drawn “at the start of each of your turns.”).'' ...

Goodbye Uruk-hai! That's how many players welcomed Standard Format when it was first announced. And sinc ...d conditions. Before The Battle of Helm's Deep set, it was relatively easy to splash Gandalf (along with Sleep, Caradhras, Deep in Thought, or Grown Sudd ...

...actions that it can contain (though it's usually capped at around 3-4 due to space limitations on the cards themselves). ...s of the action can occur, period. Costs can include, but are not limited to: ...

To play a game, you need a deck. This is where you do this. The picture below shows There are five of them, from left to right: ...

...better...best! Note the improvements of the colors from left to right, and how the rightmost one captures the foiling on the teeth.]] ...to look for when capturing foil images and give plenty of examples of what to imitate. ...

...render skirmish events unnecessary because of how poorly those decks tend to perform in skirmishes. ...m Cirdan. When combined with Over the Isen, Burn Every Village can be used to pick off support companions with an overwhelm. Giving a [Dunland] minion +4 ...

...s a result, Clever Hobbits is mainly used as a trump card in Solo Sméagol, to get through particularly tough turns. ...of the other {{C|Gollum}} conditions in turn. But even then, you're likely to lose some conditions if there isn't a fair amount of [[twilight cost|twilig ...

...ormed "at the start of each fellowship phase" and is an involuntary action to boot, it is often performed before other actions and can sometimes frustrat ...tsea, Ringwraith in Twilight}} and win skirmishes to force the Ring-bearer to begin taking burdens. This is already a suboptimal use of the Blade Tip, a ...

...eck focused on any culture. Unfortunately, it's just not consistent enough to justify inclusion in almost any deck, however. ...later, but with most of these cards you miss out on the archery wound due to the timing. The only card of note that soaks up arbitrary amounts of twilig ...

...ng Axeman is one of those cards that seems simple enough to understand and play at first glance but is actually worth a second and closer look. As a cost 2 ...is also the cheapest of any but Gollum - and it takes 4 burdens for Gollum to be as strong as the Easterling Axeman is with 2; and even then he is not fi ...

...ûl. The Ringwraiths rely on unrelenting persistence and chilling precision to achieve their master's goals. While they may not be large in number, the Ni ...have the ability to cause damage to any companion, or can present disaster to the Ring-bearer should the Nine gain the advantage. ...

...ining cards like {{Card|Noble Leaders}} and {{Card|Stewards' Legacy}}, and to top it all off he has unusually good base strength for his relatively low [ ...or two on him in the early skirmishes, since you'll almost always be able to heal him at the first Sanctuary. ...

...frightening than {{Card|Cave Troll of Moria, Scourge of the Black Pit}} in play for similar amounts of twilight and a host of downsides. The card robs The ...even a very powerful one, can sometimes be a bad deal and is rarely going to be a particularly good one. ...

...arming companions when they arrive. Because it allows the Free Peoples to play cards from the discard pile, it has good synergy with other Dwarven effects ...{{Card|Heavy Axe}} in the right deck}}), Beneath the Mountains can be used to quickly arm a fellowship without giving up any twilight. ...

...strong skirmishing potential it may be better to use the {{Twilight|4}} to play {{Card|Saruman, Rabble-rouser}} instead and ensure Hillman Tribe will win ( ...t}} and {{Card|Hillman Mob}} are the most popular choices for doing so due to their balance of twilight cost and strength. In a similar manner, {{Card|Du ...

...definitions further restricting when the ability can be used ("Spot an Elf to..."). ** Integer. Defaults to 0 (meaning no limit). ...

Those links allow you to get to some additional information: * Game Hall - takes you back to the game hall when you're looking at some other tab, ...

...on Store}} and {{Card|Ecglaf}} are the most obvious ways to put it back in play for Towers, though {{Card|Armory}} along with any of {{Card|Eowyn, Daughter ...no interaction with the bearer's skirmish at all. If anything is expended to win the skirmish - which is more often necessary for a banner-bearer than b ...

...Thongs}}, you can discard the Helm before the Shadow player gets a chance to discard it, preventing all of the wounds from the first skirmish. ...total. That doesn't make these cards useless! If the Orc Soldier is going to lose the skirmish anyway, one wound is more than zero. But it does prevent ...

...rb in its text, you can successfully argue that you must ‘spot’ the Balrog to exert it.)These cards are: ...ider Event. Skirmish: Spot a Raider man skirmishing a Ring-bound companion to add a burden. Twilight Cost 0 (4C 235). ...

...heir Ring-bearer when the game starts. The winner of this hidden bid gets to choose whether they go first or second, determining if they start the game ...ers decide randomly who goes first. Normally, however, players bid burdens to determine this. ...

...else may be in hand. The mere threat that this card can pose may be enough to keep a player from moving in the regroup phase at all, making it one of few ...eally get value out of this card most of the time is a move in the regroup to site 8 or 9. This is also when all the factors that worked against its use ...

'''Here Is Good Rock''' is an object lesson in how you often play cards because you like their cost rather than their effect. The main use of ...fing Gimli's strength. {{Card|Gimli, Feared Axeman}} is the natural choice to get the most out of these Gimli-boosting shenanigans, since he helps protec ...

...he extra point of strength, while seemingly minor, is all The Balrog needs to kill companions with an 18 strength overwhelm threshold - that is, 9 streng ...Whip's potential. The universal benefit of {{Card|Hobbit Stealth}} both up to and beyond site 5 in keeping the Ring-bearer alive makes it more likely tha ...

...r demise and keep the one companion that matters - the Ring-bearer - alive to the end. ...hausted after the first round of skirmishes this card can keep losses down to the least important companion. ...

...are cards that add burdens, remove burdens, and even add twilight based on how many burdens you can spot. With Gollum lurking about, the threat of corrupt ...n brings him forth as a Nasty Treacherous Creature, presenting the ability to exert a companion in the regroup phase, simply by discarding him. This can ...

...based strategies of the Isengard Warg-riders, and the Raiders' Mumaks, not to mention the Ringwraith's Black Steeds, the Uruak-Hai's Broad-bladed Swords, Which prompts the question - how do you get rid of them? ...

...ron gathered his strength, he would surely have persuaded the dragon Smaug to join his forces, and the will of the Ring would have led Gollum straight in ...too deeply can have negative consequences - while it might make your trip to site 9 easier, if you discard too many of your Shadow cards, it can make yo ...

...formula through extensive ban lists or other unexpected restrictions (like how [[Highlander]] only permits 1 copy of each card, or [[Poor Man's]] bans all ...to grow stale due to the same few abusive power cards rising to the top. To counteract this, with the release of [[Battle of Helm's Deep]] Decipher int ...

[[File:Rules-Starter-EN_Set-01.pdf|right|thumb|500px|The cover to the first Starter Rulebook for [[The Fellowship of the Ring]]]] ...s'' that outlined both general and specific guidelines of how the game was to be played. There were several different types of rule documents: ...

...how many {{C|Elven}} conditions you expect to face and how badly you want to get rid of them. Unfortunately most of the power in an Elven support area c ...come up short of overwhelming a companion even when the Shadow player gets to assign it. ...

...[[Mines of Moria Index]]|[[Erland, Advisor to Brand (2C21)|Erland, Advisor to Brand (2C21)]]|[[Gandalf's Wisdom (2C23)|Gandalf's Wisdom (2C23)]]}} ...Artifact]] from the [[Mines of Moria]] set. It is the only way in the game to [[Skirmish Cancellation|cancel a skirmish]] on a character other than a Hob ...

...strength levels that had previously required a combo of half a dozen cards to pull off. ...xt turn and ''then'' killed without much fear of his strength contributing to any skirmish outcomes, even in a swarm. ...

...of the [[Maia|Maiar]] that were once filled with light and corrupted them to his dark purposes. Among the most powerful of these spirits were the ''Bal ...oying Morgoth's power and sinking the entire northern end of the continent to cleanse the world of his influence, the Balrogs were slowly, one by one roo ...

...is no longer considered binding from a rules perspective, and is intended to be used for illustrative purposes only. For the actual rules document, see The best way to learn is from a friend who already knows how to play. If your friends aren't players yet, we suggest you begin with a [[Rulebook ...

...ould have in destroying Sauron; but time would show that the Elves were to play a crucial part indeed. ...he Elves Sauron would have easily defeated the Free Peoples and laid claim to all the lands of Middle Earth. The Elves find their power in their speed an ...

...al, when people refer to "Isengard Orcs" or "Isenorcs", they are referring to the swarming orcs with the Regroup Phase abilities. ...rying his enemy across the lands of the West, and Saruman himself scheming to seize the Ring any chance he gets. ...

...hem divided, with a shattered nobility, and little time remaining for them to set their course true. But it is the people of Gondor that must carry Middl ...ts, whose unique strengths lie in their ability to transfer fortifications to minions, thereby weakening their strength and vitality. ...

To the Rohirrim, the Dunlendings are an inexorable tide - they sweep across th ...sions, and they control sites. Properly applied, this gives you three ways to destroy those tiresome Free People Fellowships. ...

...l a respectable 11 [[strength]] [[Fierce]] minion with enough [[vitality]] to absorb [[archery]] wounds, ward off [[direct wounding]] strategies, or pay ...a classic [[hate]] card that punishes a large Fellowship, by allowing you to kill their most important companion. Enquëa can apply three wounds, and mos ...

...ecipher]] submitted final card images for the [[Mines of Moria]] expansion to New Line Cinema for approval. New Line approved of the majority of these c | style="vertical-align:middle;" | Standard Product Approval Form provided to New Line. ...

...n]]s to meet the [[spot]] [[Cultural Enforcement|requirements]]. It's easy to just have two elves in your [[starting Fellowship]], especially in [[Movie ...it's better than {{Card|Seclusion}} unless you only have one elf companion to spot, it's worse than {{Card|Lothlorien Guides}} and {{Card|Namarie}}. ...

...nd no innate way of gaining [[Fierce|fierce]]. It is also the first minion to have an unconditional [[Damage|damage bonus]] of 2, with only {{Card|Sauron ...d hoped to move again, the prospect of dealing with The Balrog in addition to what may be full turn's worth of the usual dangers will make them think twi ...

...ainst imposing figures like The Witch-king, and that allowing such a thing to happen is one of the breaking points for the game's narrative. ...physical prowess of a character like Aragorn, they are conceptually closer to the acts of stealth which kept The Ring hidden and enemies off of their tra ...

...from most Shadow player interference at the cost of having one fewer card to cycle through. ...and Evil is the only Free People card in hand, it is sometimes worthwhile to discard it when reconciling then pull it back into hand in the next Fellows ...

''The '''Tournament Guidelines''' was a document distributed by Decipher to help local event runners address common issues. The PDF version can be fou ...n organized play structure that provides a place for players of all levels to test out their decks and skills against other Lord of the Rings TCG players ...

...radhras}} much harder to benefit from (and makes the deck very susceptible to {{Card|Saruman's Power}} by the same token). ...hine: healing many wounds off of one companion without necessarily needing to heal anyone else (or there's no room for any {{C|Gondor}} companions). Ther ...

...rength. In both cases, she's mainly used in [[Movie Block]]/[[King Block]] play, since she's left behind by a combination of other cards that serve her mai ...a gameplan to deal with single dangerous minions played over and over. So how do you get [[Value|value]] from her? ...

...02/022703decipherconatgencon.html DecipherCon and World Championships Move to Gen Con Indy]</ref>. The Championship itself was a 3-day gauntlet of all-da *** Constructed: Standard (which is to say, what we now call [[Towers Standard]]) ...

...y {{Card|Frodo, Frenzied Fighter}} without causing the Free Peoples player to immediately lose. ...he One Ring is being used and what dangers the player using Held is hoping to address. ...

...ly doubles those wounds, and the deck often runs other sources of wounding to soften up the Fellowship. The deck relies on [[King Block]] cards, so it fi ...right, especially if the Free Peoples player forgot to (or couldn't afford to) put on [[the One Ring]]. ...

...step on Legolas with a giant war elephant or send an unkempt Peter Jackson to single-handedly crush the entire Fellowship, so you take the good with the ...oats, introducing what would remain a top-tier strategy in [[Movie Block]] to this day. ...

...he deck just needs two things: companions that wound minions, and some way to heal them. This isn't one deck so much as a catch-all for a handful of simi ...eenleaf then skirmishing that minion with {{Card|Eowyn, Lady of Ithilien}} to wipe out many minions at once with her ability. It can happen entirely in t ...

...rlds Apart. It is a proprietary format, recently analyzed and picked apart to facilitate conversion of *.ldc decks into more modern and useable formats. ...]] if you'd like to follow along. If you intend to write a parser, be sure to get the copy of LotR-O in that same post; the various installers floating a ...

...low is a record of the rules utilized by the [[Player's Council]] as apply to all PC formats. For the [[Decipher]] era rules, see [[Comprehensive Rules ...rning and understanding, but all relevant rules statements have been moved to the relevant glossary entry in this document. ...

The best way to learn is from a friend who already knows how to play. If your friends aren't players yet, we suggest you begin with a [[Rulebook ...errata and clarifications. '''[''Section Four'' records the last updates to the X- and R-lists of each official format.]''' ...

The best way to learn is from a friend who already knows how to play. If your friends aren’t players yet, we suggest you begin with a [[Rulebook ...onological overview of gameplay. '''Section Two''' provides complete rules to the game, organized alphabetically by topic. '''Section Three''' provides e ...

...the games made by Decipher, from design tidbits to interviews to spoilers to DecipherCon coverage. RFD connects you to information that you won't get anywhere else. Longtime listeners often hear ...

...lay both roles, alternating between guiding Frodo to safety and attempting to kill him. This inherent struggle is portrayed using the innovative [[Twili ...001/list-of-winners Origins Award Winners(2001)]</ref> and even (according to Decipher's own suspect numbers) outselling Magic: The Gathering for a brief ...