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|text=Killed Free Peoples characters are placed in your dead pile. The dead pile is separate from and next to yo ...or any other card with the same title. You may play another copy of a non-unique card that is in your dead pile. ...

...only one of the three can be borne by a character, they all have the same unique title anyway, and no cards mention the Palantír item class by name. ...r, this card does not have the Palantír keyword, nor does it have the same unique persona, so it's possible to have it in play at the same time as any of the ...

* [Gondor] characters * As a non-unique [Sauron] condition, Gleaming Spires is 'stackable' ...

...r a strength +2 bonus. Endurance of Dwarves, the [Dwarven] variant, is non-unique, but only provides a strength +1 boost. * Best in concordance with characters with exertion special abilities, such as Legolas, Greenleaf or Aragorn, Ran ...

...)|Gothmog]], who appears in three, followed by [[Aragorn]] and many Shadow characters appearing in two.) ...rait he shares only with his servant [[Grima]]. He is also one of only two characters in the game to appear in multiple different cultures in the same set, havin ...

...the [[dead pile]]. If a card doesn't have a title with a dot, it is '''non-unique''', and has none of the limitations listed here. ...nt versions with different subtitles, but they are all considered the same unique persona. If Sauron, the Lord of the Rings is in play, then you can't also p ...

...r a strength +2 bonus. Endurance of Dwarves, the [Dwarven] variant, is non-unique, but only provides a strength +1 boost. * Best in concordance with characters with exertion special abilities, such as Legolas, Greenleaf or Aragorn, Ran ...

* “Discard to heal.” Spot a unique companion or unique ally with at least one wound and discard a card from your hand with the sam ...your dead pile counts as a separate companion, whether it is unique or non-unique.) This is referred to as The Rule of 9. ...

...ondition that draws a card at the beginning of the Shadow phase. Being non-unique, four copies could, in theory, extend the Shadow player's hand by four card ...lete for a general purpose deck, although it has the disadvantage of being unique, unlike Bent on Discovery. ...

...rom moving could potentially be reduced to effectively paying for just the characters moving (when combined with other effects like Bill the Pony, Sting and Giml ...

{{SplashImage|LOTR-EN09S051.0_card.jpg|One of the 'enigma' characters whose origin is never explored.|300px|Goldberry, River-daughter (9R+51)}} '''Raceless''' cards are a curious matter of a card having no race. All characters usually have a built-in [[Unloaded Keyword]] listed in their type bar that ...

...r around particularly important characters, with those Characters or cards unique to them activating various signet abilities. Usually, however, (and this i ...at they both have the Gandalf signet of the originals. They are therefore unique in being the only signeted cards not actually bearing the signet on the fac ...

* Support characters * Strong early-game characters (Thorongil, Grimbeorn, Glorfindel) ...

...weakness of this card is that it can become unplayable if too many valiant characters die, or if the Free Peoples player fails to draw enough valiant companions ...ny valiant men die, or if the Free Peoples player fails to draw the needed characters (Mitigated by Simbelmyne and Last Days of My House) ...

Characters may bear Possessions and Artifacts, Conditions, and Followers. They may al It should be noted that [[Follower]]s are not Characters, in spite of using the same card template. They cannot be spotted for any ...

...ad of this one, depending on the situation, including alternate version of characters'' * This card may be used to place a unique companion from hand into the dead pile, even if another copy of that compan ...

...he number of such items that a character may bear, assuming they are not [[unique]] (see [[Classless]]). See [[Race]] for a similar unloaded keyword limited to Characters. ...

...those tokens where the comparable Free Peoples conditions can benefit many characters, some even across cultures. Finally, the effect tends to be underwhelming: Since collecting tokens is slow, the condition is unique, and its use tends to be situational, a player hoping to incorporate Behold ...

...{{Card|Despair}} doesn't actually spot cards in the dead pile, since dead characters aren't active and can't be spotted, but players often refer to it that way. ...stacked unique card may be in play elsewhere. Multiple copies of the same unique card may be stacked together.}} ...

...pears as a handful of unique [[character]]s, although two of them are main characters of ''Lord of the Rings'' and thus have many different versions. Five wizard ...

...of {{Card|Aiglos}}. (No other [[shield]]s can be played on any {{C|Elven}} characters, and the card prevents all other [[possession]]s anyway.) ...

...he Height of Men). Bear in mind however that the Troll may still overwhelm characters like Gimli, even if he does have his helm. Cave Troll's Hammer is also less difficult than most unique weapons to play because it can be played using Relics of Moria, makes twili ...

...within the culture, all but two of them are really just Rider's Mount made unique or more expensive and given additional text. The exceptions are part of the Rohan has access at least one non-unique mount with the text of Rider's Mount in every block, making it legal in spi ...

...atile and powerful [[Free Peoples]] [[Man]] [[companion]], one of the main characters of {{C|Gondor}} culture. There are many different versions of Aragorn, as h ...that includes at least one version of all of the main Free Peoples unique characters. ...

...additional effect that makes him better than a Horse of Rohan, he is also unique, so this generic horse can be more useful if you need multiple mounts. Arag ...|Leod]] reference mounted companions rather than [rohan] companions, these characters can be used to provide bonuses to out of culture companions. There also [Ro ...

...oples in a wide variety ways. Perhaps you are building up the abilities of characters such as {{Card|Eomer, Third Marshal of Riddermark}}, {{Card|Eowyn, Lady of ...ts have an entire hospital named after them. The unbound hobbits also have unique ways of refreshing their vitality after exerting by either discarding thems ...

...Rings''. Their main character is [[Gimli]], although many other [[unique]] characters with a relatively small role in ''The Lord of the Rings''—particularly {{Ca ...s]], representing their tendency to not leave their home forests. The main characters of this faction are [[Legolas]], [[Arwen]], [[Elrond]], and [[Galadriel]]. ...

* Damage + 1 characters * High Vitality characters (Aragorn, Gandalf, Tom Bombadil) ...

...rength boost in a pinch. However, Endurance of Dwarves isn't a tale, isn't unique, and grants 1 strength instead of 2. ...if the condition is discarded. While extra vitality is useful for anyone, characters which need to exert gain the most. Unlike Elves or {{C|Gondor}} companions, ...

...r a speed bump implies a certain contempt and triviality. These are always characters of minimal importance to the Free Peoples player and, by extension, all Sha ...ters are overwhelmed thanks to Shadow [[Pump|skirmish pumps]] or important characters are inadvertently killed by Free Peoples error. For example, one might say ...

...] mounts and cards that interact with mounts, although a handful of mostly unique mounts appear in other cultures, including {{Card|Asfaloth}}, {{Card|Shadow ...often interact directly with mounts, either by granting bonuses to mounted characters ({{Card|Rider's Spear}}) or taking advantage of those exertions ({{Card|Eow ...

...med}}. That's pretty close to an exhaustive list! There are relatively few characters with base [[strength]] of less than six, and almost all of them are [[ring- ...d if the weapon is a generic one, like {{Card|Elven Sword}}, rather than a unique one like Long-knives, there's a decent chance they'll be able to hand it of ...

...aker alternative to Noble Leaders, and useful chiefly to work around the [[unique]] limitation. ...s Heir}} loves to see all these tokens. {{Card|Stewards' Legacy}} benefits characters you're probably already playing, although its strongest effect, negating mi ...

...still functions as a safety net for your Free Peoples--and because of his unique game text, he can be particularly effective in that role, being less vulner ...ad of this one, depending on the situation, including alternate version of characters'' ...

...ptic rhyming and dualistic personality make him one of the most compelling characters in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Gandalf and Elrond tell of the unspeakabl So how do you take a unique character such as Gollum, and incorporate him into this game? Well, to do j ...

...[[Free Peoples]] side working in tandem with the [[Shadow]], which is a a unique concept to post-[[Shadows]] decks. This usually means that you play [[Smeag ...}} is a must for a potential swarm, as he is the only Nazgûl that is not [[unique]]. {{Card|The Witch-King, Captain of the Nine Riders}} is often used for hi ...

...mpanions (Aragorn and Boromir) and even then we saw two of the most robust characters in the game. Aragorn, Ranger of the North sports a Defender +1 ability and ...nnings of a unified kingdom with the emergence of Gondorian Knights, whose unique strengths lie in their ability to transfer fortifications to minions, there ...

...ut a strong companion in danger early on without fear of losing any of the unique benefits that Eomer can access. It will also save the twilight of transferr ...heoden, {{Card|Rohirrim Army}}, {{Card|Merry, Swordthain}}, and supporting characters of other cultures. Depending on the deck, he may also be supplanted by {{Ca ...

...nions is accompanied by the weakness of each of those minions carrying the unique characteristic. The Nazgûl have the potential to decimate a fellowship befo ...awback was deemed big enough to offset the new loaded keyword that biggest characters had. ...

* [[spot|Spotting]] X characters * Exerting X characters ...

...ther characters that joins for a short time and then departs. They are not characters, although they are often named and depicted with images of people from the An artifact is a unique weapon, suit of armor, or other kind of special object used by a character. ...

...n absorb all of the threat wounds harmlessly. Combine this with disposable characters like {{Card|Sam, Son of Hamfast}} or {{Card|Thrarin, Dwarven Smith}}, and i While this card is [[unique]], it's usually fine to run multiple copies. You can just discard the copy ...

...ion of [[The War of the Ring Anthology]] is in fact transcribed in German, unique to all non-English language Tengwar cards. ...close but not identical to the standard English mode, with vowels as full characters instead of diacritics. As a starting point, compare it to the "Westron Ort ...

...only enough to play one Nazgul. Clearly, a minion side with all Nazgul and unique weapons will be somewhat risky. As a result, Nazgul players must attempt to ...is aided by reducing the effectiveness of your opponent's main skirmishing characters - being able to get a Black Breath on a companion early in the game, partic ...

...[[unique]], and they are both generally played in the same decks. As a non-unique wounding minion, Morgul Brute is generally closer to three-cost minions lik ...m]] out just cheap enough minions to consistently wear down any vulnerable characters in the Fellowship, the ring-bearer included. Decks using [[Twilight (Keywor ...

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...he first copy of a unique Shadow condition (or the first 4 copies of a non-unique Shadow condition) closest to the right of the Free Peoples player are in ef When the Free Peoples player assigns one of his characters to skirmish a minion with the keyword "ambush {{Twilight|X}}," the Shadow p ...

'''Healing''' is the act of removing damage tokens from your characters, and thus restoring vitality. The word "heal" means to remove a single dam ...of "[[discard_to_heal|discarding to heal]]", which is done by discarding a unique character card from hand to heal a character with the same name. This acti ...

...ther characters that joins for a short time and then departs. They are not characters, although they are often named and depicted with images of people from the An artifact is a unique weapon, suit of armor, or other kind of special object used by a character. ...

...ctions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. “The Lord of the Rings” and names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company If you have more than one copy of a unique companion in your dead pile, you can’t play one of them from your dead pile ...

...d so on. From the beginning, all Lord of the Rings sets ensured that main characters came in both common and rare varieties, so even the most unlucky pack opene Each "block" of sets introduced its own unique site path, as well as adding new mechanics, [[Keywords]], and [[Cultures]] ...

An artifact is a unique weapon, suit of armor, or other kind of special object used by a character. All characters in the game have vitality. This number represents a character’s life force, ...

...n put in to shape how supporting characters help the Fellowship survive -- characters that are unlikely to skirmish The Balrog without dying regardless. The only ...t also to {{Card|Cave Troll of Moria, Scourge of the Black Pit}} and other unique minions. {{Card|Goblin Spear}} offers more strength playable on any {{C|Mor ...

...otherwise constrained by companion vitality. Strategies built on exerting characters in skirmish phases benefit the most, but archery and maneuver phase exertio ...se concerns, but of course it is an obvious target for removal as well and unique to boot. ...

...d for at least one wound, and he can pick off troublesome two-[[vitality]] characters on his own with no support. Give him cards that increase his vitality, like ...d|Horse of Rohan}}. ({{Card|Lorien Swordsman}} is a somewhat weaker, non-[[unique]] alternative to Arwen.) Another choice is {{Card|Glorfindel, Revealed in W ...