King of the Golden Hall (V2)
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| King of the Golden Hall (V2) | |
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| ID | V2 |
| Name | King of the Golden Hall |
| Creator | Player's Council |
| Release Date | 2024-12-06 |
| Is Official | no |
| Platforms | GEMP |
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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 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 
Rohan and 
Isengard to be competitive as a culture within the Movie Block ecosystem, which meant bolstering their power level to match what 
Sauron, 
Elven, 
Gondor and others had received in King Block.
One of the major changes introduced was to carve out the Naith Elven subculture. To do so, all Naith companions were issued errata to add the Valiant keyword, both to tie them closer to Rohan and to more strictly define their own subculture as distinct from more general Elven mainstays.
Old concepts revisited included:
- Rohan Valiant companions
- Elven Naith warriors, now also Valiant themselves.
- Isengard Machines, Berserkers, and Site Control
- Isengard regroup-wounding Isenorcs and Wargs/Warg-riders
- Sauron Twilight Wraiths
New concepts included:
Dunland Initiative interaction
Moria Threats- Rohan Ring-bearer support
- A cycle of "Flood Insurance" cards meant to punish too much twilight flooding
