The Pelennor Fields (V3)
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| The Pelennor Fields (V3) | |
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| ID | V3 |
| Name | The Pelennor Fields |
| Creator | Player's Council |
| Release Date | 2025-12-13 |
| Is Official | no |
| Platforms | GEMP |
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The Pelennor Fields is the third Virtual Set (VSet) released by the Player's Council. Design was headed by ketura, with input and playtesting by Mock, Tunadan, Johda, Modrzew, The Nameless Guy, Solarus, zen89, LlamaHero, and others. It was originally spoiled in a series of videos made in collaboration with various content creators in the community, as well as in a series of blog posts leading up to its release in December 2025.
V3 wrapped up the Movie Block tour by supplementing and exploring the King Block setting and concepts. In addition to the thematic and mechanical elements from that block, there was a large focus on introducing brand new mechanics to the game, as practice for future reworks and material that would require such work. The three new mechanics introduced were: Relentless, 2-dot/3-dot uniqueness, and Hinder. There was also a concerted attempt to shove the meta in the favor of the Shadow side, as Free Peoples had long been too secure in its position; this was accomplished both through the asymmetric impact of Hinder in favor of Shadow and through the release and focus on powerful Shadow abilities and minions. There was also a minor focus on cross-cultural identity, with several characters being represented in new thematic cultures.
The V3 release was paired with 38 errata, many of which were nerfing mass-discard effects or other problematic cards (such as the infamous Gríma, Wormtongue (4R154)
) to utilize hinder instead. See PC_Errata/Yuletide_2025.
New Mechanics[edit]
- Relentless – A new loaded keyword. Relentless minions must be skirmished in a third round of skirmishes after fierce.
- Multi-dot Uniqueness – In addition to the 1-dot and zero-dot options, cards will now also come in 2- and 3-dot varieties. Cards with 2 dots are restricted to 2 copies in play, and cards with 3 dots are restricted to 3 copies in play.
- Hinder / Restore – When a card is hindered, it is flipped face down. While hindered, that card loses its game text, card type, culture, title, and all other card traits. When a card is restored, flip it back face up and it resumes activity. When any player reconciles, they automatically restore all of their hindered cards. Thus, hinder is a temporary disable that benefits Shadow somewhat more than Free Peoples.
Revisited Concepts[edit]
Gandalf and 
Shire Pipes and Pipeweed
Gollum Shelob beatdown, especially with support for Shelob, Eater of Light (8R25)
Gondor Fortifications- Gondor Wraiths
Raider Corsairs
New Concepts[edit]
- Gollum persona replacement (swapping the existing version of a card with a copy of a different subtitle from your discard pile)
- A pair of "Pyramids", which are a cycle of cards that you "build up" to a powerful, undiscardable capstone.
- Raider Bladetusk Mumakil, who start in the support area as items and stack Southron Men on them, later entering the fray as minions
- Raider Southron Trackers who self-hinder on play to set up a literal ambush
Ringwraith Empowered Nazgul, all of which cost 
more and have +1 strength than normal, with powerful effects- Shire "Neo-choke" that provides powerful, expensive cards but cap your fellowship at 4 companions
- A collection of
Sites for 8K/9K that properly depict Mount Doom as a final destination for the fellowship's quest
