LotR 55 - Journey Along the Anduin (8)

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• lotr-lcg
• lord-of-the-rings
• lord-of-the-rings-lcg
• lotr
• journey-along-the-anduin
• basic-trisphere

Back to Basics core trisphere deck back in action for an eigth attempt at Journey Along the Anduin. This is the basic 44 card deck.

Initial hand:

1. Forest Snare
2. Erebor Hammersmith
3. A Test of Will
4. Sneak Attack
5. The Galadhrim's Greeting
6. Snowbourn Scout

I'll take it.

Round 1

1. Resource: 3, draw Will of the West.
2. Planning: none.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Theodred, draw Necromancer's Pass.
4. Travel: Necromance's Pass, discard Erebor and Snaowbourn.
5. Encounter: none.
6. Combat: none.
7. Refresh: Threat 28. Beravor draws Northern Tracker and Guard of the Citadel.

Round 2

1. Resource: 7, draw Forest Snare.
2. Planning: Guard of the Citadel.
3. Quest: Eowyn and Theodred, draw The Brown Lands. Crap. Threat 30. No big deal as I was going to pull out Hill Troll #1 anyway.
4. Travel: none.
5. Encounter: Hill Troll #1.
6. Combat: Guard of the Citadel defends, Shadow Despair, defense is not counted. Doesn't matter here, Threat 34.
7. Refresh: Threat 35.

Round 3

1. Resource: 9, draw Lore of Imladris.
2. Planning: Forest Snare on Hill Troll. Northern Tracker.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Northern Tracker draw Dol Guldur Orcs, net 2 P clears Necromancer's Pass.
4. Travel: none.
5. Encounter: Dol Guldur Orcs.
6. Combat: Undefended…Shadow card is Hill Troll #2. Excellent. Beravor takes 2 D, Theodred and Beravor kill Dol Guldur Orcs.
7. Refresh: Threat 36.

Need to get that threat down.

Round 4

1. Resource: 5, draw Stand and Fight.
2. Planning: none.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Theodred draw Gladden Fields for net +1 P on Quest.
4. Travel: Banks of the Anduin. Beravor draws Steward of Gondor and Galadhrim's Greeting.
5. Encounter: none.
6. Combat: none.
7. Refresh: 31.

Round 5

1. Resource: 8, draw Dwarven Tomb.
2. Planning: Steward of Gondor on Eowyn. Galadhrim's Greeting to reduce to Threat 32. No Evil Storm for me.
3. Quest: Eowyn and Northern Tracker for 5 Will, draw Wargs, net progress 0.
4. Travel: none.
5. Encounter: Wargs.
6. Combat: Beravor defends against Wargs after playing Lore of Imladris. Shadow card is Despair, defender doesn't count defense, 3 hits on Beravor. Crap. Hill Troll Shadow is Misty Mountain Goblins. Theodred puts 1 D on Wargs.
7. Refresh: Threat 32.

Round 6

1. Resource: 8, draw Stand and Fight.
2. Planning: none.
3. Quest: Eowyn, draw Chieftain Ufthak. Threat 33.
4. Travel: none.
5. Encounter: none.
6. Combat: Shadow Eastern Crows to Hill Troll, no effect. For Wargs, Shadow is Necromancer's Reach with Northern Tracker defending for 1 D. Wargs back to Staging area.
7. Refresh: Threat 34. Beravor draws Unexpected Courage and Stand and Fight.

Round 7

1. Resource: 13, draw Lore of Imladris.
2. Planning: Galadhrim's Greeting for Threat 29. Stand and Fight to get Snowbourn Scout in play, 1 P on Gladden Fields. Unexpected Courage on Beravor.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Northern Tracker and Beravor, Gladden Fields is gone, draw Treacherous Fog for no effect. Net +3 Progress to Bank of Anduin.
4. Travel: none.
5. Encounter: Wargs
6. Combat: Snowbourn Scout defends Shadow is Pursued by Shadow return Northern Tracker to hand. No big deal. That loses a damage on Northern Tracker. Beravor and Theodred kill Wargs. Shadow is Banks of the Anduin on Hill Troll.
7. Refresh: Threat 30.

Round 8

1. Resource: 12, draw Faramir.
2. Planning: Faramir.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Theodred draw Driven by Shadow, net +2 P. Exhaust Faramir to get +2 P more. Now with 5 P on quest.
4. Travel: none. Beravor draws Erebor Hammersmith and Gandalf.
5. Encouner: none.
6. Combat: none.
7. Refresh: Threat 31.

Round 9

1. Resource: 14, draw Faramir.
2. Planning: Stand and Fight for Guard of the Citadel. Northern Tracker.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Theodred draw Necromancer's Reach, 1 D on Eowyn and Theodred. Net +3 with Faramir +2 for +5 total.
4. Travel: none. Beravor draws Gleowine and Hasty Stroke.
5. Encounter: none.
6. Combat: Shadow card for Hill Troll is Goblin Sniper.
7. Refresh: Threat 32.

Round 10

1. Resource: 14, draw Will of the West.
2. Planning: Erebor Hammersmith and Gleowine, Gleowine draws Gleowine.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Theodred draw The East Bight, net +2 with Faramir +2 for total 14 on Quest, good buffer.
4. Travel: none.
5. Encounter: none.
6. Combat: Shadow card is Banks of the Anduin on Hill Troll. Beravor, Guard, Northern Tracker and Erebor put 3 hits on Hill Troll.
7. Refresh: Threat 33. Beravor draws A Test of Will and Miner of the Iron Hills.

Round 11

1. Resource: 16, draw Hasty Stroke.
2. Planning: Miner of the Iron Hills, Dwarven Tomb to Recycle Galadhrim's Greeting, which puts threat back to 27.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Theodred and Erebor Hammersmith, draw Massing at Night, draw again Dol Guldur Orcs.
4. Travel: none.
5. Encounter: Dol Guldur Orcs.
6. Combat: Sneak Attack! Gandalf in play for Combat Phase, 4 D on Dol Guldur Orcs, they're dead. Shadow was Evil Storm. Now all attack Hill Troll with 10, need 9 Hill Troll #1 is dead and we progress to Phase 2 of quest immediately. Also, Hill Troll Shadow card was Evil Storm.
7. Refresh: Threat 28. Beravor draws Henamarth Riversong and Sneak Attack. Gleowine draws Northern Tracker.

Round 12

1. Resource: 16, draw Snowbourn Scout.
2. Planning: Snowbourn Scout, Northern Tracker, Henamarth Riversong.
3. Quest: Northern Tracker x 2, Eowyn, Theodred, Henamarths and, Erebor. Draw Eatern Crows, Brown Lands and Marsh Adder for 12 Threat. Dang. But I have a Stand and Fight, so I'm going to grab a Snowbourn Scout from the discard to eliminate The Brown Lands. This puts 8 on the quest.
4. Travel: none. Beravor draws Beorn and For Gondor! Gleowine draws Lore of Imladris.
5. Encounter: none.
6. Combat: none.
7. Refresh: Threat 29.

Round 13

1. Resource: 14, draw Steward of Gondor.
2. Planning: Gleowine draws Guard of the Citadel, put into play.
3. Quest: Eowyn with discard 3 for 7, Northern Tracker x 2, Theodred, Erebor, Henamarth, Guard of Citadel for 20. draw Pursued by Shadow which I'm canceling with A Test of Will, and Dol Guldur Beastmaster. Net +9 which clears Anduin Passage. Now in play: Ambush on the Shore. Draw Enchanted Stream x 2.
4. Travel: The East Bight, won't be a problem to clear, we don't even care about it now.
5. Encounter: Engage Eastern Crows.
6. Combat: Miner of the Iron Hills defends, Shadow Goblin Sniper, no effect. Guard of the Citadel kills Eastern Crows.
7. Refresh: Threat 30. Beravor draws Miner of the Iron Hills, Gandalf.

Round 14

1. Resource: 17, draw Snowbourn Scout.
2. Planning: Play Snowbourn Scout, 1 P on The East Bight. Lore of Imladris on Beravor.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Northern Tracker x 2 Faramir for 8 net +1 P. The East Bight is cleared, and the Northern Trackers handled both Enchanted Streams.
4. Travel: none.
5. Encounter: Engage Chieftain Ufthak
6. Combat: Shadow card is Evil Storm, Snowbourn Scout defending. Sneak Attack Gandalf with 4 D on Dol Guldur Beastmaster, Erebor, Henamarth, Guard, Miner and Gandalf swing for 9 precisely and Ufthak checks out. Gandalf back to hand.
7. Refresh: Threat 31. Beravor draws Gandalf and Guard of the Citadel. That's the end of the deck.

Round 15

1. Resource: 18, no draw.
2. Planning: Will of the West, Gleowine draws Forest Snare. Play Gandalf, Guard of the Citadel, Miner of the Iron Hills.
3. Quest: Eowyn, Theodred, no draw, 0 P.
4. Travel: none.
5. Encounter: Engage Dol Guldur.
6. Combat: defend with Gandalf, Shadow 1 is Gladden Fields for no effect, Shadow 2 is Eastern Crows for +1, Gandalf takes no damage. Need 2 hits to kill Dol Guldur take from Northern Tracker.
7. Refresh: Threat 32.

Round 16

1. Resource: 13, draw Faramir.
2. Planning: play Gandalf for 4 hits on Marsh Adder and that's the game.

AAR

This was slow to get started, but once this deck gets going, it's a monster.

Tags

• lotr-lcg
• lord-of-the-rings
• lord-of-the-rings-lcg
• lotr
• journey-along-the-anduin
• basic-trisphere