LotR Nightmare inventory

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I'm in The Lord of the Ring card game deep enough now that the very recent announcement that Fantasy Flight Games lost the license for Android:Netrunner gave me cause for concern. At some point I know I will want to play through the Nightmare decks, so perhaps I better get them now while they are still available. Because they are not all available at the same time everywhere, I will have to acquire them as the reprints come back in stock.

Update 2020-01-01: I think I have all of them now, just haven't updated this article in years.

Core

Complete

  • Passage Through Mirkwood
  • Journey Along the Anduin
  • Escape from Dol Guldur FFGMEN03

Shadows of Mirkwood

Complete

  • The Hunt for Gollum
  • Conflict at the Carrock
  • A Journey to Rhosgobel
  • The Hills of Emyn Muil
  • The Dead Marshes
  • Return to Mirkwood

Dwarrowdelf

Complete

  • Khazad-dum FFGMEN10

  • The Redhorn Gate FFGMEN11
  • Road to Rivendell
  • The Watcher in the Water FFGMEN13
  • The Long Dark FFGMEN14
  • Foundations of Stone FFGMEN15
  • Shadow and Flame FFGMEN16

Against the Shadow

Complete

  • Heirs of Numenor FFGMEN21

  • The Steward's Fear
  • The Druadan Forest
  • Encounter at Amon Din FFGMEN24
  • Assault on Osgiliath FFGMEN25
  • The Blood of Gondor FFGMEN26
  • The Morgul Vale FFGMEN27

The Ring-maker

Complete

  • The Voice of Isengard FFGMEN28

  • The Dunland Trap
  • The Three Trials
  • Trouble in Tharbad
  • The Nin-in-Eilph
  • Celebrimbor's Secret
  • The Antlered Crown

Angmar Awakened

Complete

  • The Lost Realm FFGMEN35

  • The Wastes of Eriador FFGMEN37
  • Escape from Mount Gram FFGMEN38
  • Across the Ettenmoors FFGMEN39
  • The Treachery of Rhudaur FFGMEN40
  • The Battle of Carn Dum FFGMEN41
  • The Dread Realm FFGMEN42

Dream-chaser

Complete

  • The Grey Havens FFGMEN44

  • Flight of the Stormcaller FFGMEN45
  • The Thing in the Depths FFGMEN46
  • Temple of the Deceived FFGMEN47
  • The Drowned Ruins FFGMEN48
  • A Storm on Cobas Haven FFGMEN49
  • The City of Corsairs FFGMEN50

Haradrim

  • The Sands of Harad

  • The Mumakil
  • Race Across Harad
  • Beneath the Sands
  • The Black Serpent
  • The Dungeons of Cirith Gurat
  • The Crossings of Poros

Ered Mithrin

  • The Wilds of Rhovanion

  • The Withered Heath
  • Roam Across Rhovanion
  • Fire in the Night
  • The Ghost of Framsburg
  • Mount Gundabad
  • The Fate of Wilderland

Vengence of Mordor

  • A Shadow in the East

  • Wrath and Ruin
  • The City of Ulfast
  • Challenge of the Wainriders
  • Under the Ash Mountains
  • The Land of Sorrow
  • The Fortress of Nurn

Saga

  • The Black Riders FFGMEN19
  • The Road Darkens FFGMEN20
  • The Treason of Saruman FFGMEN36
  • The Land of Shadow FFGMEN43
  • The Flame of the West
  • The Mountain of Fire

Hobbit

  • Overhill and Underhill
  • On the Doorstep
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What to play next?

Deciding what to play next is always a tough call when faced with a closet full of games, all of which were purchased with intent to play. Here's one I'm dealing with the decision.

  • Something New: this means both something new to me and a game which has been published recently, within the last two or three years.
  • Something Classic: I've acquired a number of games properly considered "classic" which haven't yet been played. The current example would be PanzerGruppe Guderian.
  • Something Again: mastery requires constant practice, which means playing games many, many times to allow nuance to appear.
  • Something Vietnam: as I'm on a Vietnam binge. I don't have all the Vietnam games ever published, but I can say that I have a lot of them, and probably more than most people.
  • Something Obscure: as it's fun to poke around in the dustier corners of game design.
  • Something Different: break away from the same old publishers and try a game from one of the new kids on the block. Or, conversely, dip into legacy with a classic tried and true.
  • Something Light: once in a while it's nice to actually finish a game all the way through in one sitting, in an hour or two.
  • Something Heavy: if possible, it's nice to set up something big and complicated which can be left out for days or weeks or even months, for a leisurely stroll through a very large or long game.

There are surely many more ways to choose, but the above method keeps me busy enough, helps me get both breadth and depth into my play, and provides me with a sense of progress.

The odd man out

When there is an odd man out:

  • Have a solo game ready to play.
  • Keep score or advise on a game in progress.
  • Referee a game in progress.