LotR 207 - The Siege of Cair Andros (5)

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Could be the last LotR game of the year! Or not, we'll see. I have a bunch of traveling coming up, and with the new job keeping me really busy I may not have the time or energy to get another game day together. However, my usual collaborator was up for a short session today, so we took another crack at The Siege of Cair Andros.

This was our fifth play of Cair Andros. The previous plays resulted in gradually improvements as we tuned the decks after each play. For this session today, we beat it in 7 rounds, which is pretty cool! This is supposed to be one of the harder quests. Being able to play Hasty Stroke and two Galadhrim's Greetings really helped, higher threat enemies just stayed in staging until we were ready for them.

Update 2022-08-08: I'm pretty sure the deck I used is what I just added to RingsDB as Heirs of Numenor Progression.

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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.