LotR 231,2 - The Ford of Isen (1,2)

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Actual Game Day today, and got in two games of The Ford of Isen in The Voice of Isengard deluxe.

The first game we ended up stalling out the quest a bit too long with The King's Road occupying the active location. We were not able to get Grima out in time before we threated out on some nasty treacheries. This seems to be another question where aggro is the way to go. My partner was running a 3 Leadership Outlands deck, I was using the Tactics deck which got us through Morgul Vale. We went 5 rounds before threating out.

The second game we also threated, having drawn a really nasty treachery which increases threat according to the number of cards in each player's hands. This added 8 Threat on Round 1, and we were not able to recover despite my tactics deck chopping up enemies right and left. We've been ending up more or less location locking.

Not sure how we want to proceed from here, but we'll likely continue with these same decks for another couple of plays. At least for the first stage (the only one we've played), these decks should be able to manage it.

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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.