LotR 295 - The Morgul Vale (5)

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Another stab at The Morgul Vale, this time with a mono-Tactics deck I used for Cair Andros. The thing about this quest is that there is no questing required, just need to not threat out, and maybe need to clear some locations.

Initial hand:

  1. Dwarven Axe
  2. Beorn
  3. Winged Guardian
  4. Darven Axe
  5. Blade of Gondolin
  6. Winged Guardian

Round 1

  1. Resource: 3, draw Quick Strike.
  2. Planning: Blade of Gondolin on Boromir.
  3. Quest: Thalin, reveal Orc War Camp, bummer, Threat 39.
  4. Travel: Orc War Camp.
  5. Encounter: Murgash.
  6. Combat: Reveal Terror Drives Them for Murgash attack, Beregond defends, shadow Morgul Road to put Murgash back in Staging.
  7. Refresh: Threat 40.

Round 2

  1. Resource: 5, draw Westfold Outrider, could be useful!
  2. Planning: none.
  3. Quest: Thalin, reveal Morgul Spider. Threat 47. Dang.
  4. Travel: none.
  5. Encounter: Murgash, Morgul Spider.
  6. Combat: Beregond defends Morgul Spider, shadow Forest Bat which results in Threat 50 and game over.

AAR

Probably going to need to tune the deck a bit, or perhaps change to a mono-Leadership deck, or maybe Caldara. I think both could win in Progression, but it won't be the fast win we had playing 2-handed. This quest is harder due to Will questing instead of Battle or Siege.

Also might try Hama.

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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.