LotR 387 - Raid on the Gray Havens 1

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JL stopped by to continue our journey with The Dreamchaser Cycle with Raid on the Gray Havens. He used the Deeds of Dwarves deck, I took the Killer Core Extended deck. We bungled a couple of pretty important aspects, including drawing into staging when placing a card under The Dreamchaser in the staging area. And not removing resources a couple of times on forced effects. Having, I played Gleowine mid-game and only used him once, and barely threw any cards to Eowyn.

Also, and this is kind of important, for some reason my deck did not have Steward of Gondor in it, which is supposed to be a triple. I am sure this drew the game out 2-3 turns as I was unable to get my tableau built in a timely manner.

The quest is a two-stage, and rewards stalling in Stage 1. I think it’s a pretty good quest overall. The mechanics favor multiplayer though, as two bosses come out on Stage 2, which was easy for us to hande. We quested for 36 on the last round.

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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.