The evil game designer was quite busy with this expansion. No customer reviews for the moment. But all in all, this is the first quest in a while where it is very reasonable to not include them at all. I can see you hiding behind Road to Rivendell, but I haven't forgotten how much you thoroughly suck! It isn't like this card was overpowered, why work around it? He asks them to explore the mines of Moria, hoping they can determine if they are the source of the increased Orc activity, but before the heroes can explore Moria's vast network of tunnels, they must first gain Watcher in the Water combines tense combat with clever riddles as some of Middle-earth's greatest heroes must survive a ferocious battle with seething masses of tentacles long enough to discover how to open the Doors of Durin. Personal view, the game designers should be ensuring that these kinds of draws aren't possible... not that it is too hard to reset and try again. Note that the previous two expansions were rather crap ally unfriendly. Very well used, but complete and useable. This page was last updated: 16-Mar 06:38. Maintaining balance between 2 hero decks and 3 hero decks is one of the biggest and toughest challenges that the game designers have, but doing so will make a much more diverse experience. While flipping the quest card in hopes of finding the elusive "third" side. This can create a couple of ridiculous scenarios.
A "plus" sign indicates that an item is close to the next highest condition. Boost my Silverlode Archers? So I'm up to Watcher in the Water in my progressive solo games. Currently, my main gaming focus is on Lord of the Rings the card game. In most cases, boxed games and box sets do not come with dice. Legacy of Durin is another solid addition. Question: I'm guessing that if you attack a tentacle, even if you are going to kill it, its effect takes precedence and takes place anyway. Ill Pursuit and Wrapped still present good targets for A Test of Will. Both of these items have a significant impact on affecting the value of existing cards and strategies.
Arwen is obviously fantastic, but a racial synergy is needed to make it competitive with the Dwarves. Even if you were going to kill it, I suppose it attaches itself to a character anyway and doesn't die. It's a tough one, any thoughts on it? Legolas seems the best target, so I could see putting one in a deck running him. On both, you are wise to not choose a high attack ally/hero, hence undermining game play built around buffing 1 or 2 heroes/allies to do all the killing. Note: A copy of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game Core Set and the Khazad-dûm Expansion are required to play the scenario included in this Adventure Pack. If these cards were held out and shuffled in during the the second part of the quest, I'd feel better about it. My intention is to dig into these items and reflect on their impacts moving forward. Board & war games in this condition will show very little to no wear and are considered to be punched unless the condition note says unpunched. Forest Snare: I think it was a mistake to not have the Watcher be immune to attachments. The Watcher in the Water introduces 60 new cards to the game, including a thrilling scenario, a new hero, and three copies of each player card. Expansion for Base-game.
Or even better, if the forced affect only applies when the Watcher is in play. Introduces a clever new scenario for the lord of the rings: the card game. Although, it would seem that the game designers learned their lesson from Khazadum and gave the tentacles 3 hit points instead of 2 to avoid the Thalin + Gondorian Spearman combo.
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Close to perfect, very collectible. This seems rather odd as the strategy is still in its infancy and is not really on par with 3 hero decks yet even with Resourceful being available. The forced effect is absolutely brutal as it can easily be a hero killer particularly if the attack gets boosted by the shadow effect. To that end Watcher nails it, hopefully we will see more like it. But they screwed this one up. Like new with only the slightest wear, many times indistinguishable from a Mint item. Frodo felt something seize him by the ankle, and he fell with a cry… The others swung round and saw the waters of the lake seething, as if a host of snakes were swimming up from the southern end. This is EXCELLENT game design as it presents the encounter deck a way to ramp up difficulty as the quest progresses. This is much better than sprinkling killer combos in the deck that could come out before the player has a hope to be ready (Yes, I am definitely looking at you Road to Rivendell with your Sleeping Sentry). I feel the need to rant and rave about my strategic and mental transgressions and figure it is better to not clog up the forum with it.
On the plus side, Resourceful and Elrond's Council are enormously helpful to make Secrecy viable. Plus these scenarios are so much more satisfying as they essentially have a Boss at the end of them. Boardgame counters are punched, unless noted. Product Code: LOTR-watcher. A copy of The Lord of the Rings: The Core Set and The Lord of the Rings: Khazad-dûm are required to play. A Test of Will/Hasty Stroke and other cancellation powers: apparently having both of these in hand can't protect you from all of the really nasty effects anymore (Forced effect). Price in reward points: 4751. See each listing for international shipping options and costs. While I wouldn't expect to see more "Tentacle" attachments in the future, the precedent has been set. Elves got Guardian of Bruinen which is an ok ally, but it presents little to work with with race synergies or any synergies really. This method has been applied before multiple times at various levels (Carrock, Dol Guldor most notably) and in general makes for fantastic game play. Increasing the card's threat level would make a huge difference. Forest Snare is also awesome against the tentacles to avoid their forced on attack effects. Only 1 per character is a big hit to its value.
But I find such things bothersome since I'd like to think I have something to do with whether I win or not. Already very useful, the forced effects of the tentacles and the high defense of the Watcher make these capabilities incredibly valuable. Teamed with Dunhere there is serious potential here. And he is all the more powerful now with... Loragorn: This quest attacks your threat very aggressively (Doomed 5!
Probably second only to Return to Mirkwood. Hobbits got Short Cut which is crap. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. Plus it is handy to have crap allies around for the Watcher to snack on. Aragorn has been reborn in my decks. A "minus" sign indicates the opposite. May have flaws such as tears, pen marks or highlighting, large creases, stains, marks, etc. The Sword that is now Broken is also fantastic.
I mean what the frack! Attacking with a snowborn scout and having the forced effect land is fantastic!. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than Canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to Canadian dollars based upon Bloomberg's conversion rates. Secrecy: Can't figure out how I feel on this one. Adds deck-building options with a new hero and 3 copies of each player card. Notify me when available. He is the king of undefended attacks. Put simply, when beating a scenario for the first time, you should be high fiving your partner and taunting an inanimate card on the table rather than saying "that's it?? "
It is thematically strong and fun, I really like it. The cardboard backing of miniature packs is not graded. Example, EX+ is an item between Excellent and Near Mint condition. May show very small spine creases or slight corner wear. Still in the original factory shrink wrap, with condition visible through shrink noted. Heroes must solve the riddle of the doors of durin. Flat trays for SPI games are not graded, and have the usual problems. Trending Down: Miner of the Iron Hills: Oops, I thought all bad attachments were going to be "Condition" attachments. Dunhere: Not only is it hard to get your threat low enough to take advantage of Unseen Strike on the tentacles while ensuring you can attack them in the staging area, your attack could backfire due to the forced effects.