

Second, we see that this deck is very balanced in terms of types of encounter, meaning you’ll always have to be prepared for all three types of encounter. First, the chances of any given attack having a shadow card is essentially a coin flip. Of these cards, 23 of them have a shadow effect. These combine to a total of 48 cards: 4 objectives, 13 enemies, 16 locations, and 15 treacheries. This particular quest is made of three encounter sets: Sauron’s Reach, Journey Down the Anduin, and, of course, The Hunt for Gollum. As a Balrog, I love numbers more than Gandalf loves hobbits. Let us start our endeavor by looking at the numbers. Puts on reading glasses, pulls up spreadsheet Being as the core set has been examined a million times by others, I would like to start my journey of evil with the first expansion quest: The Hunt for Gollum. My evil has left Middle Earth, but I live on vicariously through the evils Sauron (of which I would like it to be known, was Morgoth’s LEFT hand man, history has that one all wrong) unleashes unto would-be heroes through the encounter deck.

My terror is of legend both sides of Belegaer. I am Gothmog, lord of all Balrogs, slayer of Feanor, right hand to Morgoth, and high captain of Angband. On behalf of his highness, Morgoth, lord of darkness and most powerful of Valar, I welcome you to my Dark Corridor. I hope that you appreciate his unique perspective as much as I do.

While he isn’t busy making war upon the Eldar, Gothmog enjoys writing strategy articles about The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. I invite you to a read the first of many articles by a new guest author: Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs. There are already many features that fans and critics are interested to see implemented in the game, along with a few things that it should avoid.Welcome, readers. Like with any release using the Lord of the Rings license, there will a lot of eyes on the upcoming project, and expectations will be high for the game. RELATED: The Elder Scrolls 6: 5 Features We Want To See From Other TES (& 5 We Don't)ĭaedalic Entertainment is by no means an unknown company though, as it has made a name for itself in the graphic adventure and point & click genre with excellent titles like A New Beginning and Deponia.

Daedalic Entertainment's acquisition of the Lord of the Rings license is presumably a huge risk for the company, as it's safe to say that it doesn't have the financial strength of the gaming industry's heavyweight publishers like EA and Activision. Set to release in 2021 on all popular platforms, Lord of the Rings : Gollumis being developed and published by the German company Daedalic Entertainment.
