Thorin's Company

To kick off my blog, I am going to delve right in with the two latest decks that I have built for the Lord of the Rings Living Card Game (thence force abbreviated LotR LCG).  After a few play tests and careful tweaking, I have come up with a Dwarven deck that I'm pretty happy with.  The overall goal of these two decks are to have fun with the Dwarven theme as well as get all 13 members of Thorin's Company in play at once!

Thorin Oakenshield

Deck One: Leadership and Spirit

Heroes: Thorin, Balin, and Nori

Allies: Gandalf (Core 3X), Longbeard Elder (3x), Gloin (2x), Fili (3x), Kili (3x), Dwalin (2x), Bofur (2x), Longbeard Elder (2x), 

Attachments: Cram (3x), Narvi's Belt (1x), Hardy Leadership (1x), King Under the Moutain (1x), Song of Travel (1x) 

Events: A Test of Will (3x), Hasty Stroke (3x), Sneak Attack     (3x), Durin's Song (2x), Dwarven Tomb (2x), A Very Good Tale (3x), Lure of Moria (3x),We are not Idle (1x), To Me! Oh my Kinsfolk! (1x), Hidden Cache (2x)

This deck revolves around a mixture of getting lots of allies in play as well as a good supply of treachery cancellation.  Nori's amazing ability works great here to lower the starting threat of 30.  Also, if the quest I'm facing is quite challenging, I may substitute Dain Ironfoot in place of Balin, but this of course makes my goal of getting the 13 of Thorin's Company in play at once impossible since there's only one Balin.  

Ori

Deck Two: Lore and Tactics 

Heroes: Ori, Bombur, and Oin.  

Allies: Gandalf (OHuH 3x), Erebor Record Keeper (3x), Veteran Axehand (3x), Dori (2x), Bifur (2x), Miner of the Iron Hills (2x), Ered Nimrais Prospector (2x), Longbeard Map-Maker (1x),  Erebor Battle Master (2x), Erebor Hammersmith (2x), Bofur (2x)

Attachments: Dwarven Axe (3x), Dwarrowdelf Axe (3x), Ring Mail (3x), Song of Battle (2x)

Events:  Goblin-cleaver (3x), Feint (3x), Hail of Stones (3x), Khazad! Khazad! (2x), Daeron's Runes (3x), Heavy Stroke (1x)

Now, even though Oin's sphere is Spirit, once you get five Dwarves in play, he gains the Tactics sphere.  Furthermore, Ori allows for an additional card to be drawn each planning phase if you have five dwarves in play.  And finally, Bombur counts as two dwarves right off the bat since he is so fat.  With all that in mind, it is crucial to get a Dwarf ally into play on the first turn to reap these benefits, and that is usually not too hard to do because this deck is also filled with allies.  

So far I have only managed to get 10 members of Thorin's Company in play at once.  The adventures must continue to reach my goal!