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Ok, the way you held those decks…you were an MTG player?

If i litteraly buy one of those decks, and one standalone campaign, use some proxy tokens, download rules for game i can basically play without core set?

Whoops! The flavor text for "Cram" needed more spelling "excercises"!

just started playing ico and shadow of the colossus. the world is a beauty to play

Oh, how I love these videos. I thought I'd known all of the rules and complexities, but you show me what I've missed - amazing! Question, though: Part 2, at 16:00 you use the "Sentinel" keyword on Aragorn to have him defend an attack from an enemy engaged with another player. Did I miss the explanation of the "Sentinel" (and perhaps "Ranged") keywords before this point?

This was excellent.

Hi there I’ve got a question, Can I assign additional attackers to an enemy even if only one of the attackers is needed to destroy the enemy card? This is so I can exploit Legolas effect. Thank you ! Great series by the at I’ve watched them all.

Never noticed the typo on "Foe Hammer" @ 43:34 ! "...delight in the killing of *hte* great lord of the cave." Where you disappeared to bud? We need dream chaser reviews, the repackaged saga stuff and the upcoming Erid Mithrin stuff! 🙏

Hi, I actually just got into solo board games lately and I came across lotr the card game in which I really got interested.. I am planning to get the revised core set soon and I am excited to start playing this.. trust me I have read the rule book online many times and watched a lot of videos too but these videos you made were the best, so easy to understand and get everything to my brain. Kudos to you!

As an old player who tries to return to the game, your video helps me to have a clear understanding of the rules. Good job!

This is such a great video. I'll never remember it all, but it is so great that it exists.

Are you done making video's? I have really enjoyed your videos

Extremely good tutorial! Well done mellon!

Nice work, will be returning to this one several times

37:48 Remember, responsibilities are always optional. The Zen of TheGameLocker

Playing two-handed solo should not be a tip for 'new players'.

This is easily the best instructional video I've ever watched for learning new games. Well done and thanks for sharing

Thanks for this video, it’s a great resource 👍🏻👍🏻

35:25 Interesting that the Learn To Play does not include any mention of action windows during the entire Planning Phase. It allows play of Allies and Attachments only. had my first match, one Rohan Starter deck slightly modified, and the "Back to Basics - A Killer Deck Using Cards from 1 Core Set" by Xanalor. It was a distgusting easy win, with quite sloppy plays. The worst cards never played as they ended up as shadow cards (woot no extra effects). I probably should have asked the other player to pull some of the monsters so i wouldn't end up with so many in front of me. Noticed not many cards ever get drawn. 50 cards is the minimum??? We got to draw about 14 cards each, including starting hand.

We need videos for the new content!

I don’t think I’m ever going to spent an influence token on the pulsar; as far as I can gather, it simple means I would be forced to spend one action and influence token (which is permanently placed in the sector) on only one activation rather than getting to choose if I spend that token on typically two activations. That one build planet there does not justify the cost in my opinion 🤔

Nabbed me a bunch of stuff for the game. Sadly the ever popular Silvan starter deck ise sold out pretty much everywhere in AU so I had to dig outside for it. I found myself watching another vdeo series by another bloke that explained the various sets. Sure this cost a lot, but then I've paid for the everything of Arkham Horror. I didn't grab all of the revised campaign sets since some didn't sound interesting to me. Would be wild to play one epic campaign from Shadows of Mirkwood to the Vengeance of Mordor, although I bet the player deck would be godly way before reaching the very last scenario, unless there's some rule dictating how many boons you can have in any deck.

You gotta love how "the easy way" and "part 1" seem a contradiction but the guy delivers! Well done!

amazing video!!!! you are the best ! thank you very much!

Excellent. This is the tutorial that finally got my cards out of the box. Cheers 👍😁

Love to see the other sets if you ever have the drive to do an Unboxing & Analysis for those. These videos have taught me a lot about the game. Thank you for the effort put into them.

1:54 Ah yes. technology is always getting better, and this video hasn't aged too well if it implies that games will get better. Everything has been done before, and a lot of times the best aspects of games aren't carried over into the new ones. Well, I guess that depends on what is considered best. If someone thinks invisible walls, clipping, s, bad writing, bugs/incompleteness, unintuitive UIs, poor control schemes, poor audio, lacklustre tutorials, places where there isn't anything to do (empty spaces), illogical puzzles, pixel hunting, convoluted naming schemes, censorship, non-choice choices (it doesn't have significant impact within the game), and more, are the best games have to offer, then they've been nailing it to this very day. There's been years for improvement, but you don't see much of that at all in the gaming market. I guess the most "upgraded" work is method of play, which is virtual reality. Games have grown to take up considerable harddrive space, but that incease hasn't provided an overall better experince. Games that I feel may be worth remembering, cutting out any you've mentioned: Dwarf Fortress. Black & White. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Zeno Clash Jazz Jackrabbit the Myst series. NetStorm: Islands At War Aliens Versus Predator 2 Culdcept The Last Guardian Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. these are certainly in no way the first to do the things they did, but they are very memorable. I have psychonauts and not played it, but there's other games where you play as someone with psychic powers. there's a few of them (not as many as I actually thought).

So this is a Silvan deck ... and this is Galadriel 🤣 One of these things is not like the other it seems. Just hearing the how the deck is supposed to play, I am already in love with it, and Galariel sounds just wonderful. I'm notciing a lot of personal assistants for Galadriel.

I really love Warhammer: The Adventure Card Game. similar wording, some similar concepts. Easier to learn to play. Just as much a pain to set up and pack up.

2 years ago and no links to a buyers guide.

I've always wanted to play this. Downside is the price tag attached to this game.

Thanks for the great tutorials! Quick question regarding Direct Damage - in case of a simple 'deal 3 damage' wording it's fine to deal it to an ally with less than 3 hit points left, correct? This kind of chump blocking applies not only to the Combat Damage?

You did a fantastic job of teaching this game. You were thorough and didn't talk like an auctioneer on speed so I could follow what you were saying. Thanks! We are gearing up to play this game and I've shared your videos with my friends. And by the way, where did you get that shirt? I need one!

Well done

Hey I just bought the core set and the first saga expansion! Now I think I need some player cards. Am I good with the angmar awakened hero expansion or should I wait for the starter decks to reprint (seems out of stock in canada)

This game seems so cruel/brutal! Ive only played Marvel Champions and the card you are pulling here seem much more harsh than in MC.

Great videos. I want to get into this game and your videos are really helping me and i cannot wait to get it but one thing i am not sure about is the compatibility of the older stuff with the new "revised" stuff. I guess you cannot mix them and they will be making new "revised" versions of the older stuff. Or it doesnt really matter and i can for example buy this new revised core set and then some old expansion and play it together? Thanks

I was a little sceptical at how long the video was but after trying (and failing) to learn the game solo I watched. You've made an amazing, well paced and incredibly clear tutorial video. Probably the best of any game tutorial I've seen. Thank you so much!

This is incredibley well done. Thanks for putting so much effort into teaching this game!

This really appeals to my obsessive details orientated, rules based character haha. What an amazing game to get obsessed with

The way I like to explain supernova. Every turn the supernova gets stronger, so you check your tech score and add a dice roll to see if your team of scientists can handle it So long as your tech tree is equal or higher than the round marker, you have 100% chance to survive

Awesoke video man. Any plans to unbox the fellowship and two towers?

Your missing 1 part of the exclusives, there is 1 more enemy varient for all the neutral enemies

Wish they would make more off these themed starter packs, maybe some fan favourite ones too

Unbelievable detail and clarity - Thanks!

After exhausting all other attempts at an answer I'm "forced" to come back to the guru :) I hope you don't mind. By the way my wife just told me tonight that I've gotten more than my money's worth out of this game now two years going. That's still an understatement to be sure! My question has to do with the word "AT" in the Two Towers Urak-Hai and Grishnakh. The card says "Forced At the end of the quest phase, deal 1 damage to the attached Captive". If so, then a 2 hit point captive hero would be eliminated after the quest phase in the very next round. Reading from the Visions of The Palantir he indicates two rounds before this captive is killed (Merry was my choice) but I'm thinking he'll be gone after the quest phase in the next round. I guess that one can potentially heal the hero in this and in every additional round as an alternative until gathering the strength to dispatch Grishnakh. I'd also be interested to hear how you have dealt with this Orc who can be worse then Ugluk since at least you can plan for the latter. Generally I think my question can be stated as to whether the word "at" occurs just before or just after the end of a phase.

Really fabulous work. "When explanation is good THEN click like"

I love these unboxing/analysis videos. I have watched this one twice. Please make more!

Great tutorial. I have a question/clarification. On guarded cards, if the encounter card that is attached to guard it has a when revealed effect, does it get ignored since it was attached and not revealed? Thanks.

I can't seem to find the link to where you purchased those Cubes you use for exhausting? I really want to add those to my collection of this awesome LCG!!