If you are denying keeper die by not bringing Sauron to war, and denying GtW by leaving Saruman for later, that leaves the S&E as the beneficiaries of your muster dice. Can you maintain enough war momentum by attacking Gondor with a couple extra Elites mustered in? Maybe Erebor is a better target? Are there any games that you can remember that were led with S&E aggression because of this strategy?
Well, isengard can still be at war, so in theory with an early rage of the dunlendings you could go after Rivendell, but yeah in my experience it isn't usually a long-term plan, it's more for a few turns while you're getting your armies in place anyway. The FP will often muster the elves to war by themselves anyway, so after that there's no point in not having Sauron at war
If you are denying keeper die by not bringing Sauron to war, and denying GtW by leaving Saruman for later, that leaves the S&E as the beneficiaries of your muster dice. Can you maintain enough war momentum by attacking Gondor with a couple extra Elites mustered in? Maybe Erebor is a better target? Are there any games that you can remember that were led with S&E aggression because of this strategy?
Well, isengard can still be at war, so in theory with an early rage of the dunlendings you could go after Rivendell, but yeah in my experience it isn't usually a long-term plan, it's more for a few turns while you're getting your armies in place anyway. The FP will often muster the elves to war by themselves anyway, so after that there's no point in not having Sauron at war
Personally, on t1 or 2, ill draw a random for a 3 in that situation. I'll try to keep Narya die until a minion is in play.
yep, that's reasonable for sure, especially if you know your opponent doesn't have saruman or black captain out and might continue to deny him