There doesn’t seem to be any real pattern, except you can count on SoP to show up and review any and everything in sight somewhere between 2:00 and 3:00 EST. Although look: today he’s in here before noon! It’s a world gone mad.

Thanks, Dain - you didn’t have to review the first lot of cards! I try not to post more than 5, but sometimes, like with the guys above, when the texts are basically the same I post more.
if you do that expect less reviews and more looks fines. oh and the hobgoblin needs to be toned down to -1 while you can spot a condition

Goblin Guard
Minion • Orc
Str: 7
Vit: 1
Sit: 4
When you play this minion, you may spot another Orc and discard a Shadow card from hand to draw 2 cards.
’Where is it?’ they cried.
H1 R 162
nice!

Goblin Watchman
Minion • Orc
Str: 6
Vit: 1
Sit: 4
When you play this minion, you may spot another Orc and 6 companions to draw 2 cards.
’We found them sheltering in our Front Porch.’
H1 R 176
cut cost to 2

Goblin Lookout
Minion • Orc
Str: 6
Vit: 1
Sit: 4
When you play this minion, you may spot an condition borne by a companion to take an event into hand from your discard pile.
They saw him sooner than he saw them.
H1 R 165
unless u r planning to make some methinks there aren’t many orc conditions playable on companions...

why did you repost the last 3?

unless u r planning to make some methinks there aren’t many orc conditions playable on companions...

Constant Grumblings
Condition
To play, spot an Orc.
Plays on an unbound companion.
Bearer is strength -1 for each Orc he or she is skirmishing.
Even the good plans of wise wizards like Gandalf and of good friends like Elrond go astray sometimes...
H1 C 152

Just Behind
Condition • Support Area
Skirmish: Transfer this condition to a companion skirmishing an minion.
Limit 1 per bearer.
Bearer is strength -1 for each wound on them.
... they put out their torches and they slipped on soft shoes, and they chose out their very quickest runners with the sharpest ears and eyes.
H1 C 186

Heavy Spear
Possession • Hand Weapon
Str: +2
Bearer must be an Orc.
Each companion skirmishing this minion is strength -1 for each condition they bear.
Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood the wolves at a respectful distance...
H1 U 184l

Because I’d changed them and I wanted to make you readily aware that I had and to make it easier to review the changes.


I think that’s my queue:

Constant Grumblings
Condition
To play, spot an Orc.
Plays on an unbound companion.
Bearer is strength -1 for each Orc he or she is skirmishing.
Even the good plans of wise wizards like Gandalf and of good friends like Elrond go astray sometimes...
H1 C 152

OP. Go with a Lost in the Woods type condition instead of strength -. That’s to powerful, easy overwhelm.

Just Behind
Condition • Support Area
Skirmish: Transfer this condition to a companion skirmishing an minion.
Limit 1 per bearer.
Bearer is strength -1 for each wound on them.
... they put out their torches and they slipped on soft shoes, and they chose out their very quickest runners with the sharpest ears and eyes.
H1 C 186

So, if you run Orc Archery, you can easily get strength -3? And then that other condition x 4? Sorry, Aragorn, you got overwhelmed by an Isengard Underling.

And while I’m at it:

Heavy Spear
Possession • Hand Weapon
Str: +2
Bearer must be an Orc.
Each companion skirmishing this minion is strength -1 for each condition they bear.
Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood the wolves at a respectful distance...
H1 U 184

These three cards comboed means 0 strength companions very easily. is broken enough. Go with strength + for minions skirmishing rather than strength - companions. Still powerful, not broken, though.

Thranduil

I think that’s my queue:
basically

Constant Grumblings
Condition
To play, spot an Orc.
Plays on an unbound companion.
Limit 1 per bearer.
Each Orc skirmishing bearer is strength +1.
Even the good plans of wise wizards like Gandalf and of good friends like Elrond go astray sometimes...
H1 C 152
it works.

Just Behind
Condition • Support Area
Skirmish: Remove to transfer this condition to a companion skirmishing an Orc.
Limit 1 per bearer.
Bearer is strength -1 for each wound on them.
... they put out their torches and they slipped on soft shoes, and they chose out their very quickest runners with the sharpest ears and eyes.
H1 C 186
cool!

Heavy Spear
Possession • Hand Weapon
Str: +2
Bearer must be an Orc.
Bearer is strength +1 for each condition borne a companion it is skirmishing.
Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood the wolves at a respectful distance...
H1 U 184

Constant Grumblings
Condition
To play, spot an Orc.
Plays on an unbound companion.
Limit 1 per bearer.
Each Orc skirmishing bearer is strength +1.
Even the good plans of wise wizards like Gandalf and of good friends like Elrond go astray sometimes...
H1 C 152
Thranduil

Just Behind
Condition • Support Area
Skirmish: Remove to transfer this condition to a companion skirmishing an Orc.
Limit 1 per bearer.
Bearer is strength -1 for each wound on them.
... they put out their torches and they slipped on soft shoes, and they chose out their very quickest runners with the sharpest ears and eyes.
H1 C 186
Thranduil

Heavy Spear
Possession • Hand Weapon
Str: +2
Bearer must be an Orc.
Bearer is strength +1 for each condition borne a companion it is skirmishing.
Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood the wolves at a respectful distance...
H1 U 184
Thranduil

Sorry for my prolonged absence, and thanks all for your reviews!

Here are some random events:

Crooked Way
Event • Shadow
To play, spot an minion and choose either mountain or underground. Until the end of the turn, each site gains the chosen keyword.
... most of the paths were cheats and deceptions and led nowhere or to bad ends...
H1 U 153
cool! make it cost 1

Not Afraid of Fire
Event • Shadow
Spot an Orc to play an condition to your support area from your discard pile.
Soon they had a ring of smoke and flame all round the dwarves...
H1 C 192
what if it doesn’t play to your support area? shoudl be worded to play an orc support area condition from your discard pile

Cruelty
Event • Skirmish
Make a character skirmishing an Orc strength -1 for each minion in that skirmish.
It is not unlikely that they invented some of the machines that have troubled the world, especially the ingenious devices for killing large numbers of people at once.
H1 R 154
sure it doesn’t deserve to be a R though U maybe

Shadow By the Door
Event • Regroup
Spot an Orc to discard a condition. Unless you can spot 4 Free Peoples cultures, the Free Peoples player may exert a companion to prevent it.
There was a terrible outcry, to-do and disturbance.
H1 C 147
cool

Closed Door
Event • Regroup
Exert 2 Orcs to make the move limit -1 for this turn.
’I must get to the door, I must get to the door!’
H1 C 151

Crooked Way
Event • Shadow
To play, spot an minion and choose either mountain or underground. Until the end of the turn, each site gains the chosen keyword.
... most of the paths were cheats and deceptions and led nowhere or to bad ends...
H1 U 153

Not Afraid of Fire
Event • Shadow
Spot an Orc to play an condition to your support area from your discard pile.
Soon they had a ring of smoke and flame all round the dwarves...
H1 C 192

Cruelty
Event • Skirmish
Make a character skirmishing an Orc strength -1 for each minion in that skirmish.
It is not unlikely that they invented some of the machines that have troubled the world, especially the ingenious devices for killing large numbers of people at once.
H1 R 154

Shadow By the Door
Event • Regroup
Spot an Orc to discard a condition. Unless you can spot 4 Free Peoples cultures, the Free Peoples player may exert a companion to prevent it.
There was a terrible outcry, to-do and disturbance.
H1 C 147

Closed Door
Event • Regroup
Exert 2 Orcs to make the move limit -1 for this turn.
’I must get to the door, I must get to the door!’
H1 C 151