LOTR Worlds Event 2010

[Witchkingx5]

Could you post kinda Decklist or something like that? Or could Scott possibly write a tournament report?

[CategoryOneGames.com]

I'll post a wrapup, and matchups and so forth sometime early this week.  I just got home, have my anniversary Monday and Sons birthday on Tuesday, so it might not be up till Wednesday but it was a blast. 

[Jerba]

16 players isn't bad for riding the coat tails of SW! Thats very impressive. Wish I could have made it. Maybe next year. How did you do Scott?

[jcb213]

Brian Fred's deck was actually the a standard Man/Elf free peoples with Southron Archery.  This isn't exact, but it was something like this:

Frodo, Tired Traveller
Ring (I forget which one)
Legolas, Greenleaf
Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath

Aragorn, Ranger of the North x4
Faramir, Son of Denethor x2
Boromir, Son of Denethor
Derufin
Arwen, Fair Elf Maiden
Sam, Great Elf Warrior (he would have played Son of Hamfast but didn't realized he wasn't x-ed)
The Last Alliance of Elves and Men x3
Anduril, Flame of the West x2
Aiglos
The Tale of Gil-galad
Armor
Shadow Between
Elrond, Herald to Gil-galad x3
Vilya
Secret Sentinels x2
Sting, Bane of the Eight Legs
The Tale of the Great Ring
Citadel of the Stars
Stone Tower
Noble Leaders
There and Back Again

Desert Lord x4
Elite Archer x4
Southron Bowman x4
Southron Marksmen x3
Haradrim Marksman x3
Seasoned Leader x4
War Towers x4
Rallying Call x2
Ithilien Wilderness
Whirling Strike x2
Ships of Great Draught x2

The free peoples is exact (it's the same one that he ran at worlds in 2004 and is one of the best (if not the best) in movie block).  The shadow may be off a few cards because I didn't note the exact number of each card he played, but it's pretty standard Southron Archery.

[TheHobbit13]

Do you know how many shadow kills/site nine wins he had?

[legolas3333]

I went to the worlds, the only thing that surprised me was that so many people were running 6 or more companions, and I was the only one with shotgun enquea, I must have killed a companion virtually every time I played him.

[Witchkingx5]

so why did you loose? shotgun enquea taking off the main comp every time... but why, why if you played your Rank and File deck, didin't you play Greed instead? As I told you, this card can do lots of more damage than enquea and works just great with Uruks! But if you palyed with another Deck, nevermind.

[legolas3333]

Well I put the single copy of greed I have in it, but in 3/4 games I drew both enqueas first, also my freeps was pretty weak, cycling Rohan with gandy splash, I did go 2-2 both wins were shadow kills, I should've won a third game, but the guy survived Uruk swarms at sites 4, 6 and 9 and I misplayed the swarm at six where I could've killed him, I thought he had PATHS so I killed two companions with rank and file but turns out he didn't so he had 4 companions (including aragorn, rotn) at site 9

[Witchkingx5]

Yeah, Rohandalf is a pretty weak Deck. You should have played your Elves. They also cycle well, but are more powerful.

[spideyguy0]

Here's the deck I played at the event. I placed 2nd beating Olaf Schroeder in the first game, Ryan Freeman in the 2nd, and James Barnes in the 3rd before losing to BFred in the last game. The FP side is what I used to play way-back-when and the Shadow was a list that James Barnes built that he found on DeckTech (I was borrowing his cards, major props). I had to make some last minute changes at the event cause I thought Stables was a King Block site 1 and that I could always pull a horse because of that (not touching this game in 4 years will make you think weird things). I would've played 4 horses and only 1 Defiance if I'd known that.

Frodo, Resolute Hobbit
The One Ring, Answer to All Riddles
Legolas, Greenleaf
Eowyn, Lady of Ithilien

Eowyn's Sword, Dernhelm's Blade
Brego x2
Aragorn, Elessar Telcontar x2
Aragorn's Bow x2
Ranger's Sword
Elven Bow x4
Gil-Galad, High Elven King
Glorfindel, Revealed in Wrath
Arwen, Queen of Elves and Men
Asfaloth, Elven Steed
The Tale of Gil-Galad
The Saga of Elendil
Elrond, Herald to Gil-Galad x2
Vilya
Knife of the Gladhrim
Aiglos
Double Shot x4
Gwemgil
Defiance x3

4 Enquea, TotO
4 Nelya, TotO
4 Cantea, TotO
1 Toldea, MoDG
1 Attea, WoW
2 Out of Sight and Shot
4 Bent on Discovery
4 Gates of the Dead City
4 Between Nazgul and Prey
4 All Blades Perish
1 Ithil Stone

I really don't remember too many game details but against Ryan I corrupted his (I think) Isilduer the turn that time was going to be called. I went first against Barnes and there wasn't a single stop for either of us the entire game. I finished the game with nothing in the dead pile and maybe 3 total wounds across my fellowship. The game lasted about 10 minutes since neither of us really played minions. Against BFred his threats and archery killed me off on site 6 or 7. I had managed to kill his Greenleaf but he had too many companions out that he would've won anyway.

[CategoryOneGames.com]

Final Standings

Brian Fred - 12 with wins against Bill, Chris, Scott, Casey
Casey Anis - 10 +37
Chris Schoenthal 10 +27 (spelling of last name off the top of my head)
James Barnes 10 +26
Ryan Freeman 10 +23
Scott Church 8 +28
Jan Westenguard 8 +20
Jim Li 8 +18
Micah W. 7 +26
Raul Schumann 6 +28
Daniel W. 6 +23
Thomas Shumann 6 +20
Walter Schumann 5
Olaf 4
Bill Kafer 4 drop - 2 game drop
Kyle Krueger 4 drop - 2 game drop