Wednesday, February 4, 2015

The Hills of Emun Muil (2 player, Round 2, One Core Set)

The Hills are almost impossible to beat in Round 1, due to the need to actually see 20 VP worth of locations, and be able to put 18 progress on them. The most card efficient way to do this is to reveal 2x The Outer Ridge and 2x The East Wall of Rohan, for a total of 20 VP alongside Amon  Hen and Amon Lhaw. We'll be using Legolas again to blow up some Eastern Crows to help clear out locations.

Setup:
Add Amon Hen and Amon Lhaw to the staging area

Deck 1:
Legolas
Dunhere
Eleanor

Hand:
Blade of Gondolin
Northern Tracker
Stand and Fight
Stand and Fight
Strength Of Will
?

Deck 2:
Eowyn
Gloin
Theodred

Hand:
Steward of Gondor
Unexpected Courage
Northern Tracker
Sneak Attack
Snowbourn Scout
Snowbourn Scout


Round 1 Planning:
Draw ? and Sneak Attack
Attach Blade of Gondolin to Legolas
Attach Steward of Gondor to Eowyn, and exhaust it.
Attach Unexpected Courage to Legolas

Round 1 Quest:
Commit Dunhere, Eleanor, Eowyn (Deck 1 discards), Gloin, Theodred (resource to Eowyn) (10 Willpower)
Reveal 2x Eastern Crows, surging into 2x The Outer Ridge (10 total Threat)

Round 1 Travel
Travel to Amon Hen

Round 1 Engagement:
Both Crows engage, one on each deck

Round 1 Combat:
Both attacks go undefended (no shadow effects). Dunhere and Gloin each take 1 damage. Gloin gains a resource.

Legolas kills both crows, clearing Amon Hen, and adding the needed progress to the quest.

Round 1 Refresh:
Raise Threat to X and Y

Round 2 Resource/Planning:
Draw ? and ?
Exhaust Steward of Gondor (5 resources total)
Play Northern Tracker
Deck 1 Play Northern Tracker

Round 2 Quest:
Quest with 2x Northern Tracker (clearing 2x The Outer Ridge, Amon Lhaw at 2/5 progress), Gloin, Theodred (resource to self), Eowyn (Both decks discard), and Dunhere. (12 total Willpower)
Reveal 2x Eastern Crows, surging into 2x The East Wall of Rohan (12 total Threat)

Round 2 Travel:
Travel to Amon Lhaw, exhaust Eleanor to play Strength of Will (4/5 progress).

Round 2 Engagement:
Optionally engage 1 crow, and the second also engages Deck 2.

Round 2 Combat:
Sneak Attack x2 puts Snowbourn Scout x2 into play, clearing one Wall
Each scout blocks a crows, and dies due to a shadow effect boosting attack
Deck 1 plays 2x Stand and Fight to put the scouts back into play (clearing the other Wall)
Legolas attacks and kills a crow, putting the last 2 progress needed on Amon Lhaw



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