Close this Sub-Board?

[ket_the_jet]

This is obviously a joke, but I would like to suggest that King Block is the least fun block in LotR TCG. I will be honest that I have very limited experience with the blocks past set 10; however, I would rather play War of the Ring block until I die than RotK block.
-wtk

[CCCORNIV]

It's all about setting up the Shadow kill at site 5, at least in my experience.  I still enjoy it though.

[ket_the_jet]

It's all about setting up the Shadow kill at site 5, at least in my experience.  I still enjoy it though.

My biggest problem is that there are only three viable Free Peoples options:


Shadowplay/Unheeded wounding with Preparations/Slaked Thirsts

is essentially useless without Elven Bow (first block to not have it!) and the power surge between sets 7 and 8 make most Shadow cards from set 7 better support options than full decks.
-wtk

[CCCORNIV]

Cirdan decks are pretty good.

[ket_the_jet]

Cirdan decks are pretty good.

Well, I don't really like many of the events in King Block. Most of them have stipulations to play, or some, like Still Needed, are much better when not in the discard pile.

Anyways, I find Cirdan to be one of the least entertaining cards to play.
-wtk

[TheJord]

King block is only second worst, War of the Ring blows

[CCCORNIV]

Cirdan.


  I enjoy the War block, but I prefer Fellowship and Tower of course. I haven't played enough Hunters block to have too much of an opinion there.  I am seriously lacking in the RoS & T&D rare department.

[TheJord]

It contains some powerful Shadow combinations, but lame lame lame FP ideas.

[ket_the_jet]

It contains some powerful Shadow combinations, but lame lame lame FP ideas.

Oh, okay. See, I had looked at the Free Peoples cards more than the Shadow; the biggest thing I noticed was the lack of simple skirmish events. Something like:

Event • Skirmish
Make a companion of this culture strength +2 (or strength +4 if you meet some other condition).

A lot of the skirmish events in WotR block seemed to read more like:
Event • Skirmish
Make a companion strength +X where X is that companion's resistance minus the number of wounds on that companion.

Yeah, not a real card, but you get the point. I am a big fan of "the simpler, the better" and War of the Ring did not seem to have simple options.
-wtk

[chompers]

Ket - i will need you to count those 500 events before using his ability  

[Cw0rk]

RotK block doesn't look like an interesting block but this is not a good reason to remove this forum section... it has to stay because this is a format that exist.

I mean... we have Poorman's and Austrian Format subforums...

[MR. Lurtzy]

Agreed, as bad as this format may be, it's nothing compared to Austrian.

[Cw0rk]

BTW if you look at the threads here, someone posted a decent looking deck using threats with Gorn Merry and Pippin. It's another possible fellowship to use.

[sharkey]

I appreciate the feedback, but the point of this thread wasn't to close the boards. I thought having the first sentence of the post as "I'm obviously kidding" would give that away, but apparently it did not.

The real point was for me to suggest that King Block is the least fun block in the game and to generate discussion about strategies that would make it more successful/fun.
-wtk

I read your first line as "This (sub-board) is obviously a joke." Language can be unclear.

[sharkey]

Much better. In that case, forget my earlier post.