Aragorn Leads Well, But Can He Overcome A Slow Start? -- War of the Ring 2023 World Tournament
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13:50 wow, I'd be very tempted to just move the Fellowship 4 times there. Keeping a ring threat while going for a military strategy could be useful. If only one had a crystal ball...
Ira you respect Scouts so much, you still play around it after all 3 of them have been played ;-)
Seems like you missed Jason using Red Arrow.
Very interesting game, I love FPMV-attempts. But FP got off to a really bad start with 0 moves, very late Ws and so from that point on it was really tough to play. It would have also been really bad if FP had tried to move the FSP though :-/
Yeah, I was disappointed that the FPMV attempt could never really get off the ground due to first two turns rolling. Lost so much tempo early on and could not gain it back. Definitely made a couple of mistakes as well though.
Yeah, sometimes there's quite bad luck in the action dice. But I wonder which route lead to greater chances, given the bad start? Looking at this game, and how close you were to holding the FPMV, I wonder if this was actually any worse than a ring attempt?
Agreed that the move to Southern Rhovanian instead of going adjacent to Dol Guldur was a head-scratcher. I also think I would have left Erebor open and used that die to get closer to military victory.
T9 the North / Dwarf army I read as trying to get down to link up with Aragorn to then attack Mordor with a monster stack.
The attack into Dale threatening an easy Erebor attack as well then forces the change of plan.
So maybe this is too spicy, but as FP I would've kept Bilbos song and Mithril for their combat effects and while all that shenanigans was happing in Osgiliath tried to kill the Witch King. Almost all of my own FP military wins come after killing at least one of the minions too give an edge on dice and abilities.
I had a real problem of too many good cards at the beginning. I probably should have kept those to try for it as you mentioned and it was a hard decision. Having said that, his attack into Osgiliath, he played Words of Power and would have stopped the hobbit's reroll. A smart shadow can often negate Blade sadly.
Yes, one of the indirect problems with a slow start is hand management! Not much you could do about that, I think.
@@jasondexter5712 "If “Words of Power” cancels a Hobbit, that will not cancel “Blade of Westernesse” as only the presence of a Hobbit is required for “Blade of Westernesse” to activate."
7:09 is the best moment of the video
I think free became too focused on Gondor early on, while it was being attacked. You do have to crown Aragorn for this to work, but once that was done, the repeated attacks to retake Osgiliath didn't accomplish anything.
I think playing Swords in Eriador would have been the most interesting change though. With Book and Fear in play, getting a big army up to Mount Gundabad (especially if you can join up with Rivendell) with minimal dice investment is possible. With 8 half army moves you could be in MG with a 2/5/2 army, while still having an elite in Rivendell, and not really opening anything up. Shadow would have time to muster, but that would probably do more to slow down the Gondor attack than any of the military retakes down there actually did
thanks for the videos
Enjoy! :)
58:56 Would besieging Helm's Deep make sense there? Get it while there's only one hit point?
Three eyes on turn 1 seems like an unusual play for you, Ira. Have you ever done this before?
It's a challenge created with savedbyhim
Why did the FP draw a C card with the action token, while they drew a H card with the action token in the round before? Was a specific C card wanted? What changed between round 1 and round 2 to make that decision?
If you're talking about the action token, they can choose which deck to draw from. If you're talking about a card effect, like Celeborn's Galadhrim, you draw a strategy card based on the card text. If you're talking about Gandalf's Guide ability and using a Palantir die result, you draw whatever kind of card you played!
I meant why draw a character card in round 2, while drawing a strategy card round 1? Why would savedbyhim shift in drawing from the deck. What changed between round 1 and round 2 to make a different choice
IIRC, in round two I was trying to get a separate companions card so that I could use the palantir to separate, use a ring to move companions again, use the muster with the Book, and then crown Aragorn with the Will of the West. Did not get a separate companion card though.@@sanderboeters8527
Your client is different from mine in terms of die placement and font. Is that bc of replay or something else
The die placement is because of my video recording setup, to make it more visible for people watching on mobile. The font is something you can configure in the preferences file. Feel free to message me on discord (@Ira, link above) to get my preferences file, if you'd like!