Tag Archives: Ted Nasmith
To the Sea! To the Sea!
To the Sea! To the Sea! With the release of The Grey Havens, we are taking to our ships and setting sail to chase dreams on the high seas. But wait! What does the ocean have to do with the lands of Middle-earth? After all, the Fellowship of the Ring was composed of the […]
Brok Ironfist
One of the distinctive features of the LOTR LCG community has been that we often give as much attention to bad cards as we do to the good ones. Some of the worst get even more. It is like a hobby within the hobby to fixate on a few awful cards until they become an […]
Anticipating Angmar Awakened: The History
The Lost Realm is ‘on the boat’! Let us hope that the boat carrying our cards is not doomed like the one that bore the last King of the lost realm during his final retreat from Angmar! No, assuming safe passage through the Ice Bay of Forochel, we should be mere weeks away from exploring […]
Song of Eärendil
Eärendil was a mariner that tarried in Arvernien; he built a boat of timber felled in Nimbrethil to journey in; her sails he wove of silver fair, of silver were her lanterns made, her prow was fashioned like a swan, and light upon her banners laid. Thanks to Ian’s brilliant First Age expansion, I’ve gone back […]
Silver Lamp
Unhood your Silver Lamp and let’s shine some light on this most thematic of attachments as we explore some deep questions about destiny and doom. Although I haven’t had a chance to build a deck with the Silver Lamp yet, I’ve been intrigued by this card and inspired to write about it since stumbling across […]
Trollshaw Scout
‘I reached here at last by a long hard road, up the Hoarwell and through the Ettenmoors, and down from the north. It took me nearly fourteen days from Weathertop, for I could not ride among the rocks of the troll-fells’ — Gandalf There are many allies bearing generic names related to locations in this game. […]
Narvi’s Belt
Elves and Dwarves. They are the Hatfields and McCoys of Middle-earth. Their grudge match runs deeper than the Yankees versus the Red Sox, features more characters than DC versus Marvel, and has more products in dispute than Apple versus Samsung. Their selective recollection of history brings to mind Israel and Palestine while their rivalry has […]
Old Forest Road
There is nothing quite like the feeling of the first step of any grand adventure. The first day of a new job or new school year; loading up the suitcase for a flight or road trip to a new destination; or, in the case of our beloved collectible game, ripping the plastic off a fresh […]
For Gondor!
NOTICE: For maximum thematic enjoyment, play this compilation of every Gondor cue in The Lord of the Rings soundtrack from A Magpie’s Nest as you read my article about the White Tree. Enjoy! A solitary stately horn blows a noble note as Lord Boromir stands at the Council of Elrond. “By the blood of our […]
The Eagles Are Coming!
Among the most intriguing and misunderstood creatures in the Tolkien legendarium are the Great Eagles. Are they working as Gandalf’s personal chauffeur? Or are they a general Middle-earth taxi service with a moth for a receptionist? And regardless, aren’t the Eagles a lazy deus ex machina contrivance employed by a professor who was a better […]
Master of Lore 