Steam News10 September 20196y ago

News Update, September 10th, 2019

Hail and Well Met! The Ringbearer Hero Pack This week we preview the cards coming in the upcoming Ringbearer Hero Pack which will be included in The Witch King's Grasp Expansion.

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changedThe Ringbearer Hero PackEach Hero Pack includes a Hero card and 2 each of a card from each Sphere for a total of 8 cards. Let's look at the Frodo Hero Card we've revealed previously.

addedThe Ringbearer Hero PackFrodo has the lowest threat of any Hero, but the lowest Health to go with it. However, he has Stealth, meaning that he can pick and choose when to act, and bypass guard to attack or resolve objectives. Additionally, whenever he resolves and objective, he will grant you an additional resource with the new Achieve keyword (which works similarly to Vanquish , only for Objectives.)

changedAdventuring HobbitThis Leadership Hobbit ally has an initial high resource cost that can be reduced by resolving Hazards , with a 1 cost reduction for each.

changedFrodo's IntuitionThis Lore event card costs 2 resources, and will grant each of your Heroes +1 Willpower for the current round, but also have you draw a card for each of the hobbit heroes on the playing field.

changedHail Of StonesThis Tactics event card costs 1 resource, and will deal 1 damage to 1 random enemy for each Ally you have in play.

changedPity Stayed His HandThis Level 2 Spirit event card costs 2 resources and will grant Fleeting to up to 2 Minions, meaning that at the end of the round, you can make 2 Minions simply go away!

The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition changes

changedEach Hero Pack includes a Hero card and 2 each of a card from each Sphere for a total of 8 cards. Let's look at the Frodo Hero Card we've revealed previously.

addedFrodo has the lowest threat of any Hero, but the lowest Health to go with it. However, he has Stealth, meaning that he can pick and choose when to act, and bypass guard to attack or resolve objectives. Additionally, whenever he resolves and objective, he will grant you an additional resource with the new Achieve keyword (which works similarly to Vanquish , only for Objectives.)

changedThis Leadership Hobbit ally has an initial high resource cost that can be reduced by resolving Hazards , with a 1 cost reduction for each.

changedThis Lore event card costs 2 resources, and will grant each of your Heroes +1 Willpower for the current round, but also have you draw a card for each of the hobbit heroes on the playing field.

changedThis Tactics event card costs 1 resource, and will deal 1 damage to 1 random enemy for each Ally you have in play.

Hail and Well Met!

The Ringbearer Hero Pack

This week we preview the cards coming in the upcoming Ringbearer Hero Pack which will be included in The Witch King's Grasp Expansion. Please note that all cards are subject to change until release and licensor approval.

Each Hero Pack includes a Hero card and 2 each of a card from each Sphere for a total of 8 cards. Let's look at the Frodo Hero Card we've revealed previously.

Frodo has the lowest threat of any Hero, but the lowest Health to go with it. However, he has Stealth, meaning that he can pick and choose when to act, and bypass guard to attack or resolve objectives. Additionally, whenever he resolves and objective, he will grant you an additional resource with the new Achieve keyword (which works similarly to Vanquish, only for Objectives.)

The cards that we will be featuring in the Ringbearer Hero Pack include:

Adventuring Hobbit

This Leadership Hobbit ally has an initial high resource cost that can be reduced by resolving Hazards, with a 1 cost reduction for each.

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Frodo's Intuition

This Lore event card costs 2 resources, and will grant each of your Heroes +1 Willpower for the current round, but also have you draw a card for each of the hobbit heroes on the playing field.

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Hail Of Stones

This Tactics event card costs 1 resource, and will deal 1 damage to 1 random enemy for each Ally you have in play.

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Pity Stayed His Hand

This Level 2 Spirit event card costs 2 resources and will grant Fleeting to up to 2 Minions, meaning that at the end of the round, you can make 2 Minions simply go away!

Obtaining Technical Assistance

If you happen to experience any issues or need technical assistance for the game, please remember that if you don't see the answer within the forums or on discord, you can always file a Helpshift here:

https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/lord-of-the-rings-acg/

Discord

For more info on the game, there is a fan set up and run discord channel where you can reach out and talk to fellow players and look for multiplayer friends to play with.

You can check it out here.

Twitch Stream

Don't forget that you can check out our Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/ffigames every two weeks at 1pm Central US time / 6:00pm UTC.

Our next regular stream will be Wednesday, September 10th.

Next Update

That's all we have this week. Until we meet again, may the stars shine ever on your adventures!

-FFI and Asmodee Digital

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Steam News / 10 September 2019

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