tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739767.post2426991989453752959..comments2023-06-08T14:51:10.873-07:00Comments on The Lord of the Rings TCG Blog: LOTR TCG Rules Explained - Episode 1: Controlling/Liberating SitesRayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07905326036943958011noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739767.post-46989694351326611772012-08-16T17:27:37.033-07:002012-08-16T17:27:37.033-07:00Actually it was a bit more complicated.
Originall...Actually it was a bit more complicated.<br /><br />Originally, the better you could use sites, the harder it was to control. So for instance, original Raiders could EASILY take control of sites, (they had <a href="http://lotrtcgwiki.com/wiki/lotr04244" rel="nofollow">Regiment of Haradrim</a>, look familiar?) and yet couldn't hardly do anything with them (<a href="http://lotrtcgwiki.com/wiki/lotr04238" rel="nofollow">Men of Harad</a> is STILL the worst LotR card EVER MADE).<br /><br />Meanwhile, Dunland had some GREAT uses for sites, but it was a <b>pain</b> to try and get them. Especially as this was the days before "lurker", a smart skirmish sequence could screw a Dunland site-deck every time.<br /><br />Then there was Isengard which was middle of the road. Their uses for sites were mediocre and methods to take control of it about the same. One ISC deck I worked on ended up at about a 50/50 rate. (it either got a site and took off, or it would stall out and become little more than a speed bump - see: <a href="http://lotrtcgwiki.com/wiki/lotr04148" rel="nofollow">Down to the Last Child</a>)<br /><br />Then what made it all worse was that the Freep cards which liberated sites usually had some secondary function (in case you didn't need to liberate) while shadow control cards were all/nothing.<br /><br />Sauron ended up with the best by far. They could utilize sites, but were not completely hosed if they never got one, and had at least a chance of getting one.<br /><br />I do wish they had adjusted the site control/liberation rules for the new site path when it released. I think the fear of it involving paperwork kept more people from playing it.Nate Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630873800235819300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739767.post-73207761424174193532012-07-21T12:13:55.613-07:002012-07-21T12:13:55.613-07:00If I recall, Sauron besiegers were the most consis...If I recall, Sauron besiegers were the most consistant site controllers.mardukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144503203505242362noreply@blogger.com