

By the time that the sixth and final chapter pack is released, powerful new deck archetypes. Likewise, player cards include new traits and synergies that will be developed throughout the cycle. New heroes are introduced that may replace existing heroes, or open unique deck styles. The beginning of any chapter pack cycle always involves a certain awkwardness when it comes to deck building.

Lastly, chapter packs include three copies of each player card, so we thankfully won’t have to worry about only having a single copy of key cards, like we did with Unexpected Courage and Celebrian’s Stone in the core set. Other cards, however, will actually open up whole new strategies for our deck, ones which were not available with only the core set. Some cards will simply provide us better alternatives to the cards from the core set, while keeping our core strategy intact. Before we tackle the scenario contained in each installment of the cycle, we will be tuning our Leadership/Lore and Tactics/Spirit decks to not only prepare for the scenario in question, but to also take advantage of the new cards. The first chapter pack in this cycle will be The Hunt For Gollum. Each chapter pack introduces new player cards, in addition to a new scenario. We now embark upon a new set of adventures in the first chapter pack cycle, The Shadows of Mirkwood.

These fixed 60 card decks include a new Hero, three copies of nine unique player cards, and the Encounter and Quest cards devoted to the included scenario.In our last stop along Beorn’s Path, we made a brave escape from the dungeons of Dol Guldur. This Adventure Pack not only expands your available card pool, but they also introduce new quests to challenge your fellowship. But be careful, false leads could guide your party in circles, forcing you to begin your hunt anew. Gollum has carelessly left a trail of clues in his wake, and Gandalf has commanded you and your companions to follow them and discover where the creature has disappeared to. The Hunt for Gollum is the first Adventure Pack in the Shadows of Mirkwood expansion cycle for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. It is up to you to find him and discover what dark designs lay in wait for him. The elusive creature known as Gollum is hiding somewhere in the Anduin Valley.
