Robert McMutton said:

dont forget about old man willow!!!

richsabre said:

I wouldn't dare .

I think I should plan it like the following:

Deluxe: Bree (Spies within Bree and two more quest… maybe one of them a journey to buckland of hobbiton)

1- The Old Forest (with Old man willow, of course. old forest treacheries and locations)

2- The Barrow Downs (lots of undead)

3- Retreat to Amon Sûl (some evil undead again)

4- Ruins of Tharbad (dunlending bandits, river treacheries, and ruins locations)

5- Bandits arount the Gwathló (dunlending bandits)

6- The Gap of Rohan (half orcs and dunlendings)

Robert McMutton said:

i think the art for that cycle would be amazing…..imagine seeing breetown or weathertop in all its glory…..and the old forest has always been a favourite place in middle earth

richsabre said:

Oh, I'm just thinking in all those (possible) surely great artworks, and I am delighted

 F - I love Rohan, but I can't really justify using them in any of the quests so far, thematically.  I'd love direct a band of Riders through a quest to protect the Mark from Dunland and the hordes of Isengard.

Bryon said:

yeah, rohan desperatly needs more tactics- theyre cavalry for crying out loud!! so yes, im looking forward to rohan

rich

richsabre said:

I've thought this since I started opening the SoM APs. Also on a side topic, I wish FFG would add a like button or thumb button for posts. so often I just want to click a thumb for a +1 or something (like here).

John85 said:

never thought of that- yeah it would be a good idea…….id also like (and have suggested this from the start) a post counter (which has gone) and poster levels….like

1-50 posts - young hobbit

50-250- hobbit tween

250-500- respectable hobbit

500-1000-hobbit mayor

2000- hobbit thain

 im annoyed they got rid of the post counter as i was 1000 + around christmas last year….so it would be cool to see how many i have now

things like that

what about a Cavalry Charge mechanic?

Cavalry Charge

if you control at least 5 mounted characters (see below) then all mounted characters gain

"exhaust as many mounted characters as you wish to declare them attackers against 1 enemy- that enemy does not count its defence

the mounted keyword is different from current horse traits as it specifies the cavalry from the standard riders

 the idea is to show the devastating effect of a cavalry charge…..it may sound overkill doing this to one enemy but im thinking more along the lines of taking down a mumak or a similar heavily armoured foe…..i also think mounted characters should have modest stats OR have something that says mounted characters gain -1 attack unless you control 5 mounted characters

 i also think there should be a risk to this like 'un-horsed' mechanic….where everytime you perform a charge you discard the top of the enounter deck and if its a treachery all attackers get 1 damage

also it would be cool to see some pikemen to counter act the cavalry charge where if you are engaged with a pike enemy, charges cant be performed

also an archer enemy that targets mounted character horses….not sure how that would work, but perhaps if the horse gets it, then they can join charges, get 2 damage and -1 all stats

the problem with all of this is that a different mounted mechanic stops the likes of theoden and dunhere and so on from carrying these out, and bit un-themeatic if you ask me…..

maybe you could have cavalry attatchments which give characters the trait????

Im A rich but i think after the Hobbit set that ffg may want to get away from the shire for a year to keep the game fresh.  Another thought that came to me is that some players may want to play the "bad guys" sometimes. How about 3 new heroes, say Saruman, Grima and Lurtz (just for example) then you get an encounter deck with locations as normal but enemies such as Rohan cavalry, Ents trying to break Isengard, a Faramir ambush. This idea totally flips the game around and creates a whole new aspect. Its a thought anyway!!!

Ted Sandyman said:

thats a very interesting thought….though i think it may need a complete change of the game to make it happen (or to make it worth doing perhaps)

as for the hobbit though, i dont think ffg should worry about getting away from the shire….looking at the cards we only have 1 location, no player cards (apart from late adventuer i guess)….so we never really technically touched the shire, we sort of fast forwarded to the trollshaws

thanks for voting!

rich

Ted Sandyman said:

That could be interesting, and I'm sure some posters here would relish such a cycle (or even an occasional one time pack).

richsabre said:

On the topic of the Hobbit (I don't have it yet), does Bag End show up as a location or is it just implicit in the first quest? What is the 1 shire location?

i do think it would go down very well (after all it is cool being the bad guys isnt it?) however how would it work with the player cards? all of them, apart from a few 'neutral' (not the sphere) ones are very 'good guys' specific, so it would either mean a) release a huge amount of cards at once or b) stick with a limited play scope….sort of a like a novelty one off packs….but would it fit?

im not so sure…..if they wanted to make it work i guess they could, however its more of a competative thing, rather than a coop game thing

rich

@John- its just called 'hobbit lands' nice art and a friendly location….basically used for lingering collecting resources etc. and thats pretty much it for anything until the lonelands

I like elves, so I'd go (G)Lothlorien.