Mark Evans
United States
Berlin
New Hampshire
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"Standard" means without the four Special cards (Shadowfax, etc.)?
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W M Shubert
United States
Portland
Oregon
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I felt that without the special cards, dark has a slight advantage. With the special cards, light has a slight advantage.
Definitely I think the light cards are better than the dark. "Move twice" lets Frodo swoosh by scary situations. "Bring gandalf back to life" pretty much forces dark to tie up a unit in fangorn. Dark's cards aren't nearly as helpful to them.
Didn't answer the poll, it's not clear whether they mean with or without the cards.
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wmshub wrote: I felt that without the special cards, dark has a slight advantage. With the special cards, light has a slight advantage.
Agreed.
Overall, the balance is very good... the special cards tilt it in one way or another (if they are used or not).
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marc magner
United States
webster
New York
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Luke the Flaming wrote: wmshub wrote: I felt that without the special cards, dark has a slight advantage. With the special cards, light has a slight advantage. Agreed. Overall, the balance is very good... the special cards tilt it in one way or another (if they are used or not).
After playing the game several hundred times it's pretty clear to me that
if we are speaking of the base game only - i couldn't disagree more.
there is a huge tilt to the dark side - say about 4-1 - if played by an experience player... now i don't have much experience with the special cards, but likely would agree that they give light the slight edge.
I have no experience with the 'new' expansion characters.
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W M Shubert
United States
Portland
Oregon
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easterly1 wrote: there is a huge tilt to the dark side - say about 4-1 - if played by an experience player... now i don't have much experience with the special cards, but likely would agree that they give light the slight edge. If you find the game so unbalanced without the cards, then why would you play hundreds of games without adding them in? They are in the base game.
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marc magner
United States
webster
New York
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wmshub wrote: easterly1 wrote: there is a huge tilt to the dark side - say about 4-1 - if played by an experience player... now i don't have much experience with the special cards, but likely would agree that they give light the slight edge. If you find the game so unbalanced without the cards, then why would you play hundreds of games without adding them in? They are in the base game.
just because it's unbalanced doesn't mean it isn't fun or challenging and the 10 minute play time fit my needs at the time...
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Mark Evans
United States
Berlin
New Hampshire
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Luke the Flaming wrote: "Standard" means without the four Special cards (Shadowfax, etc.)?
Standard Game, Standard Victory Conditions, No Special Cards.
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