Reply: War of the Ring: Second Edition:: Strategy:: Re: What’s to keep me from putting all companions at once on the board?

by beautifulworld

reemer wrote:

I think the main point is people are upset that I won this way and it’s clear that I won this way by a large margin. And it was done mostly by luck, and the poor dice rolls of the opponent .

no, people are frustrated with the fact that you're leaving out the main reason for your victory: poor strategy by the SP player. as many have said, you are not the first person in the 20 year history of this game to ask this question. there is no question if you tried this strategy with an experienced SP player, regardless of the rolls or luck, you would lose and lose badly.

But you’re missing the point. I will never ever be playing this game with anybody who has experience with it. There’s absolutely zero point telling me to go play this game with experience players because it’s never going to happen. This is a game that we bought and played as beginners and will be continued to be played that way. The problem is that because of the obvious luck of the game which was a large factor in the loss of the shadow player and that is undeniable because I was there watching it, and feeling bad for the shadow player , it’s unlikely the game will be played again. Or it’s going to take some time to be played again. As somebody here already mentioned, there are huge threads elsewhere about how luck is an important factor in this game and it is obvious to see in only my first play that this is true. Continuous bad roles will turn anybody off from a game.