ENHANCED OPEN -- Smeagol / Tentacles

[Tbiesty]

See "About the ENHANCED OPEN format" about how it works.

Smeagol and Tentacles

Sites
Dammed Gate-stream
Mere of Dead Faces
Rivendell Waterfall
Anduin Banks
Anduin River
Dimrill Dale
Window on the West
Doors of Durin
Caras Galadhon

Free Peoples
Strategy: Play "Come Away" at first site; choke and play own sites as needed.

Starting Fellowship:
Smeagol, Bearer of Great Secrets
The One Ring, Such a Weight to Carry
Faramir, Son of Denethor
Pippin, Hobbit of Some Intelligence

Events:
4x Still Far Ahead
3x Nasty
3x Not Listening
2x Clever Hobbits
Naked Waste
Where Shall We Go
One Good Turn Deserves Another

Conditions:
4x There's Another Way
4x Never
Safe Passage
Gladden Homestead
Follow Smeagol
3x Poor Wretch
No Stranger to the Shadows (V)
Come Away

Shadow
Strategy:  Swarm with tentacles.

Minions:
4x Goblin Runner
4x Reaching Tentacle
4x Strong Tentacle
4x Foul Tentacle
4x Huge Tentacle
Watcher in the Water, Keeper of Westgate
3x Watcher in the Water, Many-tentacled Creature

Conditions:
2x Depths of Moria
3x Evil-smelling Fens

Events:
4x Foul Things

[uncle_elrond]

I really like this idea.  I'm tempted to try something like it myself.  My only concern is that at later sites swarm might become an issue on you as well.  I would consider adding Elendil's Valor or something to make Faramir Defender +1.  

For the shadow side, I might consider some version of Gollum with Led Astray to give you some site path control and add a little twilight at the same time.

Hope it helps.

[Witchkingx5]

What about some Don't look at them for extra cycling?

[Tbiesty]

What about some Don't look at them for extra cycling?

Ah, good call!  Nazgul replacing my sites can be a trouble spot, so this would help kill them too.