Figured I might as well try to fill out the ‘taxonomy’, so here’s a plug for one of the holes.
Start:
Thrain II / Cram
Kili
Fili
Gloin / Cram
Oin
Characters in Deck:
Nori
Dori
Bofur
Bifur
Bombur
3 Radagast
Resources:
3 Precious Gold Ring
3 Fair Gold Ring
3 Leaf-Brooch
1 Scroll of Isildur
3 A Chance Meeting
3 Smoke Rings
2 Longbottom Leaf
2 Withdrawn to Mordor
3 Concealment
2 Marvels Told
2 Bridge
2 Thorough Search
1 A Friend or Three
Key Sideboard Cards:
3 Wizard’s Test
1 Test of Form
1 The One Ring
1 Master of Esgaroth
1 Ash Mountains
1 Marvels Told
2 A Friend or Three
1 Longbottom Leaf
1 Lucky Search
Play Tips:
It looks kinda like an Unexpected Party deck, but there’s really no reason to actually play AUP: just put the little guys under the wizzie. Try to get 2 items out of at least one site using Thorough Search. Go to Lorien if you don’t have anything to play at a given time: you might draw a brooch or bridge/ring.
Here’s several site paths you might want to try (depending on your draw):
Lorien Bandit Lair Cirith Ungol Mount Doom (arrive with Brooch, 2 rings, and scroll on fourth turn)
Moria Bandit Lair Lorien Mount Doom (same arrival time/condition)
Gladden Fields The Lonely Mountain Lorien Easterling Camp/Mt Doom (again)