Middle Earth Quest - Tips & Strategies

Pay attention to your hidden goal – meeting that requirement is your #1 priority. It might seem that hindering heroes’ short term plans is more worthy, but long term it is that goal that will make or break your game. If you need to get one of the plot tokens to Stage III – put down plots that progress that one even if it’s just a 1-pt progression as opposed to 2-pt in one you don’t need.

Once you learn heroes’ victory conditions, their behaviour can be indicative of the goal they are trying to achieve. Passive hero play will usually mean they are trying to avoid Corruption and that’s what you should focus on. If heroes are hunting your monsters for no reason – pour more of your actions into bringing even more to the table etc.

The whole mission of the heroes is to discard Sauron’s plot cards, and to do that you are going to need copious amounts of favor, so spread out! Try and cover as much of the map as possible and if you see favor nearby then go get it! When you are talking to a character it is usually better to take the favor unless the other reward is truly worth it. Also when it comes to spending favor for other things (discarding corruption cards) then really think about if that favor may be better spent discarding a plot. It doesn’t matter what Sauron’s mission is if he never gets his tokens to the finale. ;]

With Sauron there are plenty of choices to make, but always ask yourself this question: ‘Can I put any more influence in my shadow pool?’ If you answer yes to this then get that shadow pool filled up! Sauron has some truly devastating plot and shadow cards that require 7+ influence in the shadow pool. So as soon as Act II hits then get 8 in there ASAP.