House of the Stewards

[Krieghund]

My opponent claims that I may not play "House of the Stewards" if Boromir is under siege in Minas Tirith due to the recruiting restrictions on page 12 ("When playing an Event Card that allows you to recruit units in a specific Region(s), if that Region is occupied by enemy units, you must forfeit the recruitment.") This isn't true, is it?

[Veldrin]

That rule is to prevent you from mustering a new army in a Region you don't have troops (i.e. one of your settlements, void of friendly troops, but occupied by enemy units or control markers).

If you have units in the Stronghold you can use Event cards to muster units into the existing army.

[glow=green,2,300]Veldrin[/glow]

[Krieghund]

That's what I thought. Thanks, Kristofer!

This wording is a bit confusing, as the rules seem to contradict themselves on this point. I assume that an enemy control marker on a Settlement would also preclude Mustering there by a card? If so, perhaps better wording would be "When playing an Event Card that allows you to recruit units in a specific Region(s), if that Region is controlled by the enemy, you must forfeit the recruitment."

If not, perhaps "When playing an Event Card that allows you to recruit units in a specific Region(s), if that Region is occupied by the enemy units, you must forfeit the recruitment, unless it is a Stronghold under siege.

Maybe this should be considered for errata or the FAQ?

[Belisarius]

What confused me about the rule is that some recruitment cards state "region" while others do not, so that thematically I separated recruitment in a region as opposed to recruitment in the city itself, say Dol Amroth or Minas Tirith. The card above states "region" which, story wise, is occupied by the shadow beseiging Minas Tirith. Other cards merely state recruit at Minas Tirith....

[Veldrin]

The reason is that Boromir can move around and therfore the card has to refer to Boromir's location which normally is a Region.

When his location happens to be a Stronghold under siege the rules that allow you muster into sieges with the help of Event cards take prescendence over any other rule.

[glow=green,2,300]Veldrin[/glow]

[Krieghund]

Right, but if a Settlement has an enemy control marker on it (but no units), you can't use a card that mentions that Region to Muster there, correct?

[Veldrin]

Correct.

You need to control the Settlement you are mustering in or besiege it if the Settlement is a Stronghold currently under control of the enemy (e.g. If Boromir was with an army besiging a Minas Tirith captured by the Shadow you could still play "House of the Stewards" to recruit into the besieging army even if you don't control the Settlement, this, naturally, only applies to Strongholds)

[glow=green,2,300]Veldrin[/glow]

[mcfly]

This rule only apply to this card. I mean, i can't use a card to recruit in Minath Tirith when i am besieging it (ie MT is controled by the Shadow), right?

[Veldrin]

You can't use any card to do so,. "Guards of the Citadel" could be used and "House of the Stewards" if Boromir was in the besiging Gondor army.


[glow=green,2,300]Veldrin[/glow]

[tma]

If Boromis is in the Fellowship and the Fellowship is in Gondor, is can this card be played? If not is there a general rule about characters in the Fellowship somewhere in the rules?

[Krieghund]

Oct 19, 2022 2:00:16 GMT 1 tma said:

If Boromis is in the Fellowship and the Fellowship is in Gondor, is can this card be played?

No.

Oct 19, 2022 2:00:16 GMT 1 tma said:

If not is there a general rule about characters in the Fellowship somewhere in the rules?

Yes, on page 39:

While a Companion remains in the Fellowship, he may not have any influence on the game except for his "Guide" ability (if he is the Guide) and for his influence on the Hunt for the Ring (see pages 40-43).