Wardens of the Midwest | Site-Wide Activity https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:23:27 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 74ac1494df077b2a8b40612028904398 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1989 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:58:39 -0400 Image thanks to Ikoma Tomoya and Randalor.

As the Winter Court of 2019 approaches, Lion players all over the world are hard at work constructing decks to help rebound after last year’s disgraceful performance. F […]

]]> 7b40d246dd56dafc2fbda2c486664784 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1977 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:01:37 -0400 What’s up guys! 2 articles in 2 months? I must be going out of my mind! But I thought it would be good, since I proposed this Meido deck as the new meta deck for Crab, that I circle back around and let you all […]

]]> 3d8ea728287d9c0cf4dd25c12793e974 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1946 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 15:18:28 -0400 What’s up guys! Joe from Cincinnati here. If you haven’t noticed, I haven’t written an article in a while. If you care to know why, it’s a combination of personal life changes as well as a lack of game play […]

]]> 790a40dccc13d1417ebc335ba9804d94 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1795 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:51:34 -0500 Back to Table of Contents

Lion

Honorable Challenger

Overall Rating – 2.6/5

(Handsome) Dan Mui

Finally, a Lion card that can make meaningful use of its Pride keyword–sort of. Like the rest of the c […]

]]> 929f31ae5233cac8a600185224f4c026 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1786 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:51:12 -0500 Back to Table of Contents

Scorpion

Loyal Challenger

Overall Rating – 3.4/5

Johnny Shen(ful)

It takes quite a bit of honor to utilize this vs ideal targets as it will most likely be blocking military and c […]

]]> 89a16bfa0f90b611003463e9b0e45ecb Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1799 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:51:02 -0500 Back to Table of Contents

UNICORN

Outskirts Sentry

Overall Rating – 2.8/5

Joe (From Cincinnati) Habes

This is a cute card and will probably see some spot play. While Unicorn is not the most glory i […]

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PHOENIX

Fire Tensai Acolyte

Overall Rating – 1.4/5

Travis (Fights Dragons) McDaniel

The Fire trait would need to have a card that single handedly wins me the game before I c […]

]]> f5d6449268bb7c0e0942d68d0f04b52e Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1767 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:50:33 -0500 Back to Table of Contents

DRAGON

Kitsuki Counselor

Overall Rating – 1.2/5

Aneil (Mind’s Desire) Seetharam

Wow a card worse than Togashi Mendicant… I guess it is my 3rd in clan courtier so that’s somet […]

]]> f69c0eeee867480bda2b64dc2ac7c192 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1764 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:50:22 -0500 Back to Table of Contents

CRANE

Ichigekin Soloist

Overall Rating – 2.2/5

Nicolas (Chuterêve) Simonpietri

Not as bad as it looks like at first glance but still bad. The only competitive logic to play this wo […]

]]> 14e886bb5fc30fe1e3e38b8fd116b4ad Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1759 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:50:04 -0500 Back to Table of Contents

PROVINCES

Kiku Matsuri

Overall Rating – 1.8/5

Joe (From Cincinnati) Habes

While some may mistake this card for “Shameful Display lite” there’s one problem with the targeti […]

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NEUTRAL

Aspirant Challenger

Overall Rating – 1.8/5

Joe (From Cincinnati) Habes

I would say this challenger is right in the middle in terms of power level of the challengers. D […]

]]> ae6ca56c7e850d0ba6c913ab69b2f81f Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1762 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:46:58 -0500 Back to Table of Contents

CRAB

Daring Challenger

Overall Rating – 0.8/5

Joe (From Cincinnati) Habes

Am I allowed to give a 0? You know what, I don’t care. I’m giving this card a 0. There’s bad cards a […]

]]> d47703d2e9857f5c404f9a7d903c8ded Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1757 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:40:28 -0500 Reviewer Intros

Joe (From Cincinnati) Habes

I’m a Crab player whose claim to ‘fame’ includes technically being the first hatamoto in the game’s history (first player to turn in a 5-0 record at the inaugur […]

]]> 84d3380358abd8357c16d5c62c05603b Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1735 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 14:05:59 -0500 The year is 2017. Cheers erupt from the halls of Winter Court as the first Shogun of the Legend of the Five Rings LCG is crowned. It’s Lion, the proud and fearless military clan, looking as powerful and as i […]

]]> 1a88f7970034aea76b2cc857c38db3ab Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1723 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:44:29 -0500 Hey guys, Joe from Cincinnati here. Oh man. Lots of new stuff coming up in the new year. Between Children of the Empire, the Unicorn Clan pack and FFG’s promise of getting all the clan packs finished and out to t […]

]]> e8ff1713bfd4f277233efdf84f631a6f Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1714 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:06:43 -0500 Hello everyone and welcome back to Wardens of the Midwest! Joe from Cincinnati here and, yea, I know I haven’t written an article in a while. About 3 months actually. Since Gencon in August. That’s mainly bec […]

]]> 57de3e4843a56f612f8f13911fbe3003 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1692 Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:59:24 -0400 Leading up to Gencon, I was relatively certain I was going to scrub out.

I had not played more than 5 games all July and had played, at most, 10 games since Origins in mid-June. I was unaware of the new meta […]

]]> ec3762cfec8ef0b2a7d73b5fd7ffbce1 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1680 Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:28:25 -0400 Welcome reader! With the restricted list having been out for some time now and with the next cycle of 6×6 around the corner I thought of a cool thought exercise on each clan’s accepted “power” and where that power […]

]]> 30e9c0e5d310674892751bc7c8a67f4e Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1673 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:51:38 -0400 Hello!  My name is Schrodes and I hail from North Carolina.  When I was new to the game I searched out every article I could find to help me learn the game and improve as quickly as possible; now I’d like to ret […]

]]> 1cc3e78f1fd168ecb0bfcd3fff63e859 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1668 Thu, 31 May 2018 12:59:05 -0400 Hello everybody, Joe from Cincinnati here. There were 2 more Kotei this past weekend and now, as of May 29th, the Restricted List (which I discuss here) is official. So that Pre-Restricted List Meta that the […]

]]> a5204a2f40aa1c4f73000bd719e90c46 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1634 Wed, 30 May 2018 12:42:15 -0400 Introduction

Greetings!  Welcome to the results of my survey!  Thank you to everyone who participated in it!  I created this survey because there was a lack of data available to many of the players about pa […]

]]> 6398697c303a85e5b3581663960d2f28 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1623 Mon, 21 May 2018 19:21:43 -0400 Hey guys, Joe from Cincinnati here. I haven’t written an original article for a while now because, turns out, it’s really hard to write stuff about a game that hasn’t changed in almost 6 months (at least not for u […]

]]> 9e1b2b176614da3a92c8190af9513e91 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1580 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 13:47:56 -0400 In this article, four Phoenix Hatamoto discuss the Phoenix and Neutral cards and their favorite decks from Disciples of the Void so far from the Phoenix perspective. We hope you find it enlightening and productive […]

]]> 7358852b7f9dbf4925fc938343f0380c Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1568 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:27:51 -0500 Hello and Welcome to Wardens of the Midwest!

The silence is broken! After nearly 3 months with no new cards, the Phoenix Clan Pack, Disciples of the Void, will finally be releasing at some point between now […]

]]> 89e002daf5a80b9ad583fa653fe24831 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1560 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:51:38 -0500 Hello and Welcome to Wardens of the Midwest!

Well, we just got a metric fuck ton of spolers over the last few weeks. So why not just add a few more? This time, they’ll be official though and from the Martell d […]

]]> da825f0e6c100fac29013500ad4d5e3b Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1555 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:40:14 -0500 Word up Crab gang, it’s your boy action_johnny here. Welcome to first of what I hope to be a continuous series of articles detailing tactics, strategies and musings over each of our match ups with the other g […]

]]> 7010bfb9f65d6d7c589972d92e72138e Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1546 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:04:54 -0500 Hello and Welcome to Wardens of the Midwest!

We’re back again with spolers provided in the most community friendly way possible! No video, no podcast, no waiting period. Just pure, unadulterated images on which […]

]]> d68b90cca248f0aff39bf4f950a4f24d Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1541 Tue, 19 Dec 2017 17:42:44 -0500 In the first year or so of this game, I won a fair share of tournaments. Nothing major, GNK’s, Store Championships, 20-30 player affairs. This is not bragging. I did not win these tournaments, per se; my deck […]

]]> 80daf6f9dfc4a0d079599d70ea430b94 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1526 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:32:19 -0500 Welcome to the Reach!  Pour yourself a cup of Arbor gold and step onto my pleasure barge as we take a meandering drift through the third cycle of Tyrell cards.  Were the Lords and Ladies of Highgarden able to g […]

]]> daadd6df3cd4faca971fb6b605a4bc75 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1520 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 21:23:35 -0500 Welcome one and all!

Tis the season to be jolly! Well…. Unless you are a Baratheon player! Big thank you to Joe for asking me to do this cycle review! Well…. It was really Richard, his hired thug, who asked, but […]

]]> 732d13a8148364e68831852da37be06c Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1516 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:34:22 -0500 What a glorious time to be a dragon!

Those of you that read my review of the last cycle may recall that I was pretty down on the cards Targaryen received, a theme that was repeated from the first cycle as well. […]

]]> f784834d83d3d0fd2ec715f4991999c0 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1510 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:58:03 -0500 Greetings! First, a big thanks to Joe, and his executive secretary Richard for inviting me to take part in this cycle review. It’s an honour and a privilege to review the Stark cards for cycle three.
Who am I a […]

]]> f8e6514256d11501aa71c830a4322fa7 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1502 Thu, 23 Nov 2017 16:38:17 -0500 Word up gang, it’s your old boy Dan Kaye here (or Daye, if you’ve ever had the pleasure of arguing with me on Facebook). I’ve been pestering Joe from Cincinnati to let me do one of these cycle reviews for a coupl […]

]]> ca381f0adc3890bcec907f5afda7d49e Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1494 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:51:37 -0500 Hello people. As Cincinnati Joe won’t pipe down about these boring Night’s Watch cards from the 3rd cycle and Watchers on the Wall box, I thought I had better write some more words about a better faction so tha […]

]]> d83d186bcddb7afaff52b97437ef0c59 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1479 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:04:20 -0500 Hello everyone and welcome to Wardens of the Midwest! For Game of Thrones, it’s the end of the third cycle and, therefore, time for another review series! If you enjoyed the first cycle of this game, you may h […]

]]> 50b800923b89be35b972c7ae6ea4c818 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1458 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:28:08 -0500 Hello and Welcome back to Wardens of the Midwest! My name is Joe From Cincinnati and, in regards to Legend of the Five Rings, I talk about Crab stuff mostly. There will occasionally be some general stuff thrown […]

]]> 43add27c5d76d8a41c6ff3f32f9aad28 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1467 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:54:16 -0500 Hello and Welcome to Wardens of the Midwest!

It’s been a busy last few weeks here at Wardens, but we’re finally about ready to start the review series on the third cycle for the Game of Thrones LCG. Richard Wal […]

]]> 1da09f599ad75a9ee63663401c6c5530 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1464 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 17:27:08 -0500 Hello, my name is Stephen Didion. I go by Spector on the Discord Chat. I piloted this Deck List to 6-3 as the Crab Challenger at Worlds and I am the one who chose the Crab Clan’s keeper of Earth role as well. […]

]]> cfb5a071dcf26ee763f672933f11f2bb Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1450 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:56:05 -0500 Hello everyone and welcome to Wardens of the Midwest !

I am Joe From Cincinnati and this is my website where I post articles about things.

Those things are usually cards, but on occasion they are about the […]

]]> 5baa554c398a94837b5f936cd1b7466f Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1437 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:37:55 -0400 Hello and Welcome back to Wardens of the Midwest!

Joe From Cincinnati here once again and ready to get back to the second part of this wonderful article about the Magnificent Crab Clan. If you are interested in […]

]]> dfd8aa095cf545a5b16d6123cd8b9d7e Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1425 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:51:52 -0400 (Credit for image: Spicy 2.0 Memes Facebook Group)

Hello and Welcome to the Wardens of the Midwest!

If this is your first time visiting the site (presumably due to your interest in Legend of the Five Rings, […]

]]> a24f10d9bf66d0d220a7d98cf86aad20 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1373 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:13:09 -0400 Let’s Talk Builders!

Well, Florian Maas (in conjunction with JC Wamma) has finally published the now notorious Night’s Watch Kings of Summer Builder deck list. Wamma shared this deck idea with me over 2 months ag […]

]]> c722e66bcd2f2603f688c894f5393899 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1370 Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:46:33 -0500 House Lannister. The den of lions that for an entire first cycle made such a large portion of the player base groan in agony. Lannister. The prominent house of all that is the “Good Stuff” archetype. Lan […]

]]> 9b15092cbd372f44b7d77aee144903ab Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1364 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 21:31:38 -0500 Following its trend in the show (show spoilers ahead), House Baratheon started off very proud and strong by receiving strong cards that fell in line with the design strategy and philosophy of the house.  Now, […]

]]> 96baedb33e2b7cd8a23c4e4992ee0a15 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1349 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:01:21 -0500 Hello people. As Cincinnati Joe has written War and Peace (again) on the Night’s Watch cards from the 2nd cycle, I thought I had better write some more words too. As before, I will follow the Cincinnati Joe b […]

]]> 3855a61abae97e24cd5bf0985b2948c7 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1341 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:54:44 -0500 Across the Seven Kingdoms

Viserys Targaryen

Cute. Viserys is an annoying twerp, so he’s the annoying king that can’t win anything by himself but can inconvenience other kings. When you have a wel […]

]]> 484f4b2bd856e3bf5a021265295c0b6a Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1337 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:40:03 -0500 Hello and welcome to the Martell review of the second cycle, including the Lions of Casterly Rock expansion. Boy oh boy how much can a cycle shift the meta? It was only a year ago after we had gone through a […]

]]> fc420969261032ec14a35a62edde471b Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1335 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:36:40 -0500 So, people seem to be playing green cards an awful lot these days, which definitely evokes some sort of cognitive dissonance in that I’m torn between being a) excited for folks trickling in to swear fealty to t […]

]]> 1a87c8a08e4f5e62a5499671a78354bd Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1324 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:49:26 -0500 Hoo Boy, this was a lackluster cycle for Stark enthusiasts.  Perhaps because the first cycle and deluxe box did so much for Stark bringing it up from middle tier to competing with the top Houses, the designers […]

]]> f1eb2e4f9afa249a672f77fcbf4bcab1 Joe From Cincinnati wrote a new post https://www.wardensofthemidwest.com/?p=1316 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 12:54:54 -0500 Hello and welcome to Wardens of the Midwest!  You may remember at the end of the last cycle I, and my merry band of guest writers, reviewed the cards each faction received during that cycle. Well, we’re back […]

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