Fellowship : Rods of the Five

good baseidea! i think Rods of the Five is only needed once, but it does not hurt ;)

for more practical use i would make a version that can do it with 1 set of cards or optimize if asuming more set of cards. in both cases (u usind Alep allready) A Lesson in Caution is a superb card if starting in secrecy and have The Grey Wanderer . the Radagast-deck could use more eagles and make more of The Eagles Are Coming!

It was a quick building decided for next day . We did not consult each other after decided who play which Istari ! Hence the 3 copies of Rods of the Five ;)

that let me asume you have more set of cards availaible. then i would suggest to include more Word of Command why not 3 each deck? i envy you to have 3 buddys who play with yu and make their own decks ;) 3 or 4 player events are that ones that really makes the most fun in my experience.

some of the decks seems to use songs, if ever use songs and have sphere independant (what is the case in The Grey Wanderer) the Rivendell Minstrel seems a good choice to me, a good quester and give you the song needed, playd easy with The Grey Wanderer

During the game, all my cards were very usefull so I would not change much. If I add word of command or what, I have to cut good cards. I have enough draw so i don't need more.

And for word of command case, We had 2 Gather Information , With Blue Staff and Alatar is better than Word of Command ! And distributing of Expert Treasure-hunter and Wizard Pipe helped too ;)