When Revealed: The highest
enemy in the staging area makes an immediate attack against the first player. If no attack is made this way, Pursued by Shadow gains surge.
Shadow: If attacking enemy is uniquie, it makes an additional attack against you after this one.
When Revealed: Each player raises his threat by 1 for each character he controls that is not currently committed to a quest.
Shadow: Defending player chooses and returns 1 exhausted ally he controls to its owner's hand. If he controls no exhausted allies, raise his threat by 3.
When Revealed: Each player raises his threat by 1 for each character he controls that is not currently committed to a quest.
Shadow: Defending player chooses and returns 1 exhausted ally he controls to its owner's hand. If he controls no exhausted allies, raise his threat by 3.
You are playing in Nightmare mode.
No more than 1 progress can be placed on each location in the staging area each round.
Over them was a lane of pale–blue sky, around them the dark overshadowed River, and before them black, shutting out the sun, the hills of Emyn Muil, in which no opening could be seen.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for The Hills of Emyn Muil scenario.
Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:
1x The East Wall of Rohan
1x The North Stair
2x The Shores of Nen Hithoel
4x The Highlands
2x Slick Footing
2x Impassable Chasm
2x Dol Guldur Orcs
1x Chieftan Ufthak
2x Dol Guldur Beastmaster
2x The Necromancer's Reach
2x Necromancer's Pass
2x Enchanted Stream
3x Evil Storm
2x Pursued by Shadow
Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard The Hills of Emyn Muil encounter deck.
Finally, flip this setup card over and place it next to the quest deck. Its effect remains active throughout the game, which is now ready to begin.