You are playing Nightmare mode.

Setup: Search the encounter deck for 1 copy of Goblin Eagle-hunter and add it to the staging area. Then shuffle the encounter deck.

Forced: The first Creature enemy revealed during each quest phase gains surge.

Response: After an Athelas card is placed in the discard pile, you may shuffle it into the encounter deck.

Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for A Journey to Rhosgobel scenario.

Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:

4x Forest Grove

1x Exhaustion

2x Swarming Insects

1x Festering Wounds

3x Mountains of Mirkwood

1x Chieftan Ufthak

2x Dol Guldur Beastmaster

1x Driven by Shadow

1x The Necromancer's Reach

2x Necromancer's Pass

2x Enchanted Stream

Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard A Journey to Rhosgobel 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.