The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
The Land of Shadow#70 (x1)


1A-B
(-)
Setup:
Set
Cleft
of
Cirith
Ungol,
Shelob
and
The
Great
Spider
encounter
set
aside,
out
of
play.
Put
Sméagol
into
play
under
the
first
player's
control.
Make
Morgul
Vale
the
active
location.
Add
Sméagol's
Secret
Way
to
the
staging
area.
Shuffle
the
encounter
deck.
Sméagol has led Frodo and Sam to the Morgul Vale, where he promises to show them a secret way over the Mountains of Shadow and into the land of Mordor, but Sam fears that Gollum may be leading them into a trap...
Progress cannot be placed on Underground locations.
Response: After Sméagol's Secret Way is explored, discard 3 random cards from each player's hand to discard each Nazgûl enemy in the staging area.
Forced: At the end of the quest phase, if Sméagol's Secret Way is in the victory display, advance to stage 2A.
