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The Road Darkens (x1)
0 2 1 2 2 4 ★ 1 
Hobbit. Ring-bearer.

Response: After Frodo Baggins exhausts to defend an attack, exhaust The One Ring and spend 1 resource to target the attacking enemy. Then, this attack deals no damage and each player raises his threat by 2.

"But there is more about you now than appears on the surface." –Bilbo, The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x1)
14 3 3 3 5 8 ★ 9 
Istari.

Play with the top card of your deck faceup. Once per phase, you may play the top card of your deck as if it was in your hand. When playing a card this way, Gandalf is considered to have the printed , , , and icons.

"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor." –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x3)
3 3 0 0 3 5 ★ 8 
Noldor. Noble.

At the end of the round, discard Galadriel from play.

Response: After you play Galadriel from your hand, search the top 5 cards of your deck for an attachment of cost 3 or less and put it into play. Put the remaining cards back in any order.

The Road Darkens (x3)
4 1 3 1 4 6 ★ 7 
Gondor. Guerrier.

Boromir gets +2 Defense while defending against an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat.

Response: After Boromir takes any amount of damage, ready him.

The Road Darkens (x3)
3 3 2 3 3 6 ★ 6 
Noldor. Guérisseur.

At the end of the round, discard Elrond from play.

Response: After Elrond enters play, choose one:

  • heal all damage on a hero
  • discard a Condition attachment
  • each player draws 1 card.
The Road Darkens (x3)
2 2 0 0 2 3 ★ 8 
Hobbit.

Response: After Bilbo Baggins enters play, search your deck for a Pipe attachment and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

"Elves may thrive on speech alone, and Dwarves endure great weariness, but I am an old Hobbit, and I miss my meal at noon." –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x3)
1
6 
Spell.

Action: Add Flame of Anor to the victory display and discard the top card of your deck to ready an Istari character you control. That character gets +X Attack until the end of the phase where X is the discarded card's cost.

"You cannot pass!" –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring


The Road Darkens (x3)
2
9 
Artéfact. Objet. Staff.

Attach to Gandalf. Restricted.

Action: Exhaust Gandalf’s Staff to (choose one):

  • choose a player to draw 1 card
  • add 1 resource to a hero's resource pool
  • discard a shadow card from a non-unique enemy.

...he held his staff aloft, and from its tip there came a feint radiance. –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x3)
1
9 
Objet. Pipe.

Attach to an Istari character. Limit 1 per character.

Action: Exhaust Wizard Pipe to exchange a card in your hand with the top card of your deck.

...there was a long silence, broken only by the soft puffs of Gandalf's pipe, as he blew white smoke–rings out of the window. –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x3)
2
2 
Fellowship.

Attach to the Ring-bearer.

Each hero gets +1 Willpower.

Forced: After a character is destroyed, discard Fellowship of the Ring.

"The Company of the Ring shall be Nine: and the Nine Walkers shall be set against the Nine Riders that are evil."
–Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x1)
2
1 
Artéfact. Objet. Arme.

Restricted.

Attach to a Hobbit hero.

Attached hero gets +1 Willpower +1 Attack and +1 Defense.

Response: After attached hero exhausts to defend an attack, discard the top card of the encounter deck. Deal damage to the attacking enemy equal to the discarded card's Threat.

The Road Darkens (x1)
1
1 
Artéfact. Objet. Armure.

Attach to the Ring-bearer.

Attached hero gets +1 Defense and +1 hit point.

"I should feel happier if I knew you were wearing it. I have a fancy it would turn even the knives of the Black Riders..." –Bilbo, The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x1)
2
1 
Artéfact. Objet. Arme.

Attach to a Warrior hero or Gandalf. Restricted.

Attached character gets +2 Attack.

Response: After attached character destroys an Orc enemy, draw 1 card.

"...at his side was the elven–sword Glamdring, the mate of Orcrist that lay now upon the breast of Thorin under the Lonely Mountain." –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x1)
3
1 
Artéfact. Objet. Arme.

Attach to a Noble hero or Aragorn. Restricted.

Attached hero gets +1 Willpower +1 Attack and +1 Defense.

Response: After an attack in which the attached hero defended resolves, exhaust Andúril to target the enemy that just attacked. Declare attached hero as an attacker against that enemy (and resolve the attack).

The Road Darkens (x1)
0
1 
Objet. Présent.

Setup: Attach to a hero in play.

Add Phial of Galadriel to the victory display and remove it from the campaign pool, to give each enemy engaged with you -4 Attack until the end of the round.

"May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out." –Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring


The Road Darkens (x1)
0
1 
Objet. Présent.

Setup: Attach to a hero in play.

Action: Add Three Golden Hairs to the victory display and remove it from the campaign pool, to lower each player's threat by 3. Then, each player draws 3 cards.

"...your hands shall flow with gold, and yet over you gold shall have no dominion." –Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring


The Road Darkens (x1)
0
1 
Objet. Présent.

Setup: Attach to a hero in play.

Action: Add Lórien Rope to the victory display, and remove it from the campaign pool to give each location in the staging area -2 Threat until the end of the phase.

"What a piece of luck you had that rope!" –Frodo, The Two Towers


The Road Darkens (x1)
0
1 
Objet. Présent.

Setup: Attach to a hero in play.

Action: Add Leaf-wrapped Lembas to the victory display, and remove it from the campaign pool, to ready all heroes in play.

Often in their hearts they thanked the lady of Lórien for the gift of lembas, for they could eat of it and find new strength even as they ran. –The Two Towers


The Road Darkens (x1)

You are playing in Campaign Mode.

Setup: Each player may change hero cards he controls without incurring the +1 threat penalty. The players have earned the boon cards: Sting, Mithril Shirt, Glamdring, and Andúril. Each player chooses one and adds it to his hand. If any of those boon cards remain unchosen, shuffle them into the first player's deck.

"I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will." –Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring

Resolution: If Lust for the Ring is attached to a hero, the players have earned that burden.

They were just in time. Sam and Frodo were only a few steps up, and Gandalf had just begun to climb, when the groping tentacles writhed across the narrow shore and fingered the cliff–wall and the doors. One came wriggling over the threshold, glistening in the starlight. Gandalf turned and paused. If he was considering what word would close the gate again from within, there was no need. Many coiling arms seized the doors on either side, and with horrible strength, swung them round. With a shattering echo they slammed, and all light was lost. –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x1)
Stage
1 A

In the House of Elrond, the evil wound that Frodo received on Weathertop is healed and he is reunited with his uncle Bilbo. The One Ring cannot remain hidden in Rivendell for long, so Lord Elrond summons a council to decide what should be done to protect the Free Peoples of Middle–earth.

Setup: Set Lust for the Ring Redhorn Pass, Doors of Durin and Watcher in the Water aside, out of play. Shuffle the encounter deck.

1 B
-

Forced: At the end of the planning phase, each player places the top card of his deck faceup in front of him, in player order, until there are a total of 4 faceup cards between the players. The first player chooses 1 faceup card to be played for 0 cost, 1 to add to its owner's hand, 1 to discard, and 1 to shuffle into its owner's deck. Then, either shuffle Lust for the Ring into the encounter deck, or raise each player's threat by 5. Advance to stage 2.

The Road Darkens (x1)
Stage
2 A

The Council decides The One Ring must be cast into Mount Doom. Frodo is appointed eight companions to help him compete this quest and the Company of the Ring sets out from Rivendell into Hollin on their way to Mordor...

When Revealed: Make Redhorn Pass the active location. The first player reveals cards from the encounter deck until there is at least XThreat in the staging area. X is twice the number of players in the game.

2 B
8

During the travel phase, the players must travel to a location, if able.

Forced: After an enemy engages a player, place 1 damage on the active location, if able.

"Hollin is no longer wholesome for us: it is being watched." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x1)
Stage
3 A

Suddenly Aragorn leapt to his feet, "How the wind howls!" he cried. "It is howling with wolf–voices. The Wargs have come west of the Mountains!" –The Fellowship of the Ring

When Revealed: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for an enemy and adds it to the staging area. One of those enemies must be Great Warg Chief, if able. Shuffle the encounter deck.

3 B
12

During the travel phase, the players must travel to a location, if able.

Forced: After an enemy engages a player, place 1 damage on the active location, if able.

The Fellowship is being hunted by Wargs!

The Road Darkens (x1)
Stage
4 A

Pursued by evil Wargs and foul weather, the Company of the Ring decides to enter the Mines of Moria. But as they seek the hidden gate, a foul creature seizes the Ring–bearer with one of its many groping arms...

When Revealed: Make Doors of Durin the active location. Add Watcher in the Water to the staging area. Discard all tokens from the Ring-bearer and place it (and each card attached to it) facedown under Watcher in the Water.

4 B
-

There can be 2 active locations. During the travel phase, the players must travel to a location, if able.

Forced: After an enemy engages a player, place 1 damage on each active location.

If Doors of Durin is explored, the players win the game.

The Fellowship is being hunted by Wargs!

The Road Darkens (x1)
50 5 6 5 12
Créature.

Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.

Cannot leave the staging area but is considered to be engaged with each player.

Forced: After placing the 6th damage here, the first player takes control of the Ring-bearer, exhausted with 1 damage on it.

The Road Darkens (x1)
30 4 5 3 6
Créature. Warg.

Cannot have attachments.

Forced: After Great Warg Chief enages you, discard cards from the encounter deck until a Warg enemy is discarded. Put that enemy into play engaged with you.

The Road Darkens (x4/x2)
50 1 4 1 3
Créature. Warg.

Surge.

Hound of Sauron gets -5 engagement cost for each enemy in the staging area.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack (+2 Attack instead if it was engaged with round).

The Road Darkens (x4)
38 2 3 2 4
Créature. Warg.

Forced: After Howling Warg attacks, place 1 damage on an active location.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack If this attack destroys a character, place 1 damage on an active location.

The Road Darkens (x2)
28 3 1 1 2
Créature.

Peril.

When Revealed: Either exhaust a hero you control, or engaged Crebain from Dunland.

Forced: After Crebain from Dunland engages a player, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.

The Road Darkens (x1)
4
6
Montagne.

Immune to player card effects.

Forced: When Redhorn Pass is explored, each player assigns X damage among characters he controls. X is the number of damage here.

"We may well be seen by watchers on that narrow path..." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x1)
1
9
Porte.

Immune to player card effects.

Progress cannot be placed on each other active location before it can be placed here. Progress cannot be placed here unless the first player controls the Ring-bearer.

If there are 9 damage tokens, the players lose the game.

The Road Darkens (x1)
3
6
Collines.

While Tree-crowned hill is the active location, each enemy gets -1Threat

Forced: When Tree-crowned hill is explored, the players, as a group, exhaust X characters in play. X is the number of damage here.

For their defense in the night the Company climbed to the top of the small hill... –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x3)
2
4
Collines.

While Hills of Hollin is the active location, each enemy in the staging area gets +5 engagement cost.

Forced: When Hills of Hollin is explored, each player raises his threat by 1 for each damage here.

For their defense in the night the Company climbed to the top of the small hill... –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x3/x2)
4
5
Collines.

While Hills of Hollin is the active location, it gains:"Forced: After an enemy is added to the staging area, it gets -5 engagement cost until the end of the round."

Forced: When Redhorn Foothills is explored, each player must discard X cards from his hand at random. X is the number of damage here.

The Road Darkens (x3/x2)
3
4
Collines.

Forced: When Eregion is explored, the players, as a group, must discard X allies from play. X is the number of damage here.

Shadow: Defending player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.

The Road Darkens (x2/x1)

When Revealed: Place 3 damage on each active location.

Shadow: Undefended damage from this attack must be assigned to the active location.

"I think they are spying out the land." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x2)
Climat.

When Revealed: Attach to the active location. (Countss as a Condition attachment with the text, "Limit 1 per location. No more than 3 progress can be placed on attached location each round.") If Snowdrifts is not attached to the active location, it gains surge.

Soon even Boromir found it hard to keep going. –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x2/x1)
Climat.

When Revealed: Each player must choose: either discard each ally he controls, or raise his threat by 1 for each ally he controls.

Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.

The Road Darkens (x3/x2)

Peril.

When Revealed: Either the Warg enemy in the staging area with the highest engagement cost attacks you, or each Warg enemy gets -20 engagement until the end of the round. If no Warg enemy is in the staging area, Storm of Howls gains surge.

The Road Darkens (x1)

You are playing in Campaign Mode.

Setup: Shuffle the burder treachery cards Pursued by the Enemy and Shadow of Fear into the encounter deck. Add the burden objective cards Grievous Wound and Overcome by Grief to the staging area.

"Well, well!" said the wizard. "The passage is blocked behind us now and there is only one way out – on the other side of the mountains." –The Fellowship of the Ring

Resolution: The first player must choose one of the burden treachery cards (Pursued by the Enemy or Shadow of Fear), and one of the burden objective cards (Grievous Wound or Overcome by Grief) and add to the Campaign Pool. If The Balrog is still in play, the first player must choose all 4 burden cards instead. The chosen burdens have been earned by the players.

They ran on. The light grew before them; great shafts pierced the roof. They ran swifter. They passed into a hall, bright with daylight from its high windows in the east. They fled across it. Through its huge broken doors they passed, and suddenly before them the Great Gates opened, an arch of blazing light. –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x1)
Stage
1 A

Trapped inside the Mines of Moria, the Company of the Ring must find their way through many twisting passages to reach the eastern door. But with every step they take into the Mines, there is a growing sense of dread...

Setup: Set The Balrog, The Great Bridge, and Chamber of Mazarbul aside out of play. Add Doom Doom Doom to the staging area and place 10 damage tokens on it. Each player adds 1 different location to the staging area.

1 B
14

Forced: After a player optionally engages an enemy, remove 1 damage from Doom Doom Doom.

There were not only many roads to choose from, there were also in many places holes and pitfalls, and dark wells beside the path in which their passing feet echoed. –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x1)
Stage
2 A

Then there came an echoing blast: a great horn was blown in the hall, and answering horns and harsh cries were heard further off. There was a hurrying sound of many feet. –The Fellowship of the Ring

When Revealed: Add Chamber of Mazarbul to the staging area.

2 B
9

If there are no enemies in the staging area at the beginning of the quest phase, the first player reveals an additional encounter card during the staging step.

The players cannot advance unless there are X resource tokens on this stage. X is the number of players times 3.

Forced: After an enemy is defeated, place 1 resource token on this stage.

The Road Darkens (x1)
Stage
3 A

The outer door could only be reached by a slender bridge of stone, without kerb or rail, that spanned the chasm with one curving spring of fifty feet. –The Fellowship of the Ring

When Revealed: Add The Great Bridge to the staging area. Each player reveals 1 encounter card and removes 1 damage token from Doom, Doom, Doom.

3 B
15

"Now for the last race!" said Gandalf. "If the sun is shining outside we may still escape. After me!" –The Fellowship of the Ring

No more than 5 progress can be placed on this stage each round.

The players cannot defeat this stage while The Great Bridge is in play. If the players defeat this stage, they win the game.

The Road Darkens (x1)
Shadow. Flame.

Forced: At the end of the quest phase, remove 1 damage token from Doom, Doom, Doom. Then, if there are no damage tokens here, add The Balrog to the staging area.

Forced: At the end of the quest phase, The Balrog makes an attack if it is in play.

The Road Darkens (x1)
50 5 8 9 25
Balrog. Shadow. Flame.

Indestructible.

Cannot be optionally engaged. The Balrog and shadow cards dealt to The Balrog are immune to player card effects.

While in the staging area, The Balrog is considered to be engaged with the first player and only the first player can declare attackers against The Balrog.

The Road Darkens (x1)
40 4 4 3 6
Orque. Uruk.

Cannot have attachments. Allies cannot defend against Orc-chieftain.

Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, Orc-chieftain engages the first player.

...he charged into the Company and thrust his spear straight at Frodo. –The Fellowship of the Ring

The Road Darkens (x2/x1)
36 3 6 4 6
Troll.

Cannot have attachments.

For each point of excess damage dealt by Cave-troll (damage that is dealt beyond the remaining hit points of the character damaged by its attack) remove 1 progress from the current quest.

The Road Darkens (x3/x2)
34 2 4 2 5
Orque. Uruk.

When Revealed: Uruk from Mordor makes an immediate attack against the first player.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Attack If this attack destroys a character, attacking enemy makes an additional attack.

The Road Darkens (x3)
38 2 3 1 3
Orque.

When Revealed: Either remove 1 damage from Doom Doom Doom or reveal an additional encounter card.

Shadow: The defending player raises his threat by 1 for each enemy engaged with him.

The Road Darkens (x3/x2)
42 X 3 3 3
Orque.

Peril. Archery 2.

X is the number of players in the game.

When Revealed: Assign X damage among characters you control.

The Road Darkens (x1)
5
5
Souterrain. Bridge.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: When The Great Bridge is explored, discard a hero from play to deal X damage to The Balrog. X is that hero's threat cost. Then, The Balrog loses all keywords for the remainder of the game. Any player may trigger this response.