When Revealed: Each player either discards his hand, or assigns X damage among characters he controls. X is the number of cards in his hand.
Shadow: Either discard the highest cost attachment you control, or assign X damage among characters you control where X is the number of attachments you control.
When Revealed: Each player exhausts a character he controls and deals 1 damage to that character.
Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.
Some of your companions have been poisoned! They need a remedy to counteract the venom.
Treat the printed text box of each damaged character as if it were blank (except for Traits).
Response: When this is defeated, heal 1 damage from each character in play.
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Players cannot declare defenders against Sand Viper.
Forced: After the players travel to a location, Sand Viper engages the first player.
To some suddenly it seemed that they saw a snake coiling itself to strike.
–The Two Towers
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Forced: After Giant Scorpion damages a character, that character cannot ready until the end of the round.
Shadow: If this attack deals damage, the defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.
While Jungle Trail is the active location, each location in the staging area gets -1
Travel: Reveal the top card of the encounter deck to travel here.
The path itself was narrow and wound in and out among the trunks.
–The Hobbit
Forced: When Forest Clearing is explored, discard the top card of the encounter deck. If that card is an enemy, add that enemy to the staging area.
Shadow: Discard an attachment you control.
Forced: When Dense Jungle is explored, discard the top card of the encounter deck. If that card is a location, add that location to the staging area.
Shadow: Discard a random card from your hand.
The Uruks of Mordor attack with a savagery that is difficult to match.
Each Orc enemy in the staging area gets -5 engagement cost.
Each Orc enemy engaged with a player gets +1
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Cannot have player card attachments or be optionally engaged.
While the engaged player is engaged with another Orc enemy, Uruk Chieftain cannot take damage.
Forced: At the end of the encounter phase, Uruk Chieftain engages the player engaged with the most non-unique Orc enemies.
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Each ally with less 
than Uruk of Mordor's cannot defend against Uruk of Mordor.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if its is greater than the defending character's
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Uruk Warg-Rider gets +X while attacking a character with less than Uruk Warg-rider's X is the difference.
Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
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When Revealed: Attach to an Orc enemy and return that enemy to the staging area. Limit 1 per enemy. (Counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +2 +2 +2 and +2 hit points.
Forced: When attached enemy leaves play, add Mordor Warg to the staging area."
When Revealed: Each ally in play gets -1 -1 and -1 until the end of the round.
Shadow: If attacking enemy's is greater than the defending character's it makes an additional attack after this one.
At the end of a long sea–voyage, you have reached the port of Umbar but your ship was dashed upon the rocks. Though you completed the quest that brought you to Harad, it has left you stranded in enemy territory, far from help.
Setup: Add "Seize them!" to the staging area. Each player adds 1 different location to the staging area and puts 1 copy of Umbar Sentry into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Alarm bells ring from high watchtowers and the city guard shouts for you to lay down your arms and surrender. You must run or be captured!
This stage cannot have more than 15 progress tokens on it.
While at least 1 player is engaged with an enemy, the players cannot defeat this stage.
The whole of Umbar is astir, and the Southrons chase you through the streets. If you cannot escape the city quickly, you are certain to be taken prisoner.
When Revealed: End the current phase. Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck. Starting with the first player, each player discards cards from the top of the encounter deck until he discards an enemy, and puts that enemy into play engaged with him.
This stage cannot have more than 15 progress tokens on it.
Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, if any player is not engaged with an enemy, discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until an enemy is discarded and add it to the staging area.
While at least 1 player is engaged with an enemy, the players cannot defeat this stage. If the players defeat this stage, they win the game.
You have escaped from Umbar and thrown off your pursuers by fleeing into the desert, but many barren miles lie between you and the other side. To turn back is to walk into the arms of the Haradrim, so you set out on a dangerous desert crossing.
Setup: Each player searches the encounter deck for a copy of Burnt Sands and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Place the heat tracker next to the quest deck and set the temperature to 10.
As the sun climbs into the sky, you can feel the rising heat begin to take its toll on you...
Forced: After an ally enters play, either exhaust it, or deal 1 damage to it.
Forced: At the end of the round, increase the temperature by 4.
If the temperature is 60 or higher, the players lose the game.
You trudge across the barren desert with the blazing sun overhead and deadly creatures underfoot, but nothing is more dangerous to you than your lack of water.
When Revealed: Increase the temperature by 2. Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and reveal 1 encounter card per player.
If you cannot make it across the desert soon, you are certain to die of thrist...
Forced: At the end of the round, increase the temperature by 4. Then, each player assigns X damage among characters he controls, where X is the tens digit of the temperature.
If the temperature is 60 or higher, the players lose the game.
You have wandered through the trackless desert and discovered the legendary nesting grounds of the wild Were–worms. The beasts rear up and circle to attack. You must drive them off or meet your end upon the desert sands.
When Revealed: Increase the temperature by 2. Each player searches the encounter deck, discard pile, and victory display for a Were-worm and adds it to the staging area, if able. Shuffle the encounter deck.
During the quest phase, add X to the total in the staging area, where X is the tens digit of the temperature.
Forced: At the end of the round, increase the temperature by 4.
While at least 1 Were-worm is in play, the players cannot defeat this stage. If the players defeat this stage, they win the game. If the temperature is 60 or higher, the players lose the game.
A tribe of Haradrim has rescued you, but their village is attacked by Orcs!
Setup: Set Uruk Chieftain aside, out of play. Each player adds 1 copy of Sauron's Enforcers to the staging area. Move each hero to the staging area. Each player takes control of an objective-hero and adds 2 resources to its resource pool. Remove each remaining objective-hero from the game. For the remainder of the game, heroes in the staging area are in play but under no player's control, immune to player card effects, and their text boxes are considered to be blank.
Damage from undefended attacks must be dealt to a hero in the staging area, if able.
The first card each player plays each phase does not require a resource match.
Forced: After placing progress from questing successfully, each player chooses a hero he owns in the staging area and, takes control of that hero, and exhausts it. Advance to stage 2A.
Still weary from the long journey across the desert, your companions are somewhere in the village. In your weakened state you are no match for the attacking Orcs. Your only chance to survive is to flee into the jungle, but you will not abandon your friends.
Damage from undefended attacks must be dealt to a hero in the staging area, if able.
The first card each player plays each phase does not require a resource match.
Forced: When this stage is defeated, each player chooses a hero he owns in the staging area, takes control of that hero, and exhausts it.
Orcs have seized your friends and are now dragging them away as captives.
When Revealed: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for an Orc enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Attach each hero in the staging area to a different Orc enemy in the staging area. Each hero attached to an enemy is guarded by that enemy. Guarded heroes are under no player's control, immune to player card effects, and their text boxes are considered to be blank.
While an enemy is guarding a hero it gets +1 +1 +1 and is immune to player card effects.
Forced: When the enemy guarding a hero is defeated, that hero's owner takes control of that hero and exhausts it.
This stage cannot be defeated while an enemy is guarding a hero.
The Orcs run rampant through the Haradrim boma. Amidst the chaos, you see an opportunity to escape but a large Uruk chieftain bars your way. You will have to defeat the chieftain in order to get past him.
When Revealed: Add Uruk Chieftain to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and reveal 1 encounter card per player.
Uruk Chieftain cannot take non-combat damage.
Each non-unique Orc enemy gets -10 engagement cost.
Forced: After Uruk Chieftain engages a player, it makes an immediate attack.
The players cannot defeat this stage while Uruk Chieftain is in play. If the players defeat this stage, they win the game.