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Response: After Envoy of Pelargir enters play, add 1 resource to a Gondor or Noble hero's resource pool.
Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Response: After a character is destroyed, add 1 resource to attached hero's pool.
"Slow should you be to wind that horn again, Boromir," said Elrond, "until you stand once more on the border of your land, and dire need is on you."
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to the active location. Attached location gets +1 quest point.
Response: After attached location leaves play as an explored location, the first player puts 1 ally into play from his hand.
Attach to a Dwarf character. Restricted.
Attached hero gains +1
Response: After attached character attacks, deal 1 damage to the defending character.
Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 when attacking an Orc.
Response: After attached hero attacks and destroys an enemy, place 1 progress token on the current quest.
Play only if you control a Noldor or Silvan hero.
Attach to a hero.
Action: Discard Lembas to ready attached hero and heal 3 damage from it.
Attach to a quest card in play. Limit 1 per quest.
Response: After attached quest is defeated, each player either draws 2 cards or heals up to 5 damage from among characters he controls.
"...through the ages of the world we have fought the long defeat."
–Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring
Play during the Quest phase, before characters are commited to the Quest.
Action: Reveal 1 less card from the encounter deck this phase. (To a minimum of 1.)
Combat Action: Choose an enemy engaged with a player. That enemy cannot attack that player this phase.
A few brave men were strung before them to make a feint of resistance, and many there fell before the rest drew back and fled to either side.
–The Hobbit
Quest Action: Choose a location in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, that location does not contribute its
...Beorn advised them to take this way; for at a place a few days' ride due north of the Carrock was the gate of a little–known pathway through Mirkwood... –The Hobbit
Action: Exhaust a character you control to immediately declare it as an attacker (and resolve its attack) against any eligible enemy target.
"...for he that strikes the first blow, if he strikes it hard enough, may need to strike no more." –Gandalf, The Two Towers
Action: Exhaust a Dwarf character to place 2 progress tokens on the active location. (4 progress tokens instead if it is an Underground or Mountain location.)
"There is a land where our fathers worked of old..."
Gimli, The Fellowship of the Ring
Action: Choose a Dwarf character. Until the end of the phase, that character gets +3 .
Down from the wall leapt Gimli with a fierce cry the echoed in the cliffs. "Khazâd! Khazâd!" He soon had work enough.
–The Two Towers
Action: Draw 2 cards. Then, discard 1 card for your hand.
"These are Daeron's Runes, such as were used of old in Moria..."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Action: Return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to choose a player. Deal 1 damage to each enemy engaged with that player.
The marauding orcs had been waylaid and almost all destroyed...
–The Fellowship of the Ring
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While it is engaged with you, Spiders of Mirkwood gets +1 for each exhausted character you control.
Shadow: Choose and exhaust 1 character you control. If this attack was undefended, also deal that character 2 damage.
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Forced: After Gret Spider engages you, exhaust a character you control.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to an exhausted character you control.
While The Eaves of Mirkwood is the active location, encounter card effects cannot be canceled.
By the afternoon they had reached the eaves of Mirkwood, and were resting almost beneath the great overhanging boughs of its outer trees.
–The Hobbit
X is the number of locations in the staging area.
Travel: Each player must discard 1 random card from his hand to travel here.
Response: After you travel to Forest Gate the first player draws 2 cards.
Soon the light in the gate was like a little bright hole far behind, and the quiet was so deep that their feet seemed to thump along while the trees leaned over them and listened.
–The Hobbit
Quest Action: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Spider enemy and put it into play engaged with you to discard Spider Den. (Any player may trigger this effect.)
Travel: Reveal the top card of the encounter deck to travel here.
Response: When Goblin Trail leaves play as an explored location, place 6 progress on the current quest.
When Revealed: Each enemy and each location currently in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the phase. If there are no cards in the staging area, Driven by Shadow gains surge.
Shadow: Choose and discard 1 attachment from the defending character. (If this attack is undefended, discard all attachments you control.)
When Revealed: The player with the highest threat level attached this card to one of his heroes. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached hero does not ready during the refresh phase unless you pay 2 resources from that hero's pool.")
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Cannot have attachments.
While Goblin Troop is engaged with you, each other Goblin enemy engaged with you gets +1 and +1
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2
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During the encounter phase, players cannot optionally engage Goblin Sniper if there are other enemies in the staging area.
Forced: If Goblin Sniper is in the staging area at the end of the combat phase, each player deals 1 point of damage to 1 character he controls.
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Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack immediately after this one. (Deal a new shadow card for that attack.)
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When Revealed: Discard the top card of each player's deck. Until the end of the phase, increase Goblintown Savengers' by the total printed cost of all cards discarded in this way.
When Revealed: Each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Goblin enemy and put it into play, engaged with him. Then, shuffle the encounter deck. (This effect cannot be canceled.)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each Goblin enemy engaged with you.
When Revealed: Each player must choose: Either raise your threat by 1 for each questing character you control, or discard a questing character you control.
Shadow: If this attack is undefended, discard an ally you control.
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X is the stage number of the quest.
Cannot take damage. Cannot have attachments.
Forced: After Goblin Chieftain attacks, either remove X progress from the quest, or return it to the staging area.
While Cracked Pillar is in the staging area, it gains: "The first player may declare an attack against Cracked Pillar during the combat phase as if it was an enemy engaged with him. Use Cracked Pillar's as its during this attack."
Travel: Remove 4 damage from Cracked Pillar to travel here.
Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Action: Exhause Cave Torch to place up to 3 progress tokens on a Dark location.
Forced: After Cave Torch exhausts, discard the top card of the encounter deck. If that card is an enemy, add it to the staging area.
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Cannot have attachments.
For each point of excess combat damage dealt by Great 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.
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Response: When Cavern Warg attacks you, exhaust Cave Torch to cancel the attack and return Cavern Warg to the staging area.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
While Goblin Tunnels is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a Goblin is revealed from the encounter deck, remove a progress token from the current quest card."
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+3 instead if attacking enemy is a Goblin.)
Travel: Players must exhaust a Cave Torch to travel here.
Shadow: Cancel all combat damage dealt to attacking enemy.
While Branching Paths is in the staging area, each Dark location gets +1
Forced: After Branching Paths leaves play as an explored location, look at the top 3 cards of the encounter deck. Players must choose 1 of those to reveal and add to the staging area, moving the other 2 to the bottom of the deck.
While Collapsed Mine is in the staging area, no more than 4 progress can be placed on the quest each round.
Shadow: Raise your threat by 1 for each point of damage dealt by this attack.
Travel: Reveal the top card of the encounter deck to travel here.
Response: After Goblin Dungeon leaves play as an explored location, the first player searches the top 5 cards of his deck for an ally and puts it into play under his control. Shuffle the rest of the searched cards back into his deck.
When Revealed: Each player must exhaust a character and discard the top card of his deck, if able. If the printed cost of the discarded card is equal to or higher than the remaining hit points of the exhausted character, discard the exhausted character.
When Revealed: The player who controls Cave Torch must choose: Either exhaust Cave Torch, or progress cannot be placed on the quest until the end of the phase. (Progress can still be placed on the active location.)
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defending character.
When Revealed: The first player attaches Watchful Eyes to one of his heroes. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Limit 1 per hero.Forced: If attached hero is exhausted at the end of the combat phase, reveal 1 card from the encounter deck and add it to the staging area.")
Marauding Goblins have raided a woodman village on the eaves of Mirkwood forest. The Goblins killed the guards and took many of the villages captive. Those left behind beg you to rescue their loved ones.
Setup: Search the encounter deck for 1 copy of The Eaves of Mirkwood and Goblin Troop. Add The Eaves of Mirkwood to the staging area and set Goblin Troop aside, out of play. Shuffle of the encounter deck.
You swear an oath to the survivors that you will rescue the captured woodmen and bring justice to the Goblins who attacked them, then you enter Mirkwood forest to find their trail.
The Goblins' trail leads you deeper into the dark forest of Mirkwood. The enemy has a significant lead, but the sign of their passing is easy to follow. You may yet overtake them if you press on.
When Revealed: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a Forest location and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. This stage cannot be defeated unless at least 1 copy of Goblin Trail is in the vitory display.
When Revealed: The first player adds the set-aside Goblin Troop to the staging area. Each other player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a Goblin enemy and adds it to the staging area.
The Goblins are aware of your pursuit and form a rearguard to confront you while the others retreat to their secret hideaway. You must defeat this troop before you can continue your chanse.
This stage cannot be defeated while Goblin Troop is in play. When this stage is defeated, the heroes discover the trail to the Goblins' secret lair and the players win the game.
You have pursued the Goblins that attacked a woodman village to the mountains of Mirkwood. The trail leads over a steep ridge where you discover the forgotten Dwarf home of Nibin–D–m. You light a torch and enter in.
Setup: Search the encounter deck for Goblin Chieftain, Cracked Pillar, and Cave Torch. Set Goblin Chieftain and Cracked Pillar aside, out of play. The first player attached Cave Torch to one of his heroes. Shuffle the encounter deck.
The Dwarves abandonded Nibin–D–m after an earthquake collapsed part of the mine, but it seems these Goblins have since adopted it as their home. The flickering light of your torch reveals a network of dark passages and you set about searching for signs of the enemy.
When Revealed: Each player searches the encounter deck for a different location and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
As you search the caves of Nibin–D–m you are ambushed by Goblins!
When Revealed: Add Goblin Chieftain to the staging area. Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a different enemy of his choice and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
The Goblins are led by a large chieftain who whips them into a frenzy. His soldiers attack you with reckless savagery and you struggle to gain the upper hand.
During the encounter phase, treat each enemy's engagement cost as if it were 0.
The stage gets +4 quest points for each enemy in play.
The Goblins retreat down a dark tunnel, and you chase them into a large hall of many pillars. A wide chasm runs the width of the hall and the Goblins race across on a large plank. Their chieftain casts the plan into the depths of the chasm and disappeats, leaving you stranded on the other side.
When Revealed: Set Goblin Chieftain aside, out of play. Add Cracked Pillar to the staging area.
As you search for a way across, you see that one tall pillar near the edge of the chasm has cracked where it meets the ceiling. If you topple the pillar, it could serve to bridge the gap.
Forced: Reveal an additional encounter card during the quest phase.
Progress cannot be placed on Cracked Pillar while it is in the staging area.
After Cracked Pillar leaves play as an explored location, advance to stage 4A.