


Attach to a location in the staging area.
Progress from questing successfully may be placed on the attached location before it is placed on the current quest.



Attach to a location.
Action: Exhaust a Ranger or Scout character to give attached location -2 until the end of the phase.
"In this high play you may see the two powers that are opposed to one another; and ever they strive now in thought..."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to Círdan the Shipwright or Gandalf.
Attached character gains a resource icon.
Action: Exhaust Narya and attached character to choose and ready up to 2 allies. Each of those allies gets +1 and +1
until the end of the phase.
"For this is the Ring of Fire, and with it you may rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill."
–Círdan, The Return of the King

When Spyglass leaves play, remove it from the game.
Action: Exhaust Spyglass to choose one:
• Look at a shadow card. You may discard it.
• Look at the top and bottom card of your deck.
• Place 1 progress on a location (4 progress instead if it is Uncharted).

When Black Key leaves play, remove it from the game.
Attached character gets +1 , +1
, +1
.

When Black Key leaves play, remove it from the game.
Attached character gets +1 +1
+1
Response: After attached character quests successfully, place 1 resource on them.
Action: Exhaust Black Key and remove 3 resources from attached character to ready them.


Action: Add Command
UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: leadership
to the victory display to choose up to X options, where X is its level:• A hero gets +2 until the end of the round.
• An enemy gets -2 until the end of the round.
• Ready a character with Círdan's Blessing on it.
• Put an ally with cost X or less in your discard pile into play. Discard it at the end of the phase.


Action: Add Command
UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: lore
to the victory display to choose up to X options, where X is its level:• Remove X resources from a non-unique enemy.
• Add 2 resources to each Círdan's Blessing.
• Add the bottom card of your deck to your hand.
• Look at the top 10 cards of the encounter deck, discard any number of them, and shuffle it.


Action: Add Command
UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: spirit
to the victory display to choose up to X options, where X is its level:• A hero gets +2 until the end of the round.
• Each character with Círdan's Blessing on it does not exhaust to commit to a quest this round.
• Place 2 progress on a non-unique location.
• Put Spyglass into play, attached to a hero.


Action: Add Command
UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: tactics
to the victory display to choose up to X options, where X is its level:• A hero gets +2 until the end of the round.
• An enemy gets -2 until the end of the round.
• Deal 2 damage to an enemy. You may engage it.
• Ready an attachment. You may move it to an eligible character.


Attach to a character.
Círdan's Blessing enters play with X resources on it. X is 1 more than the level of Círdan's Blessing
UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: leadership
Response: When attached character defends, remove 1 resource from Círdan's Blessing to give that character +3 for this attack.


Attach to a character.
Círdan's Blessing enters play with X resources on it. X is 1 more than the level of Círdan's Blessing
UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: tactics
Response: When attached character attacks, remove 1 resource from Círdan's Blessing to give that character +3 for this attack.


Attach to a character.
Círdan's Blessing enters play with X resources on it. X is 1 more than the level of Círdan's Blessing
UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: spirit
Action: Exhaust Círdan's Blessing and remove 1 resource from it to give attached hero +3 until the end of the phase.


Attach to a hero.
Círdan's Blessing enters play with X resources on it. X is 1 more than the level of Círdan's Blessing
UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: lore
Response: After the active location is explored, move 1 resource from Círdan's Blessing to attached hero's resource pool. Then, heal 1 damage from attached hero.







Response: After Bilbo Baggins commits to the quest, choose an enemy in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, Bilbo Baggins gets +X where X is that enemy's
If the players quest successfully, deal 1 damage to that enemy (2 damage instead if it is guarding a card).







While the active location has an attachment on it, Haldan does not exhaust to quest.
Response: When the active location is explored, draw 1 card for each attachment on it.






Cannot attack, defend, or have attachments.
Refresh Action: Return Messenger Raven to it's owner's hand and name a card type. Choose a player to look at the top card of his deck. If that card is the named type, add it to its owner's hand. If it is not, discard it.









Cannot have restricted attachments.
Response: After Meneldor enters or leaves play, place 2 progress on a location.
...Meneldor young and swift. –The Return of the King


Attach to a or Scout character. Limit 1 per character.
Encounter Action: Exhaust attached character and discard Grey Cloak to choose a non-unique enemy in the staging area. That enemy does not make engagement checks against you this phase.


Attach to a Dale or Esgaroth hero.
Planning Action: Exhaust King of Dale to reduce the cost of the next Dale ally you play this phase by 1 for each different player attachment on attached hero. That ally does not require a resource match.
Then Bard II, Brand's son, became King of Dale..
–The Return of the King






Combat Action: Return Gaffer Gamgee to your hand to choose an enemy with engagement cost higher than your threat. Until the end of the round, that enemy cannot attack you.
"Why? Why's none of my business, or yours."
–The Fellowship of the Ring







Cannot have attachments.
Response: Discard Loyal Hound to cancel up to 2 damage just dealt to a hero you control.






Attach to a location. Limit 1 per location.
Response: When attached location leaves play as an explored location, the first player reduces his threat by 3.


Attach to a character.
Response: After you claim or play Anvil of Gundabad, search the top 5 cards of your deck for any number of Item attachments and add them to your hand. Shuffle your deck.
Action: Exhaust Anvil of Gundabad and attached character to play an Item attachment from your hand, reducing its cost by 1.


Attach to a character.
Attached character gets +1 .
You may play Durin’s Dagger from your discard pile.
Now the dwarves took down mail and weapons from the walls, and armed themselves.
–The Hobbit


Attach to a hero.
Action: Exhaust Dwarf-Lord’s Crown to give each ally that shares a Trait with attached hero +1 , +1
, and +1
until the end of the phase.
The King has come into his hall!
His foe is dead, the Worm of Dread,
And ever so his foes shall fall.
–The Hobbit


Attach to a character.
Attached character gets +1 .
Action: Exhaust Jewels of Wilderland and discard a card from your hand to draw a card.
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment...
–The Hobbit






Response: Spend 1 resource and exhaust The One Ring to cancel the effect of an encounter card just revealed from the encounter deck. Shuffle that card back into the encounter deck and reveal another encounter card.
"I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way." –The Fellowship of the Ring






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






Response: After you engage an enemy with a higher engagement cost than your threat, ready Sam Gamgee. He gets +1 , +1
, and +1
until the end of the round.
"I'm going with him...and if any of those Black Riders try to stop him, they'll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with" –The Fellowship of the Ring






Merry gets +1 for each Hobbit hero you control.
Response: After Merry participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, ready another character that participated in that attack.
"You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin to the bitter end" –The Fellowship of the Ring






Each enemy in play gets +1 engagement cost for each Hobbit hero you control.
Response: After you engage an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat, draw a card.
"We Hobbits ought to stick together, and we will"
–The Fellowship of the Ring





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






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

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

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 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


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






Action: Spend 1 resource and exhaust The One Ring to give Frodo Baggins +2
and +2
until the end of the round.
"It's my doom, I think, to go to that Shadow yonder, so that a way will be found." –The Two Towers






Cannot have restricted attachments. Enters play exhausted.
While Skinbark is attacking alone against an Orc enemy, that enemy does not count its .
"He was wounded by the Orcs, and many of his folk and his tree–herds have been murdered and destroyed." –Treebeard, The Two Towers








Cannot have restricted attachments. Enters play exhausted.
Response: After Quickbeam enters play, deal 1 damage to him to ready him.
"I am Bregalad, that is Quickbeam in your language. But it is only a nickname, of course." –The Two Towers


Play Ambush into the staging area unattached. If unattached, attach Ambush to the next eligible enemy that enters the staging area.
Combat Action: The engaged player discards Ambush to declare an attack against the attached enemy.
"But we have a new errand on this journey: we come to ambush the Men of Harad." –Mablung, The Two Towers

Play only if you control the Ring-bearer.
Planning Action: Brace of Coneys to the victory display to (choose 2): heal up to 2 damage from a hero, add 2 resources to a hero's pool, draw 2 cards, or reduce a player's threat by 2.
“'Sméagol always helps,' he said. 'He has brought rabbits, nice rabbits.'”
—Gollum, The Two Towers


Attach to a Dúnedain hero.
If the attached hero is Aragorn, he gains a Tactics icon.
Response: After you optionally engage an enemy, exhaust Roheryn and attached hero to declare attached hero as an attacker (and resolve its attack
"Aragorn's own horse that they had brought from the North; Roheryn was his name."
-The Return of the King