Two-Player Limited Edition Starter
(x2/x0)
X
(3)
(3)
Forest.
X is the number of locations in the staging area.
Travel: Each player must discard 1 random card from his hand to travel here.
Khazad-dûm
(x3)
3
(5)
(5)
Underground.
Dark.
Hazard.
When Revealed: Each player may choose and discard 1 card at random from his hand. If all players did not discard 1 card, Fouled Well gains surge.
Shadow and Flame
(x2)
Weapon.
Flame.
When Revealed: Attach Many Thonged Whip to Durin's Bane as a Weapon attachment with the text: 'Forced: When Durin's Bane attacks, the defending player must discard 1 card at random from his hand.'
Encounter at Amon Dîn
(x2/x0)
(40)
3
5
2
3
5
2
3
Creature.
Eagle.
When Revealed: Discard the character with the fewest remaining hit points. That character's controller may discard 3 cards at random from his hand to prevent this effect.
The Morgul Vale
(x2)
Doomed 2.
When Revealed: Each player must discard 3 random cards from his hand or place 1 progress token on To the Tower.
Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
The Battle of Carn Dûm
(x2/x0)
Sorcery.
When Revealed: Each player must discard a random card from his hand. Each player then searces his deck for each other copy of the card he discarded, and discards those as well. Shuffle each searched deck.
Shadow: Discard a random card from the defending player's hand.
The Grey Havens
(x2)
(12)
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Corsair.
Raider.
Forced: When Vicious Marauder engages you, discard a random card from your hand and place resources on it equal to that cardโs printed cost.
Forced: When Vicious Marauder attacks you, distribute damage among characters you control equal to the number of resources on it.
The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill
(x2/x1)
3
(2)
(2)
Western Lands.
Forced: After placing 1 or more progress tokens on Dreary Hills, each player must discard 1 card at random from his hand.
Response: After Dreary Hills leaves play as an explored location, Bilbo Baggins gains 1 resource.
The Black Riders
(x1)
Surge.
When Revealed: The first player must exhaust The One Ring. If The One Ring is already exhausted, the first player must discard 2 cards at random from his hand.
Shadow: Defending player discards 1 card at random from his hand.
The Treason of Saruman
(x2)
(29)
1
2
1
3
2
1
3
Orc.
Peril. Archery 1.
When Revealed: Either discard 1 random card from your hand, or reveal an encounter card.
Shadow: Until the end of the round, attacking enemy gets +2 Defense.
The Treason of Saruman
(x3/x2)
(44)
1
3
1
3
3
1
3
Orc.
Peril. Archery 1.
When Revealed: Discard 1 random card from your hand. Snaga gets +X Threat until the end of the round, where X is the discarded card's printed cost.
The Land of Shadow
(x4)
(36)
1
3
1
4
3
1
4
Harad.
Forced: After Man of Harad engages you, discard 1 random card from your hand.
Shadow: Discard 1 random card from your hand.
The Land of Shadow
(x4/x3)
(35)
1
3
2
3
3
2
3
Orc.
Uruk.
When Revealed: Either discard 1 random card from your hand, or reveal an additional encounter card.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard 1 random card from your hand.
The Land of Shadow
(x3/x2)
(40)
2
4
2
5
4
2
5
Orc.
Uruk.
When Revealed: Either discard 1 random card from each playerโs hand, or Orc of Cirith Ungol makes an immediate attack against you.
The Land of Shadow
(x1)
4
(2)
(2)
Vale.
Immune to player card effects.
Forced: After Morgul Vale is explored, search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Morgul Wraith and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Then, the first player must either exhaust The One Ring, or discard 1 random card from each player's hand.
The Land of Shadow
(x1)
2
(2)
(2)
Mountain.
Immune to player card effects.
Travel: Either exhaust Sméagol, or discard 1 random card from each player's hand.
Forced: After Sméagol's Secret Way is explored, each player either exhausts a character he controls, or discards 1 random card from his hand.
Attack on Dol Guldur
(x1)
(45)
3
5
3
9
5
3
9
Lieutenant.
Troll.
Olog-hai.
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Bane of Amon Lanc attacks you, discard a random card from your hand. Bane of Amon Lanc gets +X Attack for this attack, where X is that card's printed cost.
The Dunland Trap Nightmare
(x3)
(30)
3
5
2
5
5
2
5
Dunland.
Boar Clan.
Forced: After Boar Clan Ambusher attacks and destroys a character, discard a random card from your hand.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard a random card from your hand.
Temple of the Deceived Nightmare
(x3)
3
(4)
(4)
Ruins.
Forced: When Cursed Temple is flipped over while active, discard 3 cards at random from each player's hand.
While Cursed Temple is the active location, each player cannot draw cards by card effects.
Uncharted. Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: After Edge of the Temple becomes the active location, flip it over.
Action: Remove 8 progress from Edge of the Temple to look at its facedown side.
Over the Misty Mountains Grim Nightmare
(x4)
3
(10)
(10)
Mountain.
Action: Exhaust Bilbo Baggins and spend 1 Baggins resource to place 5 progress on Dim Valley.
Forced: At the end of the round, each player must discard a random card from his hand.
The Road to Isengard Nightmare
(x3)
(38)
2
3
2
3
3
2
3
Orc.
Peril. Archery 2.
When Revealed: Discard 1 random card from your hand and assign X damage among characters you control. X is the discarded card's printed cost.
The Road to Isengard Nightmare
(x3)
(33)
3
3
2
4
3
2
4
Orc.
Isengard.
Forced: When Half-orc of Isengard attacks, either discard 1 random card from your hand, or Half-orc of Isengard gets +3 Attack for this attack.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard 1 random card from your hand.
The Passage of the Marshes Nightmare
(x3)
5
(6)
(6)
Marsh.
Mire 2.
Forced: When Festering Mire is discarded by the Mire keyword, each player discards his hand.
Travel: Each player discard 1 random card from his hand to travel here.
Shelob's Lair Nightmare
(x3)
(35)
2
3
2
4
3
2
4
Orc.
Peril.
When Revealed: Either discard a random card from your hand, or engage Orc of Minas Morgul and reveal an additional encounter card.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 Attack.
Shelob's Lair Nightmare
(x3)
(30)
3
5
3
5
5
3
5
Orc.
Uruk.
Forced: After Under-gate Sentry attacks and destroys a character you control, discard a random card from your hand.
Shadow: Either discard a random card from your hand, or exhaust a character you control.