When Revealed: Each location in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the phase. Then, each player with a threat of 35 or higher chooses and discards 1 card from his hand.

"But it will be hard to find the path unless the fog lifts a little later on."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

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.)

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.

When Revealed: Each location in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the phase. Then, each player with a threat of 35 or higher chooses and discards 1 card from his hand.

"But it will be hard to find the path unless the fog lifts a little later on."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

Hunters from Mordor get +2 and +2 for each Clue card in play.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to each hero with a Clue card attached. (3 damage instead if this attack is undefended.)

While it is in the staging area, River Langflood gets +1 for each Troll enemy in play.

While The Outer Ridge is the active location, each location in the staging area gets +1 .

Shadow: After this attack resolves, return attacking enemy to the staging area.

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.

When Revealed: Each enemy and location currently in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the phase. (+3 instead if it is a Dark location.) Players may exhaust a Cave Torch to cancel this effect.

Shadow: attacking enemy gets +2

While Orc Drummer is in the staging area, each enemy gets +X . X is the number of players in the game.

Southron Company gets +2 and +2 while the current quest card has the battle or siege keyword.

Shadow: attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the current quest card has a keyword.)

Each Wose enemy in the staging area gets +2 .

Shadow: Each Wose enemy engaged with the defending player gets +1 .

Immune to player card effects.

While The Islet is the active location, each Dunland enemy in play gets +1 .

There were three lines of flat stepping–stones across the stream, and between them fords for horses, that went from either brink to a bare eyot in the midst. –The Two Towers

While Methedras is the active location, each location in the staging area gets +1

Forced: When Methedras leaves play as an explored location, each player Searches 3.

Beyond there glimmered far away, as if floating on a grey cloud, the white head of tall Methedras, the last peak of the Misty Mountains. –The Two Towers

While any player has 3 or more cards in hand, Dunland Prowler gains Surge.

While any player has 5 or more cards in hand, Dunland Prowler gets +1 .

...the wild men of the Dunland fells. –The Two Towers

When Revealed: Each player draws a card.

Forced: After a player draws any number of cards, Dunland Tribesman gets +1 until the end of the round.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 .

While Ancient Forest is in the staging area, each Forest location in the staging area gets +1 and +3 quest points. This ability does not stack with other copies of Ancient Forest.

Shadow: Defending player exhausts a character he controls.

Cannot have attachments.

Spirit of the Wild gets +1 and +1 for each Key objectives the players control.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each Key objective the players control.

X is the number of players in the game.

Orc and Creature enemies get -30 engagement cost and +1 .

Forced: When Bellach is destroyed, shuffle him into the encounter deck.

While Ruins of the Second Age is in the staging area, City locations get +1 .

While Ruins of the Second Age is the active location, deal engaged enemies 1 additional shadow card at the beginning of the combat phase.

...as far as Tharbad, where the old North Road crossed the river by a ruined town. –The Fellowship of the Ring

While Decrepit Rooftops is the active location, enemies get +1 and do not make engagement checks.

Forced: After traveling to Decrepit Rooftops, return all engaged enemies to the staging area.

When Revealed: Return all engaged enemies to the staging area. Then, the first player either removes 1 time counter from the current quest or each Spy enemy in the staging area gets +2 until the end of the phase.

Concealment was no longer possible, and they could only hope that no enemy or spy was observing them. –The Fellowship of the Ring

Cannot have attachments.

Ancient Marsh-dweller gets +1 and +1 for each resource token on it.

Forced: After any number of time counters are removed from the current quest, place a resource token here.

Weathered Hilltop gets +1 for each resource token on it.

Forced: After a Weather treachery is revealed from the encounter deck, place 1 resource token here.

"There is little shelter or defence here..." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

Fornost Square gets +1 for each resource token on it.

Forced: After the first player discards any number of cards from the top of his deck, place 1 resource token here.

"...the heirs of Valandil removed and dwelt at Fornost on the high North Downs, and that now too is desolate." –Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring

Each Orc enemy gets +1 +1 and +1 .

When Revealed: Each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Orc enemy and put it into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Several Orcs spring upon you from their hiding place! Their surprise attack puts you on the defensive. You must fight to gain the upper hand.

If the current quest is a side quest, Rugged Country gets +2 .

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each quest card in play.

When Revealed: Each Undead enemy gets +1 +1 and +1 until the end of the round. If there are no Undead enemies in play, Restless Evil gains Surge.

Shadow: Each Undead enemy engaged with you gets +1 and +1 until the end of the round.

When Revealed: Each Warg enemy gets +1 until the end of the phase.

Shadow: After this attack, attacking enemy engages the next player, then makes an immediate attack (deal a new shadow card for that attack).

While it is Night, North Downs gets +2 .

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 . If this attack destroys a character, remove all progress from the current quest.

You search through the ashes of the keep's destroyed rooms. If you are diligent, you may be able to find a clue as to Iârion's ancestry.

While Sift through the Debris is the current quest, each location in the staging area gets +1

Forced: After a location is explored, place 2 progress on Sift through the Debris.

When this quest is defeated, flip it over.

Carn Dûm Garrison gets +1 for each shadow card currently dealt to it.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each shadow card currently dealt to it.

Unholy Crypt gets +1 for each Reanimated Dead in play.

Shadow: if this attack destroys a character, reanimate that character and deal it 1 shadow card.

When Revealed: Either each player must exhaust a character he controls, or each Lost Island in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the phase.

Shadow: Discard the bottom card of your deck. If that card's printed cost is 2 or less, exhaust a character you control.

Aflame 5.

Burning Piers gets +1 for each damage on it.

Forced: When Burning Piers is placed underneath The Havens Burn, deal 3 damage to the Dream-chaser.

Shadow: Add Burning Piers to the staging area.

For each resource on Crowley, he gets +1 , +1 , +1 , and +1 hit point. If Crowley has 3 or more resources on him, he gains victory 3.

Forced: When Crowley engages you, place 1 resource on him. At the end of the combat phase, return him to the staging area.

Doomed 1.

When Revealed: Each Uncharted location in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the phase. If the active location has the Ruins trait, discard 1 resource from each hero and objective-ally in play.

If you are off-course (Cloudy, Rainy, Stormy), Coast of Anfalas gets +2 Travel: Exhaust a Ship objective to travel here.

Shadow: If you are off-course (Cloudy, Rainy, Stormy), attacking enemy gets +2

Corsair Slaver gets +1 and +1 for each resource on it.

Forced: After the engaged player spends any number of resources, place 1 of those resources on Umbar Slaver.

When Revealed: Add 2 resources to a Raider enemy in the staging area. Each Raider enemy in the staging area gets +1 for each resource on it until the end of the phase. If there are no Raider enemies in the staging area, Foes of Ecthelion gains surge.

While the temperature is 40 or higher, Burnt Sands gets +2

Forced: After Burnt Sands becomes the active location, increase the temperature by 2.

...all seemed ruinous and dead, a desert burned and choked. –The Return of the King

While Parched Wadi is in the staging area, each Creature enemy gets +1 and +1

Forced: After Parched Wadi becomes the active location, shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards from the top until a Creature enemy is discarded. Add that enemy to the staging area.

When Revealed: Discard cards from the encounter deck until a Harad enemy is discarded. Add that enemy to the staging area and place a resource token on it. That enemy is "the Champion." While this stage is in play, the Champion gets +2 +2 +2 and gains: Immune to player card effects. The main quest stage cannot be defeated while the Champion is in play."

The champion cannot take damage unless there are at least 4 progress tokens here. This stage cannot be defeated while the champion is in play.

While Southron Captain is in the staging area, each other Harad enemy gets +1

While Southron Captain is engaged with you, each other Harad enemy engaged with you gets +1

Surge.

When Revealed: Attach to the highest location in the staging area without a copy of Overgrown attached. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached location gets +1 and gains 'Immune to player card effects.'"

The Uruks of Mordor attack with a savagery that is difficult to match.

Surge.

Each Orc enemy in the staging area gets -5 engagement cost.

Each Orc enemy engaged with a player gets +1

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."

Territorial Ape gets +X and + X where X is the of the active location.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if a location was explored this round).

The great apes of the jungle gather in the trees around you. They shadow your steps and slow your progress.

Each location gets +1

Forced: When Guardians of the Jungle becomes the current quest, search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Territorial Ape and put it into play engaged with the first player.

While the players are not at the same stage as the Orc's stage, Expanse of Harad gets +2

Forced: After Expanse of Harad becomes the active location, raise each player's threat by 2.

The wide plains opened grey before them.
–The Two Towers

Surge.

When Revealed: Attach to an Orc enemy. Limit 1 per enemy. (Counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +1 +1 +1 and +1 hit point.Forced: When attached enemy leaves play, return Racing Warg to the staging area.")

When Revealed: If the players are not at the same stage as the Orcs, add the total of each card in the Orc's area to the total in the staging area until the end of the phase. If the players are at the same stage as the Orcs, each enemy gets +1 until the end of the phase.

Shadow: Raise your threat by 1.

While On Track is in play, Cobwebbed Cavern gets +2

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.

Guarded (enemy).

Attached encounter card gets +2 and is immune to player card effects.

Action: Exhaust The Serpent's Garb and raise your threat by 1 to give a Harad enemy in the staging area -2 until the end of the phase.

Cannot leave the staging area or take damage. X is the stage number of the main quest.

The Black Serpent gets +X +X and +X

Forced: At the end of the encounter phase, either remove X progress from the main quest, or The Black Serpent makes an immediate attack against the first player.

Desert Bastion gets +1 for each Harad objective attached to a hero.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each Harad objective the players control.

Surge.

Dungeon Cell gets +X where X is the printed of the attached objective.

While Dungeon Cell is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After an ally is destroyed, attach it to Dungeon Cell if there is no objective attached to Dungeon Cell."

Cannot leave the staging area or take damage. X is the stage number of the main quest.

The Black Serpent gets +X +X and +X

Forced: At the end of the encounter phase, either remove X progress from the main quest, or The Black Serpent makes an attack against the first player.

While any player has threat of 35 or higher, Shadowy Vale gets +3

Forced: After Shadowy Vale becomes the active location, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.

...nothing could waft away the glooms and the sad mists that clung about the Mountains of Shadow...
–The Return of the King

When Revealed: Add the top card of the Evil Creatures deck to the staging area and attach Frenzied Creature to it. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +1 +1 +1 and is immune to player card effects")

Shadow: Attach this card to attacking enemy.

Lonely Lands gets +2 for each facedown card under it.

While Lonely Lands is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After an event is played during the quest phase, place it facedown under Lonely Lands."

Twilight Hall gets +2 for each resource on it.

Forced: After a Forest location is explored, place 1 resource here.

Travel: Raise each player's threat by 1 for each resource here. If there are no resources on Twilight Hall, the players cannot travel here.

When Revealed: Until the end of the phase, each non-objective location in the staging area gets +1 (+2 instead if it has at least 1 progress token on it). If the number of non-objective locations in the staging area is less than the number of players, Vastness of Mirkwood gains surge.

Contested Depths gets +1 for each location in the victory display.

Forced: After the players travel to Contested Depths, either raise each player's threat by 1 for each location in the victory display, or discard Contested Depths and replace it with the top card of the Caves deck.

While Hobgoblin is guarding a card, it gets +X +X and +X where X is that card's cost.

Forced: After Hobgoblin enters play, the first player attaches the top card of his deck to Hobgoblin faceup as a guarded attachment. When Hobgoblin leaves play, return the card it was guarding to its owner's hand.

Cannot have attachments or take non-combat damage.

Cold-Drake gets +1 and +1 for each Dragon Sign in the victory display.

Forced: After Cold-Drake is dealt a shadow card with no shadow effect, the defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.

Deep.

Cave Entrance gets +1 for each Dragon Sign in the victory display.

Travel: Raise each player's threat by 1.

That, of course, is the dangerous part about caves: you don't know how far they go back, sometimes, or where a passage behind may lead to, or what is waiting for you inside.
–The Hobbit

Cannot have non-objective attachments.

Fram's Shade gets +1 +1 and +1 for each Loot objective the players control.

When Fram's Shade is dealt shadow cards, deal it a number of shadow cards equal to the number of Loot objectives the players control (to a minimum of 1).

Deep. While there are 3 or more quest cards in the victory display, Desecrated Ruins gets +2 .

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 . If this attack destroys a character, each player discards a random card from his hand.

When Revealed: Each enemy and each location in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the phase. If the players quest unsuccessfully this phase, place 1 progress on The Goblins' Assault.

Shadow: Discard a non-objective attachment you control.

While attached to an enemy, counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +2 Forced: At the end of the round, return attached enemy to the staging area."

When Revealed: Attach to the lowest engagement cost Easterling enemy without an Easterling Horse and return it to the staging area. Otherwise, Easterling Horse gains surge.

When Revealed: Each copy of Rolling Plains gets +2 until the end of the phase.

Travel: Raise each player's threat by 2.

The falling stream vanished into a deep growth of cresses and water–plants, and they could hear it tinkling away in green tunnels, down long gentle slopes...
–The Two Towers

Guarded (enemy).

Attached enemy gets +1 +1 and +1

When Evidence of the Cult is free of encounters, add it to the victory display. Then, place 1 resource on the main quest.

City Forum gets +1 for each resource here.

While City Forum is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a location is explored, place 1 resource here."

Travel: Each player raises his threat by 1 for each resource here.

The longer you wander the streets, the more unwanted attention you attract.

Each location in the staging area gets +1

Forced: After Unwelcome Travelers becomes the current quest, the first player discards cards from the top of the encounter deck until an enemy is discarded and puts it into play engaged with him.

While attached to an enemy, counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +1 +1 +1 and is immune to player card effects."

When Revealed: Attach to the Easterling enemy with the lowest without a copy of Fanaticism. Otherwise, Fanaticism gains surge.

While The Challengers is ahead of The Wainriders, Veteran Wainrider gets +2 and cannot leave the staging area.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 if The Challengers is ahead of the Wainriders.

Crowded Track gets +1 for each character controlled by the first player.

Forced: After Crowded Track becomes the active location, each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for an enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

When Revealed: All engaged enemies return to the staging area. Then, each Goblin enemy gets +1 until the end of the phase.

Shadow: attacking enemy is returned to the staging area after its attack resolves.

While The Goblins' Caves is the active location, Goblin enemies get +1

Shadow: Defending player raises his threat by X. X is the number of Goblin enemies engaged with him.

While Troll Camp is in the staging area, Troll enemies get +1 for each player in the game.

While Troll Camp is in play, Bilbo Baggins gains:"Action: Exhaust Bilbo Baggins and spend 1 resource to remove 1 Sack card from a character. Bilbo Baggins may trigger this effect even with a Sack card attached to him."

When Revealed: Each player discards 2 random cards from hand. Until the end of the phase, each Dragon enemy in play gets +1 for each event discarded by this effect.Burgle: The first player shuffles his deck and reveals the top card. He may discard 1 card from his hand that matches the revealed card's sphere and cost.

This enemy gets +1 +1 and +1 for each quest stage in play with no progress on it.

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, remove all progress from the current quest.

While Chetwood is in the staging area, Spy enemies get +1 and +1

Shadow: Defending player discards 1 random card from his hand.

On the third day out from Bree they came out of the Chetwood. –The Fellowship of the Ring

Many-pillared Hall gets +1 for each Many-pillared Hall in play.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the defending player's threat is 35 or higher).

When Revealed: Remove all damage from each enemy at this stage. Each enemy at this stage gets +1 +1 and +1 until the end of the round.

Shadow: If the defending character has fewer printed hit points than the attacking enemy, this attack is considered undefended.

Surge.

When Revealed: Attach to the active location. (Counts a Siege attachment with the text: "Each enemy gets +1

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, place 1 progress on the current quest.

Peril. Archery 1.

When Revealed: Discard 1 random card from your hand. Snaga gets +X until the end of the round, where X is the discarded card's printed cost.

Round them were many smaller goblins. –The Two Towers

Forced: When Stagnant Pools is discarded by the Mire keyword, raise each player's threat by 5.

Stagnant Pools gets +1 for each mire token on it.

Travel: Exhaust Smeagol to travel here.

Mists curled and smoked from dark and noisome pools. The reek of them hung stifling in the still air. -The Two Towers

Cannot have attachments.

Shelob gets +1 for each resource on her.

Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, either place 1 resource on Shelob, or she makes an immediate attack against the first player.

When Revealed: Each location in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the round. If the number of locations in the staging area is less than the number of players in the game, reveal an additional encounter card.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +X where X is the active location's

Haunted Path gets +1 for each player with a threat of 35 or higher.

Travel: Raise each player's threat by 1 to travel here.

Shadow: Either raise your your threat by 2, or return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.

When Revealed: Each Ship location in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the phase. If there are no non-unique Ship locations in the staging area, search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Ship location and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

When Revealed: Attach to a Nazgûl enemy. Limit 1 per enemy. (Counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Attached enemy gets +1 +1 +1 and -10 engagement cost.Forced: At the end of the round, return attached enemy to the staging area.

...horrible as carrion–fowl yet greater than eagles, cruel as death. –The Return of the King

Setup: Add Wraith on Wings to the staging area.

Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.

Wraith on Wings gets +1 and -1 enagement cost for each resource on it.

Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, place 1 resource on Wraith on Wings (Limit 5 resources.)

Echoing Passage gets +1 for each enemy in the staging area.

While Echoing Passage is the active location, each enemy gets +2

Many doors and openings could be seen on this side and that; but it was empty save for two or three more bodies sprawling on the floor.
–The Return of the King

When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each enemy in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, each enemy gets +1 for each damage on it. If there are no enemies in the staging area, Orcish Howls gains surge.

Shadow: If you are engaged with another enemy, resolve this attack against that enemy.

Immune to player card effects. The players cannot travel here.

The Black Gate gets +1 for each resource on it.

Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, place 1 resource here and raise each player's threat by 1.

The great doors of the Black Gate swung back wide. Out of it streamed a great host as swiftly as swirling waters when a sluice is lifted.
–The Return of the King

When Revealed: Either search the encounter deck, discard pile, and victory display for a Nazgûl enemy and add it to the staging area, or attach Hell-hawk to a Nazgûl enemy in play. (Counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Limit 1 per enemy. Attached enemy gets +2 +2 +2 and is immune to play card effects.")

Mordor Road gets +1 for each controlled by the player who controls the most allies.

Forced: After Mordor Road becomes the active location, each player discards the top card of the encounter deck. Add each enemy discarded this way to the staging area.

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They climbed on to the causeway and trudged along, down the hard cruel road that led to the Dark Tower itself.
–The Return of the King

If a player has failed a Fortitude test this round, Plain of Gorgoroth gets +2

Travel: The first player makes a Fortitude test to travel here. If he fails this test, raise each player's threat by 4.

There smokes trailed on the ground and lurked in hollows, and fumes leaked from fissures in the earth.
–The Return of the King

Each enemy in the staging area gets +1 and -10 engagement cost.

Forced: At the end of the round, flip The Eye of Sauron, the move it and each Nazgûl enemy in the staging area to the Mount Doom staging area. The first player may raise each player's threat by 3 to cancel this effect.

If the players have crossed the Anduin, Captured Watchtower gets +3 .

Shadow: Remove all defending characters from combat. This attack is considered undefended.

If the players have not crossed the Anduin, Ruins of Osgiliath gets +3 .

...but Osgiliath which lay between was deserted and in its ruins shadows walked.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

When Revealed: If Smaug is in play, he gets +2 +2 -2 and gains the text: 'Allies cannot be declared as defenders'. This effect lasts until the end of the round

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, resolve all burn damage on locations in play.

Dusk. Shadow of Dwimorberg gets +2

Midnight. Shadow of Dwimorberg gets +4

Spectral.

Dusk. Whisperer gets +1

Midnight. Whisperer gets +2 and gains Doomed 2.