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.

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

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.

While Louis is engaged with a player, all Troll enemies gain

"Forced: After this enemy attacks, the defending player must raise his threat by 3."

Response: After defeating Louis, you may choose and discard 1 "Sacked!" card from play.

While Morris is engaged with a player, all Troll enemies get +1

Response: After defeating Morris, you may choose and discard 1 “Sacked!” card from play.

While Stuart is engaged with a player, all Troll enemies get +1

Response: After defeating Stuart, you may choose and discard 1 “Sacked!” card from play.

Regenerate 2. While there is another Tentacle enemy in play, The Watcher cannot be optionally engaged.

If The Watcher is in the staging area at the end of the combat phase, each player must deal 3 damage to 1 character he controls.

Only characters with ranged can attack or defend against Moria Bats.

While Moria Bats is engaged with a player, it gets +1 for each other enemy engaged with that player.

While engaged with a player, Southron Phalanx gets +1 for each location that player controls.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each location the defending player controls.

While engaged with a player, Dunlending Bandit gets +1 for each card in that player's hand.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the defending player has at least 3 cards in his hand).

While engaged with a player, Prowling Wolf gets +1 for each location in the staging area.

Shadow: Defending player exhausts a character he controls.

While Hills of Dunland is in the staging area, it gains:

Forced: After a player draws any number of cards, discard the top card of the encounter deck. If the discarded card is a Dunland enemy, put it into play engaged with that player. This ability does not stack with other copies of Hills of Dunland.

Travel: Each player draws a card to travel here.

While Bellach's Marauder is engaged with a player, it gains:

Forced: After a time counter is removed from the current quest, deal Bellach's Marauder 2 shadow cards.

Shadow: Remove 1 time counter from the current quest.

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 Borders of Bree-land is in the staging area it gains:

Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, return 1 enemy engaged with a player to the staging area.

Shadow: Defending character gets -1 for each quest stage in play.

While Shrine to Morgoth is the active location, players cannot draw cards or search their decks.

Forced: After Shrine to Morgoth is flipped over while active, exhaust each ally in play with printed cost 2 or less. Then, each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Undead enemy and put it into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Uncharted.

Cannot have player card attachments.

Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.

Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.

While Southron Sailor is engaged with you, each Ship enemy engaged with you contributes its to the total in the staging area.

”There is a great fleet drawing near to the mouths of Anduin, manned by the corsairs of Umbar in the South.”
–Beregond, The Return of the King

While you are engaged with Umbar Captain, characters you control cannot attack Ship enemies.

...the strength of the rebels in Umbar was a great peril to Gondor...
–The Return of the King

While you are engaged with Soulless Cadaver, your deck cannot be searched.

Forced: When Soulless Cadaver engages you, place each card in your hand with printed cost 2 or less on the bottom of your deck.

Surge.

Eye of the Beast cannot attack.

While Eye of the Beast is engaged with a player, The Thing in the Depths attacks that player during the combat phase (deal and resolve a shadow card for this attack).

Forced: When The Grotto's Entrance is flipped over while active, put Temple Guardian into play from the victory display, engaged with the player with the highest threat.

When the 8th progress is placed on The Grotto's Entrance, the players have found the sunken ruins and win the game.

Uncharted. Immune to player card effects.

Travel: Exhaust the Gate Key to travel here.

Forced: After Temple of the Deceived becomes the active location, flip it over.

While Temple Halls is the active location, each character gets -1 and -1

Forced: When Temple Halls is flipped over while active, put Temple Guardian into play from the victory display, engaged with the player with the highest threat.

Uncharted. Immune to player card effects.

Travel: Exhaust the Gate Key to travel here.

Forced: After Temple of the Deceived becomes the active location, flip it over.

While engaged with a player, Faithless Desecrator contributes its to the total in the staging area.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the active location is a Ruins location).

While Drowned Cave is the active location, Undead enemies cannot be engaged (return any engaged enemies to the staging area).

Forced: If Drowned Cave is the active location at the end of the quest phase, each player must discard the top 10 cards of his deck. Then, you may return Drowned Cave to the staging area.

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

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.

Cannot have player card attachments.

While Goblin Troop is engaged with you, each other Goblin enemy engaged with you gets +1 and +1

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2

Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.

While Urdug is engaged with a player, he gains,"Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, Urdug makes an immediate attack. If this attack deals damage, return Urdug and Tiny (if he is in play) to the staging area."

Immune to player card effects. X is 1 more than the number of side quests in the victory display.

Cannot leave the staging are or take more than X damage from non-quest effects each round.

While at least 3 side quests are in the victory display, Dagnir is considered to be engaged with each player.

Indestructible. Immune to player card effects. X is 1 more than the number of quest cards in the victory display.

Cannot take more than X damage each round.

While there are 5 or more quest cards in the victory display, Dagnir cannot leave the staging area and is considered to be engaged with each player.

While there are X or more resources on The Heroes' Defense, Urdug is considered to be engaged with each player, X is five times the number of players.

Response: After an enemy is destroyed, place 1 resource here.

While River Running is in the staging area, enemies cannot be optionally engaged.

Travel: The first player engages the highest engagement cost enemy in the staging area.

...below them were trees that looked like oaks and elms, and wide grass lands, and a river running through it all.
–The Hobbit

While Thane of Ulchor is engaged with a player, Ulchor's Guard engages that player.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 until the end of the phase.

While Guarded Archway is in the staging area, each player engaged with City Guard cannot reduce his threat.

Travel: City Guard makes an attack against the first player.

X is 2 per player. Indestructible.

Immune to player card effects. Cannot leave the staging area.

While The Challengers is at the same stage as The Wainriders, Wainrider Champion is considered to be engaged with each player.

This enemy gets +3 while engaged with a player who controls at least 1 poisoned character.

Shadow: Defending character gets 1 poison. (Give 2 poison to a character you control if undefended.)

While Evil Crow is engaged with a player, that player adds 1 to the Hide value for each Hide test he makes.

Shadow: If you have failed a Hide test this round, this attack is considered undefended

While Midgewater is the active location, enemies cannot attack, take damage, or be engaged.

Forced: After Midgewater becomes the active location, return each engaged enemy in play to the staging area.

...there was no permanent trail even for Rangers to find through their shifting quagmires.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.

While Rider of Mordor is engaged with a player, characters that player controls get -1

While The One Ring is exhausted, Rider of Mordor gets -10 engagement cost.

While The One Ring is exhausted, Shady Bree-lander gains: "Cannot be optionally engaged."

Shadow: Defending character get -1 (-2 instead if The One Ring is exhausted).

Indestructible.

Cannot be optionally engaged. The Balrog and shadow cards dealt to The Balrog are immune to player card effects.

While in the staging area, The Balrog is considered to be engaged with the first player and only the first player can declare attackers against The Balrog.

While Helm's Gate is the active location, if any player is not engaged with an enemy, the first player reveals an encounter card at the end of each staging step.

Forced: When Helm's Gate is explored, each enemy gets -20 engagement cost and +2 until the end of the round.

While Beleaguered Hills is the active location, reduce the total in the staging area by X, where X is the total of each engaged enemy.

Forced: After Beleaguered Hills becomes the active location, each player engages a non-unique enemy in the staging area.

The onslaught of Mordor broke like a wave on the beleaguered hills... –The Return of the King

While Tarlang's Next is the active location, it gains,"Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, the players must either immediately end the encounter phase, or the first player must engaged all enemies in the staging area."

Spectral. Cannot have attachments.

While you are engaged with The Lord of the Dead, treat all printed text boxes on characters you control as if they were blank (except Traits.)

While Deep Gulley is in the staging area, it gains :"Forced: After a player optionally engages an enemy, that player raises his threat by X, where X is the engaged enemy's

Each time they clambered out, the trees seemed deeper and darker... –The Fellowship of the Ring

Cannot have attachments.

Lurker of the Depths cannot be engaged or take more than 4 damage each round.

While Lurker of the Depths is in the staging area, it is considered to be engaged with each player.

While Stone Ring is in the staging area, each Wight enemy engaged with a player gets +1 and +1 and applies the first sentence of its game text to each player at this stage as if it were engaged with him.

Stone rings grinned out of the ground like broken teeth in the moonlight. –The Fellowship of the Ring

While Barrow-wight is engaged with a player, that player's threat cannot be reduced.

Forced: After Barrow-wight attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller raises his threat by 2.

While Cold-wight is engaged with a player, that player cannot draw cards from card effects.

Forced: After Cold-wight attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller discards a random card from his hand.

While Dark-wight is engaged with a player, that player's heroes cannot gain resources from card effects.

Forced: After Dark-wight attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller discards all resources from each hero he controls.

Immune to player card effects.

While Staddle Hiding Hole is in the victory display, each player not engaged with a Suspect cannot declare attackers against that Suspect.

Travel: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Greenway Footpad, reveal it, and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

While engaged with a player with threat 35 or higher, Lawless Ruffian gets +2

Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.

While Mirkwood Patrol is in the staging area, enemies cannot be optionally engaged.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if it was engaged this round).

While Southron Sailor is engaged with you, each Ship enemy engaged with you contributes its to the total in the staging area.

"There is a great fleet drawing near to the mouths of the Anduin, manned by the corsairs of Umbar in the South."
–Beregond, The Return of the King

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 is undefended, also deal that character 2 damage.

While Treetop Bird-eater is engaged with a player, characters controlled by that player cannot be healed.

Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, Treetop Bird-eater engages the player who controls Wilyador (regardless of threat).

While Ill-fated Guard is engaged with a player, that player cannot commit more than 1 character to each escape test.

Shadow: Discard all attachments from each character you control with 3 or more

Surge.

While you are engaged with Swarming Goblins, it gains:"Forced: When a quest card is bypassed, search the encounter discard pile for a copy of Goblin Spearman and put it into play engaged with you."

While Snow-Giant is in the staging area, it attacks the first player during the combat phase, as if it were engaged.

Forced: After Snow-Giant engages you, discard the ally you control with the highest

Surge.

While Vicious Tracker is engaged with a player, that player is considered to have +20 threat for purposes of engagement checks only.

While Sentinel of the Deep is engaged with a player, that player cannot draw cards from card effects.

Shadow: Defending player must choose and trigger 1 'Lost:' effect in play.

While Dockside Street is in the staging area, enemies in the staging area cannot be damaged or optionally engaged.

Travel: Exhaust the hero with Alcaron's Scroll attached to travel here.

Surge.

While the engaged player has 3 or more cards in hand, Savage Hillman cannot take damage.

While the engaged player has 5 or more cards in hand, Savage Hillman gets +2

Hinder. Cannot have attachments.

While Blocking Huorn is engaged with a player, it adds its to the staging area.

Shadow: Put Blocking Huorn into play engaged with you.

Whiles Plains of Dunland is in the staging area, each Dunland enemy gets -20 engagement cost and cannot be optionally engaged.

Travel: The first player engages the highest enemy in the staging area to travel here.

While Munuv D–v River is in the staging area, it gainst:"Forced: After a player draws any number of cards, he deals 1 shadow card to an enemy engaged with him."

Shadow: Raise your threat by 1 for each enemy engaged with you.

Capture 1.

While you are engaged with Prison Guard, it gainst: "PlanningAction: Rescue a random card from underneath Prison Guard. Then, raise each player's threat by X, where X is that card's printed cost. (Limit once per round)."

While Giant Beetle is engaged with a player, it gains: "As an additional cost to travel to a safe location, Giant Beetle makes an immediate attack against the engaged player."

Damaged characters cannot be declared as attackers or defenders against Giant Beetle.

While you are engaged with Apostate of Angmar, you cannot attack Thaurdir.

Shadow: Discard the top card of the encounter deck. Attacking enemy gets +X where X is that card's printed threat.

While you are engaged with Silent Guardian it gains:"Forced: The first time you play an event card each round, instead of discarding that card after playing it, reanimate it."

While Shrine to Morgoth is the active location, players cannot draw cards or search their decks.

Forced: After Shrine to Morgoth is flipped over while active, exhaust each ally in play with printed cost 2 or less. Then, each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Undead enemy and put it into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Uncharted.

Cannot have player card attachments.

Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.

Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.

Each Undead enemy gains "immune to player card effects."

Forced: After Forsaken City is flipped over while active, each engaged Undead enemy makes an immediate attack.

Uncharted.

Cannot have player card attachments.

Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.

Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.

While Raider of the Storm is engaged with you, each Ship enemy engaged with you gets +1 +1 +1 and contributes its to the total in the staging area.

While Submerged Crawlway is the active location, deal each engaged enemy 1 additional shadow card at the beginning of the combat phase.

Forced: If Submerged Crawlway is the active location at the end of the quest phase, each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for an enemy and add it to the staging area. Then, you may flip Submerged Crawlway to its Grotto side.

Peril. Hide 2.

Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.

While Dark Horseman is engaged with you, characters you control get -1 during Hide tests.

“There's been a strange customer asking for Mr. Baggins of Bag End...”
–The Gaffer, The Fellowship of the Ring

Toughness 2.

While Lugdush is engaged with a player, each other enemy cannot take damage.

Shadow: If attacking enemy is unique, it cannot take damage until the end of the round.