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 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.)

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.

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

X is the number of players in the game.

While Rhosgobel is in the staging area, Wilyador cannot be healed.

Travel: Players must complete stage one of this quest before they can travel to Rhosgobel.

Players cannot optionally engaged Goblin Archer.

Characters with ranged are eligible to attack Goblin Archer while it is in the staging area.

Forced: After an enemy is revealed from the encounter deck, the first player must deal 1 damage to 1 character he controls.

While Plundered Armoury is in the staging area, enemies get +1 .

Response: After Plundered Armoury leaves play as an explored location, each player may attach a Weapon or Armour attachment from his hand to 1 character he controls.

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

While Knees of the Mountain is in the staging area, it gains:

Forced: After an enemy engages a player, it gets +1 until the end of the round.

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.)

Surge.

While Crebain is in the staging area, encounter card effects cannot be canceled.

Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after it attacks.

While Celador is in the staging area, he is committed to the current quest.

Forced: After players quest unsuccessfully or a character leaves play, deal 1 damage to Celador.

If Celador leaves play, remove him from the game.

While Ithilien Guardian is in the staging area, he is committed to the current quest.

When Revealed: Add Ithilien Guardian to the staging area and Ithilien Guardian gains Surge.

Shadow: Deal 2 damage to the attacking enemy.

Surge.

While City Street is in the staging area, players cannot travel to a location that does not have the title City Street.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 .

While Orc Vanguard is in the staging area, resources cannot be spent from the resource pools of heroes who have a , or resource icon.

Shadow: Deal the attacking enemy two additional shadow cards.

If an Orc enemy is in play, progress tokens cannot be placed on Orc War Camp while it is in the staging area.

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

Villagers 3.

While Gondorian Hamlet is in the staging area it gains:

Forced: After a treachery card is revealed from the encounter deck, discard 1 villager token from Gondorian Hamlet.

The townlands were rich, with wide tilth and many orchards... –The Return of the King

Western Road gets +5 quest points while it is in the staging area.

Travel: The first player must take 1 hidden card to travel here.

...he saw, beyond an arch of boughs, the road to Osgiliath running almost as straight as a streched ribbon down, down, into the West. –The Two Towers

Eastern Road gets +5 quest points while it is in the staging area.

Travel: The first player must take 2 hidden cards to travel here.

Black and forbidding it loomed above them, darker than the dark sky behind. –The Two Towers

While Fords of Isen is in the staging area, players cannot gain resources from card effects.

Forced: After Fords of Isen becomes the active location, each player with fewer than 5 cards in his hand draws cards until he has 5 in his hand.

The road dipped between rising turf–banks, carving its way through the terraces to the river's edge, and up again upon the further side. –The Two Towers

While Gap of Rohan is in the staging area, Dunland enemies get +1

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

While Heart of Fangorn is in the staging area, each player cannot refresh more than 5 characters during the refresh phase.

Attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.

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.

While Tangled Woods is in the staging area, each Forest location in plays gains:

Travel: Exhaust a hero to travel here.

The forest was dark and close. –The Two Towers

While Broken Lands is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on locations in the staging area.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each location in the staging area.

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.

Doomed 2.

X is the number of players in the game.

While Grim Foothills is in the staging area, progress must be placed on Grim Foothills before it can be placed on the active location.

Progress cannot be placed on Streets of Tharbad while it is in the staging area.

While Streets of Tharbad is the active location, enemies get -20 engagement cost.

As soon as his back was turned, a dark figure climbed quickly in over the gate and melted into the shadows of the village street. –The Fellowship of the Ring

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 Fen of Reeds is in the staging area, it gains:

Forced: After the players advance to a quest stage, each player must exhaust a character he controls.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each time counter on the quest.

While Finger of Glanduin is in the staging area, it gains:

Forced: At the end of each round, remove 1 progress from each location in play.

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

While Sinking Bog is in the staging area, each character gets -1 -1 and -1 for each Item attached to it. This ability does not stack with other copies of Sinking Bog.

Shadow: Defending character gets -1 for this attack for each attachment attached to it.

Cannot have attachments.

While Orc War Party is in the staging area, enemies in the staging area cannot take damage.

The players cannot win the game while Orc War Party is in play.

They kept no order, thrusting, jostling, and cursing; yet their speed was very great. –The Two Towers

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.

Doomed 1.

While Outlying Homestead is in the staging area, players cannot reduce their threat.

Travel: Reveal a card from the encounter deck.

They were far beyond the borders of the Bree–land, out in the pathless wilderness... –The Fellowship of the Ring

While Blood-thirsty Warg is in the staging area, it gains:

Forced: When it becomes Night, Blood-thirsty Warg engages the first player and makes an immediate attack.

The wold snarled and sprang towards them with a great leap.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

While Eriador Wastes is in the staging area, no more than 5 progress can be placed on the current quest each round.

Travel: The first player engages a Warg enemy in the staging area and deals it a shadow card.

"...the long leagues of Eriador still lie before us." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

While Barren Moorland is in the staging area, it gains:

Forced: When an ally enters play, you must either exhaust it or deal 1 damage to it.

Travel: Deal 1 damage to each exhausted character.

While Forbidden Descent is in the staging area, the first 2 progress that would be placed on a quest each round must be placed on Forbidden Descent, instead.

Forced: If Forbidden Descent leaves play from the staging area, raise each player’s threat by 2.

While Decrepit Remains is in the staging area, each location and quest in the staging area gets +2 quest points.

Shadow: For each point of damage dealt by this attack, remove 1 progress from each quest in play.

While Dark Halls is in the staging area, each Reanimated Dead gets +1 and +1 .

Shadow: If there is a copy of the defending character in your discard pile, reanimate it and deal it 1 shadow card.

While Lush Jungle is in the staging area, characters get -1 and lose ranged.

Forced: After Lush Jungle is flipped over while active, return it to the staging area unless each player exhausts each ready hero he controls.

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.

Surge.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each damage token on the active location.

While Rough Waters is in the staging area, cancel the first symbol found during each Sailing test.

Shadow: If you are off course (, , or ), attacking enemy gets +2 Attack.

Boarding 3. Cannot have attachments.

While Corsair Warship os om the staging area, it cannot be damaged and gains archery 4.

...ships of great draught with many oars, and with black sails bellying in the breeze.
–The Return of the King

Boarding 2. Cannot have attachments.

While Swift Raider is in the staging area, it gains:

Forced: After a player commits 4 or more characters to a Sailing test or to the quest, Swift Raider engages that player.

While Weather Deck is in the staging area, each other Deck location in play gains:

Travel: Each player must exhaust a character he controls to travel here.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.

Island Watcher cannot be optionally engaged.

While Island Watcher is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, if the active location has the Ruins trait, Island Watcher engages the player with the highest treat. Then, deal it 2 shadow cards."

Archery 2. Cannot have attachments.

While Siege Ship is in the staging area, it gains:"Forrced: at the end of the quest phase, if Siege Ship is not guarding an objective and there is an unguarded objective in the staging area, attach Siege Ship to that objective, guarding it."

While Watch Tower is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: When a Raider enemy enters play, add 1 resource to it."

Shadow: If this attack destroys an ally, add resources to a Raider enemy in play equal to that character's printed resource cost.

While Haradrim Estate is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed here.

Travel: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Harad enemy and put it into play engaged with the first player. Then, place 1 progress on the main quest, bypassing the active location. Shuffle the encounter deck.

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.

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

While Towering Dunes is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on locations in the staging area not named Towering Dunes.

Forced: After Towering Dunes becomes the active location, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.

While The Serpent's Redoubt is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a player plays an ally from his hand, either remove 1 progress from the main quest, or exhaust that ally."

Travel: The first player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for an enemy and puts it into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck.

While Roofless Tower is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: When a player plays an event, either remove 1 progress from the main quest, or cancel the effects of that event."

Travel: Exhaust a hero to travel here.

While Southron Camp is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the end of the round, remove all progress from each location in play."

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

Surge.

While Broken Courtyard is in the staging area, the main quest cannot have progress tokens beyond its printed quest points value.

Shadow: Either remove 2 progress from main quest, or return attacking enemy to staging area after this attack.

While Gate of Iron is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on locations in the staging area.

Travel: Discard the top card of the encounter deck. Then, the first player must discard a card from his hand with cost greater than the discarded card's or raise each player's threat by 3.

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."

While Uruk Guardroom is in the staging area, increase the cost to play each ally by 1.

Travel: Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards until an Orc enemy is discarded. Add that enemy to the staging area.

While Mines of Cirith Gurat is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: When a player card would reduce a player's threat by any amount, reduce that amount to 1."

Travel: Each player discards the top 3 cards of his deck and raises his threat by 1 for each ally he discards this way.

While Foothills of Mordor is in the staging area, 'when revealed' effects cannot be canceled.

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

...there lay dark thickets, and a tumbled land of rocky ghylls and crags, behind which the long grim slopes of the Ephel Dúath clambered up.
–The Return of the King

Surge.

Cannot be optionally engaged.

While Stray Goblin is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a player engages an enemy, Stray Goblin engages that player."

Shadow: Add Stray Goblin to staging area.

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."

While Accursed Forest is in the staging area, "when revealed" effects cannot be canceled.

Travel: Reveal the top card of the encounter deck.

There was a breath of air and a noise of wind, but it had a sad sound.
–The Hobbit

While Dark Black Woods is in the staging area, no more than 1 progress can be placed on each Forest location in the staging area each round.

Travel: Each player discards the top card of the encounter deck. Add each enemy discarded this way to the staging area.

Deep.

While Dark Tunnel is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on Dark locations in the staging area.

The tunnel seemed to have no end. All he knew was that it was going down pretty steadily...
–The Hobbit

While Mountain Pass is in the staging area, the 'when revealed' effects of Weather treachery cards cannot be canceled.

"We may well be seen by watchers on that narrow path, and waylaid by some evil; but the weather may prove a more deadly enemy than any."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Deep.

Progress cannot be placed on Dwarven Door while it is in the staging area.

"Dwarf–doors are not made to be seen when shut."
–Gimli, The Fellowship of the Ring

While Deep Ravine is in the staging area, no more than 1 progress can be placed on locations in the staging area each round.

Travel: The first player must either exhaust Urdug, or raise each player's threat by 2 to travel here.

While Town Gate is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the end of the quest phase, place 1 resource here. Then, if there are 3 resources here, discard Town Gate and deal 4 damage to Hrogar's Hill."

Travel: Dagnir makes an immediate attack against the first player.

Discover 4.

While Haunted Hall is in the staging area, it gains,"Forced: After a player places any amount of progress on a Dark location in the staging area, he raises his threat by 1."

Nothing assailed the company nor withstood their passage, and yet steadily fear grew...
-The Return of the King

Discover 2.

While Moonlit Passage is in the staging area, each player's threat cannot be reduced by more than 1 via player card effects each round.

Shadow: Raise your threat by 1.

Discover 3.

While Cursed Tower is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a player plays an event, raise his threat by 1."

Shadow: Discard a non-objective attachment you control.

Immune to player card effects.

While Gate of Gundabad is in the staging area, resources cannot be placed on The Heroes' Defense.

Travel: Search the encounter deck, discard pile, and victory display for a Goblin Troop and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

While Hilltop Battlements is in the staging area, each non-unique enemy gets -5 engagement cost.

Forced: When Hilltop Battlements is explored, discard the top X cards of the encounter deck, where X is the number of players in the game. Add each enemy discarded by this effect to the staging area.

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 Exposed Riverbank is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a 'when revealed' effect is canceled, place 1 resource on Easterling Pursuit."

Travel: Place 1 resource on Easterling Pursuit.

While Rocky Outcrop is in the staging area, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.

Travel: The first player exhausts a hero he controls.

While Hillside Manor is in the staging area, each player's threat cannot be reduced by more than 1 each round by player card effects.

Travel: Each player discards 1 random card from his hand.

The wine of Dorwinion brings deep and pleasant dreams.
–The Hobbit

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.

While Side Street is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on other locations in the staging area.

Travel: Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards until a location is discarded. Add that location to the staging area.

While Catacombs is in the staging area, enemies in the staging area cannot take damage.

Travel: Each player discards the top card of the encounter deck. If a player discards an enemy this way, he puts it into play engaged with him.

While The King's Lawn is in the staging area, each player must raise his threat by 1 additional point during the refresh phase.

Travel: Place 1 resource on the main quest.

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.

While Ravine Ledge is in the staging area, each racing test requires 1 additional matching result.

Travel: The first player makes a racing test. To pass requires 1 TURN result. If the players pass the test, each player draws 1 card. If the players faill the test, each player discards 1 random card from his hand.

X is 1 more than the number of quest cards in play.

While Torech Gorgor Patrol is in the staging area, no more than 5 progress can be placed on the main quest each round.

Forced: After Torech Gorgor Patrol engages a player, it makes an attack.

While Orc Passage is in the staging area, encounter card effects cannot be canceled.

Forced: When Orc Passage is explored, search the encounter deck and discard pile for a copy of Torech Gorgor Patrol and add it to the staging area.

While Working Fields is in the staging area, characters cannot be healed.

Travel: Each player deals 1 damage to a character he controls.

Neither he nor Frodo knew anything of the great slave–worked fields away south in this wide realm...
–The Return of the King

While Watch Tower is in the staging area, it gains archery X.

X is 1 more than the number of Captive objective allies the players control.

Travel: Reveal the top card of the encounter deck.

While Fortress Walls is in the staging area, the cost to play each ally is increased by 1.

Travel: Each player places 1 card from his hand under a Castle side quest.

While Guard Tower is in the staging area, players cannot draw cards or gain resources from player card effects.

Travel: Each player exhausts a character he controls.

While Cave Entrance is in the staging area, it gains:'Forced: At the end of the round, place the top X cards of the encounter discard pile on the bottom of the encounter deck. X is the number of players in the game.'

While at least one Stone-Giant is in the staging area, the Galloping Boulders card gains surge.

Forced: After Stone-Giant engages a player, that player chooses and discards 1 ally he controls.

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."

While Northern Slopes is in the staging area, each Goblin enemy gets +1 and +1 Defense.While Northern Slopes is the active location, it gains:'Forced: When a character leaves play, remove 1 progress from the current quest, if able.'

While Stock Road is in the staging area, add 2 to the total of the discarded cards when a player resolves a Hide test.

Travel: The first player must make a Hide 1 test to travel here.

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

Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.

While Fell Rider is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, the first player must either reduce the Ring-bearer's life by 1 or engage Fell Rider."

While River Anduin is in the staging area it gains:"Forced: At the end of the travel phase, each player at this stage raises his threat by 1. Then, River Anduin moves to the staging area to the left, if able."

"Anduin flows faster than I thought." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

While Wooded Shoreline is in the staging area, it gains archery 2.

Travel: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for an enemy and add it to the staging area to travel here. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Immune to player card effects.

While Orthanc is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After the players quest successfully, the first player looks at the top 3 cards of the encounter deck, reveals 1, and discards the others."

Still dark and tall, unbroken by the storm, the tower of Orthanc stood. –The Two Towers

While Ring-wall of Isengard is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After any amount of damage is healed from a character, its owner discards 1 card from his hand."

Wizardry: Each player discards 1 random card from his hand.

While Underground Armoury is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After an enemy engages a player, deal it a shadow card."

Wizardry: Each player exhausts a character he controls.

The shafts ran down by many slopes and spiral stairs to caverns far under; there Saruman had treasuries, store–houses, armouries, smithies, and great furnaces. –The Two Towers

While Steaming Vent is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a player commits characters to the quest, he deals 1 damage to a questing character he controls."

Wizardry: Assign X damage among characters in play. X is 1 more than the number of players in the game.

X is the number of players in the game.

While Plain of Isengard is in the staging area, archery damage must be assigned to allies, if able.

Wizardry: Each player discards 1 ally he controls.

While Open Pit is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a player draws any number of cards from a player card effect, he raises his threat by 2."

Wizardry: Each player raises his threat by 2.

While The Under-way is in the staging area, each Orc enemy gets -5 engagement cost and gains:"Forced: After this enemy engages a player, deal it a shadow card."

Shadow: Deal the attacking enemy 2 additional shadow cards.

While Deep Dark Passage is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: When any amount of progress would be placed on a location in the staging area, reduce that amount by 1."

Travel: Exhaust Sméagol to travel here.

Not since the lightless passages of Moria had Frodo or Sam known such darkness, and if possible here it was deeper and denser. -The Two Towers

While Den of Night is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a `When Revealed' effect is canceled, place 1 resource on Shelob."

Travel: Place 1 resource on Shelob to travel here.

Here was some opening in the rock far wider than any they had yet passed; and out of it came a reek so foul, and a sense of lurking malice so intense, that Frodo reeled. -The Two Towers

While Dark Door is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on locations in the staging area.

Travel: The first player reveals an encounter card to travel here.

...before him stood a stony door closed fast...
–The Return of the King

While Trysting Place is in the staging area, each enemy in the staging area cannot take damage.

Travel: The first player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for an Oathbreaker enemy and puts it into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck.

While Deadly Road is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a 'when revealed' effect is canceled, raise each player's threat by 1."

Travel: Spend 1 resource to travel here.

"I was held to the road only by the will of Aragorn."
–Gimli, The Return of the King