Response: After you play Fili from your hand during the planning phase, search your deck for Kili and put him into play under your control. Then, shuffle your deck.
"Fili is the youngest and still has the best sight."
–Thorin, The Hobbit
Action: Exhaust Bofur to search the top 5 cards of your deck for 1 Weapon attachment. Add that card to your hand and shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
There is no knowing what a dwarf will not dare and do for revenge or the recovery of his own. –The Hobbit
Attach to a hero.
Travel Action: Discard Thrór’s Map to choose a location in the staging area. Make that location the active location. (If there is another active location, return it to the staging area.)
"This was made by Thror, your grandfather, Thorin." he said in answer to the dwarves' excited questions. "It is a plan of the Mountain." –Gandalf, The Hobbit
Action: Exhaust 2 allies you control to shuffle your deck and discard the top 5 cards. Put up to 2 allies discarded by this effect into play under your control. The total cost of the allies put into play cannot exceed the total cost of the allies exhausted to pay for this effect.
“I was coming over the mountains with a friend or two...” –Gandalf, The Hobbit
Play during the quest phase, before the staging step.
Action: Deal 2 damage to the first enemy revealed from the encounter deck this phase.
Thorin came last - and he was not caught unawares. He came expecting mischief, and didn't need to see his friends' legs sticking out of sacks to tell him that things were not all well. –The Hobbit
Action: Bilbo Baggins gets +2 +2 and +2 until the end of the phase. (You may spend a resource from Bilbo Baggins' resource pool to play this card even if you do not control Bilbo Baggins.)
“You can say Expert Treasure-hunter instead of Burglar if you like. Some of them do.”
– Glóin, The Hobbit
Attach to Bilbo Baggins. Restricted.
Bilbo Baggins gets +1 +1 and +1 .
Response: After Bilbo Baggins exhausts to defend, discard the top card of the encounter deck. Deal damage to the attacking enemy equal to the discarded card's .
"I shall call you Sting." –Bilbo, The Hobbit
Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached character gets +2 .
Response: After attached hero destroys an Orc enemy, add 1 resource to that hero's resource pool.
"This, Thorin, the runes name Orcrist, the Goblin–cleaver in the ancient tongue of Gondolin; it was a famous blade." –Elrond, The Hobbit
Attach to a hero or Gandalf. Restricted.
Attached character gets +2 .
Response: After attached character destroys an Orc enemy, draw 1 card.
“This, Gandalf, was Glamdring, Foe-hammer that the king of Gondolin once wore.” –Elrond, The Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins does not count against the hero limit and cannot gain resources from non-treasure cards. The first player gains control of Bilbo Baggins.
Action: Spend 1 resource to search your deck for a treasure card and add it to your hand.
If Bilbo Baggins leaves play, the players have lost the game.
Response: Pay 1 resource from Balin's resource pool to cancel a shadow effect just triggered during an attack. Then, deal the attacking enemy another shadow card. (Limit once per attack.)
"Well, it is the first time that even a mouse has crept along carefully and quietly under my very nose and not been spotted." –The Hobbit
When Bard the Bowman makes a ranged attack, the enemy he attacks gets -2 until the end of the phase.
Now he shot with a great yew bow, till all his arrows but one were spent. –The Hobbit
Action: Exhaust a hero you control to shuffle the encounter deck and look at its top card. Place progress tokens on the current quest equal to the revealed card's . Then, put that card back on top of the encounter deck.
As they worked the ravens brought them constant tidings. –The Hobbit
Attach to a hero with the printed Ranged keyword. Restricted.
Combat Action: Choose an enemy in the staging area. Exhaust Great Yew Bow and attached hero to make a ranged attack against that enemy. Declare attached hero as the attacker. No other attackers can be declared for this attack.
Attach to Bilbo Baggins.
Action: Exhaust Bilbo’s Magic Ring and raise your threat by 1 to gain 1 resource. (Limit once per round.)
Response: After Bilbo Baggins exhausts to defend an attack, exhaust Bilbo’s Magic Ring and raise your threat by 3 to cancel all damage from this attack.
Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +2 .
Response: After attached hero attacks and destroys an enemy, deal 1 damage to another enemy engaged with you.
Royal indeed did Thorin look, clad in a coat of gold–plated rings, with a silver hafted axe... –The Hobbit
Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Attached hero gains Ranged.
When making a ranged attack, attached hero gets +2 .
Thorin seized a bow of horn and shot an arrow at the speaker. –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 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
Action: Choose a Hobbit character. That character gets +2 , +2 , and +2 until the end of the phase.
"I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me." –Sam Gamgee, The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 (+2 instead if attacking an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat).
...these blades were forged many long years ago by Men of Westernesse: they were foes of the Dark Lord...
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Setup: Attach to the Ring-bearer.
Action: Add Mr. Underhill to the victory display to choose an enemy engaged with you. Until the end of the round, that enemy cannot attack you.
"I will give you a travelling name now. When you go, go as Mr. Underhill."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 and gains the Warrior trait.
"Three of the servants of Sauron were upon the Bridge, but they withdrew and I pursued them westward."
–Glorfindel, 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
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
At the end of the round, discard Galadriel from play.
Response: After you play Galadriel from your hand, search the top 5 cards of your deck for an attachment of cost 3 or less and put it into play. Put the remaining cards back in any order.
Boromir gets +2 while defending against an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat.
Response: After Boromir takes any amount of damage, ready him.
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
Attach to a Hobbit hero.
Attached hero gets +1 +1 and +1 .
Response: After attached hero exhausts to defend an attack, discard the top card of the encounter deck. Deal damage to the attacking enemy equal to the discarded card's .
Attach to a Warrior hero or Gandalf. Restricted.
Attached character gets +2 .
Response: After attached character destroys an Orc enemy, draw 1 card.
"...at his side was the elven–sword Glamdring, the mate of Orcrist that lay now upon the breast of Thorin under the Lonely Mountain." –The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to a Noble hero or Aragorn. Restricted.
Attached hero gets +1 +1 and +1 .
Response: After an attack in which the attached hero defended resolves, exhaust Andúril to target the enemy that just attacked. Declare attached hero as an attacker against that enemy (and resolve the attack).
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
Cannot have restricted attachments.
Action: Deal 1 damage to Treebeard to give him +1 and +1 until the end of the phase. (Limit 5 times per phase.)
"I am not altogether on anybody's side, because nobody is altogether on my side..."
–The Two Towers
Attach to a Rohan hero. Restricted.
Reduce the cost to play Herugrim on Théoden by 1.
Response: After attached hero is declared as an attacker, exhaust Herugrim to add attached hero's to its for this attack.
"Here, lord, is Herugrim, your ancient blade." –Háma, The Two Towers
Play only after the resolving enemy attacks step is complete.
Combat Action: Exhaust and discard a Rohan ally you control to choose and discard a non-unique enemy engaged with you.
"Helm is arisen and comes back to war. Helm for Théoden King!" –Riders of Rohan, The Two Towers
Play only if you control Aragorn.
Quest Action: Choose 3 heroes committed to the quest. Ready those heroes. Until the end of the round, each of the chosen heroes gets +1 , +1 , and +1 .
"We shall makes such a chase as shall be accounted a marvel among the Three Kindreds: Elves, Dwarves, and Men. Forth the Three Hunters!" –Aragorn, The Two Towers
Setup: Attach to a Healer hero.
Action: Exhaust attached hero and Hands of a Healer to heal up to 3 damage from a hero.
"Life to the dying
In the king's hand lying!"
–Herb–master, The Return of the King
Setup: Attach to a Ranger hero.
Response: After attached hero is declared as a defender against a non-unique enemy, exhaust Forewarned to discard 1 shadow card from that enemy.
"Faint and far are the feet of our enemies."
–Aragorn, The Two Towers
Setup: Attach to a Noble hero.
Response: After attached hero quests successfully, exhaust Leader of Men to add 1 resource to attached hero's pool.
"Take this, dear lord!" said a clear voice. "It was ever at your service."
–The Two Towers
Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 +1 +1 and cannot have treachery card attachments.
"Beyond all hope you return to us in our need!"
–Aragorn, The Two Towers