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Immune to player card effects.
Cannot be optionally engaged.
Forced: After Priest of Sauron attacks and destroys an ally, raise each player's threat by 2.
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Immune to player card effects.
Forced: After a location is revealed from the encounter deck, The Governor engages the first player and makes an immediate attack.
"In all the long wars with the Dark Tower treason has ever been our greatest foe."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Immune to player card effects.
Do not discard shadow cards dealt to Black N煤men贸rean if they have a shadow effect.
Forward: When Black N煤men贸rean attacks, resolve each of his faceup shadow cards as if they had been dealt this round.
Add +1 to the total in the staging area for each resource here.
Forced: When the active location is explored, discard the top X cards of each player's deck, when X is that location's Then, place 1 resource here for each event discarded this way.
Each non-unique enemy gets +1
Forced: After an enemy attacks and destroys a character, place 1 damage token here. Then, if there are X damage tokens here, the players lose the game. X is 4 more than the number of players.
Sauron Worship enters play with 1 damage token on it.
Each player's threat elimination level is reduced by 1 for each damage token here.
Forced: At the end of the round, place 1 damage token here.
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.
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
When Revealed: Each player discards all ally cards from his hand. If no cards are discarded this way, Disappearances gains doomed 2.
Shadow: Discard an attachment you control.
When Revealed: Attach to the highest attack ally in play. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached ally loses the ally card type, gains the enemy card type, and engages its owner. Treat attached ally's text box as if it were blank. If Secret Cultist is discarded, or the attached ally's owner is eliminated, discard attached ally.")
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When Revealed: Either raise each player's threat by X, where X is the active location's or Messenger from Mordor makes an immediate attack against the first player.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1
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Servant of Sauron engages the first player.
Forced: After the engaged player raises his threat, Servant of Sauron makes an immediate attack. (Limit once per phase.)
When Revealed: Until the end of the round, enemies engaged with the first player cannot take damage.
Shadow: Either raise your threat by 2, or attacking enemy cannot take damage this round.
The shadow of Mordor is on the servants of the Enemy, and they inspire fear in your companions. Only a stout heart can stand against them.
Forced: After an enemy engages a player, that player raises his threat by 1.
Response: When Shadow of Fear is defeated, reduce each player's threat by 3.
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Forced: After Rh鈥搉 Backstabber engages you, either raise your threat by 2, or discard an ally you control with printed cost 2 or higher.
Shadow: Raise your threat by 1 for each enemy engaged with you.
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Treacherous Easterlings gets +1 and +1 for each resource token on it (Limit +3 and +3
Forced: After the engaged player raises his threat, place 1 resource token on Treacherous Easterling.
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.
Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Seedy Travern is explored, reveal each facedown card under it.
Travel: Look at the top 5 cards of the encounter deck. Put one of those cards facedown under Seedy Tavern and shuffle the rest back into the encounter deck.
When Revealed: Raise each player's threat by X, where X is the active location's If there is no active location, Darkness in the East gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if you raised your threat this round).
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.
When Revealed: Resolve the Travel effect on the active location. If there is no active location, discard cards from the encounter deck until a location is discarded. Add that location to the staging area.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, resolve the Travel effect on the active location.
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.
A shadow hangs over the capital of Dorwinion. Fear grips the heart of the city on the Sea of Rh鈥搉. People have been disappearing, and it is rumored that a cult of Sauron worshippers are responsible.
Setup: Set each plot objective and each Cultist enemy aside, out of play. Each player searches the encounter deck for a different location and adds it to the staging area. One of those locations must be Side Street. Shuffle the encounter deck.
The people you came to help beg you to uncover the truth of these rumors and rescue their lost loved ones if you can.
Forced: After the active location leaves play as an explored location, place 1 resource here.
This stage cannot be defeated unless there are at least 2 resources here.
Your investigation has found that the rumors are true: a cult of Sauron worshippers has taken root in Dorwinion, and they are plotting to overthrow the peaceful country.
When Revealed: Add 1 random set aside Plot objective to the staging area. Reveal 1 encounter card per player.
You must find the leader of the cult in order to put an end to this evil plot.
Forced: After the active location leaves play as an explored location, reveal the top card of the encounter deck. Then, place 1 resource here.
This stage cannot be defeated unless there are at least X resources here, where X is 3 more than the number of players.
You have discovered the cult's secret meeting place in the catacombs below the city.
When Revealed: Add 1 random set-aside Cultist enemy to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards until X enemies are discarded, where X is one less than the number of players. Add each enemy discarded this way to the staging area.
Inside the catacombs you see evidence of evil deeds done in Sauron's name, and the leader of the cult at the center of it. You must defeat this agent of Mordor in order order to put an end to these atrocities.
The Cultist cannot take more than X damage each round, where X is the printed quest points of the active location.
When the Cultist enemy is defeated, the players win the game.