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If free of encounters, the first player gains control of Gríma.
Action: Exhaust Gríma to draw a card.
If Gríma leaves play, the players lose the game.
Behind him cringing between two other men, came Gríma the Wormtongue. –The Two Towers
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 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 any player has 3 or more cards in hand, The King’s Road gets +3 quest points.
While any player has 5 or more cards in hand, The King’s Road gains:
When faced with the option to travel, the players must travel to The King's Road if able.
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.
When Revealed: Each player draws a card. Each player raises his threat by 1 for each card in his hand.
Shadow: Defending player discards an attachment he controls (each attachment he controls instead if this attack is undefended).
When Revealed: Each player must choose: Either remove 1 time counter from the current quest, or search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Dunland enemy, reveal it, and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. If any player has 5 or more cards in hand, this effect cannot be canceled.
When Revealed: The first player draws this card into his hand. Ill Tidings cannot leave that player's hand. Then, if the first player has 5 or more cards in his hand, Ill Tidings gains Surge.
"Troubles follow you like crows, and ever the oftener the wrose." –Gríma, The Two Towers
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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
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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).
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Forced: After Dunland Raider engages a player, that player must deal X damage divided among characters he controls where X equals the number of cards in his hand.
Shadow: Discard an attachment you control.
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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 .
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Forced: After Dunland Chieftain engages a player, discard X cards from the top of the encounter deck where X is the number of cards in the engages player's hand. Put the topmost Dunland enemy discarded this way into play engaged with that player.
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Forced: After the engaged player draws any number of cards. Dunland Berserker makes an immediate attack.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.
Riding north to the Gap of Rohan, you come upon a battle at the Fords of Isen. A Small number of Rohirrim have taken a defensive position, on the islet in the river's center where a large force of wild Dunlending assails them. You must move swifty lest the river run red with blood of Rohan...
Setup: Add The Islet to the staging area and attach Gríma to that location. Each player searches the encounter deck for 1 different Dunland enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
After driving the Wild Men back from the islet, you are surprised to find king Théoden's personal advisor, Gríma Wormtongue, among the men defending the fords. He tells you that he was on his way to Isengard when he was caught in the attack. Before he can say more of his errand, the Dunlendings redouble their assault. "Save me!" Gríma cries as he shrinks behind you. The life of the king's counselor is in your hands...
When Revealed: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for 1 different Dunland enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this stage, each player assigns X damage among characters he controls where X is the number of cards in his hand. Place 2 time counters on this stage.
The Dunlendings' assault is relentless and your arms grow weary. "Take me to Isengard!" Gríma pleads, but you will not abandon the defense. You will either break the will of the enemy, or give your life in a heroic last stand...
When Revealed: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for 1 different Dunland enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this stage, discard the top X cards from the encounter deck. X is the number of cards in the first player's hand. Add each enemy discarded this way to the staging area. Put 3 time counters on this stage.
While there is at least 1 enemy in play, the players cannot defeat this stage. If the players defeat this stage, they win the game.
You are playing Nightmare mode.
Forced: After the players advance to a new quest stage, each player with fewer than 3 cards in his hand draws 3 cards.
"Not in half a thousand years have they forgotten their grievance that the lords of Gondor gave the Mark to Eorl the young and made alliance with him." –Gamling, The Two Towers
Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for the The Fords of Isen scenario.
Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:
3x Dunland Prowler
2x Dunlending Bandit
1x Dunland Berserker
2x Gap of Rohan
2x The King's Road
Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard The Fords of Isen encounter deck.
Finally, flip this setup card over and place it next to the quest deck. Its effects remain active throughout the game, which is now ready to begin.
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Dunland Assassin cannot be optionally engaged by a player with 3 or more cards in his hand.
While Dunland Assassin is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After the first player draws any number of cards, Dunland Assassin makes an immediate attack against him."
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Forced: After Vengeful Hillman attacks and destroys a character, remove 1 progress the current quest card for each card in the defending player's hand.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2
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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
X is the number of cards in the first player's hand.
While Western Shore is in the staging area, each enemy gets -X engagement cost.
Shadow: If you have 5 or more cards in your hand, this attack is considered undefended.
While Eastern Shore is in the staging area, each player cannot play more than 1 event each round.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, remove 1 time counter from the current quest.
While Isen River is in the staging area, each player cannot discard cards from his hand.
Forced: After Isen River becomes the active location, each player draws a card
Now further, and now nearer Isen flowed in its stony bed.
–The Two Towers
When Revealed: Each player assigns X damage among characters he controls, where X is the number of cards in his hand.
Shadow: Assign X damage among characters you control. X is the number of cards in your hand.