You are playing Nightmare mode.

The players cannot win while Ford of Bruinen is in play.

"There seem only to have been five of the enemy. Why they were not all here, I don't know; but I don't think they expected to be resisted. They have drawn off for the time being. But not far, I fear. They will come again another night, if we cannot escape." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for the Flight to the Ford scenario.

Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:

4x Fell Rider

1x Ford of Bruinen

1x The Troll's Camp

3x Ettenmoors

3x Pain Assailed Him

3x The Old Road

3x Pathless Country

3x Striken Dumb

2x Rode Like a Gale

Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard Flight to the Ford 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.