You are playing Nightmare mode.

Setup: Each player takes 1 hidden card.

The players cannot win the game unless The Crossroads and Black Númenórean are in the victory display.

Then they yelled and dozens of other goblins had sprung out of the trees. –The Two Towers

Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for the The Blood of Gondor scenario.

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

1x Black Númenorean

2x Evil Crow

2x Lying in Wait

4x The Dark Woods

1x Orc Rabble

1x Orc Arsonist

1x Scourge of Mordor

Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard The Blood of Gondor 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.