You are playing Nightmare mode.

Heroes do not collect resources during the resource phase.

Setup: Add resources to each hero's resource pool until each hero has 5 resources. Search the encounter deck for 1 copy of Gard of Poisons and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Forced: After stage 2B is revealed, each hero with fewer than 3 resources gains resources until is has 3.

"Remnants of an older time they be, living few and secretly, wild and wary as the beasts." –Elfhelm, The Return of the King

Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for The Drúadan Forest scenario.

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

2x Lost Companion

3x Secluded Glade

1x Overgrown Trail

1x Dr–-buri-Dr–

1x Drúadan Elite

1x Drúadan Hunter

1x Stars in the Sky

1x Men in the Dark

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