You are playing Nightmare mode.
Setup: Raise each player's starting threat by 5.
Progress cannot be placed on Crossing at Tharbad while Bellach is in play.
The houses looked large and strange to them. Sam stared up at the inn with its three storeys and many windows, and felt his heart sink.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for Trouble in Tharbad scenario.
Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:
1x Orc Hunter
2x Orc Skirmisher
2x Tharbad Hideout
2x Hidden Alleyway
1x Decrepit Rooftops
2x Orc Hunting Party
Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard Trouble in Tharbad 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.