Branching Paths gets +1 for each location in the staging area. (Limit +3
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1
When Revealed: The opposing team attaches Vast and Intricate to a non-unique location in the staging area. If there are no non-unique locations in the staging area, Vast and Intricate gains surge. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached location gets +2 and is immune to player card effects.")
Forced: After Nameless Thing enters play, the first player attaches the top card of his deck to it faceup as a guarded attached. Nameless Thing gets +X +X and +X where X is that card's printed cost. When Nameless Thing leaves play, discard that card.
Dungeon Labyrinth gets +1 and +1 quest point for each resource token on it
Forced: At the end of each round, place 1 resource token on Dungeon Labyrinth for each player in the game.
"Some here will remember that many years ago I myself dared to pass the doors of the Necromancer in Dol Guldur..." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
When Revealed: The staging area gets +X until the end of the phase, where X is twice the number of players in the game. If the players quest unsuccessfully this phase, put the Nazgûl of Dol Guldur into play (from any out of play area), engaged with the first player. (Cannot be canceled.)
Dark-wood Grove gets +1 and +1 quest point for each Athelas card in play.
Shadow: If defending player controls at least 1 Athelas card, attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.
While Labyrinthine Woods is in the staging area, Creature enemies get +1 and +1
Shadow: After this attack, attacking enemy engages the next player and makes an immediate attack.
Orc Interceptor gets +1 and +1 for each resource token on it.
Forced: After a location leaves play as an explored location, place a resource token on Orc Interceptor.
Overseer Maurûl gets +X +X and +X where X is the highest number of resources on a Goblin enemy in play.
The Players cannot win the game unless Overseer Maurûl is in the victory display.
Each Goblin in play gets +1 for each resource on it. This ability does not stack with other copies of Western Hall
Away beyond the shadows at the western end of the hall there came cries and horn–calls.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Forced: When an engaged enemy with the ambush keyword engages a player, Treacherous Bluffs gets +2 until the end of the phase.
Shadow: Excess damage dealt by this attack must be assigned to Arwen Undómiel.
While Alcaron's Scroll is not attached to a hero, Pelargir Alley gets +3
Shadow: If the defending player controls a hero with Alcaron's Scroll attached, attach Alcaron's Scroll to the attacking enemy.
When Revealed: If Alcaron's Scroll is attached to an enemy, choose one: either add 1 progress token to that enemy, or each card in the staging area gets +2 until the end of the phase.
While the current quest has battle, Haradrim Marksman gets +2 and gains archery 2.
While the current quest has siege, Haradrim Marksman gets +2 and allies cannot be declared as defenders against its attacks.
While Dense Thickets is in the staging area, each Forest location in play gets +1
Shadow: Excess damage dealt by this attack (damage that is dealt beyond the remaining hit points of the character damaged by this attack) must be assigned to a Ranger objective in play.
While the current quest has battle, Cormallen Fields gets +2
While the current quest has siege, when faced with the option to travel, the players must travel to Cormallen Fields, if able.
While Stonewain Valley is in the staging area, resources discarded or spent by the first player for any reason are placed on Stonewain Valley.
Stonewain Valley gets +1 for each resource on it.
"Way is wide for four horses in Stonewain Valley yonder," he waved his hand southwards: "but narrow at beginning and at end." –Ghân–buri–Ghân, The Return of the King
Immune to player card effects. Palace Remains gets +1 for each resource token on it.
The players cannot travel here unless there are at least 5 resource tokens on Palace Remains.
While Palace Remains is in the staging area, it gains"Forced: After a player takes control of a location, place 1 resource token here."
Dusty Labyrinth gets +1 for each damage on it.
Scour: Deal 2 damage to Dusty Labyrinth.
Travel: The first player must place a card from his hand facedown underneath The Orcs' Search to travel here.
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each location in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, each damaged location gets +1 If there are no locations in the staging area, Hateful Search gains surge.
Shadow: Defending player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.
Each copy of Orc War Party cannot be engaged, cannot be dealt damage and gets +2
When Revealed: Return each engaged Orc War Party to the staging area.
While Fornost Street is in the staging area, each other Fornost location gets +1
Travel: Return the topmost enemy in the encounter discard pile to the staging area.
Shadow: Each Undead enemy engaged with you gets +1 and +1 until the end of the phase.
Forgotten Courtyard gets +1 for each resource on it.
Forced: After an Undead enemy enters play, place 1 resource on Forgotten Courtyard.
Your adversary Thaurdir will not let you interrupt his master's ritual. Only by fighting through his ranks of Orcs can you hope to do battle with the wraith himself.
Thaurdir gets +2 , +2 , and cannot take damage.
While Open Waters is in the staging area, each Ship enemy gets -5 engagement cost and +1
Travel: One player must exhaust a Ship objective to travel here.
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While your heading is ?, Shattered Sea gets +2 and +2 quest points.
While your heading is Rainy, Shattered Sea gets +4 and +4 quest points.
While your heading is ?, Shattered Sea gets +6 and +6 quest points.
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Each Undead enemy gets +1 and +1
Forced: After Desecrated Grounds is flipped over while active, deal 1 damage to each exhausted character.
Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.
Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.
While Overgrown Steps is in the staging area, it gains: "Each Uncharted location in the staging area gets +1
Travel: Raise each player's threat by 2 to travel here.
Corsair Pyromaniac gets +1 +1 and +1 for each resource token on it.
Forced: After a card is placed underneath The Havens Burn, place 1 resource on Corsair Pyromaniac.
While Raider of the Storm is engaged with you, each Ship enemy engaged with you gets +1 +1 +1 and contributes its to the total in the staging area.
While the active location is in the top rown, Cursed Soldier gets +3
While the active location is in the middle row, Cursed Soldier gets +3
While the active location is in the bottom row, Cursed Soldier gets +3
Great Shark gets +1 +1 and +1 for each Underwater location in the victory display.
Great Shark cannot be engaged or damaged unless the active location is Underwater.
Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, return Great Shark to the staging area unless the active location is Underwater.
Sea-wall gets +2 and +2 quest points for each objective guarded by an encounter card.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each objective guarded by an encounter card.
Eastfarthing gets +2 for each resource token on it.
Forced: After a player fails a Hide test, place 1 resource token here.
After a while they plunged into a deeply cloven track between tall trees that rustled their dry leaves in the night. –The Fellowship of the Ring
While the players are at stage 1, progress cannot be placed here.
While The One Ring is exhausted, Weather Hills gets +2
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2
While Fortress of Isengard is in the staging area, each Orc enemy gets +1 +1 and +1
Wizardry: Return the topmost enemy in the encounter discard pile to the staging area.
This was the stronghold of Saruman, as fame reported it; for within living memory the men of Rohan had not passed its gates...
–The Two Towers
Shadowy Thicket gets +2 for each facedown card under The Black Gate.
Travel: The first player reveals the top facedown card under The Cross-roads and adds it to the staging area to travel here.
...presently the noise of fighting broke out near at hand, just above their hiding–place.
–The Two Towers
When Revealed: Until the end of the round, each Harad enemy in the staging area gets +2 -30 engagement cost, and cannot be optionally engaged.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.
Immune to player card effects.
While Cobwebbed Tunnel is in the staging area, each Underground location in the staging area gets +1 and +5 quest points.
Travel: The first player reveals an encounter card to travel here.