The Dream-chaser and her fleet depart from the Grey Havens, in search of the island from Calphon's dreams. Only a week out from the coast, the black sails of Corsair can be seen in pursuit!

Setup: Prepare the Corsair deck. Players prepare their fleet. Shuffle each stage 2 card in the quest deck so that their order is random, leaving stage 3 on the bottom. Search the encounter deck for 1 copy of Rolling Seas and 1 copy of Scouting Ship, and add them to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

After days of aimless travel at sea, a dark mist settles along the ocean's surface, obscuring your visibility and frightening your ships’ crew. "Wait," Calphon says, "this happened in my dream, too... I think if we find a way through this mist, we shall be one step closer to the island."

When Revealed: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for 1 copy of Fog Bank and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Calphon insists you are very close to finding the island, but Corsairs still shadow your fleet. You must either fight them or outpace them before you can reach the island and weigh anchor.

When Revealed: Search the encounter deck or discard pile for the Ship enemy with the highest and add it to the staging area (the 2 Ship enemies with the highest instead if there are 3 or more players in the game). Shuffle the encounter deck.

Corsairs led by the treacherous Captain Sahír have stolen the black key you recovered in the ruins of Númenor. You must get it back!

Setup: Prepare the Corsair deck. Players prepare their fleet. Prepare the Stormcaller's area with a second quest deck consisting of only stages 2C, 3C, and 4C, as well as the Stormcaller (see insert). Search the encounter deck for 1 copy of Rolling Seas, and add it to the staging area (2 copies instead if there are 3 or more players in the game). Shuffle the encounter deck.

Corsairs are attacking Dol Amroth to cover Sahír's escape to Umbar!

Setup: Prepare the Corsair deck. Players prepare their fleet. Set each copy of Dol Amroth Warship aside, out of play. Search the encounter deck for Raider Flagship and 1 copy of Scouting Ship and add them to the staging area. Search the encounter deck for a Dol Amroth objective of your choice and add it to the staging area. Then, shuffle the encounter deck and resolve the Guarded keyword on that objective.

You have escaped from Umbar and thrown off your pursuers by fleeing into the desert, but many barren miles lie between you and the other side. To turn back is to walk into the arms of the Haradrim, so you set out on a dangerous desert crossing.

Setup: Each player searches the encounter deck for a copy of Burnt Sands and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Place the heat tracker next to the quest deck and set the temperature to 10.

Orcs have seized your friends and are now dragging them away as captives.

When Revealed: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for an Orc enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Attach each hero in the staging area to a different Orc enemy in the staging area. Each hero attached to an enemy is guarded by that enemy. Guarded heroes are under no player's control, immune to player card effects, and their text boxes are considered to be blank.

You've tracked the Mûmakil through miles of dense jungle and battled with the creatures that dwell therein, but now comes the hard part: you must actually capture the Oliphaunts alive.

When Revealed: Starting with the first player, each player attaches 1 random set-aside Capture objective to a Wild Mûmak in play.

The Orcs that attacked Kahliel's village patrol the desert in search of survivors.

The Black Serpent's caravan has taken shelter in a dilapidated desert fortress on their way to Mordor. Their wagons are loaded with tribute for the Dark Lord. Your plan is to seize the wagons and use the caravan to infiltrate Cirith Gurat.

Setup: Set each Harad objective aside, out of play. Add The Black Serpent to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. The first player randomly selects 1 set aside Harad objective, reveals it, and adds it to the staging area.

Your initial attack was a success, but the enemy has been alerted to your presence and the whole camp is astir. The fighting soon spills into every corner of the crossroads fort.

When Revealed: Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck. The first player randomly selects 1 set aside Harad objective, reveals it, and adds it to the staging area.

Your plan is working. You've nearly succeeded in capturing the Southron caravan, but The Black Serpent himself holds the last token you need to infiltrate Cirith Gurat. He will not surrender it willingly...

When Revealed: Randomly select 1 set aside Harad objective and attach it to The Black Serpent. Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and reveal 1 encounter card per player.

Setup: Set Uruk Chieftain aside, out of play. Add The Captives of Cirith Gurat and 1 copy of Dungeon Cell to the staging area. Attach Abaan to Dungeon Cell. Each player searches the encounter deck for a different Orc enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Starting with the first player, each player discards cards from the top of his deck until an ally that is not in play is discarded and attaches that ally to an unattached enemy in the staging area.

One of the captives stumbles for exhaustion, and the noise alerts the guards.

When Revealed: The first player adds Uruk Chieftain to the staging area. Each player chooses a hero he controls, discards all tokens and attachments from it, and attaches it to an unattached enemy in the staging area as a captive. Then, the players make a standard series of engagement checks against each enemy in the staging area. Reduce the engagement cost of each enemy not guarding an objective to 0 during these engagement checks.

You ask Kahliel which way you should take and he says: "My people are weary. Climbing the rocky hills of the Ephel Dúath will be too difficult for them. We will journey to Gondor across the desert."

When Revealed: Shuffle the Desert Sands encounter set into the encounter deck. Remove the Mountains of Shadow encounter set and the other stage 2A from the game.

You ask Kahliel which way you should take and he says: "The desert offers us no place to hide, and I fear my people cannot endure another desert crossing. We will take the rocky path through the hills to Gondor."

When Revealed: Shuffle the Mountains of Shadow encounter set into the encounter deck. Remove the Desert Sands encounter set and the other stage 2A from the game.

While traveling north through the Vales of Anduin on your way to Dale, you are alarmed by the number of dangerous creatures that you encounter.

Setup: Set Woodmen Village and The Old Ford aside, out of play. Create the Evil Creatures deck (see insert) and place it next to the quest deck. Shuffle the encounter deck and discard cards from the top until X locations are discarded, where X is the number of players. Add each discarded location to the staging area.

Just when you think you've found the way out of the forest, you see an evil creature blocking your path. You dare not leave the trail after working so hard to find it, so you resolve to fight the beast and escape Mirkwood.

When Revealed: Remove Searching for a Way Out from the game. Search the remaining set-aside encounter set for the enemy with the most hit points and add it to the staging area. That enemy is the "nemesis" until it leaves play.

You have journeyed to the Withered Heath in search of a giant Dragon. There you discover tracks that lead you to the cold heights of the Grey Mountains.

Setup: Set Cold-Drake and all four copies of Dragon Sign aside, out of play. Create the Caves deck (see insert) and set it next to the quest deck. Shuffle 2 set aside Dragon Sign objectives into the Caves deck. Shuffle the encounter deck and discard cards from the top until X locations are discarded, where X is the number of players. Add each discarded location to the staging area.

The injured drake retreats among the rising slopes of Ered Mithrin and you chase afterit, carefully searching each potential hiding place.

When Revealed: Shuffle 2 set-aside Dragon Sign objectives into the Caves deck. Set Cold-Drake aside, out of play. (Do not remove damage tokens from it.) Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards from the top until X locations are discarded, where X is the number of players. Add each discarded location to the staging area.

The search for the legendary sword of Fram has led you to the long–forgotten city of Framsburg. There is an evil air inside the keep, and you wonder what dangers wait for you in the darkness within.

Setup: Set The Cursed Tomb aside, out of play. Each player searches the encounter deck for a different location and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

You've found Fram's Tomb in the catacombs below the keep, but it is guarded by the ghastly shade of Fram himself. You must defeat him in order to win his blade, but you're not sure you can face the terror of his cold gaze.

When Revealed: The first player adds The Cursed Tomb to the staging area. Each other player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a non-unique Undead enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

The interior of Gundabad is dark and vast. Only by exploring the mines can you find your way.

When Revealed: Return Dagnir to the staging area.

If Exploring Gundabad is the current main quest, do not flip it over until the beginning of the quest phase.

The interior of Gundabad is dark and vast. Only by exploring the mines can you find your way.

When Revealed: Return Dagnir to the staging area.

If Exploring Gundabad is the current main quest, do not flip it over until the beginning of the quest phase.

Rows of iron–barred cells line both sides of a dark dungeon built beneath the old temple. You shudder to think what horrible fate befell the captives that were held here in years past as you continue to search for the missing Dorwinions.

When Revealed: Reveal 1 encounter card per player.

So far your search has revealed nothing of Ulchor's whereabouts, so you attempt to blend in with the city populace in order to learn what you can. It is a risky but necessary decision.

When Revealed: Each player must choose: either raise your threat by 5, or reveal an encounter card.

You've freed Ulchor's slaves, but his lieutenants are advancing with a garrison to recapture them. You must lead the prisoners in a desperate fight to win their freedom.

When Revealed: The first player returns each Warden enemy in the victory display to the staging area. Each other player discards cards from the top of the encounter deck until he discards an enemy and adds that enemy to the staging area.

The wizard Gandalf has chosen Bilbo Baggins to join Thorin and company on their quest to the Lonley Mountain.

Setup: Remove and shuffle the 7 Sack cards into a Sack deck and set it aside face down. Remove the 3 Troll enemies and the Troll Cave from the encounter deck and set them aside out of play. Then, shuffle the encounter deck. Each player reveals 1 card from the top of the encounter deck and adds it to the staging area.

During the confusion, bilbo stumbled won a tunnel and into Gollum's cave. There the Hobbit had to outwit the creature Gollum in a dangerous riddle contest to discover the way out.

Setup: Search the encounter deck for Gollum and Bilbo's Magic Ring. Place Gollum and Bilbo Baggins in the riddle area and attach Bilbo's Magic Ring to Bilbo Baggins. Then, shuffle the encounter deck.

"Stick to the forest–track, keep your spirits up, hope for the best, and with a tremendous slice of luck you may come out one day and see the Long Marshes lying below you, and beyond them, high in the East, the Lonely Mountain where dear old Smaug lives."
–Gandalf, The Hobbit

Setup: Each player may shuffle 1 copy Bilbo's Magic Ring into his deck. Search the encounter deck for The Spider's Glade and set it aside, out of play. Then, shuffle the encounter deck and reveal 1 encounter card per player.

He issued from the Gate, the waters rose in fierce whistling steam and up he soared blazing into the air and settled on the mountain–top in a spout of green and scarlet flame –The Hobbit

When Revealed: Remove all progress from Smaug the Golden and set him aside, out of play. Then, add Smaug the Magnificent to the staging area.

Bard and some of the nimblest of men and elves climbed to the height of the Eastern shoulder to gain a view of the North. Soon they could see the lands before the Mountain's feet black with a hurrying multitude. –The Hobbit

As soon as the host of their enemies was dense in the valley, they sent against it a shower of arrows, and each flickered as it fled as if with stinging fire. Behind the arrows a thousand of their spearmen leapt down and charged. The yells were deafening. The rocks were stained black with goblin blood. –The Hobbit

On all this Bilbo looked with misery. He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves – partly because there was more chance of escape from that point, and partly (with the more Tookish part of his mind) because if he was going to be in a last desperate stand, he preferred on the whole to defend the Elvenking. –The Hobbit

Frodo and his companions arrive at Bree to find the shadow of the Black Riders already on the crossroads town. Unsure of who to trust, they decide to lodge at The Prancing Pony. There they meet a friend of Gandalf named Strider who offers to lead them to Rivendell, but their movements are also tracked by less savory folk.

Setup: Set all copies of Ringwraith, The Witch-king, Midgewater, and Weathertop aside, out of play. Add The Prancing Pony and Bill Ferny to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

His plan, as far as they could understand it without knowing the country, was to go towards Archet at first, but to bear right and pass it on the east, and then to steer as straight as he could over the wild lands to Weathertop Hill. In that way they would, if all went well, cut off a great loop of the Road, which further on bent southwards to avoid the Midgewater Marshes. But, of course, they would have to pass through the marshes themselves, and Strider's description of them was not encouraging. -The Fellowship of the Ring

The Council decides The One Ring must be cast into Mount Doom. Frodo is appointed eight companions to help him compete this quest and the Company of the Ring sets out from Rivendell into Hollin on their way to Mordor...

When Revealed: Make Redhorn Pass the active location. The first player reveals cards from the encounter deck until there is at least X in the staging area. X is twice the number of players in the game.

Then there came an echoing blast: a great horn was blown in the hall, and answering horns and harsh cries were heard further off. There was a hurrying sound of many feet. –The Fellowship of the Ring

When Revealed: Add Chamber of Mazarbul to the staging area.

At the behest of Gandalf, Aragorn and his companions ride to Helm's Deep with the men of Rohan and their King. As the sun goes down, the valley below the Deeping Wall fills with the approaching army of Isengard...

When Revealed: Add The Defense of Helm's Deep and each set aside copy of Soldier of Isengard to the staging area. Make Deeping Wall the active location. Shuffle the encounter deck. Then, each player reveals 1 encounter card.

Against the Deeping Wall the hosts of Isengard roared like a sea. Orcs and hillmen swarmed about its feet from end to end. –The Two Towers

When Revealed: Search the encounter deck, discard pile, and victory display for Helm's Gate and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Make Helm's Gate the active location, returning any previous active location to the staging area.

Then there was a crash and a flash of flame and smoke. The waters of the Deeping–stream poured out hissing and foaming: they were choked no longer, a gaping hole was blasted in the wall. A host of dark shapes poured in. –The Two Towers

When Revealed: Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck. Discard cards from the encounter deck until X enemies are discarded. X is the number of players. Add each enemy discarded this way to the staging area.

Frodo and Sam left the Fellowship above the falls of Rauros and crossed the great river to climb the Emyn Muil upon the Eastern shore. After days of wandering through that maze of rocky crags, they have finally reached the edge of the Dead Marshes only to discover that Gollum is following them.

Setup: Put Gollum into play engaged with the first player. Each player searches the encounter deck for 1 location, reveals it, and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

"Got him!" hissed Gollum in his ear. "At last, my precious, we've got him, yet, the nassty hobbit. We takes this one. She'll get the other. O yes, Selob will get him, not Sméagol: he promised; he won't hurt Master at all. But he's got you, you nassty filthy little sneak!" He spat on Sam's neck. –The Two Towers

When Revealed: Add Cleft of Cirith Ungol to the staging area. Flip Sméagol to Gollum and heal all damage from Shelob. Each player places 1 resource on Shelob.

There are reports of increased Orc activity around Ithilien, and you have been sent to investigate. You enter Osgiliath and cross the river. On the outskirts of the city, you see a horde that surpassses all expectations coming down the Morgul Road.

Setup: Search the encounter deck for 12 Scout cards, and add 3 per player (one of each title), to the staging area. Remove The Witch-king from the encounter deck and set him aside, out of play. Shuffle any unused Scout cards back into the encounter deck.

"...every vessel in the town was filled with water, every warrior was armed... before the roar of Smaug's terrible approach grew loud, and the lake rippled red as fire beneath the awful beating of his wings." – The Hobbit

The Lord of Lamedon has asked you to assist him in discovering the whereabouts of his lost son, Derufin. He hasn't been seen for days, and his father fears he may be in grave peril. Your search has led you to the Blackroot Vale, where the people live in dread of the Dead Men of Dunharrow.

Setup: Make Tarlang's Next the active location. Set Derufin, The Lord of the Dead, The Stone of Erech, and the 3 Night objectives aside, out of play. Shuffle the encounter deck. Place Eventide into play, next to the current quest.

When Revealed: Add The Stone of Erech to the staging area and attach Derufin to it.

Setup: Add Stalking the Ruins and 1 copy of Abandoned Mine per player to the staging area. Set Lurker of the Depths, Naurlhûg, Naurlhûg’s Lair, and Sword of Belegost aside, out of play. Randomly select 1 of the 5 remaining

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You have entered the dark, half–sunken ruins of Belegost in search of powerful artifacts and ancient treasure.

When Revealed: Add Lurker of the Depths to the staging area.

As you explore the partially flooded ruins of Belegost, you feel something wet and leathery brush past your leg. The sound of thrashing water echoes from somewhere in the darkness ahead of you, when suddenly a horde of slimy, black tentacles strike at you!

The keys you discovered unlock a passage that leads deeper into the mines of Belegost. As you descend further into the Dwarven city, you marvel at the enormity of its size and the complexity of its design.

When Revealed: Shuffle Lurker of the Depths and the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck. Discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until a location is discarded. Add the discarded location to the staging area.