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Forced: After Orc Skirmisher engages a player, that player must either deal 3 damage to a character he controls, or remove 1 time counter from the current quest.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 .
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When Revealed: Either reveal an additional encounter card, or remove 1 time counter from the current quest.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.
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While Broken Lands is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on locations in the staging area.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each location in the staging area.
Setup: Add Bellach, The Orcs’ Search, and The Secret Chamber to the staging area. Attach Celebrimbor’s Mould to The Secret Chamber. Each player adds a different Ost-in-Edhil location to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.
You have finally reached the ruins of Ost–in–Edhil, but Bellach and his Orcs have arrived before you. They appear to be searching for the hidden chamber. If you want to reach it first, you will have to move quickly and carefully...
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this stage, trigger each Scour effect currently in play. Place 3 time counters on this stage.
Bellach is immune to player card effects and cannot be engaged.
The players cannot advance unless Celebrimbor’s Mould is attached to a hero.
When Revealed: Trigger each Scour effect currently in play. Bellach makes an attack against the player who controls Celebrimbor’s Mould. Then, attach Celebrimbor's Mould to Bellach.
You have just recovered a partial ring–mould from Celebrimbor's secret forge when you are struck from behind. You look up to see Bellach holding the mould and gloating, "Fools! My master will be pleased." As he turns to leave, he shouts to his servants, "Kill them!" You must escape the Orcs and recapture the mould!
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this stage, trigger each Scour effect currently in play. Place 3 time counters on this stage.
Unless there is at last 12 progress on this stage, Bellach is immune to player card effects and cannot be engaged.
The players cannot win unless Celebrimbor’s Mould is attached to a hero. If the players defeat this stage, they win the game.
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X is the number of cards underneath The Orcs’ Search.
Scour: Each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Orc enemy and add it to the staging area.
When a location has damage equal to its printed quest points, place it facedown underneath The Orcs’ Search.
Forced: At the end of the refresh phase, raise each player's threat by 1 for each card underneath The Orcs’ Search.
X is the number of players in the game. Immune to player card effects.
Travel: Remove 3 progress from the current quest to travel here.
If The Secret Chamber is placed underneath The Orcs’ Search, the players lose the game.
If Celebrimbor’s Mould is free of encounters, the first player claims it and attaches it to a hero he controls.
If the attached hero leaves play, the players lose the game.
"Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
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When Revealed: Either place 3 damage on the active location, or reveal an additional encounter card.
Scour: Place 1 damage on the active location.
Shadow: Place 1 damage on the active location.
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Forced: After Prowling Orc attacks, place 1 damage on the active location.
Scour: Prowling Orc engages the player with the highest threat and makes an immediate attack.
"Garn! You don't even know what you're looking for." –Orc, The Return of the King
Forced: After Ruined Plaza enters the staging area, place 1 damage here.
Shadow: Defending player assigns X damage amoung characters he controls. X is the number of cards underneath The Orcs’ Search.
Scour: Return this location to the staging area and place 2 damage here.
Shadow: Excess damage from this attack must be placed on the active location, if able.
Scour: Assign X damage amoung locations in play. X is the number of locations in play. This ability does not stack with other copies of Ancient Foundation.
Travel: Place 1 damage on this location to travel here.
...deep they delved us, fair they wrought us, hight they builded us; but they are gone. –Legolas, The Fellowship of the Ring
Forced: After placing any amount of progress here, trigger the topmost Scour effect in the discard pile, if able.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, raise each player's threat by 1 for each card underneath The Orcs’ Search.
When Revealed: Either trigger each Scour effect currently in play, or each player places a random card from his hand facedown underneath The Orcs’ Search.
Shadow: If this attack destroy's a character, place that character facedown underneath The Orcs' Search.
When Revealed: Each player must exhaust X characters he controls. X is the number of cards underneath The Orcs’ Search. If no characters are exhausted this way, Spies from Mordor gains Surge.
Shadow: Defending player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.
You are playing Nightmare mode.
Forced: When any amount of progress would be placed on a location in the staging area, reduce that amount to 1.
Scour: Deal 1 damage to a location in play.
"In Eregion long ago many Elven–rings were made, magic rings as you call them, and they were, of course, of various kinds..." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for the Celebrimbor's Secret scenario.
Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:
1x Orc Skirmisher
1x Orc Hunter
3x Prowling Wolf
1x Ruined Plaza
1x City Remains
1x Ancient Foundation
3x Broken Lands
1x Spies from Mordor
2x Orc Hunting Party
Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard Celebrimbor's Secret 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.
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Bellach cannot take damage.
Scour: Heal all damage from Bellach's Bodyguard.
Shadow: Attacking enemy cannot take damage until the end of the phase.
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When Revealed: Trigger Little Snuffler's Scour effect.
Scour: The first player discards a random card from his hand and assigns X damage among locations in the staging area. X is the discarded card's cost.
Forced: After any amount of damage is placed on Bones of Hollin, raise each player's threat by that amount.
Travel: Place 2 damage on an Ost-in-Edhil location in play to travel here.
"...many Elves lived here in happier days, when Eregion was its name." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
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.
When Revealed: Bellach makes an immediate attack against each player in turn order. Then, deal 1 damage to the active location for each character destroyed by this effect.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defending character.
When Revealed: Place Closing In facedown underneath The Orcs' Search.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each card underneath The Orcs' Search.