![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/A-Knife-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Weather-Hills.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Response: After the players travel here, place 1 non-unique enemy in play facedown under this location. While an enemy is under this location, it is out of play.
Forced: After this location leaves play, return each enemy under it to the staging area face-up.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/A-Knife-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Rider-of-Mordor.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.
While Rider of Mordor is engaged with a player, characters that player controls get -1 .
While The One Ring is exhausted, Rider of Mordor gets -10 engagement cost.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/A-Knife-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Shady-Bree-Lander.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
While The One Ring is exhausted, Shady Bree-lander gains: "Cannot be optionally engaged."
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Defending character get -1 (-2
instead if The One Ring is exhausted).
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/A-Knife-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Squint-Eyed-Southerner.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: You must either shuffle an out of play Ringwraith into the encounter deck or reveal an additional encounter card.
Presently he slipped out of the door, followed by the squint–eyed southerner: the two had been whispering together a good deal during the evening.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/A-Knife-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Unwanted-Attention.jpg)
When Revealed: You must either remove 2 heroes you control from the quest or shuffle an out of play Ringwraith into the encounter deck.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/A-Knife-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Black-Breath.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/An-Evil-Wound.jpg)
Attach to the Ring-bearer. Attached hero cannot be healed.
When attached hero would take any amount of damage, reduce the Ring-bearer's life by an equal amount instead.
If the Ring-bearer's life reaches zero, the players lose the game.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Last-Bridge.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Immune to player card effects.
X is the number of players in the game.
Travel: The first player must reveal the top card of the burden deck and resolve that card as if it were just revealed from the encounter deck to travel here.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Ford-of-Bruinen.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Immune to player card effects.
Response: After Ford of Bruinen leaves play as an explored location, all engaged enemies are discarded.
Travel: The first player must reveal the top card of the encounter deck to travel here.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Troll's-Camp.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
While The Troll's Camp is the active location, each hero gets +1 +1
and +1
"We are forgetting our family history! These must be the very three that were caught by Gandalf, quarrelling over the right way to cook thirteen dwarves and one hobbit."
–Frodo, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Ettenmoors.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
While Ettenmoors is the active location, do not deal Nazgûl enemies a shadow card during the combat phase.
Forced: After any amount of progress is placed on Ettenmoors reduce the Ring-bearer's life by 1.
Before long Frodo was obliged to dismount and stuggle along on foot. –The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Old-Road.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Action: Place the top card of the burden deck on top of the encounter deck to place 4 progress on The Old Road. (Use this action only if you are playing campaign mode.)
"The Road is watched, be we should have to cross it, if we tried to take cover in the thickets away to the south."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Fell-Rider.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.
While Fell Rider is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, the first player must either reduce the Ring-bearer's life by 1 or engage Fell Rider."
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Stricken-Dumb.jpg)
When Revealed: You must either shuffle the top card of the burden deck into the encounter deck and reveal an additional encounter card, or raise each player's threat by 3 and immediately end the quest phase (do not resolve the quest).
Then the leader, who was now half across the Ford, stood up menacing in his stirrups, and raised up his hand.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Enemy-is-Upon-Us.jpg)
When Revealed: Each engaged enemy makes an immediate attack. If no attack is made this way, The Enemy is Upon Us! gains surge
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, remove all progress from the current quest.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Pain-Assailed-Him.jpg)
When Revealed: Reduce the Ring-bearer's life by 1. Then, reduce the Ring-bearer's ,
, and
to 0 until the end of the round.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, reduce the Ring-bearer's life by 1.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Nine-are-Abroad.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Weight-of-the-Ring.jpg)
When Revealed: Attach to the Ring-bearer. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text:"Forced: At the beginning of each quest phase, either exhaust The One Ring or reveal and additional encounter card this phase.")
Once more the desire to slip on the Ring came over Frodo... –The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Fear-of-Discovery.jpg)
When Revealed: The first player must either exhaust the Ring-bearer or reveal and additional encounter card
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Defending player raises his threat by 3.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Eaten-Alive.jpg)
When Revealed: The first player must deal X damage divided among heroes he controls where X is the number of players in the game.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to defending character.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Flight-to-the-Ford.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Overcome-by-Terror.jpg)
When Revealed: The first player must exhaust The One Ring. If The One Ring is already exhausted, the first player must discard 2 cards at random from his hand.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Defending player discards 1 card at random from his hand.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Watcher-in-the-Water.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.
Cannot leave the staging area but is considered to be engaged with each player.
Forced: After placing the 6th damage here, the first player takes control of the Ring-bearer, exhausted with 1 damage on it.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Great-Warg-Chief.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Cannot have attachments.
Forced: After Great Warg Chief enages you, discard cards from the encounter deck until a Warg enemy is discarded. Put that enemy into play engaged with you.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Hound-of-Sauron.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Hound of Sauron gets -5 engagement cost for each enemy in the staging area.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2
instead if it was engaged with round).
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Howling-Warg.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Forced: After Howling Warg attacks, place 1 damage on an active location.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, place 1 damage on an active location.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Crebain-from-Dunland.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Either exhaust a hero you control, or engaged Crebain from Dunland.
Forced: After Crebain from Dunland engages a player, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Redhorn-Pass.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Redhorn Pass is explored, each player assigns X damage among characters he controls. X is the number of damage here.
"We may well be seen by watchers on that narrow path..." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Doors-of-Durin.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Immune to player card effects.
Progress cannot be placed on each other active location before it can be placed here. Progress cannot be placed here unless the first player controls the Ring-bearer.
If there are 9 damage tokens, the players lose the game.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Tree-crowned-Hill.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
While Tree-crowned hill is the active location, each enemy gets -1
Forced: When Tree-crowned hill is explored, the players, as a group, exhaust X characters in play. X is the number of damage here.
For their defense in the night the Company climbed to the top of the small hill... –The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Hills-of-Hollin.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
While Hills of Hollin is the active location, each enemy in the staging area gets +5 engagement cost.
Forced: When Hills of Hollin is explored, each player raises his threat by 1 for each damage here.
For their defense in the night the Company climbed to the top of the small hill... –The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Redhorn-Foothills.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
While Hills of Hollin is the active location, it gains:"Forced: After an enemy is added to the staging area, it gets -5 engagement cost until the end of the round."
Forced: When Redhorn Foothills is explored, each player must discard X cards from his hand at random. X is the number of damage here.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Eregion.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Forced: When Eregion is explored, the players, as a group, must discard X allies from play. X is the number of damage here.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Defending player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Regiments-of-Crows.jpg)
When Revealed: Place 3 damage on each active location.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Undefended damage from this attack must be assigned to the active location.
"I think they are spying out the land." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Snowdrifts.jpg)
When Revealed: Attach to the active location. (Countss as a Condition attachment with the text, "Limit 1 per location. No more than 3 progress can be placed on attached location each round.") If Snowdrifts is not attached to the active location, it gains surge.
Soon even Boromir found it hard to keep going. –The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Bitter-Cold.jpg)
When Revealed: Each player must choose: either discard each ally he controls, or raise his threat by 1 for each ally he controls.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Ring-Goes-South.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Storm-of-Howls.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Breaking-of-the-Fellowship.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Lust-for-the-Ring.jpg)
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Doom-Doom-Doom.jpg)
Forced: At the end of the quest phase, remove 1 damage token from Doom, Doom, Doom. Then, if there are no damage tokens here, add The Balrog to the staging area.
Forced: At the end of the quest phase, The Balrog makes an attack if it is in play.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Balrog.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Cannot be optionally engaged. The Balrog and shadow cards dealt to The Balrog are immune to player card effects.
While in the staging area, The Balrog is considered to be engaged with the first player and only the first player can declare attackers against The Balrog.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Orc-chieftain.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Cannot have attachments. Allies cannot defend against Orc-chieftain.
Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, Orc-chieftain engages the first player.
...he charged into the Company and thrust his spear straight at Frodo. –The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Great-Cave-troll.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
Cannot have attachments.
For each point of excess damage dealt by Cave-troll (damage that is dealt beyond the remaining hit points of the character damaged by its attack) remove 1 progress from the current quest.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Uruk-from-Mordor.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
When Revealed: Uruk from Mordor makes an immediate attack against the first player.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, attacking enemy makes an additional attack.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Moria-Archer.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Attack](/Images/attack-small.png)
![Defense](/Images/defense-small.png)
![Hit Points](/Images/heart-small.png)
X is the number of players in the game.
When Revealed: Assign X damage among characters you control.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/The-Great-Bridge.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Immune to player card effects.
Response: When The Great Bridge is explored, discard a hero from play to deal X damage to The Balrog. X is that hero's threat cost. Then, The Balrog loses all keywords for the remainder of the game. Any player may trigger this response.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Chamber-of-Mazarbul.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Immune to player card effects.
The player cannot advance to the next stage.
Travel: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a different enemy and adds it to the staging area to travel here. One of those enemies must be Orc-chieftain, if able.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Mines-of-Moria.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Whiles Mines of Moria is in the staging area, progress must be placed on Mines of Moria before it can be placed on the current quest.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Defending player discards a non-objective attachment he controls (2 non-objective attachments instead if his threat is 35 or higher).
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Journey-in-the-Dark.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fellowship-of-the-Ring/Many-pillared-Hall.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Many-pillared Hall gets +1 for each Many-pillared Hall in play.
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2
instead if the defending player's threat is 35 or higher).