Encounter Action: Put the topmost enemy in the encounter discard pile into play engaged with you to take control of Ransacked House.

While you control Ransacked House, it gains:"Forced: After the player who controls Ransacked House loses control of a location, return Ransacked House to the staging area."

While Makeshift Fortification is the active location, it gains archery 3.

Forced: After a player takes control of Makeshift Fortification return the topmost enemy in the encounter discard pile to the staging area.

While Captured Tower is the active location, encounter card effects cannot be canceled.

Forced: After a player takes control of Captured Tower, he shuffles the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discards cards from the top until he discards an enemy and puts that enemy into play engaged with him.

Surge.

While attached to an enemy, counts as a Condition attachment with the text:"Forced: When attached enemy would be destroyed, heal all damage from it and discard Fury instead."

When Revealed: Attach to the lowest engagement cost Easterling enemy without Fury.

X is 1 more than the number of resources on the main quest.

Forced: After Ulfast Sentry engages you, either place 1 resource on the main quest or Ulfast Sentry makes an attack.

Cannot have player card attachments.

Forced: When The King's Elite attacks, place 1 resource on the main quest.

Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.

If The Wainriders' stage has damage on it equal to or greater than its quest points, The Wainriders advances to the next stage in the circuit. Place any excess damage on that stage.

Forced: At the end of the quest phase, place X damage on The Wainriders' stage, where X is the total of each enemy in the staging area.

Forced: When the players defeat a quest stage with the race keyword, advance this card to the next quest stage in the circuit.

If The Challengers completes two circuits before the Wainriders, the players win the game. If The Wainriders completes two circuits before the challenges, the players lose the game.

Archery 1.

While The Challengers is ahead of the The Wainriders, Aggressive Racer gains surge.

Forced: After Aggressive Racer attacks and destroys a character, place 2 damage on The Wainriders' stage.

Crowded Track gets +1 for each character controlled by the first player.

Forced: After Crowded Track becomes the active location, each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for an enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Forced: When Nameless Beast attacks you, discard the top card of your deck. Nameless Beast gets +X for this attack, where X is that card's cost.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +X where X is the cost of the top card of your discard pile.

Cannot have attachments.

Forced: After Mordor Cave Troll attacks and destroys a character, discard the top card of your deck for each point of excess damage dealt by this attack.

Forced: After Ash Mountain Werewolf attacks you, discard the top card of your deck (top 2 cards instead if this attack destroyed a character).

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard the top 2 cards of your deck.

Surge.

Forced: After Spawn of Shelob engages you, either discard the top card of your deck, or Spawn of Shelob gets +2 until the end of the round.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.

X is 1 more than the number of quest cards in play.

While Torech Gorgor Patrol is in the staging area, no more than 5 progress can be placed on the main quest each round.

Forced: After Torech Gorgor Patrol engages a player, it makes an attack.

X is 1 more than the number of quest cards in play.

Forced: When Fiery Chasm is explored, discard the top X cards of your deck.

...its floor and walls on either side were cloven by a great fissure, out of which the red glare came, now leaping up, now dying down into darkness...
–The Return of the King

When Revealed: Each player places the top 3 cards of his deck facedown under Hideous Deeps.

Forced: When Hideous Deeps is explored as the active location, shuffle each facedown card under it into its owner's deck.

While Orc Passage is in the staging area, encounter card effects cannot be canceled.

Forced: When Orc Passage is explored, search the encounter deck and discard pile for a copy of Torech Gorgor Patrol and add it to the staging area.

Immune to player card effects.

Only the engaged player can declare attackers or defenders against Lorgan.

Forced: After Lorgan attacks, raise each player's threat by 1 (2 instead if this attack destroys a character.

Immune to player card effects.

Only the engaged player can declare attackers or defenders against Borlach.

Forced: After Borlach attacks and destroys a character, any excess damage must be assigned among characters you control.

Forced: After The Barracks becomes the active location, add the enemy under it to the staging area. That enemy cannot take damage this round.

Forced: When The Baracks is explored, the first player gains control of the objective ally it was guarding.

Forced: After Slave Quarters becomes the active location, the enemy under it engages the first player and makes an immediate attack.

Forced: When Slave Quarters is explored, the first player gains control of the objective ally it was guarding.

Forced: After The Storehouse becomes the active location, add the enemy under it to the staging area. That enemy gets +3 and -30 engagement cost until the end of the round.

Forced: When The Storehouse is explored, the first player gains control of the objective ally it was guarding.

Surge.

While attached to an enemy, counts as a Weapon attachment with the text:"Forced: When attached enemy attacks, deal 1 damage to an exhausted character you control.

When Revealed: Attach to the Easterling enemy with the lowest engagement cost.

Immune to player card effects.

X is 1 more than the number of Castle side quests in the victory display.

Forced: After Thane Ulchor attacks, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.

Forced: After Soldier of Nurn attacks, place 1 card from your hand facedown under a Castle side quest.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, place 1 card from your hand facedown under a Castle side quest.

Cannot have attachments.

Forced: After Mordor Olog-hai attacks and destroys a character you control, exhaust a character you control.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2

Surge.

Forced: After Guard Dogs engages you, deal 1 damage to a character you control.

Shadow: Put Guard Dogs into play engaged with you.

Troll enemies not engaged with a player cannot take damage.

Forced: After William engages a player, sack 2.

Forced: Return William to the staging area at the end of the combat phase. The engaged player may raise his threat by 1 to cancel this effect.

Players cannot play attachment cards on Troll enemies.

Forced: After Bert engages a player, sack 1.

Forced: Return Bert to the staging area at the end of the combat phase. The engaged player may raise his threat by 1 to cancel this effect.

Troll enemies can only be attacked by one character at a time.

Forced: After Tom engages a player, sack 1.

Forced: Return Tom to the staging area at the end of the combat phase. The engaged player may raise his threat by 1 to cancel this effect.

Forced: After placing 1 or more progress tokens on Dreary Hills, each player must discard 1 card at random from his hand.

Response: After Dreary Hills leaves play as an explored location, Bilbo Baggins gains 1 resource.

Forced: After placing 1 or more progress tokens on Lone-Lands, each player removes 1 resource from one of his hero's resource pools, if able.

Response: After Lone-Lands leaves play as an explored location, Bilbo Baggins gains 1 resource.

While Cave Entrance is in the staging area, it gains:'Forced: At the end of the round, place the top X cards of the encounter discard pile on the bottom of the encounter deck. X is the number of players in the game.'

That, of course, is the dangerous part about caves: you don't know how far they go back. –The Hobbit

Forced: After The Great Goblin attacks, discard X cards from the encounter deck where X is the number of players in the game. Add each Goblin enemy discarded by this effect to the staging area.

While at least one Stone-Giant is in the staging area, the Galloping Boulders card gains surge.

Forced: After Stone-Giant engages a player, that player chooses and discards 1 ally he controls.

While Great Cavern Room is the active location, it gains: “Forced: After a player engages a Goblin enemy, he must deal 1 damage to a character he controls.”

Forced: When faced with the option to travel, if The Great Goblin is in the victory display the players must travel to Great Cavern Room if able.

X is the number of players in the game.

Forced: At the end of the round, remove X progress tokens from the current quest.

There were many paths that led up into those mountains, and many passes over them. But most of the paths were cheats and deceptions and led nowhere or to bad ends. –The Hobbit

Forced: After the first player answers a riddle and fails to find at least 1 match, Gollum attacks Bilbo Baggins. (Do not deal a shadow card for this attack.)

"If precious asks, and it doesn't answer, we eats it, my precious." – Gollum, The Hobbit

Forced: If Great Gray Wolf is dealt a shadow card with a riddle, return all Creature enemies to the staging area at the end of the combat phase.

Riddle: The first player names a card type, sphere and cost, shuffles his deck, then discards the top 3 cards. For each of those cards that matches all three items, place 1 progress token on stage 2.

Forced: If Wild Wargs is dealt a shadow card with a riddle, it gets +2.

Riddle: The first player names a card type, shuffles his deck, and discards the top 2 cards. For each of those cards that matches, place 1 progress token on stage 2.

Forced: After a character takes damage from an attack made by a Creature enemy, remove 1 progress from the current quest.

Riddle: The first player names a sphere, shuffles his deck, and discards the top card. For each of those cards that matches, place 1 progress token on stage 2.

X is twice the number of players in the game.

Players cannot travel here.

Immune to player card effects.

Forced: After players advance to stage 3, remove Lake in the Cavern from the game.

Immune to player card effects.

Travel: Exhaust Bilbo Baggins to travel here.

Forced: At the start of each quest phase, search the encounter deck for 1 Spider enemy and add it to the staging area. (2 Spider enemies instead if 3 or more players are at this stage.) Shuffle the encounter deck.