When Revealed: Each player discard the top 3 cards of his out-of-play deck. Add each enemy discarded this way to the staging area. If no enemies are added to the staging area this way, Mugash's Cunning gains surge.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +3 and +3 until the end of the round.
When Revealed: Each player draws 1 card. Until the end of the round, add X to the total in the staging area. X is the number of card in the first player's hand.
Shadow: Put the topmost enemy in the discard pile into play engaged with you and deal it a shadow card.
When Revealed: Either reduce each player's threat elimination level by 2, or Orc Seeker engages the first player and makes an immediate attack.
Shadow: Reduce each player's threat elimination level by 2 (5 instead if undefended).
When Revealed: Each player must choose: either remove 1 time counter from the quest or discard an ally he controls from play. Then, if any player's threat is 20 or less, Waylaid by Agents gains doomed 3.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+3 instead if your threat is 20 or less).
When Revealed: Attach Tharbad Patrol to a non-unique location in the staging area without a copy of Tharbad Patrol attached. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text:"Forced: After the players travel to attached location, each player must discard the top 2 cards from the encounter deck and engage each enemy he discarded in this way.")
While Peat Bog is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After the players advance to a quest stage, each player discards 1 random card from his hand."
Dead grasses and rotting reeds loomed up in the mists like ragged shadows of long–forgotten summers.
–The Two Towers
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
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.
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this location, each player reveals the top card of the Raven deck and adds it to the staging area.
Forced: When this location is explored, add the top card of the Raven deck to the staging area.
When Revealed: Each player draws 1 card. Until the end of the round, add 1 to the total in the staging area for each card in the first player's hand.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, discard your hand and draw 3 cards.
When Revealed: Each player returns each enemy engaged with him to the staging area. Either search the encunter deck, discard pile and victory display for Orc Rearguard and reveal it, or each player must deal 4 damage to a character he controls. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Every step brings the Orcs closer to Bree–land. If you can't find some way to delay the enemy, the war party will reach the village before you can stop them.
Forced: At the end of the quest phase, if no progress was placed on Protect the Bree-landers, place 1 resource on it. Then, raise each players threat by the number of resources on Protect the Bree-landers.
While Ruined Watch-tower is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: When an Orc enemy is revealed, each player must deal 1 damage to a character he controls.
While Ruined Watch-tower is the active location, each enemy gets +3
When Revealed: Each player discards each card in his hand that has the same title as a card in his discard pile. If no cards are discarded by this effect, Curse of Angmar gains surge.
...the Dúnedain were now few and all the peoples of Eriador diminished. –The Return of the King
Battling the dead drains your spirit as well as your body.
When Revealed: Each player placed the top 8 cards fo his deck facedown under this quest.
Forced: When this quest is defeated, shuffle each card under this quest into its owner's deck.
While Snowy Badlands is in the staging area, each enemy in the staging area cannot take damage.
Travel: Each player deals 1 damage to an exhausted character he controls to travel here (2 damage instead if it is Night).
Forced: After Jailor Gorn kh enters playt each player searches his captured deck for each hero and captures thme underneath Jailor Gorn kh.
Forced: After a player rescues any number of cards, Jailor Gorn kh attacks that player.
While you are engaged with Prison Guard, it gainst: "Planning Action: Rescue a random card from underneath Prison Guard. Then, raise each player's threat by X, where X is that card's printed cost. (Limit once per round)."
While Prison Cell is the active location, it gains:
Planning Action: Rescue a random card from underneath Prison Cell. Then, raise each player's threat by X, where X is that card's printed cost. (Limit once per round).
When Revealed: Each player may capture any number of random cards from his hand underneat the current quest. Each player raises his threat by the number of cards in his hand.
Shadow: Capture 3 random cards from your hand underneath attacking enemy.
Forced: After a card is captured by another card effect, capture a random cards from each player's hand underneath Raid Golfimbul's Vault.
Forced: When the captured cards underneath Golfimbul's Vault are rescued, put each rescued Item card into its owner's hand and discard the rest.
You cannot travel to a safe location while Scavenging Stone-troll has no damage on it.
While Scavenging Stone-troll is in the staging area, cards in each player's discard pule cannot leave that discard pile.
As an additional cost to travel to a safe location, each player must spend 1 resource.
Heroes cannot gain resources by card effects.
Shadow: If no progress was placed on a side quest this round, attacking enemy gets +4
When Revealed: Each player assigns X damage among characters he controls, where X is the number of quests in play. Exhaust each damaged character in play.
Shadow: Shuffle each Weather cards from the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck.
Caught in a dense fog, you suddenly find yourself separated from your companions.
Surge. Players cannot draw cards by card effects.
Forced: When this stage is defeated, each player draws 1 card.
When Revealed: Each player places the lowest-threat-cost hero he controls facedown underneath Rescue from the Trolls, out of play.
Response: After a Troll enemy is destroyed, place 3 progress on Rescue from the Trolls.
Forced: When Rescue from the Trolls is defeated, each player takes control of each of his heroes underneath it.
Immune to player card effects.
While Secret Antechamber is in the staging area, no more than 5 progress can be placed on the main quest each round.
Travel: Raise each player's threat by 3 to travel here.
Forced: If there are 3 shadow cards dealt to Thaurdir's Elite discard all shadow cards dealt to it and each player must discard an ally he controls.
Shadow: Either raise your threat by 4, or discard an ally you control.
While Stronghold Tower is in the staging area, shadow effects cannot be canceled.
Travel: Each player must deal 2 damage to a character he controls to travel here.
When Revealed: Discard the top 3 cards of each player's deck. Each player discards each attachment he controls that has the same title as a card in his discard pile. If no attachments are discarded from play by this effect, Death and Decay gains surge.
When Revealed: Attach to Thaurdir. (Counts as a Mount attachment with the text: "Black Mare remains attached even if Thaurdir flips. Thaurdir gets +3 hit points.Forced: After Thaurdir is flipped, raise each player's threat by 1.")
Shadow: Attach Black Mare to Thaurdir.
Daechanar is powerful in the art of necromancy. His army will not rest until you join them in death.
Time 5. Forced: When the last time counter is removed from this quest, reanimated each card in each player's discard pile. Then, remove The Witch-king's Gift from the game.
When this quest is defeated, place it in the encounter discard pile.
When Revealed: Each player must either exhaust a Ship objective he controls or distribute 4 damage among characters he controls (6 damage instead if you are off course).
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each quest card in the victory display.
While Shrine to Morgoth is the active location, players cannot draw cards or search their decks.
Forced: After Shrine to Morgoth is flipped over while active, exhaust each ally in play with printed cost 2 or less. Then, each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Undead enemy and put it into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck.
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.
Forced: After Drowned Graves is flipped to this side while active, discard the top X cards of the encounter deck. Each player adds an Undead enemy discarded from this effect to the staging area. X is 2 more than the number of players in the game.
...their years lessened as their fear of death grew, and their joy departed. -The Return of the King
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 Lush Jungle is in the staging area, characters get -1 and lose ranged.
Forced: After Lush Jungle is flipped over while active, return it to the staging area unless each player exhausts each ready hero he controls.
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.
When Revealed: Each player discards the bottom card of his deck. Each player player chooses and removes his characters from the until only X or fewer of his characters are questing, where X is the printed cost of the card that player discarded. Deal 1 damage to each character still committed to the quest.
When Revealed: Each player must either deal 2 damage to an Aflame location in play, or reveal 1 card from the top of the encounter deck.
Shadow: Either deal 2 damage to an Aflame location in play or attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.
Forced: When Cursed Temple is flipped over while active, discard 3 cards at random from each player's hand.
While Cursed Temple is the active location, each player cannot draw cards by card effects.
Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: After Edge of the Temple becomes the active location, flip it over.
Action: Remove 8 progress from Edge of the Temple to look at its facedown side.
Forced: When faced with the option to travel, if you do not choose to travel to a location name Sharp Precipice, you must raise each player's threat by 3.
Forced: After you travel to Sharp Precipice, flip it to its Underwater side.
While Jagged Cavern is the active location, the first treachery card revealed each round gains doomed 1 and surge.
Forced: If Jagged Cavern is the active location at the end of the quest phase, each player must discard each card in his or her hand. Then, you may flip Jagged Cavern to its Grotto side.
While Submerged Crawlway is the active location, deal each engaged enemy 1 additional shadow card at the beginning of the combat phase.
Forced: If Submerged Crawlway is the active location at the end of the quest phase, each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for an enemy and add it to the staging area. Then, you may flip Submerged Crawlway to its Grotto side.
When Revealed: If the active location is Underwater choose a number and raise each player's threat by that number. No more than X progress can be placed on Underwater locations this phase, where X is twice the chosen number. If the active location is not Underwater Sulfur Cloud gains surge.
While Walls of Umbar is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a player commits an ally to a Sailing test, raise his or her threat by 1.
*Forced: After Walls of Umbar is discarded from the encounter deck during a Sailing test, raise each player's threat by 1 for each ally he or she committed to that test.
When Revealed: Each player deals 2 damage to an ally he or she controls. For each ally destroyed by this effect, place resources on a Raider enemy in play equal to that ally's resource cost.
Shadow: Discard an attachment you control. If attacking enemy is a Raider add resources to it equal to that attachment's printed cost.
Forced: At the beginning of the refresh phase, place the top card of the encounter discard pile on the bottom of the encounter deck and raise each player's threat bu that card's
I don't know what river is way, a rushing red one, swollen with the rains of the last few days... –The Hobbit
Forced: After placing 1 or more progress tokens on Wicked Hilltops, each player must discard an ally he controls without an attached Sack card.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 (+3 instead if attacking enemy is a Troll.)
While Narrow Ledge is the active location, each player cannot commit more than 3 characters to the quest.
Shadow: Shuffle all copies of Galloping Boulders from the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck.