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.
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this location, starting with the first player, each player draws the top card of the Raven deck and puts it into play engaged with him.
All the camp was soon astir. –The Two Towers
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this location, each player assigns X damage among characters he controls, where X is the number of cards in his hand.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defending character.
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this location, each player raises his threat by the number of cards in his hand.
Shadow: Defending player assigns X damage among characters he controls. X is the Time X value on the active location.
While Exposed Ridge is the active location, it gains:
Forced: At the end of the refresh phase, each player deals 1 damage to a character he controls.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each damaged character the defending player controls.
When Revealed: Each player assigns X damage among characters he controls, where X is the number of quest cards in play. Then, exhaust each damaged character.
Shadow: Assign X damage among characters you control. X is the number of quest cards in play.
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this quest cards, each player deals 4 damage to a hero he controls. Then, place 4 time counters on this quest card.
The weather is growing steadily worse, and black clouds loom on the horizon. You must find a safe place to shelter or be caught in the storm...
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from Broken Battlements, each player discards the top 5 cards of his deck and places 1 time counter here.
Travel: Each player discard the top card of his deck.
"Men call it Deadman's Dike, and they fear to tread there." –Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
While Norbury Tombs is the active location, it gains:
Respnse: When Norbury Tombs is explored, each player shuffles the top 5 cards of his discard pile into his deck.
Travel: Return the topmost enemy in the encounter discard pile to the staging area.
When Revealed: Each player must either discard 1 card from the top of his deck for each questing character he controls, or remove each character he controls from the quest.
The mist was flowing past him now in shreds and tatters. –The Fellowship of the Ring
Forced: At the end of the refresh phase, each player discards the top X cards of his deck, where X is the number of Undead enemies engaged with him.
The more you struggle against the undead, the deeper you are drawn into the wraith–world. You must escape before madness or despair takes you...
Each Orc enemy gets +1 +1 and +1 .
When Revealed: Each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Orc enemy and put it into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Several Orcs spring upon you from their hiding place! Their surprise attack puts you on the defensive. You must fight to gain the upper hand.
You've lost your way in the vastness of Arnor. You must search around until you find your trail again.
When Revealed: Each player places all cards in his hand facedown underneath Lost in the Wilderness.
Forced: When Lost in the Wilderness is defeated, return each card underneath it to its owner's hand.
When Revealed: Each player deals 1 damage to a hero he controls. Attach Cold from Angmar to the current quest. Counts as a Condition attachment with the text:
Treat each damaged character's printed text box as if it were blank, except for keywords and Traits.
"...the weather may prove a more deadly enemy than any." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Characters cannot be healed.
Response: After Make Camp is defeated, each player heals up to 3 damage from a hero he controls.
Your companions are exhausted from tireless effort, but you must find a safe place to make camp before you can tend to their needs.
Forced: After the "when revealed" effect of a treachery card is canceled, raise each player's threat by 2.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 . If this attack destroys a character, the defending player raises his threat by 2.
Forced: When Ancient Causeway is explored, raise each player's threat by 2.
...on either side of it there were lines of large boulders and hewn stones that screened the travellers almost like a hedge. –The Fellowship of the Ring
When Revealed: Raise each player's threat by the of the active location.
Shadow: Defending player either raise his threat 3, or this attack is considered undefended.
Your enemies lurk somewhere in the decrepit ruins around you: a constant threat until you search them out...
Forced: At the end of the refresh phase, raise each player's threat by 2.
Response: After Search the Ruins is defeated, reduce each player's threat by 3.
When Revealed: Each player discards the top 3 cards of his deck. Until the end of the round, add 2 to the total in the staging area for each different card type discarded this way.
Shadow: Defending player discards the top 3 cards of his deck. Attacking enemy gets +1 for each different card type discarded this way.
Cards in each player's discard pile cannot leave that player's discard pile by player card effect.
Forced: After this stage is defeated, each player shuffles the top 5 cards of his discard pile back into his deck.
You must uncover the source of this evil that sets its will against yours.
Travel: Each player raises his threat by 3 to travel here.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the defending player's threat is 20 or higher).
When Revealed: Each player must either deal 1 damage to each exhausted character he controls, or remove each exhausted character he controls from the quest.
Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.
When Revealed: Each player chooses one of his allies and captures it underneath the encounter card with the highest .
Shadow: If this attack would damage an ally, capture that ally underneath the attacking enemy instead.
When Revealed: Each player discards the top card of his captured deck and raises his threat by that card's printed resource cost. If at least 1 player discarded no cards from this effect, Interrogation gains doomed 2
Shadow: Discard a random card from your hand and raise your threat by its printed cost.
Forced: When the last time counter is removed from this quest, discard its captured cards and remove this quest from the game. Then, raise each player's threat by 3 for each of his characters that was discarded by this effect.
Several of your captured companions are being sent to the executioner's block. If you make it in time, you might be able to save them before they are slain!
When Revealed: Starting with the first player, each player must either engage an enemy in the staging area with a higher engagement cost than his threat, or search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Troll or Giant enemy and add it to the staging area. Deal each enemy that engages a player through this effect 2 shadow cards.
The cost to play each player card is increased by 1.
Forced: When this stage is defeated, search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Troll enemy and put it into play engaged with the player with the highest threat. Each player may play a card from his hand, at no cost.
You risk drawing the attention of nearby Trolls by venturing into their lair. Perhaps inside you can find supplies to help you get back to Rivendell...
While Forbidden Descent is in the staging area, the first 2 progress that would be placed on a quest each round must be placed on Forbidden Descent, instead.
Forced: If Forbidden Descent leaves play from the staging area, raise each player’s threat by 2.
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each exhausted character. Each player with a threat of 35 or higher must also discard each exhausted attachment he controls.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+3 instead if the defending player does not control at least 1 Clue objective.)
When Revealed: Each player must exhaust a character he controls. Attach Haunting Fog to the current quest. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Attached quest gets +6 quest points."
Fog still hung in veils upon the crumbling rock-wall...
–The Fellowship of the Ring
When Revealed: Each player must discard a random card from his hand. Each player then searces his deck for each other copy of the card he discarded, and discards those as well. Shuffle each searched deck.
Shadow: Discard a random card from the defending player's hand.
When Revealed: Each player must distribute damage among questing characters equal to the printed cost of the highest cost card in that player's discard pile.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 . If this attack destroys an ally, search your deck for another copy of that ally and discard it, if able.
Forced: At the end of the round, discard the top card of each player's deck. Each player must reanimate each ally discarded by this effect.
Travel: Deal 1 shadow card to each Undead enemy in play to travel here.
He could see nothing but the dim flame of the torches; but if the company halted, there seemed and endless whisper of voices all about him...
–The Return of the King
While you are off-course (, , or ), Starlit Sea gains:
Travel: Raise each player's threat by 3.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if you are off-course).
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.
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.
Forced: After Forbidden Coast is flipped over while active, each player may draw a card. Then, each player chooses a card from his hand and places it on the bottom of his 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.
When Revealed: Either each player must exhaust a character he controls, or each Lost Island in the staging area gets +1 until the end of the phase.
Shadow: Discard the bottom card of your deck. If that card's printed cost is 2 or less, exhaust a character you control.