"Then warning trumpets were suddenly sounded, and echoed along the rocky shores. The cheering stopped and the joy was quickly turned to dread. So it was that the dragon did not find them quite unprepared." – The Hobbit
Setup: Shuffle all copies of Smaug into a separate Smaug Deck. Search the encounter deck for Lake-Town and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Then reveal 1 card from the encounter deck per player, and add it to the staging area.
Smaug cannot have more than 6 damage on him.
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to Lake-Town for each player in the game.
"...every vessel in the town was filled with water, every warrior was armed... before the roar of Smaug's terrible approach grew loud, and the lake rippled red as fire beneath the awful beating of his wings." – The Hobbit
Smaug cannot have more than 12 damage on him.
When the players quest successfully, any number of progress tokens that would be placed on this quest may instead be discarded to remove the same amount of damage from Lake-Town.
"Roaring he swept back over the town. A hail of dark arrows leaped up and snapped and rattled on his scales and jewels, and their shafts fell back kindled by his breath burning and hissing into the lake." – The Hobbit
Forced: During the quest phase, reveal 1 additional card from the encounter deck.
Refresh Action: Reset the quest deck to stage 2B.
The players must defeat Smaug to defeat this stage. When Smaug is defeated, compare the number of damage tokens on Lake-Town with the number of Victory points in the victory display. If the players have more victory points, they have won the game. Otherwise, Lake-Town has burned and the players have lost.
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Immune to player card effects.
When Revealed: Smaug the Mighty makes an immediate attack against each player (deal and resolve a shodow card for each attack).
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Immune to player card effects.
When Revealed: Resolve all burn damage from all locations in play
"My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurrican, and my breath death!"—The Hobbit
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If Lake-town has 50 or more damage on it, Lake-town has completely burned and the players have lost the game.
"It was not built on the shore, though there were a few huts and buildings there, but right out on the surface of the lake, protected from the swirl of the entering river by a pomonotory of rock which formed a calm bay."
—The Hobbit
Action: Exhaust a hero to claim this objective and attach it to that hero when it is free of encounters. (Counts as an attachment with the text: "If detached discard The Old Thrush.
Response: After attached hero exhausts to attack Smaug, discard X cards from hand to reduce Smaug's by X.")
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each character in play
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to each character in play. Any player may discard a hero to cancel this effect
When Revealed: Resolve all burn damage from all locations in play.
Shadow: Resolve this card's 'When Revealed' effect. Any player may discard a hero to cancel this effect.
When Revealed: Smaug make an attack against Lake-Town. The last player may declare a defender against this attack. Excess damage from this attack must be placed on Lake-Town. This effect cannot be canceled.
Soon he would set all the shoreland woods ablaze and wither every field and pasture. Just now he was enjoying the sport of town-baiting more than he had enjoyed anything for years.—The Hobbit
When Revealed: Each player must choose and discard 1 ally he controls if able. Deal 2 damage to Lake-Town for each player that cannot.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, Smaug engages the next player and makes an immediate attack against that player.
When Revealed: Choose and shuffle 1 Pier location from the victory display back into the encounter deck. If no location was shuffled into the encounter deck by this effect, Catching Fire gains surge
Shadow: Defending character gets -2 .
When Revealed: If Smaug is in play, he gets +2 , +2 , -2 and gains the text: "Allies cannot be declared as defenders." This effect lasts until the end of the round.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, resolve all burn damage on locations in play.
