The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Decks: On the Doorstep
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Nightmare Decks: On the Doorstep Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Flies and Spiders
You are playing Nightmare mode.
Setup: Each player gives 1 poison to a hero he controls.
Setup: Flies and Spiders
Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for the Flies and Spiders scenario.
Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:
3x Dark Bats 3x Hidden Path 2x Fighting Among Friends 5x Wicked Spider 1x Fat Spider 1x Giant Web
Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard Flies and Spiders encounter deck.
Finally, flip this setup card over and place it next to the quest deck. Its effect remains active throughout the game, which is now ready to begin.
The Lonely Mountain
You are playing Nightmare mode.
While there is at least 1 card stacked underneath The Lonely Mountain, the players cannot advance to stage 3.
Smaug the Magnificent cannot take damage unless A Bare Patch is attached to him.
Setup: The Lonely Mountain
Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for The Lonely Mountain scenario.
Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:
3x Dark Bats 2x Fighting Among Friends 3x Western Slopes 2x Secret Entrance 4x Belching Fire
Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard The Lonely Mountain encounter deck.
Finally, flip this setup card over and place it next to the quest deck. Its effect remains active throughout the game, which is now ready to begin.
The Battle of Five Armies
You are playing Nightmare mode.
While the players are at stage 5b, this card gains: "Forced: When the players are instructed to remove any amount of progress from a quest stage, place 1 progress here instead."
If there are X progress tokens here, the players lose the game. X depends on the number of players in the game:
- 1 player: X equals 5
- 2 players: X equals 7
- 3 players: X equals 9
- 4 players: X equals 11
Setup: The Battle of Five Armies
Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for The Battle of Five Armies scenario.
Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:
3x Dark Bats 3x Hidden Path 2x Fighting Among Friends 1x Vanguard of Bolg 1x Ravenous Warg 4x Gundabad Climber 3x Gundabad Wolf Rider 1x Misty Mountain Eagle
Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard The Battle of Five Armies encounter deck.
Finally, flip this setup card over and place it next to the quest deck. Its effect remains active throughout the game, which is now ready to begin.