Game Setup Put the storyboard on the table Put each player's hobbit marker on the zero space Pick a difficulty level for the Sauron marker. (15 easy, 12, or 10 hard) Group all the special cards [cards with a name] with their matching cards Putalll the Gandalf cards face up for purchase © Anytime players can spend 5 shields for a Gandalf card * Put 6 shields into a special face down pool (two of each 1s, 2s, and 3s) © When a player finishes the main track of any scenario they take a shield from this Poo! instead of just adding 1 shield. Game Play Puta cone on the Shire, follow the instructions there, you have now started playing Move the cone to the next space and follow the instructions there If there are no instructions on the storyboard, setup the named scenario board After completing the scenariofinstructions move the storyboard pawn to the next space If you finish the Mordor Scenario before Sauron touches the ring bearer you ‘When spending shields players may make change with the face up shields as neededPlayer Aid: Symbol Legend Action Tiles woes | |e K matching track Travel Hide Friendship Fighting Sequence Tiles PP Move the sequence pawn (sP) The Left Track | 1) 1) Move the sequence pawn (SP) down one 2) Collectively players discard 3 cards or move the SP 3) Collectively discard a card, shield, token(Sun/Ring/Heart) or move the SP Corruption Tiles RB = Ring Bearer RB takes 1 corruption | Sauron moves 1 or RB takes 2 corruption Sequence Track Main Track Starting a Scenario put a pawn on each Activity track on the blank ‘1st space Put a pawn above the 1st square on the sequence trackPlayer Aid: Turn Overview Turn Overview: Master Board: Simply perform the instructions and move the marker to the next circle. If there is no text setup the scenario board Turn Overview: Scenario Board: Each player does step 1 then step 2 turns go clockwise 1. Turn over an Event Tile. If the tile has 1 of the 4 Activity symbols: Move the marker 1 space along the matching Activity Line. Ix) i. Ifthere is no matching line of the board, move any activity marker 1 space, Continue to Step 2. Anything else: Perform the relevant actions and/or resolve the Event. Repeat Step 1. This might mean drawing many tiles in a row 2. Choose one of the following actions: Play 1 or 2 cards to advance the cones on the tracks. Move each cone for each symbol on the card(s) If playing 2 cards, one must be white and the other gray [except Pippin] Draw 2 Hobbit Cards. Move your Hobbit figure backwards 1 space on the corruption track You may discard unwanted cards, though this is rarely beneficial. Collect the symbols for every space pawns move over or land on in steps 1 and 2 End of Scenario: Either end of main track (Middle) or event track (Left Side) 1. Each player must have 1 of the Heart, Sun and Ring token, or else take 1 corruption for each symbol type they are missing. a. (exception: Merry takes 1 less corruption). 2. Whichever player has the most Ring tokens becomes the new Ring-bearer. Resolve ties clockwise from old Ring-bearer. (Old ring Bearer always loses) 3. The Ring-bearer and Fatty (if playing) both draw 2 Hobbit cards. 4, Return all Heart, Sun and Ring tokens to the available pool. 5. Move the marker to the next space on the Master Board. If this is a scenario, the Ring-bearer starts as the Active Player.