

The Leading Player of each team rolls the Action dice. The Leading Player on the Shadow team decides how many Action dice to place in the Hunt Box.

The Leading Player on the Free Peoples team decides whether to declare the Fellowship or not and who the Guide of the Fellowship is. In a four-player game, each player's hand limit is four cards instead of six. A card is swapped only if both players agree. They can only tell each other if they want to swap one card or not. The players cannot show or discuss the cards. On the following turns, each player draws one card from one Event deck of his choice.Īfter drawing cards, and discarding excess cards, players in the same team may agree to swap one of their cards with their teammate. On Turn 1, each player draws one card from each of their respective Event decks.
