Engine

Engine is an unloaded keyword appearing on Sauron culture cards in King Block. All engines play to the support area, and, except for one possession, all of them are conditions. They support and are supported by Besieger minions, as part of a strategy of controlling sites and stacking minions on those sites.

See Also

• Machines, the siege engines of the armies of Isengard
• Fortifications, the walls and siege defenses of Gondor and Rohan

List of Cards with the Engine Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Great Siege-towers (7U281)	Sauron	Condition • Support Area	Engine. Shadow: Play a besieger to place a token here. Skirmish: Remove a token from a condition to make a Orc strength +1 (limit +2).
	Tower Walkway (7C315)	Sauron	Condition • Support Area	Engine. To play, spot a Orc. Each besieger is strength +1 for each site you control. Regroup: Discard 3 Orcs to take control of a site. Discard this condition.
	Troop Tower (7R316)	Sauron	Condition • Support Area	Engine. To play, spot a Orc. All Orcs are strength +1 for each besieger stacked on a site. Regroup: Discard a besieger to take control of a site. Discard this condition.
	Grond, Hammer of the Underworld (8R103)	Sauron	Possession • Support Area	Engine. Shadow: Play a minion to add a token here. Regroup: Remove X tokens here to discard a Free Peoples card (except a companion) with a twilight cost of X. Discard a minion or this possession.
	Their Marching Companies (8U107)	Sauron	Condition • Support Area	Engine. To play, spot a minion. Regroup: Remove a threat to stack your minion on a site you control. Shadow: Remove a threat to play a minion stacked on a site you control. ​

List of Cards that interact with the Engine Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Derufin (7R87)	Gondor	Companion • Man	Regroup: While you have exactly 5 cards in hand, you may exert Derufin to discard an engine, machine, or possession.
	Iorlas (7U107)	Gondor	Companion • Man	Response: If a possession or engine is played by your opponent, remove a token from your condition to make that opponent remove . If he or she cannot, discard that possession or engine.
	Great Peril of Fire (7U280)	Sauron	Condition • Support Area	To play, spot a besieger or a site you control. Maneuver: Discard an engine to discard a condition from the Free Peoples support area.
	Gorgoroth Agitator (8U94)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Besieger. To play, spot a Orc. When you play this minion, if you can spot another besieger, you may add a threat for each companion over 4. Shadow: Remove a threat to play a engine from your discard pile.
	Gorgoroth Assassin (8R95)	Sauron	Minion • Orc	Besieger. Assignment: Spot a engine or site you control to assign this minion to an unbound companion.
	Great Hill Troll (8C102)	Sauron	Minion • Troll	Besieger. Fierce. The twilight cost of this minion is –1 for each engine you spot. When you play this minion at sites 5 to 9, you may discard a Free Peoples condition.
	Troll of Gorgoroth, Abomination of Sauron (8R108)	Sauron	Minion • Troll	Besieger. Fierce. To play, spot a Orc. The twilight cost of this minion is –2 for each engine you spot. Regroup: Exert Troll of Gorgoroth to stack a besieger on a site you control. ​

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