I have Vassals and Snowbourns to help with questing to avoid the treacheries which kills one questing character. I can ready Boromir if if need to. And I have Hasty Stroke to counter those dreadful shadows.

As I remember it went like this: First round 6 progress on the east gate, second round completed east gate and some progress on the quest.
Round 3 saw the end of First Hall and the completion of 1B. In round 4 the bridge was killed by a nice horse and a scout......

OMG I am a COMPLETE IDIOT!!!!!!!!

I've been playing, what, over 50 games of ItP and I always put East Gate into the staging area instead of making it the acticive location.

But this I swear: Next time I'm gonna read the quest card text carefully and not once, not twice, but at least three times before I'm going to start a new scenario.

If some of you game hosts looks for a nice quest modification, you should use this. Pimps ItP from level 5 to 6.

Thanks for answering and adding those helpful details, muemakan!