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Der Hobbit

FROM BAG END TO THE LONELY MOUNTAIN

Players embody dwarves and accompany Hobbit Bilbo from Bag End to the Lonely Mountain, where Smaug the Dragon has its lair. The heroes want to take back the treasure that was stolen from them.

Travel phases alternate with adventure phases. In the travel phases event cards are revealed and in the adventure phases players must master tasks and adventures. There are four stacks made up from event cards and adventure cards, one stack each for the four stages of the journey. In the travel phase the current top event card is revealed: Travelling cards move Bilbo; players move the Bilbo figurine in the order of dwarf cards played and the respective player receives items or abilities according to the spot reached. Other event cards can be ability cards for later use or gift cards for immediate use.

When Bilbo reaches one of the large adventure spots an adventure phase begins: Now the values on the character boards of each player come into play, the player with the highest courage value turns up the first adventure card. If he wants to master the adventure he rolls his allowed number of dice and must then show the values of courage, strength and provisions demanded by the card. If you currently hold the One Ring you can improve results with it. When an adventure is lost a dragon tile is turned up and implemented. When all adventures have been mastered or when Smaug reaches Laketown the game ends. In both cases the player with the most jewels wins.

Again, Reiner Kniza has beautifully captured the flair of Tolkien’s story and transformed it into a game; you can cooperate, but there is a definite winner all the same.

Players: 2-5

Age: 9+

Time: ca. 60 min

Designer: Reiner Knizia

Artist: John Howe, Fine Tuning

Price: ca. 32 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos 2011

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Fantasy adventure game

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de en es fr pl pt

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Prequel to The Lord of the Rings

Beautiful graphics and design

Different levels of difficulty

Very beautiful family game

Compares to:

Topic - Der Kleine Hobbit, Klee Spiele

Other editions:

The Hobbit, Fantasy Flight Games und Sophisticated Games

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0