If there is a tie, all tied green scoring markers advance one space. This process is then repeated by comparing all purple scoring markers, then all red scoring markers. Note: The markers on the Character board cannot increase beyond the top space and they cannot fall below the bottom space. The player with the next-lowest numbered Dwarf card then becomes the new active player. Repeat steps "3-4" until all players have acted. JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit is being adapted into an upcoming board game by the effects studio behind the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, Weta Workshop. This expansion contains 165 new cards, including five heroes: Bilbo Baggins, Beorn, Nori, Ori, and Thorin Oakenshield. Gandalf and the company of Dwarves will be at your side as allies. Together, your band of heroes will have to deal with Trolls, Wolves and Goblins as they journey toward Erebor – and of course, Bilbo will have a puzzling encounter with one of the riverfolk who has been corrupted by darkness. The saga is concluded in The Hobbit: On the Doorstep expansion.

As I draw cards to see if Biblo will progress or we shall gain special rewards I am constantly on the edge, hoping for rewards and if not rewards trying to stay ahead on how I will land exactly where I need to give myself the best chance in the adventure phase. Then the player with the highest Initiative (i.e., the player with the green scoring marker on his Character board in highest position) reveals the first Adventure card and places it on the table in front of himself. If the player fails to achieve any of the requirements on the Adventure card, he loses the challenge and must draw a random Dragon tile and suffer the consequences. The symbols on the Dragons tiles may include:

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Every time the group playing The Hobbit Boardgame reaches one of the big circles (except for Laketown) players will enter the second phase, the adventure phase, where players have a chance to fight for the gold one by one by using their three stats, any special cards they have collected and the dice in the box. Players are encouraged to give the adventures a go if they can as they are the key to winning the game but be warned if you can’t win the adventure card in front of you then Smaug gets to move closer to Laketown. If there is a tie, the tied player with the most provisions wins. If there is still a tie, then these players are joint winners!

When a player advances Bilbo onto a space that depicts the Ring, the player places the Ring token in front of him and must decrease the purple Cunning marker on his Character board by one space.Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you.

On Adventure spaces, players acquire treasure by successfully battling the adversaries in the adventures using the resources they have gained along the journey. The player with the most treasure at the end of the game is the winner! When a card says "All lowest positions advance", all players first compare the position of their green scoring markers on their Character boards, and the player with the green scoring marker in the lowest position advances his green scoring marker one space. If necessary, the player may also add one or more of his Ability cards to improve his results. Each Ability card can only be applied once and is then returned to the box. Note: some Event cards have different effects depending on the number of players: The same card might either be resolved like a Travel- ling card, or like a Gift card, as instructed.This expansion contains 165 new cards, including five new hero cards: Balin, Bard the Bowman, Bilbo Baggins, Bombur, and Oin. As Bilbo and company draw close to Erebor they will encounter Elves, Goblins and the Men of Laketown. They cannot rest easy, even when reaching their destination, for the mighty Smaug has made the mountain his home. Outside, other threats grow. The coming of the Dwarfs has awoken the curioisty and greed of Man, Goblin and Elf. The players may agree that the game is lost for everyone if Smaug reaches Laketown. This is motivation for the players to cooperate. But if the game ends successfully, it is still the player with the most treasure who wins. Each player looks at his hand of Dwarf cards, secretly chooses one, then places it face down in front of him. After each player has secretly chosen his Dwarf card, the players all reveal their chosen card simultaneously.

As the dwarf cards you use get discarded and replaced by a new one from the reshuffled pile, you have to decide whether risking good cards is worth it or if saving it will benefit you later on, many times I have played a number confident in where I will land only to find that someone else has used a card just slightly higher or lower than mine. Home At Last Step into the Dwarves shoes and earn points by performing lines of the song, “The Things Bilbo Hates.” As you move around Bag End you will gather items and generally make a mess of the place! But be careful not to push Bilbo too far…The Hobbit board game developed by fantasy flight games takes you on the journey of Bilbo Baggins and the 13 dwarves as they venture to reclaim the gold of Erebor from the clutches of the mighty dragon Smaug, and that is exactly what you will be doing as you work semi cooperatively with up to 5 players. The Hobbit: Over Hill & Under Hill is the first Saga expansion for the LotR LCG. Saga expansions allows you to play scenarios adapted directly from the narrative told by Tolkien. In Over Hill & Under Hill you will find three scenarios based on the first half of The Hobbit. These scenarios can be played individually, or linked together, to form a campaign. Now players in turn try to win the number of jewels marked on the right hand side of an Adventure card (see red arrow in card illustration to the right).