The Hobbit... the game?!

When we last spoke, I asked everyone how they would like to see The Hobbit as a board game!? You shared with me some AWESOME ideas, and I want to hear even more! I've done some research about what game-makers have already created, inspired by Tolkien's work. After you read, I want you to post your thoughts on how to create the coolest game for The Hobbit.



The Hobbit in Games & Entertainment

The Hobbit has been developed into various entertainment media.

In board games, the strategy game "Battle of the Five Armies" was released as a Risk-style board game where players took on one of the five armies in an attempt to conquer the other four. The game was released in the 1970s and proved unpopular for its unclear rules.

Next was "The Lonely Mountain" in 1985 which was unique in its use of a hex grid for spaces to move on (as opposed to a traditional "trail" or "grid" layout), its use of both a dice and card game (similar to Monopoly) and a guessing game (players searched for the treasure card among the other cards that included Smaug as an outcome).

The "Middle Earth Role-Playing Game" is a dice & chart combination game based on both The Hobbit and the trilogy Lord of the Rings. This started in 1984 and has seen various incarnations since.

In video games, The Hobbit was first published on PC by Beam Software in 1982.

Then again, in 2003, it was released on PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft XBox, and the Nintendo GameCube. It was unique once again in that it was a combination of a Platformer and an Action RPG.

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