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2010 · 2-5 players · 45min · weight 1.75 · 2,062 ratings
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Rating
5.69
Users rated
2,062
Owned
4,594
Wishing
200
At a glance
What playing it feels like, broken down.
Core loop
Bid on Adventure Cards with dice rolls, move Bilbo along locations, accumulate treasure through challenges.
What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
3
Narrative
2
Challenge
1
Fellowship
2
Discovery
2
Expression
1
Submission
1
How it works (4 mechanics)
- [2]dice_mitigation— “elegant gameplay combining strategic card play with unpredictability of dice rolling”
- [2]simultaneous_action_selection— “each of these dwarves aide Bilbo; simultaneous action selection mechanic for bidding”
- [2]shared_objective_card— “Adventure Cards present players with a challenge that can be overcome using the game's custom dice”
- [2]_other:cooperative_competitive_hybrid— “be the player who accumulates most treasure by end of adventure; compete to recover treasure destined for you”
Under-the-radar score: -0.25
BGG tags
Mechanisms (6)
Categories (5)
AdventureCard GameFantasyNovel-basedTravel