The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey™ Strategy Battle Game is the beginning of your journey in the world of collecting, painting and gaming with an entire range of Middle-earth™ miniatures based upon the amazing The Hobbit™ and The Lord of the Rings™ movie trilogies.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey™ Strategy Battle Game allows you to collect all of your favourite Warriors, Heroes and creatures from the movies and pit them against your opponents in fun and exciting games of strategy and skill.

The rules of the game are straightforward and simple to learn; after just a few minutes you will be making your first moves, losing arrows, and engaging in a clash of swords and axes as you battle for glory across Middle-earth, from the plains outside the majestic gates of Erebor, to the rickety walkways of the foul Goblin-town, to the spider-infested forest of Mirkwood™. However, even after years of play and countless battles, there are still always new tricks and tactics to learn and unleash on the battlefield – the game really is easy to learn, but a challenge to master!

Each player takes control of a force of models that represent one of the many and varied races from across Middle-earth. This could be anything from a small band of Heroes such as the company of Thorin Oakenshield™, to a vast standing army such as the glittering host of Mirkwood Elves or the legion of Orcs and war beasts that lie under the command of Azog™ the Defiler.