Hobbit

Hobbits are a race of meek, homely people who typically dwell in and around the Shire, favoring homes that are at least partially underground. In this game, hobbits are a Free Peoples race. Frodo, one of the protagonists of Lord of the Rings and the chief Ring-bearer in this game, is a hobbit. With one exception, all hobbits in this game are Shire culture Free Peoples characters.

The sole exception is Ted Sandyman, Chief's Men's Ally (18U75) , a Men-culture hobbit minion from Treachery & Deceit. This unusual quality allows the Shadow player to play this minion, then play cards like Fool of a Took! (1R170) that spot "a Hobbit" against any opponent. Such cards were intended to counter Shire Hobbit decks, and designed on the presumption that such a character would be one of the Free Peoples' player's companions or allies.

List of Cards with the Hobbit Race

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Bilbo, Retired Adventurer (1R284)	Shire	Ally • Home 3 • Hobbit	Fellowship: Exert Bilbo to shuffle a card from your discard pile into your draw deck.
	Bounder (1C286)	Shire	Ally • Home 2 • Hobbit	Skirmish: Exert this ally to prevent a Hobbit from being overwhelmed unless that Hobbit’s strength is tripled.
	Farmer Maggot, Chaser of Rascals (1R288)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	Fellowship: Exert Farmer Maggot to heal Merry or Pippin.
	Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir (1R289)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). At the start of each of your turns, you may heal a Hobbit ally.
	Frodo, Son of Drogo (1C290)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Exert another companion who has the Frodo signet to heal Frodo.
	The Gaffer, Sam's Father (1R291)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	Fellowship: Exert The Gaffer to heal Frodo or Sam.
	Hobbit Farmer (1C295)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	While you can spot your site 1, this ally has the game text of that site. Fellowship: Exert this ally and spot opponent’s site 1 to replace it with your site 1.
	Hobbit Party Guest (1C297)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	At the start of each of your turns, heal this ally. Fellowship:Exert this ally to heal another Hobbit ally whose home is site 1.
	Master Proudfoot, Distant Relative of Bilbo (1U301)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	Fellowship: If the twilight pool has fewer than 3 twilight tokens, add to reveal the top 3 cards of your draw deck. Take all cards revealed into hand and discard the rest.
	Merry, Friend to Sam (1R302)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: If Merry is not assigned to a skirmish, exert him twice to add his strength to another companion.
	Merry, From O'er the Brandywine (1C303)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	While Merry bears a weapon, he is strength +2.
	Pippin, Friend to Frodo (1C306)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Your opponent may not discard your tales from play.
	Pippin, Hobbit of Some Intelligence (1R307)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	When you play Pippin, remove a burden or wound from a companion.
	Rosie Cotton, Hobbiton Lass (1U309)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	Sam is strength +1. Fellowship: Exert Rosie to heal Sam.
	Sam, Faithful Companion (1R310)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship: Play Bill the Pony from your draw deck. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Sam, Son of Hamfast (1C311)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship: Exert Sam to remove a burden. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Bilbo, Well-spoken Gentlehobbit (2U96)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	Fellowship: Exert Bilbo and discard a tale to discard a Shadow condition from an opponent’s support area.
	Filibert Bolger, Wily Rascal (2C101)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	Skirmish: Exert a Hobbit companion twice to cancel a fierce skirmish involving that Hobbit.
	Frodo, Reluctant Adventurer (2C102)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Ring-bearer (resistance 10). The cost of each artifact, possession, and tale played on Frodo is -1.
	Merry, Horticulturalist (2C104)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship: Exert Merry to play Farmer Maggot from your draw deck.
	Pippin, Mr. Took (2C110)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship: Play Gandalf or Aragorn; his twilight cost is -2.
	Sam, Proper Poet (2C114)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Maneuver: Exert Sam twice to make him defender +1 until the regroup phase. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Melilot Brandybuck, Merry Dancer (3R110)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	Response: If a burden is about to be added by a Shadow card, exert Melilot to prevent that burden.
	Old Noakes, Purveyor of Wisdoms (3C111)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	Each time a Shadow card makes you discard a card from hand, you may also discard a minion or Shadow condition.
	Frodo, Courteous Halfling (4R301)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). While you can spot 3 unbound companions, Shadow cards may not discard cards from your hand or from the top of your draw deck.
	Frodo, Tired Traveller (4C302)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Play a Ring-bound companion to remove a burden.
	Merry, Learned Guide (4C310)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: Exert the Ring-bearer to discard Merry. Any Shadow player may remove to prevent this.
	Merry, Unquenchable Hobbit (4R311)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: If Merry is not assigned to a skirmish, discard him to remove a Orc from a skirmish involving an unbound companion.
	Pippin, Just a Nuisance (4R313)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: If Pippin is not assigned to a skirmish, discard him to remove an Uruk-hai from a skirmish involving an unbound companion.
	Pippin, Woolly-footed Rascal (4C314)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: Add a burden to discard Pippin. Any Shadow player may remove to prevent this.
	Sam, Frodo's Gardener (4R315)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Fellowship: Play Sam’s Pack from your draw deck. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Sam, Samwise the Brave (4C316)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Response: If a Shadow card is about to add any number of burdens, spot Frodo and exert Sam to prevent this. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Frodo, Master of the Precious (5U111)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Add a burden to play Sméagol from your discard pile.
	Sam, Nice Sensible Hobbit (5U115)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While you can spot Frodo and Sméagol, Sam may not be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Merry, Impatient Hobbit (6R113)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Regroup: Discard Merry to heal a companion.
	Pippin, Hastiest of All (6R114)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Regroup: Discard Pippin to choose a Shadow player who must wound one of his or her minions.
	Frodo, Hope of Free Peoples (7C317)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Ring-bound. Each time the fellowship moves, you may add to remove a threat.
	Frodo, Wicked Masster! (7R318)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Ring-bound. Skirmish: At sites 6 to 8, add 4 burdens to wound a minion skirmishing Frodo.
	Merry, Rohirrim Squire (7C320)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: If you cannot spot 3 threats, add a threat to make Merry strength +2.
	Merry, Swordthain (7R321)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: If Merry is not assigned to a skirmish, return him to your hand to play up to 2 possessions from your discard pile.
	Pippin, Sworn to Service (7C323)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	While you cannot spot 4 threats, Pippin is strength +1 for each threat you can spot.
	Pippin, Wearer of Black and Silver (7R324)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: If Pippin is not assigned to a skirmish, return him to your hand to wound a roaming minion twice.
	Sam, Needer of Vittles (7C326)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Fellowship: Play a Hobbit companion to remove a burden. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Sam, Resolute Halfling (7R327)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Fellowship: If you have initiative, discard a card from hand to heal Sam. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Merry, Noble Warrior (8P121)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	To play, spot a companion. Skirmish: Discard 4 cards from hand to make Merry strength +2 for each companion you spot.
	Pippin, Guard of Minas Tirith (8P122)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	To play, spot a Man. Skirmish: Discard 4 cards from hand to wound a minion Pippin is skirmishing twice if that minion bears a fortification.
	Bilbo, Bearer of Things Burgled (9R+49)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Each time the fellowship moves, if the twilight pool has 2 or fewer twilight tokens, add 2 burdens or add . Regroup: Add a burden to play a tale.
	Frodo, Resolute Hobbit (10P121)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 12).
	Sam, Great Elf Warrior (10P122)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Sam is strength +1 for each companion you can spot. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Farmer Maggot, Hobbit of the Marish (11U163)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	While Farmer Maggot is at a dwelling or forest site, he is strength +4.
	Frodo, Protected by Many (11S164)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. At the start of the regroup phase, you may exert Frodo to make him gain muster until the end of the regroup phase. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.)
	Merry, Loyal Companion (11C168)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	For each other unbound companion assigned to a skirmish, Merry is strength +2.
	Pippin, Brave Decoy (11R170)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: If Pippin is not assigned to a skirmish, spot an unbound companion who has less resistance than Pippin to have Pippin replace him or her in a skirmish.
	Sam, Steadfast Friend (11U172)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Each other companion is resistance +1.
	Bilbo, Melancholy Hobbit (12R119)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may exert him to take a  skirmish event into hand from your discard pile.
	Pippin, Hobbit of Some Intelligence (12R127)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	When you play Pippin, remove a burden or heal a companion.
	Rosie Cotton, Barmaid (12R129)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Sam cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Each time the Free Peoples player assigns Rosie Cotton to a skirmish, add 2 burdens.
	Tolman Cotton, Farmer of Bywater (12S133)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Response: If a burden is about to be added by a Shadow card, spot another Hobbit and exert Tolman Cotton to prevent that.
	Bilbo, Aged Ring-bearer (13R142)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While Bilbo is not assigned to a skirmish, each Ring-bound Hobbit is strength +1. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may remove a burden for each other Ring-bound Hobbit you can spot.
	Frodo, Frenzied Fighter (13R149)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While you can spot more minions than companions, Frodo cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Skirmish: If Frodo is not assigned to a skirmish, exert Frodo to have him replace a Ring-bound companion skirmishing a minion.
	Sam, Bearer of Great Need (13R156)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Sam is resistance +1 for each Hobbit you can spot. Regroup: Exert Sam and transfer a follower he is bearing to your support area to discard a minion from play.
	Westfarthing Businessman (13C157)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	This companion is strength +1 for each card that has a culture token on it.
	Frodo, Weary From the Journey (15C144)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. While skirmishing a minion of strength 8 or less, Frodo is strength +2.
	Merry, The Tall One (15C149)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	While Merry bears a follower, he is strength +2. Skirmish:If Merry is skirmishing a hunter minion, add a threat to make Merry strength +2.
	Pippin, The Short One (15C151)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Each follower is twilight cost –1. Skirmish: If Pippin is skirmishing a hunter minion, exert the Ring-bearer to make Pippin strength +2.
	Sam, Innocent Traveler (15U153)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While Sam bears the One Ring, he is resistance –4. Maneuver: If Sam is bearing a follower, exert him to heal another Hobbit. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer.
	Merry, In the Bloom of Health (17U107)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Add 1 to the number of Ents you can spot. Regroup:</br> Exert Merry to place a pipeweed from your discard pile beneath your draw deck.
	Pippin, In the Bloom of Health (17U109)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Add 1 to the number of Ents you can spot. Maneuver: Discard 2 pipeweed cards from play to remove a burden.
	Fredegar Bolger, Fatty (18R107)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	While the fellowship in is region 1 and you can spot 2 other companions, Fredegar Bolger is strength +3.
	Frodo, Little Master (19P28)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship. Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. While you cannot spot 4 threats, Shadow cards cannot discard cards from your hand or from the top of your draw deck.
	Merry, Resolute Friend (19P29)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship. Skirmish: If Merry is not assigned to a skirmish, take 2 cards from your discard pile and remove them from the game to make a companion strength +2.
	Pippin, Steadfast Friend (19P30)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship. Pippin is strength +1 for each tale you can spot.
	Sam, Loyal Friend (19P32)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship. Ring-bound. While Sam bears The One Ring, he is resistance -4. While you can spot 3 companions, Sam is strength +2. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer.
	Frodo, Mr. Underhill (0P67)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Ring-bearer (resistance 10). The cost of each artifact, possession, and tale played on Frodo is -1.
	Sam, Lover of Trees (0W13)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Triumph - At the start of the fellowship phase you may remove 3 burdens. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (Resistance 5).
	Frodo, Mr. Underhill (0W25)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer.
	Bilbo, Of Bag End (V1_50)	Shire	Ally • Home 3 • Hobbit	To play, spot 2 companions with the Frodo signet. Fellowship: If the fellowship is at a sanctuary, exert Bilbo twice to play 2 items from your draw deck on companions.
	Griffo Boffin, Uncouth Fellow (V1_51)	Shire	Ally • Home 1 • Hobbit	Each time you play a ally, you may add to draw a card.
	Merry, Of Buckland (V1_52)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Assignment: Exert Merry 3 times to prevent a minion from being assigned to a skirmish until the regroup phase. The Shadow player may exhaust that minion to prevent this.
	Pippin, Of Tuckborough (V1_53)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Skirmish: Exert Pippin to prevent a skirmishing companion from being overwhelmed unless their strength is tripled (and make them strength +1 if you can spot 3 companions with the Frodo signet).
	Sam, Of Bagshot Row (V1_54)	Shire	Companion • Hobbit	Each time a companion with the Frodo signet wins a skirmish, you may exert Sam or add a burden to heal that companion. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
	Ted Sandyman, Chief's Men's Ally (18U75)	Men	Minion • Hobbit	Maneuver: Liberate a site you control to make each minion strength +2 until the regroup phase. Regroup: Exert Ted Sandyman to stack a Man in play on a possession.​

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