
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,327
- BGG rating
- 8.1
Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars
- 1–4 players
- 60–120 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
- 2024

Expansion for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Strategy Battle Game
2016
Rules assistance for The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy – There and Back Again
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

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The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy – There and Back Again is an expansion for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Strategy Battle Game released in 2016 for 2 players and ages 12 and up. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Point to Point Movement.
A companion to the main rules of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey™ Strategy Battle Game, focusing on the second and third instalments of The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy, this is a gorgeously-realised, hardback, full-colour book featuring a plethora of new and revised profiles for use in your games of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey™ Strategy Battle Game. Recreate the events of The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies™ and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug™! Featured in the 152-page hardback: a whopping 25 scenarios continuing those found in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey™ Strategy Battle Game, following the flow of the movies on which they are based – including the Battle of the Five Armies itself; 66 new and revised profiles giving you the full range of heroes and monsters to use in your games; a detailed campaign system, linking the scenarios together in a way which follows the flow of the movies; 5 appendix scenarios; a collection of army lists, helping you to organise your miniatures into a cohesive force for Points Match games.
The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy – There and Back Again supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The catalogue lists The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy – There and Back Again for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy – There and Back Again belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Wargame, and Movies / TV / Radio theme. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Point to Point Movement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists The Hobbit: Motion Picture Trilogy – There and Back Again as an expansion for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Strategy Battle Game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Strategy Battle Game to use it. Check that your edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Strategy Battle Game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.