Operation Manual

END OF GAME:

Once a player has drawn their last card from their stack of character

cards, they have no more cards to draw. Players continue to play until

they have played their last character card from their hand. Then the

game continues without this player.

The game is over as soon as the last location card has been scored.

The game is also over if only one player still has character cards after

scoring the current location. In this case, there will be no more

location cards laid.

Each player counts his gems. The player with the most gems wins.

GAME TIPS:

• Each player has an identical set of character cards. Use your

cards wisely and remember that the later locations offer

higher numbers of gems.

• Keep an eye on the cards your opponents have already

played and which cards they still have available.

• If you can play more than one card to

complete a location you may be able

to score many gems. In addition, you

will have the advantage of deciding

where to lay the new location card,

hopefully next to some of your

own cards already on the table.

The game creator and editors thank all the

test players who helped in the development of

the card game. Special thanks go to Iain Adams,

Ross Inglis and Kevin Jacklin.

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and the names of the

characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of

The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises under

license to New Line Productions, Inc.

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