The Hobbit: A Journey There and Back Again
The Hobbit: A Journey There and Back Again
Enter Middle-earth in the thrilling board game The Hobbit: The journey there and back again
Join Bilbo on a harrowing journey from the Bottom of the Sack to the Lonely Mountain. An adventurous journey divided into eight episodes awaits you, combining skill, logical thinking and a bit of hobbit luck. In The Hobbit or The Voyage to and from, 1-4 players compete to create the most profitable path to the Lonely Mountain, retrieve the Dwarven treasure and defeat Smaug the dragon. Roll the dice and design your own journey to escape ogres, fight orcs, solve puzzles and write the best ending to each chapter in your personal adventure guide.
10+
recommended age
1 - 4 players
number of players
30 minutes
length of one gameKey features of the Hobbit board game: The journey there and back again
- Each adventure presents a unique game challenge with its own map, rules and mechanics
- The game system perfectly integrates path drawing, resource management and tactical decision making, while remaining accessible to less experienced players
- Scratch-off game boards allow you to play the game repeatedly, discover new strategies and try higher difficulty levels
- With the option of solo mode, you can enjoy the game even without other players present
- Atmospheric treatment and direct connection to the literary source will delight any fan of Middle Earth
- The game does not require complex preparations
- The adventure guides include beautiful illustrations and thematic maps that add to the overall experience
- Multiple scoring and victory methods support different game styles and ensure high replayability
Road to the Lonely Mountain
In The Hobbit: On the way there and back again, you become Bilbo and accompany a group of dwarves on their journey to find the treasure guarded by the dragon Smaug. Each adventure represents a separate game "round" with a unique map, rules and game conditions. Use dice rolls and marker paths in your game guide to connect locations on the map, avoid hazards and collect important items such as bread, swords, pine cones and hats. In some scenarios, the game turns into a logic challenge where instead of drawing paths, you fill in shapes similar to polyominoes. At the same time, you must manage resources, respond to rolls of the black dice and enlist the help of Gandalf in the form of powerful spells.
Exercise your strategic skills
The Hobbit: The journey there and back again gradually increases in difficulty, introduces new mechanics and thematically follows Bilbo's entire adventure up to the final encounter with the dragon and the subsequent defeat of Smaug in the Lake City. The Hobbit with the most points wins. This game offers 8 different adventures based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. You can play each part separately.
History and creators of the game
The game was designed by German game designer Reiner Knizia and released in 2025 under the US publisher Office Dog. The Czech localization was released in the same year. The illustrations and artwork are by Italian illustrator Lorenzo Colangeli, who has given the game a stylized yet thematically faithful look. The game is set in a universe created by J. R. R. Tolkien and officially licensed by Middle-earth Enterprises.
Package contents
4 scratch-off adventure guides (8 maps each), 5 white path cubes with symbols of route segments or resources, 1 black 12-sided die, 4 erasable markers, 30 bread tokens (20×1, 10× 5), 30 sword tokens (20×1, 19 pine cone tokens, 1 token for solo mode, game rules in Czech
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| Code: | HRAls18862 |
| Warranty: | 24 months |
| Manufacturer information |
Asmodee Czech Republic, s.r.o., Novozámecká 4/495, 198 00 Praha 9, +420 281 930 585, [email protected] 
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