Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game

A fun, friendly, and simple game of getting to know The Shire and the Hobbits that share it. I've found my favorite walks and if there was a map where I could, I would mark them in red ink. Of the many Hobbits I've met, I know half of them half as well as I should like and like less than half of them half as well as they deserve. All silliness aside, the game is fun if you enjoy the idea of The Shire. A simple life of good friends, good food, and good tilled earth. Where the worst you will encounter is a grumpy Hobbit, or a bad meal. I am not deep into the game year yet, so maybe more will happen as the season progress. At this time, the game is mostly gardening, foraging, and fishing, to stock my pantry. Selling or trading foraged goods for coin/items to make better and more complex recipes for dishes. Those dishes are used to entertain other Hobbits. This gains you favor with that Hobbit. As your relationship with that Hobbit grows, they give you rewards such as furniture and recipes. There are suggestions in the game that I will be able to expand my garden area, expand my smials, and repair or build pathways to other areas. All things I'm excited for. Though deep Shire Lore would suggest that there is more to living in the Shire. Wolf attacks, orc raids, and harsh winters are all mentioned in the books. Not to say nothing of the events told of in "The Scouring of the Shire" I would love to see more content added to the game. There is room for it. A personal wish list; A map I could mark in red ink. The occasional "strange person passing through" to keep the Bounders busy. The Mathom-house Museum More freeform gardening that allows your garden to look more like those of the other Hobbits, would be a big one. Allow the player to make a Hobbit that looks more like the other Hobbits. After all, you must remember, they are all related. They would happily spend hours telling you exactly how too! More complex social interactions with more Hobbits would add greater depth to those Hobbits. Activities like going fishing together, going to birthday parties, exchanging mathoms, helping with daily work and the like. These could all be repeatable tasks. Seasonal events would be nice. My point is that there is a good game here that celebrates the small things in life. Celebrate more of them.