Showing posts with label The Hobbit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Hobbit. Show all posts

Thursday, October 24, 2013

In 1977 a company called West Coast Games published a small run of a solitaire adventure board game based on “The Hobbit” called “There and Back Again,” designed by John Williams. It is rare, ugly and unlicensed.  I really like it.




(These two images are from boardgamegeek.com.)

Even though the map isn’t used much in the game - I redrew it.
Trying to capture an early 80’s Avalon Hill - Dragon Pass- sort of feel - and just doodling.




- Nate Dray




For more info on this game check out the Board Game Geek entry:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6833/there-and-back-again

For more on on Tolkien board games see these sites:
http://www.freewebs.com/tolkienboardgamecollecting/
http://www.boardgame.de/tolkien.htm