I had a Hobbit on order but changed to GB after playing Hobbit. Hobbit is a beautiful game and very deep - it will be a keeper for the serious player and JJP code updates will keep it interesting for you.
But my machine is going in my summer rental place and most of these renters will be playing a pin for the first time. So Hobbit just wouldn't fit in - I needed less of a "Time Zone" kind of game and more of a "Whoa Nellie".
They are really 2 quite different kind of games and you really have to do some soul searching to figure out what's right for you.