I still worry about using the same designer on consecutive games. I like Joe, and I own TSPP and soon a WOZ, but I was really hoping for Nordman before he left. It would've been great if John Trudeau had been snatched up by JJP. I'm probably gonna have to wait until I see what he has in store for us before I buy another NIB. I've missed Trudeau. The Hobbit movie (Part 1) was a very dry experience for me too. Room for all of them though. Best of luck to all of them.

And I hope the battle axes don't move every time the slings fire. That sounds like it would be cool, but it would be annoying as heck after a while. Maybe that's not what the drawing is showing any way.

Smaug is supposed to be the big interactive element in the Hobbit game though I think.

It is very cool and clever, but do you really want it happening every time it fires that close to your flippers?