Now we have someone to hate more than Sauron. Sorry Andrew but by with-holding that information you have just become the ultimate point of hatred for Tolkien gamers. You are most definitely
The point about nothing happening in the Shire seems relevant from a surface perspective but let's not forget that the closer we come to the War of the Ring the more Sauron/Andrew is seeking information about Hobbits and surely the Shire will come under scrutiny more and more. The game I'm about to start will involve Men from the south coming into Breeland and staking out farms with rather more 'farmhands' than necessary.
Another thought, raised by a separate post, concerns Sanctuaries. In Rhovanion/Wilderland we have Lake-town, Erebor, Beorn's House Thranduil's Halls, Rhosgobel, Woodman town and an as yet tentative/un-filled out Dale. Looking at the list of settlements in the Clarifications document p8 covering Titles that seems to be the limit on places that could be called Sanctuaries. Examining eastern Eriador what have we got for Sanctuaries, Rivendell maybe the Ranger's 'Den of the Dunedain', possibly Tharbad, but I doubt it from the description, and Bree (which is AFAIK going to be detailed in the book covering the Shire along with the Barrow Downs). So I'm thinking the Shire should be a Sanctuary as well as Bree being the two main points of light in the darkness of eastern Eriador.
Travelling from the outskirts of Bree or the Northern Downs east to Rivendell and then possibly not finding it makes for eastern Eriador being a very dangerous place. Nowhere to stay and recover or a safe place to build a farm or home. And I can't off-hand think of many to the north and immediately west of the Shire before Ered Luin; Tower Hills, Grey Havens, Annuminas, Lindon?