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Does it add anything significant to the game?

Rules-As-Written, it adds another way to determine a Hazard, with slightly different odds than the table in the core game.

Cards-As-I-Use-Them, it provides great visual inspiration for describing Hazards and/or a way to show the players an appropriate illustration without having to flip through a book or pull up a website.

Thanks, I have a copy of it being delivered today.

I use Hobbit Tales and I have found it very enriching to our gaming.

The way I use them is based on the card drawn. I have separated the cards into two categories: Firstly, a hazard event card category where a 'travel role' hazard is played out; secondly, an encounter card category introducing an adversary based on the storyline and environment.

The way I play these two types of cards is as follows. When the player who rolled an Eye draws a card from the pile during a travel segment, the drawn card may have a number rating in the bottom left corner or not.

If it has a number rating (power level of a potential adversary), the LM creates an encounter based on inspiration from the card and the storyline of the campaign (drawing, name given, etc.).

If the card does NOT have a number rating, it will just have icons in the lower right hand corner which designate the 'travel role' and Hazard fallout (like whether it will involve a 'strain'. 'corruption', 'misery', 'wrong choices', etc. and what the effect will be on the companion involved).

The fun comes in at this point where it is up to the player who is affected by the card (which travel role is affected) to come up with a story about what has happened at this point in the journey that presents a Hazard, and what the character must do to avoid the effect. What the character storytells should be closely related to the journey's environmental conditions (both flora and fauna).

Some of the situations the players have come up with have been very detailed and super fun for the game's atmosphere. They are told what the TN is and the consequence, so they conjure up some awesome hurdle for their character in relation to it and the environs. FUN roleplaying!

Hope this helps. Enjoy!

Thanks, yes that does help. I got my set yesterday and I look forward to trying this out with AiME.