I don't have mine yet, but from what I've read it's the same game with new rules for the new miniatures. If you intend on buying any of The Hobbit miniatures, then yes, you should get the rulebook.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Battle of the Five Armies™. The Lord of the Rings. Journey™ Strategy Battle Game rules manual (pg 110).

Otherwise, stick with what you have. Si Monvmentvm Reqvires Circvmspice Rar more. Also, note that the rulebook in the is not the same as the hardback.

It's a very minor excerpt of the hardback, just enough rules to play with the figures in the box set. So plan on getting them both (I was hoping to get them for Christmas, no such luck. Maybe birthday ). Don't forget that the miniature Rulebook in the EfGT box set has NO profiles and NO points even for the figures included in the box. Their profiles ARE included in the other enclosed booklet but NOT the points values.

Crack For Pinnacle Studio Plus 12. This is the first publication of a LotR related rulebook from GW that does not include miniature profiles and points. The change was made with no prior warning so a lot of people who bought the box set felt short changed on discovering that they would have to buy the hardcover rulebook as well in order to get what was always included prior to this release. *Edit and update* Games Workshop made the complete profiles section from the hardcover book available as a PDF on their website in December 2013.

No No No!!!!!! I would stay away from the hobbit rule book, They (in my opinion) made the game worse. Archery with new rules is useless, monsters have ne 'gamey' rules like hurl so you can line up a lot of units behind a monster and he can just throw them like a catapult.