Lord of the Rings Dragon Wars

Yeah well Tolkien had this nasty habit of including him in the Fellowship and GW likes to stick to the fluff somewhat.

...and GW likes to stick to the fluff somewhat

You mean contractually obligated.

I say have fun building the hobbit army and just remember that in the regular Lord of the Rings game Hobbits are more than legal they are lethal with a fantastic numeric advantage in any system they play.
TTFN
Nate

Yeah well GW can take liberties in some instances. Like things that aren't discussed in the book they got permission to make it up. Plus they got to choose whether to follow the books OR the movie or both, which changes who needs to get permission from whom.