Creating a system that could accommodate Frodo, Aragorn, and Gandalf all in the same party, without the Frodo player spending 90% of the time twiddling his or her thumbs, would be quite a trick. I wonder if they plan to attempt that, or simply recommend that any group wishing to replicate the Fellowship should treat the hobbits* as NPCs.
[SIZE=-2]*Or the non-hobbits, but I suspect most players would prefer to play Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Boromir instead of Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin...[/SIZE]