neat thread. I'd just started re-reading the hobbit yesterday!
What about Wizards? Or is it assumed that this isn't D&D, so no one gets to be anything other than a fighter-type? Granted, there were only the two blue (off somewhere), Gandalf, Radaghast, and Saruman... but still!
Too bad about the split-up books, though. No Gondor or Rohan? What about Rangers of the North? I blame Dragon Age, but at least they gave core concepts in the first set.
How do adventures work in LotR? I've never run the setting, though I suppose the theme should be some sort of journey, and maybe not the combat grid-style battles of D&D?