1) If you have A Light in His Mind in play, 1 hobbit on the table and 4 cards in hand...
If you play a hobbit from hand do you get to remove a burden? In other words, do you lose initiative before or after the hobbit is officially in play?
Now I'm not sure, but I think you do. There's no stack in lotr, so I think the game sees the following:
1) You play a
companion from your hand
2) You have now lost initiative and so
A Light in His Mind looks for
companions to trigger.
3)
A Light in His Mind finds 2
companions, and so you remove a burden.
Of course, this is just my instinct and I have no idea whether the rules even have an answer to this - they're very vague on precise timing.
2) With The Binding Ring, can you add two burdens even if you don't have a ring to play from your draw deck? (Pay the cost for no effect?) Similarly, can you return WoBaS to hand even if there are no roaming minions?
Absolutely; NK had this covered. This is what makes
WoBaS so amazing in
Inspiration decks! :hey:
3) Other than with Consorting with Wizards, why would anyone want to play with Bilbo, Bearer of Things Burgled?! (OK, so that wasn't exactly a rules question )
Actually, yes:
Red Book of Westmarch. Obviously, in that sort of deck there would be no reason not to play
Consorting with Wizards, but if you didn't have it the deck would still be very viable. As for his regroup ability, I have once or twice used it in my tale deck to play another copy of
There and Back Again after discarding it. Other than that, I don't much see the point.
Thranduil