An idea struck me this morning -- what if company size were limited not by the number of characters, but by the number of MPs such characters provide?
This would provide a less clunky framework for accommodating Bilbo and all the Dwarves.
So the rules would go:
- Companies have a 9 MP limit, but no limit to the number of characters
- Play for characters that give MPs is handled as normal
- However, for characters that do not give MPs, any number may be brought into play during the organization phase, and may be played regardless of the presence of your avatar
- Gimli and Legolas do not give MPs for this purpose when in the same company
- Ditto for Merry and Pippin