Oh, I am not a BW fanboy, by any means. I enjoy it a great deal, and it is by far one of my favorite systems, but it has its flaws and I find myself playing other games these days myself. I was just stating my opinion, that BW does Tolkien extremely well.

As far as the focus goes, you’re right, the teamwork aspect of TOR is really cool. Maybe something that could be drifted into D&D or other systems too, sounds like a solid idea. I might argue, however, that teamwork wasn’t really one of the themes in LotR. The characters all seemed to be following their personal beliefs more than anything. And when teamwork really got important, such as with Sam and Frodo, it was almost entirely emotionally driven. Hence why I’d choose BW for an authentic Tolkien experience.