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The name "hobbit" is used only in official Middle-Earth products (movies, books, games, stickers, The Other Ring, whatever). Others, like most games, use some different words. Hobbits were called Halflings even in Tolkien's books (in Gondor and Rohan, IIRC) and that name is used in few places (like roguelike Crawl), they are Hurthlings in ADOM (another roguelike game), and Hoburgs in Dominions.

Mind you, many of the Halflings/Hoburgs/Hurthlings/Hobbits are very different. Some of the Hs are cunning survivors, other curious little thieves, some small people that can withstand much more than their size would allow, etc. Most of them are good at throwing and slinging rocks (this was mentioned in the books' prologue), although the Dominions Hoburgs don't have increased precision IIRC.

And I agree with B0rsuk: the execution is what matters, and that's what has made Dominions the masterpiece it is.