Battle of Five Armies board game solo

I have picked up the game already, so the deed is done.

I have to preface this by saying that I really love playing solo games. I play a lot of Mage Knight, Darkest Knight, Relic, Gingkopolis, LotR LCG, Gears of War, Thunderstone, Nations, Shadowrun, Pathfinder... pretty much anything I can get my hands on that is playable solo.

That said, I am wondering how to go about playing BoFA solo and curious as to what the experience would be like.

I know that there is hidden information in the form of cards, but have there been any variants developed to mitigate this?

If not, I am just interested in how people go about playing this game solo.

Thanks!