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Hawke's Overviews of Tolkien RPGs
Here are some musings and general thoughts about the different Tolkien-based role-playing game systems available...
The Hobbit in Latin
The Hobbit is translated into Latin
The Hobbit goes discount
The hobbit moves from primary theater to discount theaters.
interesting map
This is a map that is on the internet. It is a possible interpretation on the location of middle-earth. It can be found in the map page of all places. :)
Character Creator for Tor
This is a java app that makes characters for Tor
Links from the Tolkien society meeting
New Links
Magic & Spells in Middle-earth by Erik Tracy
This is an essay by Erik Tracy on Magic and spells in Middle-earth archived from his website...
The Hobbit Movie & Gaming Celebration at Merlyn's on site and online
Sunday, December 16, 2012, 2:00pm until 8:00 or 9:00 pm,
People beginning to step up to save the sites and the servers.
Several people have stepped up with offers to help save the sites and servers in various ways. Things are still in flux. More details later. For now, things back online for some sites now.
Last chance for Tolkien-related sites like Middle-earth Radio, Merp.com and others. Will you step up to save them? Or will it be "good riddance"?
Sorry to have to take such strong actions, but circumstances have forced the issue. This is the last chance for someone to step up and run merp.com (and/or the number of other sites like Middle-earth Radio and others).
New TOR RPG LM Screen Arrived
Yay! Received The One Ring Role-Playing Game (TOR RPG) Loremaster (LM) Screen and Laketown Sourcebook. Will be writing an additional review soon, meanwhile here are the previous reviews...
PBS Idea Channel mentions RPG Research
Last week the PBS Idea Channel ran a piece on Dungeons & Dragons benefits. Today they responded to comments from last weeks video, and mentioned in the comments section of their video (towards the end of the video on Justin Bieber), mentioned RPG Research and suggested people should check out the website.
Tolkien Moot IX (2013) Canceled until further notice.
The Tolkien Moot website tersely announced yesterday that next year's Tolkien Gaming convention has been canceled...
Can Dungeons & Dragons Make You A Confident & Successful Person?
For those needing even more information about the potential benefits of role-playing games, here is a recent piece on the PBS Idea Channel...
MERP for Skyrim
Surprisingly, no one at merp.com mentioned (or knew?) about the project to create a Middle-earth mod to Skyrim. It has been going on for quite some time, they have recently received a C&D from dark hand of Sauron. They call it MERP for Middle-earth Role-playing, but they are not actually related to the Middle-earth Role-playing community here, or ICE, or elsewhere, so this might cause some name confusion. Anyhow, here are some links and more information about them. If you play Skyrim/Elder Scrolls, etc. and try their MERP mods, please let folks here at merp.com know more about your experience. Namarie!
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