Chris Seeman Essays

Essays by the creator of Other Hands Magazine, and creator of many modules for both ICE MERPS and Decipher LotR.

Magic in Middle-earth by Chris Seeman

You can read more on the discussion of this hotly debated topic in the Middle-earth Magic Forums. MAGIC There are literally hundreds of examples of magic use in Tolkien's writings upon which a game mechanics of supernatural power might readily be developed. Unfortunately, most attempts at devising principles of Middle-earth magic have either chosen to totally ignore this extensive source material, or to narrowly focus only on one or two facets of it, or to impose abstract generalizations that do not fit the evidence. The only way to remedy this is to undertake the research necessary to do justice to what Tolkien has actually written. What follows is a preliminary list of some prominent manifestations of supernatural power that appear in the Silmarillion.....

MerpCon 2005 Report by Chris Seeman

To the best of my knowledge, “MERPcon Northwest Inland 2005,” which took place last weekend in Spokane, Washington (July 29-31), was the first independently organized gaming convention exclusively dedicated to Middle-earth. ...

Palantiri by Chris Seeman (Wiki Page)

PALANTÍRI