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If you're not sure who Chris is (gasp!), here's a brief bio:
Professor Chris Seeman was running games set in JRR Tolkien's world long before <a href="http://www.ironcrown.com">Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE)</a> began producing the [Middle-earth Role-playing] ([MERP]) series. 

In 1992 he established ([Other Hands])<a href="http://www.otherhands.com">Other Hands: The International Journal of Middle-earth Gaming</a>, which he published on a quarterly basis until 2001. He has edited and contributed to several of [ICE]'s [MERP] modules, as well as some of the more recent Lord of the Rings [RPG] products by <a href="http://www.decipher.com/lordoftherings/rpg/products/">Decipher</a>.
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He has also been co-editor and author for <a href="http://www.guildcompanion.com">The Guild Companion eZine</a> and many content submissions there.
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He manages The Tolkien Music List  <a href="http://www.tolkien-music.com">www.tolkien-music.com</a>. Chris holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Religions from the University of California at Berkeley. 
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He was/is also co-editor and co-author of a number of ICE modules in the 1990's and and in the 2000's for Decipher's LOTR RPG, including:
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<li><a href="http://asp.merp.com/kinstrife.asp"> Kin-strife (1995)</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://asp.merp.com/sgondorland.asp"> Southern Gondor: The Land (1996)</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://asp.merp.com/sgondorpeople.asp">Southern Gondor: The People (1996)</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://asp.merp.com/nwaste.asp">The Northern Waste (1997)</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://asp.merp.com/healer.asp">Hands of the Healer (1997)</a></li>
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<b>Decipher's LOTR RPG (Lord of the Rings role-playing game)</b>
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<li><a href="http://asp.merp.com/catalog3/product/lotrrpg/dec0006.html">Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic (2003)</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://asp.merp.com/catalog3/product/lotrrpg/dec0007.html">Moria (2003)</a></li>
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In the "real world", he is a professor in religious studies at a liberal arts college in Iowa.
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He is a noted Tolkien scholar in gaming circles. 
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