Showing posts with label Middle-earth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle-earth. Show all posts
22 September 2026

Happy Hobbit Day

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Today is the birthday of those two most famous of all hobbits: Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. Hence, ‘ Hobbit Day ’. Also, yesterday (21 September...
13 August 2026

Pete Fenlon on the Rise and Fall of Iron Crown Enterprises

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Throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s, Iron Crown Enterprises was my favourite role-playing company. Of course, like most, I started out in...
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19 October 2025

To Do List: Middle-earth and Greyhawk campaign notes; a new Lyonesse character

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I’ve sadly neglected this blog over the past two months. But I have not been (entirely) idle – indeed, I’ve been quite busy running my two c...
17 June 2025

Reflections on Middle-earth Roleplaying, Rolemaster, Against the Darkmaster, and Art

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Back when I was a young lad and able to devote much of my time to role-playing games (late middle-school and high-school), I tried out a wid...
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28 March 2025

My 2 Campaigns in 2 Paragraphs

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Over at the RPG pub (the only RPG forum I regularly visit these days) there’s an interesting thread asking people to describe their campaig...
29 January 2025

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy with live music

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This was one of the most enjoyable experiences I’ve had in recent years: watching Peter Jackson’s film trilogy, The Lord of the Rings , acco...
27 November 2024

Open Ended Games 2024 Q&A

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I’m currently running two campaigns using the Against the Darkmaster ("VsD") fantasy role-playing game, one set in my homebrew se...
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05 October 2024

The Main Problem with the Rings of Power series

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So, the final episode was a mixed bag like the rest of the series.  The “Wizard” storyline ended pretty much as I expected (disappointing, l...
02 October 2024

Rings of Power Season 2 Thoughts

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Season 2 of The Rings of Power  is definitely better overall than season 1. But the series remains, on balance, disappointing. Below are som...
30 September 2024

My grievances concerning 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons: a final statement

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Let me start with some background about what “fantasy” means to me and hence what I generally look for in fantasy role-playing games (FRPGs)...
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15 August 2024

On the Trailers for Season 2 of the Rings of Power

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There have been two recent trailers for the next season of Amazon’s The Rings of Power series. One from Comic Con a couple of weeks ago ( l...
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10 July 2024

Trampier and Amthor inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame

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There is something called “ The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design Hall of Fame .” It has existed since 1974 and includes many impo...
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06 June 2024

Against the Witch-King: Chapter 2

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Strange Events in Bree The first chapter of our saga covered the initial events involving the newly formed fellowship of Almarian (a Dúnad...