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Throwback Review: The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, 2002

There was a very specific window of time when The Lord of the Rings was everywhere. Peter Jackson’s films were

The Battle of Helm’s Deep is one of the great fantasy battles. The rain. The wall. The torches in the

The Third Age of Middle-earth is often remembered as the age of hobbits, wandering wizards, hidden kings, and one final

For a certain generation of tabletop players, this was the doorway into Middle-earth. When Iron Crown Enterprises released Middle-earth Role

One of the strangest things about The Fellowship of the Ring is that one of its most important chapters is

In his landmark essay On Fairy-stories, J.R.R. Tolkien coined the term eucatastrophe to describe “the sudden joyous turn,” the moment

July marks the 72nd anniversary of the publication of The Fellowship of the Ring, and that feels like as good

Local tabletop wargamer Alex M. announced the start of an ambitious new army project this week, citing “creative momentum” and

Released in 1999 as part of the Specialist Games line, with Andy Chambers as the primary developer, Battlefleet Gothic took

There’s a version of gaming we all imagine: Everyone shows up on time, the table is clear, the GM has