To support the charity No Kid Hungry, prolific YouTube Minecraft host ImpulseSV will stream for 24 hours and recreate parts of the Lord of the Rings movies on the server.
Geeky pop-up Christmas holiday cards
A company called Lovepop isn’t as dodgy as it sounds. It sells pop-up cards.
Tolkien keycaps: Transform your keyboard into a relic from Middle-earth
Instantly recognizable from writings on legendary items such as the One Ring, the script of Tengwar was created by the ancient Elf FĂ«anor and eventually replaced the runelike Cirth to become the text of choice for Elvish languages such as Sindarin: the language featured on this set.
Lord of the Rings ugly Christmas sweaters
Who’s Lord of the Rings sweater are you calling ugly?
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #125
Fortunately, there’s been plenty of RPG news to keep brains distracted here in the North from the unrelenting encroachment of winter of darkness.
An expert touch: A review of The One Ring RPG 2nd edition
Bringing The One Ring to life and making it feel like adventures in Middle-earth also needs an expert touch. The Loremaster, the game’s version of GM, needs to be good.
3Dice: The Fellowship’s severed heads and food in your gamer dice!
There are three types of dice on offer; 16mm d6, 19mm d6 and the standard polyhedral set.
The War of the Rohirrim: Lord of the Rings prequel anime approved by New Line
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will be the bloody saga of Helm’s Deep, which’s the fortress from The Two Towers.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #101
It’s been a busy week, so sit back and treat yourself to a scroll through the headlines; sales, reviews, interviews and stats from the RPG-scene.
Mircalla Tepez as Arwen from Lord of the Rings in this striking cosplay
The photography is by Josef Kristof, and the dress here is the one from the Arwen chase scene.