If you have already read Flinch’s notes on the LOTR TCG extravaganza this weekend, check out what Quickbeam had to say about his gaming experience. [More]

Greetings — Quickbeam here.

Our very own Flinch helped us put together a great fund-raiser down in Irivine, California this past Sunday — all of the proceeds will help TheOneRing.net get a new server (thank you players)!

If you weren’t there you missed out on a lot of fun.

It was really cool that most all of our participants were women!  Whoever said that girls don’t enjoy a good trading card game was wrong.  I had a laugh at their expense, too.  Every time one of the young ladies played a Legolas card I would start warbling “Oh, ORLI…. you’re just so dreamy….”

Actually, everyone learned the game quickly.  Just spending a couple of turns showing the flow of the game was enough.  Soon the players were speeding off, coming up with clever strategies all their own.

It was a sweet deal for the new players who attended.  For only $10 we gave them a new Starter Deck, a couple of Boosters, and a GREAT draw-string bag filled with glass counters.  That’s a lot of swag for ten bucks.  On top of all that, we sold raffle tickets for an entire box of Booster Packs.  A very surprised 7 year-old boy was one of our lucky winners.  You should have seen him jumping and racing around the tables with his new cards.   🙂

Everyone then got to see “Fellowship” in all its theatrical glory.  A fine day indeed.

We will schedule another one of these demonstrations soon.  So all you folks located in the Hollywood – Beverly Hills – metro Los Angeles area be sure to watch this space for details.  It’s a great afternoon, you will get lots of cool stuff, AND you will learn the game from well-seasoned players (patting myself on the back with a leafy branch).

Much too hasty,

Quickbeam

Read Flinch’s notes here
E-mail quickbeam at quickbeam@theonering.net

People in the Bay Area will have heard of the Bay to Breakers race which happens on May 19th this year. Apart from the people actually trying to come first, there’s thousands of people that just walk the track dressed in tutus and playing the tuba or something. Anyone interested in making up a party of elves, hobbits and rangers can email me and we’ll see how big a TORN Fellowship we can drum up.

Not much happening this morning….don’t forget we’re asking you to submit questions for Christopher Lee. Yours might be one of the 20 questions that we ask him. [More] Meanwhile speaking of 20 Questions, anyone remember the very first interview on AICN where PJ talked about the films? Take a trip down memory lane here and here

Good news for Tolkien fans in Texas. There is a Christian conference coming up on May 11 in Austin, Texas regarding CS Lewis. One of the topics to be presented is “Wartime Wisdom: Ten Uncommon Insights about Evil in The Lord of the Rings”. [More] Thanks to Matt for the link.