Just a reminder: There are only 4 days left! The pre-registration area for the Battle of Helm’s Deep pre-release on DGMA.com will CLOSE FEB 17th at midnight. If you haven’t signed up for the event, please visit DGMA.com and do so by midnight this Tuesday. After that, you will only be able to purchase a spot on the day of the Tourney – either Feb, 22nd or 23rd – as a walk-in first come, first serve registration.

FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PLAYERS and LOTR TCG FANS!

For all of you who live in Southern California or nearby, you have the opportunity to attend TWO pre-release tournaments! This DOUBLE-HEADER weekend is indeed a very special circumstance and here is all of the event information at this time:

THE OFFICIAL PRE-RELEASE EVENT OF THEONERING.NET!

FEBRUARY 22, 2003: WIZARDS OF THE COAST – Westminster Mall (Westminster, CA)

The WIZARDS OF THE COAST Store in the Westminster Mall, Westminster CA is the Official Pre-Release Tournament location of TheOneRing.net! This tournament will be held SATURDAY, Feb. 22nd. Here is a link for all of the official tournament information for this pre-release: [EVENT DETAILS]

FEBRUARY 23, 2003: SQUEEZE PLAY – Tustin, CA

There will also be a second Pre-Release Tournament at SQUEEZE PLAY in Tustin, CA on SUNDAY, FEB 23rd. Here is a direct link to the Battle of Helm’s Deep Pre Release at Squeeze Play: [EVENT DETAILS]

Thanks all for reading. Don’t forget…Pre-Registration CLOSES FEB 17 at midnight!

More to come…

Lao of Gondor

Backstage.com has a small writeup about TTT’s nomination for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. TTT is nominated for best ensemble, take a look! [More]

Stewart writes: Once again we’ve put two interviews on billyboyd.net. The first deals with the rather unsavoury issue of Internet impostors and the other one is just a lot of nonsense about stuff. [More]

Amy writes: On Friday February 14th, an article about LOTR animator Ramon Rivero appeared in The West Australian newspaper. It concerned his appearing at the Film and Television Institute to talk about animating Gollum. [More]

This week’s edition of the popular weekly comic book “Shukan Shonen Magazine” will feature a cover commemorating “The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers,” just the third time a movie has been made a subject in the magazine’s history. On sale from Wednesday, the comic book cover features manga-style comic drawings of the main characters in the film, with hobbit hero Frodo Baggins the centerpiece. [More]

It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for another Painting Guide for the Lord of the Rings Tabletop Battle Game! This week we have Galadriel, Celeborn, and Galadriel’s Mirror! So check that out and get painting! Don’t forget next week we’ll be premiering our Gollum Guide! [More] [Gaming Havens]