Uh-oh… Looks like some of the hottest items in all of geekdom are about to go away forever. Better buy now before it is too late!! [More]
Day: June 25, 2003
Sideshow/Weta Collectibles just sent out notice that the following items are about to sell out. It seems some of the more popular pieces will be retired very shortly, so we thought we’d alert you to the situation. Here is the list:
• Arms of the Fellowship, Col 1 ( < 17 pieces left)
• Arms of the Fellowship, Col 2 ( < 70 pieces left)
• Arms of Gimli ( < 36 pieces left)
• Arms of Aragorn ( < 31 pieces left)
• Arms of Lurtz ( < 67 pieces left)
• The Cave Troll Statue ( < 13 pieces left)
• TTT Series 1 Bust – Galadriel ( < 35 pieces left)
And on the bad news front, the Uruk-Hai Berserker Bust, from Series 2 The Two Towers is completely sold out.
Sideshow/Weta Collectibles is our official sponsor, so any purchases you do make through these links will help pay for our bandwidth and other expenses as we get closer to ROTK. Thank you in advance for your generous support!
Nexus Editrice is proud to announce the acquisition of the boardgame rights from Tolkien Enterprise/Sophisticated Games to publish worldwide a wargame based on “The Lord of the Rings”. [More]
Nexus to publish “The Lord of the Rings – The War of the Ring” boardgame worldwide
Camaiore, Italy
June 23rd, 2003
Nexus Editrice is proud to announce the acquisition of the boardgame rights from Tolkien Enterprise/Sophisticated Games to publish worldwide a wargame based on “The Lord of the Rings”.
“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien has sold millions of copies worldwide and has been acclaimed as one of the best literary achievements in the XX Century.
Sophisticated Games has been publishing a series of “The Lord of the Rings” boardgames since 2001, which have been exceptionally successful. The most successful game in “The Lord of the Rings” series, created by Reiner Knizia, sold over 1 million copies worldwide. None of the games previously published, however, enabled players to simulate the grandeur of the battles raging across Middle Earth narrated in the Trilogy.
Sophisticated Games entrusted Nexus with the production and worldwide distribution of the “War of the Ring” boardgame after examining a series of project on the same theme presented by some of the top boardgame companies in the world.
“‘The War of the Ring’ will be the game that Tolkien’s fans all around the world have been waiting for,” commented Roberto Di Meglio, CEO of Nexus Editrice. “The players will have a wide choice of strategical options, and at the same time the game is very faithful to its background and Tolkien’s vision of Middle Earth.”
Robert Hyde, Sophisticated Games’ founder and CEO, declared: “Our decision to license this game to Nexus was based upon a careful analysis of the various LOTR wargames that were proposed to us. The Nexus game seemed to us to lead the field in every way, with its perfect combination of Middle Earth atmosphere and exciting wargaming mechanism. We have worked together with Nexus on other Tolkien games and have every confidence that the company will make this game a huge success worldwide.”
“The Lord of the Rings – The War of the Ring” will allow for a re-enactment of the events in the book from the departure of the Fellowship from Rivendell up to the battles between Mordor and Gondor and the (possible) destruction of the Ring.
The boardgame will also be exceptionally rich in content, with hundreds of playing pieces, a huge color map of Middle Earth, and more than 120 cards, to display on the gaming table the full scope of Tolkien’s epic tale.
Nexus Editrice, now celebrating 10 years in the gaming industry, is one of the leading game publishers in Italy. Nexus produces board games, role playing games, card games, miniature games, publishes magazines devoted to games, with original products and licensed editions of major international brands. Nexus games, like the award-winning X-BUGS series, have been licensed all around the world and Nexus’ plastic figure range, ATLANTIC, is distributed in four continents.
Sophisticated Games, based in Cambridge, England, is a developer of high quality boardgames based upon recognised and respected literary properties. Although the company is only five years old they have published games based upon Sophie’s World, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings which have been critically acclaimed international bestsellers in 16 languages.
Contact Information
Roberto Di Meglio – demiurgo@nexusgames.com
WWW: http://www.nexusgames.com
VIA CALAGRANDE 9 – 55040 – CAPEZZANO P. (ITALY)
Greetings Unto All Ringers attending Comic Con in San Diego this year. There will be 2 Moots for Ringers to meet at Comic Con Both will take place at The Field Irish Pub and Restaurant two blocks north of the Convention Center, 544 5th Ave. The Field is a wonderful Irish Pub with a great atmosphere. [More]
Greetings Unto All Ringers attending Comic Con in San Diego this year
There will be 2 Moots for Ringers to meet at Comic Con
Both will take place at The Field Irish Pub and Restaurant two blocks north of the Convention Center, 544 5th Ave . The Field is a wonderful Irish Pub with a great atmosphere. (they have Guinness Stout on tap)
*Please note the room we will be in is on the second floor and there is NO Elevator. *
Their web site is Web site http://www.thefield.com. If you have any questions please contact me at eridana@cox.net and not the restaurant
The first Moot will be a Welcome to Comic Con Moot following preview night July 16 from 9PM to midnight. The Wed July 16 will be a buffet and the cost will be $20 not including drinks (except Iced Tea). The limit is approximately 75 people for the buffet.
We will have a raffle of donated items (we have some good things already promised, if you have a mathom to contribute, please bring it along)
The buffet menu consists of
Vegetable tray
Salad
Shepard’s Pie
Fish and Chips
Rasher and Cheese boxty (potato pancake with bacon and cheese)
Vegetable Boxty (vegetarian)
Iced Tea
The Sunday Goodbye Moot will be from 1PM -3 PM with a limited menu for $16. They have live music and dancers that we are welcome to stay for, but we will need to share the upstairs room after 4PM. The estimate for this Moot is 50 people.
The limited Sun menu consists of
Vegetable tray (for everyone)
Chicken sage boxty
Corned beef sandwich
Marinated chicken sandwich
Veggie Burger (vegetarian)
Iced tea
If you have any food questions please contact me at eridana@cox.net
Let me know off list if you wish to attend and I will send you my mailing address. I would appreciate a check by July 10 ($36 for both Wed and Sun).