“Excitement ran high as GenCon began, with whispered rumors of “something big” happening Friday afternoon. Throughout the convention’s opening day, the buzz increased as lucky attendees showed friends their coveted tickets to Decipher’s by-invitation-only announcement event. Who would get in? What might they hear? The Lord of the Rings fans from all branches of the game community descended on Decipher’s booth, hoping for admission to the super-secret event.” [More]
Month: August 2001
Thanks to JJ for this: The latest issue of the literary journal Parabola contains an article examining the anti-hero ‘fool’ status of the Hobbits in LoTR. The article is illustrated with movie stills, including one of Bilbo I have not seen before… Scan and send people!!
Ringer Spy Kevin popped in to tell me that you can pre-order the animated ‘Hobbit’ and ‘LOTR’ from Reel.com.[More]
From: Benn
An advertisement for the “Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring” tabletop battle game from this Septembers issue of Wizard magazine.
The Lord of the Rings Adventure Begins Here Sweepstakes!
Book Sense is pleased to announce The Lord of the Rings Adventure Begins Here Sweepstakes! In September, via a partnership with Houghton Mifflin and New Line Cinema, Book Sense and BookSense.com will launch an eight-week promotion featuring the soon-to-be-released film Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and movie tie-in books. [More]
Thanks to Bongo for the tip!
These amazing new pics have appeared on French site Numenor – Did the mysterious Boumbo have a hand in this? Either way, they’re fabulous images. Here’s some new links that should work better: Bilbo,
Sting and
Rivendell
Thanks to Tom and Rosa.