‘The War of the Ring’ Web Campaign for The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game to Launch Summer 2005
This summer, Games Workshop Hobbyists in the UK will get the chance to take part in “The War of The Ring” web campaign. The campaign gives hobbyists the chance to decide the fate of Middle-earth! Will the efforts of the Fellowship be futile with the forces of evil overrunning Middle-earth destroying anything good that stands in their path; or will the forces of good rally together and drive out the dark forces allowing Middle-earth to return to peace once more? The fate of Middle-earth will be decided!
The War of the Ring website (www.thewarofthering.co.uk) will be at the centre of the campaign with hobbyists registering their game results, following the campaigns progress and talking tactics! The website will have the following features:
- Interactive Map – where you can explore Middle-earth, find out information about the progress of the campaign and post your gaming results.
- Forums – Here you can discuss tactics, battle plans and where to post your results.
- Hobby Articles – Giving tips on gaming, painting, converting and terrain building.
Important dates for this site:
- 1st of May website goes live for browsing and registration
- 1st June the first results can be posted
- 31st of August the end of the campaign
- September the results of the campaign will be posted
Events and activity around the UK
During the summer there will be coordinated activities around the UK:
- Daily gaming, painting and modelling in Games Workshop Hobby Centres
- The Wrath of Umbar roadshow will be visiting selected Games Workshop stores and independent stockists where participants will have a chance to pick up a special edition Gimli on Uruk-Hai model and participate in special hobby activities.
- Warhammer World will also be hosting ‘The Battle for Rohan’, a campaign weekend on the 16th and 17th of July
- White Dwarf, Games Workshops hobby publication will be giving away a free campaign map of Middle-earth with issue 305
About Games Workshop
Games Workshop designs, manufactures, distributes and retails tabletop wargame systems and associated miniatures, marketed as a complete hobby. Its key brands are Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of The Rings Strategy Battle Game.
The Games Workshop Hobby attracts over 750,000 people worldwide (12+ age group). Hobbyists can paint the miniatures, build their own scenery, join local clubs, take part in local, regional and national tournaments and read all about their favourite characters and worlds in the associated Black Library books.
With its international headquarters in Nottingham, the company also has wholly-owned subsidiaries in the US, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Spain and over 2,100 people are employed by the company through these operations. Games Workshop owns over 250 retail stores worldwide and Games Workshop product is featured in more than 2,000 independent outlets internationally. Games Workshop is a public company quoted on the London Stock Exchange.
Games Workshop controls every aspect of its business, from initial concept and design through to manufacture, distribution and retail.
Products are sold through the Group’s own chain of dedicated retail stores, through independent retailers, by mail order and direct via on-line stores. The Group’s publication White Dwarf is available via the stores, by mail order, on newsstands throughout the world (in several languages) and through its website – http://www.games-workshop.com/
About New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema is the oldest and most successful independent film company in the world. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted to home entertainment, television, music, theater, licensing, merchandising and international marketing and distribution. New Line is a pioneer in franchise filmmaking and its Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the most successful film franchise in history. Together with its subsidiary, Fine Line Features, New Line is a unit of Time Warner. For further press information about New Line Cinema’s merchandising program, please contact Stephanie Baumoel or Sheila Feren at FerenComm, 212-983-9898.
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Amy H. Sturgis writes: Registration is now open for my Fall 05 class “J.R.R. Tolkien in History, Political Thought, and Literature (LIS 3600.01)” at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, USA. This course will explore the works, inspiration, and influence of J.R.R. Tolkien. Students will consider the historical era that directly inspired the world of Middle-earth, the political movements that adopted and reinterpreted Tolkien’s symbols in the mid-to-late twentieth century, and the questions of religion, environmentalism, and war that now make Tolkien resonate in the the twenty-first century consciousness. [More]
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Faithful Spy REZ dropped me a line this morning: Good morning, I went to the theater to see Interpreter this weekend and saw the trailer for Flightplan staring Jodie Foster, with Sean Bean. Touchstone did not have the trailer up yet but it is on MSN today. [More]
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Garfeimao writes: The Line Party was a blast. Some people showed up at 6am, and by the time I got there around 1:30pm, there must have already been about 30 people in line, or more. We had some 18 entrants in our Costume contest, and all entrants got a Ringers shirt, with the winners getting Ringers Steins, and the Best in Show got a LOTR boardgame. We had a trivia competition, and everyone was given raffle tickets, until we could get the shirts to pass out to them. We must have handed out an additional 50 Ringers shirts to the crowd. There was a basket of assorted candy, which went over quite well as I passed it around. The theater staff and festival staff seemed rather amused and bemused by us, but I think they had a lot of fun too. [More]
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Garfeimao writes: The Line Party was a blast. Some people showed up at 6am, and by the time I got there around 1:30pm, there must have already been about 30 people in line, or more. We had some 18 entrants in our Costume contest, and all entrants got a Ringers shirt, with the winners getting Ringers Steins, and the Best in Show got a LOTR boardgame. We had a trivia competition, and everyone was given raffle tickets, until we could get the shirts to pass out to them. We must have handed out an additional 50 Ringers shirts to the crowd. There was a basket of assorted candy, which went over quite well as I passed it around. The theater staff and festival staff seemed rather amused and bemused by us, but I think they had a lot of fun too.
Once inside the theater, and with all the prizes given out, the film finally started. I was happy to note that my street sign, and others in the neighborhood, made the final cut. But when you live on Gondor, how could that not be in there? Much later on, I’m back onscreen, happily crooning about my Wee Scarvie, that I’m a Loon (fan of Billy Boyd) and that I frequent the message board that used to be on his official website. And I must point out here that Billy was sitting just two rows behind me, and I’d been talking to him an hour or two before the film. I gave his girlfriend a Wee Scarvie, for heaven’s sake, and explained it’s history. So, it was quite comical to see how I will be immortalized in the film. But you know, it’s all good, I’ve never made any bones about who my favorite in the film is, and the filmmakers knew that.
So, the rest of the film, it’s very energetic, got some really cool imagery and animation, and some very funny dialogue from Narrator Dom. They sort of span fandom from the halls of the Literati, to pop icon status, the hippie culture to Rock n’ Roll and everything in between. Heck, I’m a third Generation LOTR fan, since my Grandfather was the one that bought the books for my mom when she was in school, which she then gave me when I was in school. The music rocks, no doubt about that, and they interview a vast array of singers, authors, scholars and actors outside of just those currently involved in the films. The funnest part was seeing this with a lot of other Ringers, including many we were to see in the film. We were all encouraged to give a shout out when we saw ourselves or friends of ours.
At the end, the actors from the films give a really beautiful message of how the fandom has affected them, and will continue to affect future generations. The film had technical difficulties at the end, and I had to run to the restroom, but it appears they were able to rewind and run the ending again. So, the bulk of the audience got to see that. And then it was off to the post party at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Wow, what a rager that turned out to be. I have been going to the Newport Beach Film Festival since it first started, 6 years ago. I usually go alone, because no one in my family is interested in art films or foreign language films, like me, and most of my friends are up in LA. So, when the film also includes a post party, I tend to go for awhile, then get bored because I don’t know anyone. I’m not in the industry, so I’m not networking, and so I’ve always been a bit on the outside.
But this year, because Ringers was coming up, I had already talked with some of the Festival staff and was able to continue getting to know them at the screenings and parties I attended (Crash opens in the US soon and is really good, and Layer Cake, from the UK will rock your socks off). I then ended up running into other film buffs and some industry people who were easy to talk to and not just into networking. Go me. And then I got to meet a few actors, Billy Boyd only being one of them. So now I’ve been to three films in three nights, with three very different parties. I’m going to another film tomorrow, and then I may catch the British Short film series on Tuesday, since I now know the director of one of the films quite well. Again, Go me. In short, I really like film festivals, but it was a joy to see a film I had a little something to do with, and one where I knew so many people in it. I think everyone involved in actually making the film really put their hearts up there on the screen, and it shows. I hope everyone gets to see it really soon.
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Ringer Spies Almarë-Sárë, Sytske & Glarawen send along these great images from the Elf Fantasy Fair in the Netherlands. Take a look at some great photos of John Noble, Lawrence Makoare & Alan Lee. [More]
Take a look at Gallery II here! [More]
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