Ostadan writes: Fantasy Flight Games’ page of ‘rants’ has two items of interest to Tolkien fans; both are expansions of existing games. Lord of the Rings: Battlefields: “In August, Reiner Knizia gives us a new expansion for the classic Lord of the Rings board game. Each of the boards from the main game has a corresponding battlefield, and players maneuver heroes and villains on these battlefields to improve their position in the fully integrated main game. We’ll have more information from Reiner on this expansion at the end of this month, so stay tuned!” [More]
Month: March 2006
Ostadan writes: Fantasy Flight Games’ page of ‘rants’ has two items of interest to Tolkien fans; both are expansions of existing games. War of the Ring: Battles of the Third Age: “Battles of the Third Age is also both a companion game and an expansion for the original. The tactical companion game allows you to recreate the battles of Gondor and Rohan on an all new double-sided game board. [More]
New to DVD ‘A History of Violence’: David Cronenberg’s drama of a small town husband and father (Viggo Mortensen) whose small town act of heroism — saving the patrons of his diner by killing a pair of criminal psychopaths — reveals his own repressed past as a brutal criminal is one of the best American films of the last year. The film turns the vigilante hero story on its head as it portrays his history of violence as a hibernating virus that emerges like a reflex when his family comes under attack, and shows the reverberations of the revelation through his small town family. [More]
Be sure to tune into FOX tonight at 9PM EST to catch a new episode of “24” with Sean Astin. Sean has joined the cast of the hit show in it’s fifth season, he plays a savvy government agent who has taken control of ‘CTU’ the Counter Terrorism Unit.
Sean Astin is slated to be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on Thursday, March 16th. He is there to promote his work on the award winning drama “24”. ‘The Tonight Show’ airs on NBC at 11:35PM. “24” airs every Monday night on FOX.
The folks from Billy’s Loons Charities write: Scottish Youth Theatre is heading out to New York City to perform their new musical, Geordie. Please see the flyer for more details. Mark Irwin, the Marketing Manager of the Scottish Youth Theatre, sent BLC the following message regarding this new venture. “It would be lovely if some of the BBLoons where able to make it to the production, it would be especially nice to actually thank, in person, those people who have been so generous towards Scottish Youth Theatre.” [More]