Thanks to Gaming Guru DarthCaeser for the news on IGN!
Poll: How do you think the first Lord of the Rings movie will turn out!
Current Results: 52.0% Awesome, five stars
20.8% Good, four stars
16.6% I don’t know
4.1% Average, three stars
4.1% Worst movie ever! One star
2.0% Poor, two stars
Quiz: Who is Sauron’s master?
Answer: Morgoth (obviosly)
Remeber Rivendell: A weekly IGN Insider article about the Lord of the Rings, written by Jason Bates.
“So when it came time to think up another column for IGN, writing about Middle-Earth seemed like a very natural thing to do. In this column, I’ll try to talk about all the different things that make Middle-Earth special, as we count down the days until the film debuts in late December. ”
And a couple of TORN mentions (I sent in a bunch of Gaming info for them):
“Next, we’ll sort out some of the licensing issues with the current crop of Lord of the Rings games, or at least start to. Gerry Morrow, games editor over at the TheOneRing.net was good enough to send in a letter breaking down some of the chain of events that have led to the current confusion in the Tolkien game space. As you may or may not know, Sierra’s frequent changes of ownership and an ongoing court battle have created a situation where there aren’t as many LOTR games on the market as you might think there should be.”
And:
“Great letter, and the kind of sharing of information that is what this column is supposed to be all about. To be honest, I did not know all that about what’s going on with the LOTR gaming license, and nobody here at IGN I asked seemed to know anything either. I’ll definitely use this information going forward, thanks again Gerry.
And for the rest of you, if you haven’t already, definitely check out The One Ring.net too, for daily Lord of the Rings content, as well as Gerry’s section of it, the Gaming Havens, for more LOTR gaming news.”
I’ll be posting a similer update some time tonight. [More]
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From Ringer Oleanara
“Hi. I’m a Rings fan from Malaysia and I wanted to tell you about a contest we’re having right now. It’s called the Hotlink Quest organised by Hotlink prepaid from Maxis Mobile. There are four rounds (in) which you’re supposed to unscrambled a LOTR-related word from clues that came from Tolkien’s books. It’s really easy and the grand prize is a trip to NZ for 2 and thousands of free tickets! However it’s only for Maxis subscribers (012) and the clues are available in Malaysian newspapers and various locations in Malaysia. So that (probably) makes it a Malaysian-only affair, I suppose… you can check out the reaction of LOTR fans in Malaysia ’cause we really just can’t wait! [More]
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From: Count Dooku
Here are two advertisements for the Lord of the Rings in Casa Loma at Toronto. I am working on getting a copy of the radio commercial and I might be able to get a friend to take pictures of the one ring, sting, etc., at Casa Loma.
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Ringer Spy Ashron sends along, as promised, the article from ‘Film & Video’ Magazine, check it out!
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From: Lorgalis
Hi everyone,
since I read some people are interested in the new game, here some quick news as I already have the box (retailer advantage).
The Miniatures:
Size and dimensions follow the Film equivalents, which means they got away from overdimensioned Weapons and stuff. They are quit well designed and show good detail.
The equipment is also according to the costumes shown in recent pictures of the film. All figures in the base set are plastic miniatures of the standard GW quality. No special characters are supplied in the box, though a few orcs, elves and men of Gondor.
The rules:
For all who already play GW Fantasy, it will mean some changes, because especially the close combat rules work mostly different.
We still have the same attributes, including movement (differs with race), abilities to handle a weapon in close combat, shot with bow or crossbow, Strength, Toughness, some kind of Hitpoints, number of attacks. And most important a moral value. Whereas ranged combat works out pretty the same as in GW Fantasy, the moral decides, after rolling dice, who will be able to attack. Rules take into consideration whether its a one on one fight ore more models are included. Still the models do not operate in formation.
The heroes:
There are also special rules for the LOTR heroes, which means, they have some kind of special equipment and more: the have a hero bonus, giving them to reroll dice in combat.
The concept:
After all, the concept is far from being perfect. There are slowing down elements , like movements,the moral dececision and the fighting gets less attractive.
It is in most cases a concept for small battles. A big fight will take long and the concept does not cope with it too well.
Finally:
Though miniatures are very well illustrated in the rulebook and also show several pictures from the movie, there is no picture of the balrog. Seems that has to stay a mistery until we all will enjoy the movie.
Games-Workshop Site
Games-Workshop images
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A terrific shot of an Elf taking aim, quite possibly from Lothlorien, the golden wood.
MTGPlanet has put up an overview of Decipher’s TCG. If your interested in commentary, thoughts and strategy on the game, it’s worth a read.
Sometime last week, I got an e-mail from Decipher. They wanted to know if I wanted to playtest and review the new Lord of the Rings card game before it comes out. I jumped at the opportunity. Although the game comes out on November 6, I received two starters each of Gandalf and Aragorn.[More]
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