From Flinch: For several months now our Lord of the Rings Gaming League has provided youths a place to go to get away from the negative influences of the world, and enjoy some great Lord of the Rings Games. To ensure our league will continue to provide a safe environment for our players, we have offered up a copy of the Fellowship of the Ring signed by Peter Jackson, Sean Astin, Fran Walsh, and Philipa Boyens. [More] [Gaming Havens]
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For over a year now members of the Gaming Community have organized a Gaming League for players in the Orange County area, this league has provided a place for kids of all ages to come and play games related to J.R.R. Tolkiens works in a postive environemtn free of the negative influences they would come across without having somewhere to turn. This is made possible by the efforts of Norman Lao [Lao_of_Gondor from TheOneRing.net], Solar Blanke, and myself. With the growth of our League and the expanding world that is Lord of the Rings Gaming it has become difficult for us to keep the league going without spending money out of our own pockets each week to provide the venue for our play. For a while this wasn’t so bad but as the league grows the burden on our finances has caused us to look for outside help.
With this we have decided to offer up a Signed copy of The Fellowship of the Ring. This Houghton Mifflin book comes signed by Peter Jackson, Sean Astin, Philipa Boyens, and Fran Walsh during their time at the Brentano’s book store. It has been a valued piece in my collection for some time, but with the need of our league I have decided to offer it up to another fan in an effort to raise funds to support our players.
I have never been more proud of a group of people than I am of our League, players of all ages freely give of what cards they have to new players. If we invite friends from outside communities to visit our group they are always welcomed with open arms and treated like one of the gang! Through the tireless efforts of Lao of Gondor, and Solar Blanke these kids have found a new home in our league, and it is our hope to provide them with this environment for as long as we possibly can.
Please help us support our league and continue to provide a possitive playing environment for our kids.
Click Here to view our Signed Copy of the Fellowship of the Ring
Direct Donations can be made to our League Honor Page through Amazon.com
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Sok writes:
“Hi TORn,
“I haven’t seen any word on your site about the prices for the extended DVD in New Zealand so I thought I’d send along the information I have found out, despite it being the 12th in about 2 hours from now!
“Currently the cheapest price is $64.95 from Foodtown, Woolworths, and Countdown supermarkets. This is a $15 saving from both Whitcoulls and The Warehouse, which are both offering the DVD at $79.99.
“So far I’ve found that only Whitcoulls is selling the gift set with the bookends, at a price of $199.99.
“The Whitcoulls site says it’s being released on the 14th, and there is nothing noticable in store about the release, however The Warehouse is advertising a November 12 release, as is the advertising for the supermarkets.
“The VHS version at the supermarkets and Whitcoulls is $39.99.
“Hope this can help some of the New Zealand fans out there.”