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Year Zero World Building: The One Ring

January 15, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs, many of which use the Year Zero system.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Free League Publishing, lord of the rings, The One Ring, year zero world building

Tabletop games 2022 pre-orders already selling out in the UK

December 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wayland Games is, they say, Europe’s largest independent retailer for tabletop hobbies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: assassin's creed, Dungeons & Dragons, HeroQuest, lord of the rings, magic the gathering, petersen games, pokemon, Privateer Press, shopping, the witcher, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Wayland Games, z-man games

Death and surprises: Fandom taps its mighty database to give us a geeky summary of 2021

December 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fandom, which has generally has a job role open for data people, analysed billions of its own data points over 40 million pages of content to uncover some geeky facts.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: fandom, harry potter, how to train your dragon, jurassic park, Loki, lord of the rings, squid game, stats, Suicide Squad, wandavision

Visualising the biggest on-screen fantasy battle of all time (so far)

December 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve been in paintball battles, and it gets pretty intense with just a few people. So when I got an email inviting me to guess what the biggest on-screen battle of all time was, I was curious.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, game of thrones, harry potter, lord of the rings, star wars, stats, the hobbit

The Road goes ever on and on: Lord of the Rings cartography shoes

December 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Why publish a Collection page with just one item? I suggest that Zavvi have more Lord of the Rings goodies to reveal in 2022.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: akedo, cartography, fashion, lord of the rings, shopping, zavvi

Geek bookends: Art put to practical use

December 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bookends are art with a practical value and immediate use.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: harry potter, household, jurassic park, lord of the rings

Unofficial Lord of the Rings marathon Minecraft charity stream will feature some movie cast

November 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

To support the charity No Kid Hungry, prolific YouTube Minecraft host ImpulseSV will stream for 24 hours and recreate parts of the Lord of the Rings movies on the server.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: charity, lord of the rings, Minecraft, twitch

Geeky pop-up Christmas holiday cards

November 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A company called Lovepop isn’t as dodgy as it sounds. It sells pop-up cards.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cards, christmas, deadpool, groot, guardians of the galaxy, lord of the rings, star wars, star wars: the mandalorian

Tolkien keycaps: Transform your keyboard into a relic from Middle-earth

November 11, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Instantly recognizable from writings on legendary items such as the One Ring, the script of Tengwar was created by the ancient Elf Fëanor and eventually replaced the runelike Cirth to become the text of choice for Elvish languages such as Sindarin: the language featured on this set.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: J. R. R. Tolkien, keyboard, lord of the rings, Middle-earth

Lord of the Rings ugly Christmas sweaters

November 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Who’s Lord of the Rings sweater are you calling ugly?

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, funcom, lord of the rings

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