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Fantasy Flight Games Announces ‘The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill’ Card Game

Fantasy Flight Games Announces ‘The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill’ Card Game

Fantasy Flight Games has announced today they will be releasing an expansion pack to their popular The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill card game, which will be released this autumn, offers [...]

Texas A&M-Commerce Presents LEOCON 2012

Texas A&M-Commerce Presents LEOCON 2012

Texas A&M-Commerce presents LEOCON—their first annual sci-fi, fantasy, anime/manga, and gaming convention! LEOCON is the first science fiction and fantasy con at A&M-Commerce, organized by Sigma Phi Phi (Syphers). Our organization aims to cover all [...]

JRR Tolkien Biographical Comic Book

JRR Tolkien Biographical Comic Book

Bluewater Productions will continue their series of biographical comic books with an exciting new release for Tolkien and fantasy fans. Orbit #8: J.R.R. Tolkien: The True Lord of the Rings. Written by Brian McCarthy and Michael [...]

Searching for the Arkenstone: Tolkien Easter Eggs

Searching for the Arkenstone: Tolkien Easter Eggs

When I was five years old, my very orderly family hid a precise number of colored eggs for each child. I was having some trouble finding that last pink egg, and my well-meaning (or smarty-pants) [...]

The Wardens of Westmarch Episode 7: Doug Adams!

The Wardens of Westmarch Episode 7: Doug Adams!

After many problems and much delay, we have overcome the dark forces and we are back with a vengeance.  The Wardens of Westmarch Episode 7: The Accursed finds us talking fate and free will, Legolas and Tauriel [...]

Exclusive Interview with Artist Jon Hodgson

Exclusive Interview with Artist Jon Hodgson

Written by My Middle-earth Member Bandoras. Jon Hodgson, Art Director at Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd, has contributed to over 200 gaming products, from role-playing games to card games. He’s contributed to several companies including Wizards of [...]

Tonight on Warriors of the Westfold: We Announce the TRD Photo Contest Winners!

Tonight on Warriors of the Westfold: We Announce the TRD Photo Contest Winners!

Tune into Middle-earth Network Radio for tonight’s LIVE broadcast of Warriors of the Westfold at 9 PM EST! Join hosts Arwen Kester, Oloriel Rudmin, and Mark McBride as they announce the winners of Middle-earth Network‘s Tolkien Reading Day photo contest! They’ll also [...]

A Tolkien Reading Day Celebration

A Tolkien Reading Day Celebration

Since I don’t live in New Zealand, England, or even on either coast of the US, there haven’t been a large number of Tolkien-related events for me to attend. Therefore, it was my great pleasure [...]

Statement By The Founders

Statement By The Founders

Save the Shire! “I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for [...]

The Late Prof M.A.R Barker.

The Lost Tolkien – Professor M. A. R. Barker Passes Away.

Middle-Earth News are sorry to report that Role Playing Game creator Prof M.A.R Barker has passed away. The Self published Empire of the Petal Throne was one of his finest creations has a world so [...]

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