12/12/02 - Latest News

Join Gaming Havens in line at the Vista!
Flinch @ 5:23 pm EST

TheOneRing.net's Official Two Towers Line hosted in partnership with LiningUp.net will be featuring demonstrations of the Two Towers Video Games from Electronic Arts! EA has been kind enough to send copies of the game down as prizes too! So come and spend some time in line and play some sweet Two Towers games! [Get in Line!]

Update: Show up tonight [Friday] at 8pm for a chance to win a copy of The Two Towers for PS2 or for GameBoy Advance! Hope to see you there!

12/11/02 - Latest News

December 21st Event Details Confirmed!
Flinch @ 4:22 pm EST

Fans who join us on December 21st at the Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood will delight at the now confirmed details of the event. Producers from both upcoming Black Label Games' titles will be on hand with details and stunning artwork, as well as T-Shirts and Posters for true fans of Tolkien's Middle-earth. Also everyone through the door gets a Two Towers Booster Pack from Decipher, and tons of other goodies! Best of all, it's absolutely FREE! [Click Here for Details]

12/10/02 - Latest News

Become a Gaming Havens Chat Helper!
Flinch @ 5:39 am EST

Are you a top notch LOTR TCG Player? Have you smacked the Balrog around and lived to tell the tale in the Fellowship of the Ring for XBox? Have you mastered every last one of Aragorn's combo's in The Two Towers for PS2? If so then you might be perfect as a Gaming Havens Chat Helper! [More]

12/09/02 - Latest News

Making the Game Special on MTV Tonight!
Flinch @ 9:36 pm EST

HavenSpy Beregond tells us that tonight on MTV at 10:30pm, directly following MTV's Two Towers special, is a show called "Making the Game" dedicated to The Two Towers by Electronic Arts! So set those VCR's so you don't miss it!

Update: Turns out this special will run December 9th through the 14th.

Frequently Desired Questions
Flinch @ 3:41 pm EST

We here at Gaming Havens are often bombarded with Questions and Comments on both Video Games and more traditional games like Decipher's Trading Card Game or Games Workshop's Tabletop Battle Game. These questions are now being compiled into a FAQ for each game.

With this in mind we'd like to ask that people continue sending in their questions on strategy, or rules. If we can't answer them ourselves, we'll find someone at the source who can! Just drop your questions in an e-mail to Havens@TheOneRing.net!

Wizards discontinues GW Products
Flinch @ 8:57 am EST

Word in from our spies at Wizards of the Coast is that they will no longer be carrying Games Workshop products in their many retail stores across the country. They will now be concentrating on the Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, and the Lord of the Rings Board Game. The good news is that for a limited time all Games Workshop products at Wizard's retailers are selling for 20% off!

12/07/02 - Latest News

Reducing the Dark Lord to three colors
Flinch @ 12:18 am EST

First we brought you our painting guide for Legolas (see bellow), now we've got the Dark Lord himself: Sauron. Learn to paint this beautifully crafted model from Games Workshop! [More]

12/07/02 - Latest News

Let's paint Legolas!
Flinch @ 3:14 pm EST

So you've picked up your miniatures from Games Workshop's Tabletop Battle Game... now what?!? Have no fear! Here's a guide to painting everyone's favorite elven archer: Legolas! [More]

Media Watch: LOTR News hit News Stands
Flinch @ 12:24 pm EST

Hey there Haven's Gamers, put down Ratchet and Crank for a minute and take a flip through your local News Stand to find tons of Lord of the Rings goodies from Electronic Gaming Monthly, as well as other titles that'll be hitting the news stands over the next week. Find out about EA's Reutn of the King, or Sierra's The Hobbit, or even whats next from the Online Titles by our bud's at Black Label Games!

We'll have all the latest for ya here of course, and don't forget to stop by #Havens on our Barliman's Chat Network for help with your favorite titles!

12/06/02 - Latest News

Chase The Can With Decipher
Xoanon @ 11:26 am EST

Get Ready for Decipher's 2nd Annual Chase the Can Tournament Weekend!

(Norfolk, VA, December 5, 2002) Players of The Lord of the Rings? and Star Trek? Trading Card Games have pledged to give back to their community this holiday season by joining Decipher in its1 annual Chase the Can tournament. On the weekend of December 14-15, Decipher will sponsor the 2nd Annual Chase the Can Tournament Weekend to collect canned goods for the less fortunate in communities around the world. During the weekend, players will compete for over $85,000 worth of prizes provided by Decipher, while trying their hand at Decipher's newest expansion, The Two Towers?. In addition, some locations will host Star Trek? Second Edition pre-release events.

Each tournament will be comprised of four games and each player must bring four canned food items in order to play. At the end of each game, the winner will receive one can from their opponent. When the tournament is completed, players will exchange their remaining canned food items to the retailer for booster packs provided by Decipher.

After the tournament weekend, Decipher volunteers will deliver the cans to the local food bank or charity of their choice. Last year alone, over 250 Chase the Can tournaments were held, bringing in thousands of cans of food for local food banks and charities. In addition, Decipher will award a prize to the retailer or tournament director who donates the most canned goods to the chosen charity or food bank in their community.