4/16/02 - Latest News
Deluxe Edition of Boardgame
Berendir @ 12:26 pm EST
Alas, this is only open to UK residents, but it check out if for no other reason than to drool over the limited-edition deluxe Lord of the Rings boardgames.{More}
DGMA and the TCG Studio Tweak The Rules
Flinch @ 12:19 pm EST
If at first you don't succeed, tweak and tweak again! In an effort to even the playing field, Decipher has taken a new perspective on the Fellowship Phase that may offset some popular [yet cheap :-)] strategies. Take a look and decide for yourself! {More}
4/15/02 - Latest News
LOTR TCG Designers Receives first Nigel Award
Flinch @ 2:37 pm EST
A high honor for an amazing card game. The Word from Decipher.com: "Decipher is pleased to announce that game designers Chuck Kallenbach II, Tom Lischke, and Michael Reynolds are the first recipients of the Nigel D. Findley Memorial Award for Outstanding Card Gaming Product of the Year, for their work on The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game." {More}
Release Schedule for LOTR RPG Announced!
Flinch @ 2:33 pm EST
Crack the hat off of your Gandalf shaped ball points and be ready to mark your calendars! From Decipher.com: "The Decipher RPG & Miniatures Studio announced its 2002-early 2003 release schedule for The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game at the GAMA show in Las Vegas, March 18-21." {More}
Ask Hank tackles LOTR Dilemma
Flinch @ 2:26 pm EST
As Fans glare wide eyed at the oncoming wave of new digital Tolkien properties from Universal Interactive and Electronic Arts, fans begin to ask the question: PC or XBOX? Well don't sell your possessions and become Amish just yet, Hank from pcvconsole.com answers one such worried fan with a list of what we're looking at in the future. [No offense to any Amish, but if you are seeing this SHAME ON YOU!] {More}
LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring Interivew with Jeff Everett
Berendir @ 12:36 pm EST
From: Gamehelper At E3 last year Sierra led us backstage to have a sneak peek at a very early version of their Xbox only title Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings. There was much hype surrounding the title at the time, as word was already on the wind that Peter Jackson’s film version was set to impress. (at least visually;). We got an opportunity to look at the game then - mind you a very rough version – and we weren’t too impressed even taking its status into account. The game seemed to have some game play issues that even if imagined in final form didn’t seem to make much sense. The characters also had a very Zelda-ish feel and the combat wasn’t too exciting. Bear in mind, this title is based solely on the books by J.R.R. Tolkein and not on the movies [EA has their eyes set on movie renditions – ED]. {More}
4/10/02 - Latest News
Games Workshop Talks LOTR
Xoanon @ 8:21 am EST
Tim Huckelbery from Games Workshop USA sends us all this great info on future GW USA releases and information on 'GAME DAY USA'! Some new releases out this week as part of the Lord of the Rings tabletop battlegame: Code Title Price ($US) These two mighty warriors from the Second Age are pivotal figures in the history of Middle Earth, playing key roles in the defeat of Sauron in the Last Alliance. As such, they will be main players in our upcoming summer Lord of the Rings campaign covering the events of that momentous battle! And look for the following in coming months: * SAURON - Yes, we will be doing a huge figure of the Dark Lord, complete with a dying Elendil and defiant Isildur holding the broken sword. It will be coming out as part of... * The Last Alliance Campaign - This summer will see those impressive first minutes of the film brought to life. Stores all over North America and at the 3 Games Day Conventions (Baltimore, Chicago, and Ontario) will be ringing with the sounds of battle! Other Releases to come include - a Cave Troll with spear to menace your Fellowship! Warriors of the Last Alliance (humans and elves) and Moria Goblins box sets, both of plastic figures to bulk up your forces. Plus a Mounted Boromir and a Mounted Arewn with Frodo, both complete with new scenarios in White Dwarf magazine! Some information on our upcoming Games Day event, which will feature a huge Last Alliance battle along with sneak previews on the upcoming Two Towers game, our follow-on to the Fellowship of the Ring tabletop battlegame. Games Day Information Games Day USA is the annual gaming extravaganza for the Games Workshop series of hobby games such as Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000, the world’s most popular tabletop battlegames. This year’s event is our 10th Anniversary Games Day and should be the biggest and best ever! There will be gaming events ranging from beginner to expert for all the games, plus painting contests, seminars, demo games, special guests, and more. There will be lots of new Lord of the Rings tabletop battlegame events too, including displays and promotions plus of course sneak peeks at the upcoming Two Towers figures and game! Scheduled Guests include Warhammer 40,000 Game Designer Pete Haines, longtime favorite figure sculptors Alan and Mike Perry, author Dan Abnett (Eisenhorn Trilogy, Titan, the best-selling Gaunt’s Ghosts novels), Robin Dews of the upcoming Warhammer Online project, Jervis Johnson from Specialist Games, and Forgeworld’s Tony Cottrell. We’ll also have folks from Sabertooth Games running events for the Warhammer 40,000 Collectible Card Game plus Hogshead Publishing to show off the latest for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Game. Last year’s Games Day drew nearly 4,000 enthusiastic hobby fans, and even more are expected this summer. We hope to see you there! Show Details: June 28th - 29th For more information, visit www.games-workshop.com or feel free to call us at 1-800-394-GAME. With its international headquarters in Nottingham England, the company also has wholly-owned subsidiaries in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Australia and Italy. Over 2,200 people are employed by the company through these operations. With over $40 million in sales last year, Games Workshop USA is headquarted in Glen Burnie, Maryland and oversees a chain of retail hobby centers from coast to coast. Games Workshop owns over 250 retail stores worldwide and our products are featured in over 2,000 independent outlets internationally. Games Workshop is a public company quoted on the London Stock Exchange. Products are sold through the Group’s own chain of dedicated retail stores, through independent retailers, by mail order and direct via on-line stores. The Group’s long-running publication White Dwarf is available via the stores, by mail order, on newstands throughout the world (in several languages), and through its website - www.games-workshop.com. For further information please contact:
05-58 Elendil $7.99
05-59 Isildur $7.99
Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD
Friday Hours: 2pm - 7:30 pm
Saturday Hours: 10am - 7pm
http://www.games-workshop.com/news/us/events/GamesDay2002/Baltimore/Balt_intro.htm
Also keep an eye out for news on our two other Games Day events this year in Chicago and Ontario!
About Games Workshop
For over 25 years Games Workshop has designed, manufactured, distributed and sold tabletop wargame systems and associated miniatures, marketed as a complete hobby for teenagers and older. Its key brands are Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000.
Games Workshop controls every aspect of its business, from initial concept and design through to manufacture, distribution and retail.
Tim Huckelbery, Public Relations, Games Workshop USA
410-590-1400
Timh@games-workshop.com
4/09/02 - Latest News
The Hobbit Interview
Berendir @ 2:23 pm EST
From: Planetnintendo Inevitable Entertainment's upcoming action RPG adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy tale - The Hobbit - is set to bring Bilbo, Gandalf and Smaug to the GameCube. We talk to the chaps behind the project and get the skinny on short guys with furry feet. {More}
4/07/02 - Latest News
Ragnarok
Berendir @ 1:38 pm EST
Our friends over at Dagohir are hosting another live action Middle Earth battle game this July! Ragnarok is Dagorhir's famous annual war. For one week each year, the Realms of Dagorhir throughout the country gather for the final glorious battle: Ragnarok! Leave the real world behind and enter a realm of mighty heroes. A realm of the fantastic where warrior maidens and grizzled veterans fight side by side with Elves and Orcs. Ragnarok is a week-long extravaganza of mass melee and fun. {More}
4/06/02 - Latest News
Sierra Hobbit
Berendir @ 8:27 pm EST
Thanks to Flinch for sending in this shot of a Bilbo from Sierra's Hobbit game in the works. {More}
Riot-E Entertainment Files For Bankruptcy
Strider @ 3:56 pm EST
Tomi writes: Just wanted to let you know that Riot-E (which has/had "exclusive rights to manufacture, sell and distribute accessories to mobile phones, in relation to the Lord of the Rings but also rights to wireless games and services concerning the same legend") has filed for bankruptcy. Riot-E isn't the first mobile company in Finland to go under. In the end, it seems that the license fees for high profile merchandise such as LOTR caused the destruction of the company.
4/04/02 - Latest News
XBox: FOTR Screenshots
Berendir @ 10:16 pm EST
Ian writes: Official UK XBox magazine gives "World Exclusive" 2-page "First Looks" at LOTR: FOTR game due in December.Notice that the article says the authors decided to go with the book version of events not the film. {More}