In-depth discussions of Middle-earth for the learned and the curious. Everyone is welcome.

New to Middle-earth or back after a long absence? Here's the place to discuss Hobbits, Dragons and Wizards or anything else that's on your mind about the fantastic world of Middle-earth.

Come talk about all of the movies of the Lord of the Rings, even those animated ones.

Here you will find a variety of Tolkien-related quiz and riddle games. If you are the first to answer a question correctly, you get to continue the thread with the next one.

In these games, you have to identify quotes and extracts from Tolkien's works. Not as easy as it sounds.

Fun and friendly TOLKIEN and MIDDLE-EARTH topics that are more comical than informational.

Home base for the Revised Silmarillion Project. All are welcome to read and participate in discussions about the ongoing work of the project.

A role-player's first stop, The Shire is the place for newcomers to Barrow-Downs roleplaying. Cool your feet in the Brandywine, step into The Golden Perch Inn, and join in the simpler pleasures of life.

Rohan is the place for both veteran and novice players to have a more challenging roleplaying experience. The standards are higher, but so are the rewards. Cross the Isen and enter the rolling plains of the Riddermark.

The pinnacle of Barrow-downs roleplaying, Gondor is the realm of the most battle-hardened players. Cross the Anduin and the Pelennor fields until you at last come to The Seventh Star. Adventure awaits you there.

All things must eventually pass from Middle-earth, even good Roleplaying Games. Elvenhome is an archive of those games that have played to completion. Please read and enjoy them, using them as an example for future adventures.

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Unnumbered tears shed over the lost topics of The Barrow-Downs.