Sport in Middle-Earth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elianna · 06-14-2004, 11:49 AM

You are quite right Selmo (although it's found in "Flies and Spiders"), in The Hobbit there's a whole list of "quiet games of the aiming and throwing sort"that Hobbits play: quoits, dart-throwing, shooting at the wind, bowls, and ninepins. Now I have no idea what half of those are, but still, they're nice Hobbit-games.

The Moria orcs might've played "Pin the wings on the Balrog".

(well, I think it's funny...)

I'm in the process of making up a hand game for the little girls of Minas Tirith to play, though I doubt that counts as a sport.

06-14-2004, 11:49 AM	#18
Elianna Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ad finem itineris Posts: 384	You are quite right Selmo (although it's found in "Flies and Spiders"), in The Hobbit there's a whole list of "quiet games of the aiming and throwing sort"that Hobbits play: quoits, dart-throwing, shooting at the wind, bowls, and ninepins. Now I have no idea what half of those are, but still, they're nice Hobbit-games. The Moria orcs might've played "Pin the wings on the Balrog". (well, I think it's funny...) I'm in the process of making up a hand game for the little girls of Minas Tirith to play, though I doubt that counts as a sport. __________________ Enyale cuilenya, ú-enyale mandenya.