The Tolkien Coming of Age Club 2 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-07-2004, 01:20 PM

It also depends on the nature of the story - I did set a minimum age of 18 for writers on the notorious "Entish Bow" RPG...

Alda · 06-27-2004, 08:09 AM

Alas it seems I have "Come of Age"

It happened some years ago I am afraid. Time has a way of doing that, slowly and inexorably moving forward into some unforseen future. A future where you turn on the radio and can't even understand what the kids are "singing" about.

It wasn't too long ago that Bob Seger's "Night Moves" was spinning on the turntable and I was at my desk in my room copying The Tengwar from the Appendix in The Return of the King. Maybe taking a break or two by playing Atari, or getting up to turn the music down because dad didn't like that Led Zepplin guy.

Ok, perhaps the youngsters are not all that much different than we were. (Just smarter and with better technology)

Fordim Hedgethistle · 06-27-2004, 09:59 AM

Greetings Alda, and welcome to the Club. There are plenty of rockers and comfortable quilts.

Couldn't help but laugh at your memories of learning Tengwar -- for me, it was Dwarvish runes and The Who. I envy you your Atari, as well, my father would never let me have one as it would ruin my mind. Had to find other ways to ruin it.

Ealasaide · 06-27-2004, 12:28 PM

Welcome, Alda! Sounds like you'll fit right in...

Plenty of rockers around here, in both senses of the term. Funny... my dad didn't like "that Led Zeppelin guy" either. Unfortunately, he had to endure quite a lot of him.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-27-2004, 03:27 PM

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It also depends on the nature of the story - I did set a minimum age of 18 for writers on the notorious "Entish Bow" RPG...

Why's that? I've never seen a more decorous or family friendly RPG. In fact, it should be required reading in primary schools.

***Mithadan*** · 06-27-2004, 03:50 PM

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There are plenty of rockers and comfortable quilts.

"Idi Amin and the Shah
and al-Fadar is quite bizarre!
Me I do the only thing
that still makes sense to me...
I do the Rock"

Bêthberry · 06-27-2004, 04:07 PM

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I mean, what if our characters fall in love with one another??

It isn't just the youngsters who get mixed up in romance, Fordim. Why, our very own upstanding RPG Administrator, none other than the distinguishedly greying Mithadan, has had the fortune, or misfortune, to have a game of his closed--yes, I say, closed--by a moderator due to improprieties, alleged or otherwise, between his character and an elf of some renown in these here RPG parts as well. Verily doth he say, as he protested above,

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but I couldn't resist.

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It is a slippery slope and I for one very much applaud Tolkien for walking wide of this mire and concentrating on high heroics. One can never have too many pedestals. And so, Child, I am much obliged to your kindness in suggesting Gondor for this game. It is just such a thing as Rimbaud, with his vast knowledge of Lord Halfulion, can handle.

Yours chortlingly,
etc etc

06-07-2004, 01:20 PM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	It also depends on the nature of the story - I did set a minimum age of 18 for writers on the notorious "Entish Bow" RPG... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-27-2004, 08:09 AM	#2
Alda Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 15	Alas it seems I have "Come of Age" It happened some years ago I am afraid. Time has a way of doing that, slowly and inexorably moving forward into some unforseen future. A future where you turn on the radio and can't even understand what the kids are "singing" about. It wasn't too long ago that Bob Seger's "Night Moves" was spinning on the turntable and I was at my desk in my room copying The Tengwar from the Appendix in The Return of the King. Maybe taking a break or two by playing Atari, or getting up to turn the music down because dad didn't like that Led Zepplin guy. Ok, perhaps the youngsters are not all that much different than we were. (Just smarter and with better technology) __________________ The wind is part of the process The rain is part of the process -- Ezra Pound, Canto 74 Last edited by Alda; 06-27-2004 at 08:16 AM.

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06-27-2004, 09:59 AM	#3
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Greetings Alda, and welcome to the Club. There are plenty of rockers and comfortable quilts. Couldn't help but laugh at your memories of learning Tengwar -- for me, it was Dwarvish runes and The Who. I envy you your Atari, as well, my father would never let me have one as it would ruin my mind. Had to find other ways to ruin it.

06-27-2004, 12:28 PM	#4
Ealasaide Shadow of Tyrn Gorthad Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Fencing Lyst Posts: 810	Welcome, Alda! Sounds like you'll fit right in... Plenty of rockers around here, in both senses of the term. Funny... my dad didn't like "that Led Zeppelin guy" either. Unfortunately, he had to endure quite a lot of him.