The Collection Grows

[Morai]

I have asked for an LOTR Page-A-Day "Trilogy Edition" calendar for Christmas.

I want one too, but I've just left my mom "strong" hints, in hopes that she will buy me one. Of course, I already have a "day calendar" of "Get Fuzzy", but I don't care all that much. Some other things I've hinted at:
-Toy "Sting" that I saw at Bi-mart
- Toy Frodo action figure I saw at Wal-mart
-LOTR Risk Game I saw at Wal-mart
-LOTR Trivial Pursuit I saw at Wal-mart
-LOTR Monopoly I saw at Wal-mart

I doubt she'll get me all of this stuff, probably won't get me any, oh well.

[elronds_daughter]

I've got the Trivial Pursuit game. Got that last Christmas!

[mark12_30]

*mumbles*

I just picked up another boxed set on ebay. Signature edition, with hobbit, green box... Hey, it was under five bucks.

And I can stop whenever I want to....

ps. I really must find a LOTR Stratego. And I should have my own copy of LOTR Risk, as well.

What are the alternatives to Hotels in LOTR Monopoly? Is it really LOTR-ish? I have a distaste for regular monopoly; it's just so... well... financial.

[Morai]

I've got the Trivial Pursuit game. Got that last Christmas!

Must not be jealous.... Anyway, is it hard? (Why am I asking someone who most likely knows more about LOTR than I do?)

I have a distaste for regular monopoly; it's just so... well... financial.

I have a hard enough time managing my real money, what little that I have....

[elronds_daughter]

It's not really that difficult, but some of the questions have me stumped. Mainly, those are the ones that come from the Extended Editions (NONE of which I have seen) and the tougher questions in the "movie making" category. But other than that, it's not too hard. And you probably know more about Tolkien than you think you do, Morai!

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by elronds_daughter

I've got the Trivial Pursuit game. Got that last Christmas!

Film or book version? I posted some comments on the book-based trivia game here: LotR trivial pursuit

Originally Posted by mark12_30

I really must find a LOTR Stratego.

I have a LotR Stratego game. It's produced by Hasbro Games. I found it a tad disappointing though. Not a patch on Stratego Legends (now there's a great game).

I really cannot imagine how LotR Monopoly would work. Does Galadriel get to charge Frodo for landing on Lothlorien? Or perhaps Sauron gets to fleece him for landing on Mount Doom with Five Hotels. Payment by way of a certain band of gold accepted, of course ... unless Gollum's there too.

Edit: Cross-posted with elronds_daughter, who answers my question above. I would recommend the book-based version.

[Morai]

It's not really that difficult, but some of the questions have me stumped. Mainly, those are the ones that come from the Extended Editions (NONE of which I have seen) and the tougher questions in the "movie making" category. But other than that, it's not too hard. And you probably know more about Tolkien than you think you do, Morai!

Well, if you're talking about the film version, then yes I might have a chance at it. As for the book version, well....it's been awhile since I've read them. Funny that we're talking about Trivial Pursuit, for my family and I were playing it this evening. I lost horribly at it. It seems that all the questions I knew the answers to were given to my sister. Oh well, tough times I guess. Anyway, I did give some not so subtle hints to my sister in law about LOTR merchandise, that I might have a chance of getting something LOTR related at Christmas.

I really cannot imagine how LotR Monopoly would work. Does Galadriel get to charge Frodo for landing on Lothlorien? Or perhaps Sauron gets to fleece him for landing on Mount Doom with Five Hotels. Payment by way of a certain band of gold accepted, of course ... unless Gollum's there too.

Good question, here's another: Do they have hotels or inns ?

And lastly, here's another addition to my christmas wish list:
A trip to Oxford. I think that would be worth several Frodo action figures. Of course, I'll have to wait until I'm rich enough to pay for the traveling expense.

[Samwise]

A friend of mine has the movie edition, and when we played,by some miracle I left him in the dust. If it was the book edition, however, I'm sure it would be the other way around.