Cards Against Tolkien - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 07-06-2014, 03:22 PM

Black cards
-On silver necklaces they strung ___
-"That looks like ___ o'me nuncle Tim,
As should be a-lyin' in ___"
-The Lord of the Rings is primarily about ___
-Tolkien and Lewis never resolved their arguments about ___
-"You have looked in that accursed ___"
-There was nothing now to be done but to tighten ___ about ___
-Behold, people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, ___ has come
-strength that would have nourished the life of many has gone forth into ___
-___ yesterday, ___ today and blimey, if it don't look like ___ again tomorrer
-I heard that one of them has ____
- Five feet high the ___ and three ___
-The doom lies in ___, not in ____
- We only wish to catch ___ so juicy sweet

White cards
- The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
- Boromir the Disco King
- The brood of Ungoliant
- Cheating at the riddle game
- Thranduil's party elk
- Celebrían's poisoned wound
- The Black Sword of Túrin
- The cats of Queen Berúthiel
- Morgoth's ring
- The Long Defeat
- A brace of young coneys
- Sacrifice in the Temple of Sauron

Hookbill the Goomba · 07-06-2014, 04:06 PM

Black Cards:

In a hole in the ground there lived _______.
For I am Saruman the wise, Saruman Ring Maker, Saruman of _______.
In a Newly discovered letter, Tolkien admits that _____ was really just ____.
Under certain moons, the runes on Thorin's map said ______.
Feanor first envisioned the Silmarils being in the shape of ______.

White cards:

Pigging out on Lembas bread.
The tongues of men.
The Sackville-Bagginses Suspicious Silver Spoon Shop.
Tom Bombadil's Funky Fresh Rhymes
Goldberry's special brand of earplugs.
Radagast the Brown in a pork pie hat.

Galadriel55 · 07-06-2014, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Many of you will be familiar with Cards Against Humanity, a party game for horrible people as they call it. The idea is very simple - check it out on the website if you don't know the game.

So kind of like Apples to Apples, but with fill-in-the-blank?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Can we make a CAH version...

Do NOT. use that acronym ever again. Ever since grade 11 biology, these letters stand for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Peter Jackson's fanfiction.

Always this. It can even be used without a black card.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Under certain moons, the runes on Thorin's map said ______.
Pigging out on Lembas bread.
The tongues of men.
Goldberry's special brand of earplugs.

These are superb!!!

Aganzir · 07-07-2014, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

So kind of like Apples to Apples, but with fill-in-the-blank?

Yes, and without a shred of Apples to Apples' innocence. Once you go there, you can never go back.

Quote:

Do NOT. use that acronym ever again. Ever since grade 11 biology, these letters stand for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.

I'm sure the creators of Cards Against Humanity would just be pleased about this.

Some more...

White cards:
The Secret Fire.
Yellow cream and honeycomb.
Passing beneath the Argonath.
Hunting Petty-dwarves for sport.
The Nauglamír.
An elf surfing on a shield.
Figwit.
Shooting the Black Arrow with a ballista.
Fifty Shades of Gandalf the Grey.
A Hobbit hole.
Keeping it secret and safe.
Coming precisely when you mean to.
A prop for old age.
Sleeping in your armour.
The Stone of Erech.
Being blindfolded by Haldir.
Shadowfax showing you the meaning of haste.
A Ring of fire.
Giving only with one hand.
Sharing the load.

Black cards:
Where there's ______, there's a way.
A staff in the hand of a wizard may be more than ______.
"I am _____, Sam."

Galadriel55 · 07-07-2014, 05:09 PM

White cards:
Frodo's finger
Shelob's lair
Lazy Lob and Crazy Cob
Fifteen birds in five fir trees
AZOG
Barrel-rider

Galadriel55 · 07-07-2014, 05:36 PM

Was just skimming a passage and came across this marvel of a black card:

"I sent my son forth, unthanked, unblessed, out into needless peril, and here he lies with _____."

Nogrod · 07-08-2014, 01:57 AM

Just spicing this up by Aganzir...

Where there's ______, there's _______.

Eönwë · 07-08-2014, 06:03 AM

They're taking the ______ to ________!

Tuor in Gondolin · 07-08-2014, 07:22 AM

To paraphrase Mrs. Eulalie Mackenchnie Shinn evaluating
The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam to Marian the Librarian
...This is a smutty thread!

Oddwen · 07-07-2014, 09:45 PM

In the Black Cards the stars shall die:

The little known 10th name of Aragorn was a result of _________.
Do not be eager to deal out _______ in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see ________.
Almost felt that you liked ________! That is uncommonly kind of you.
In Peter Jackson's latest Tolkien adaptation, he dedicated a three hour subplot to ______
*Gondor doesn't have _______. Gondor doesn't need _________ (Same card)
*Boil 'em, Mash 'em, Stick 'em in _______
(Boil _______, Mash _________, stick _________ in a stew?)
*"Speak, __________, and enter"
One of Led Zeppelin's lesser known songs includes a verse referencing ______
The biggest changes The Beatles would have made to their LotR movie would have been to cut out __________ and to feature _________ more heavily.

Behold the White Cards:

The Weakness of Men
The Hardiness of Dwarves
The Sta-Puft Marshmallow Orc
Scattering Barrow-treasures
The color of Legolas's hair
Blowing the Horn of Buckland
Blowing the Horn of Helm
The Pyre of Denethor
An Unexpected Party
A Long-Expected Party
The Voice of Saruman
The Voice of Pitchwife
Finding a Hobbit's foot-hair in your Lembas
Pipeweed
A Ranger who knows something of these matters
A Ranger who knows nothing of these matters
A Ranger who comes infrequently to Imladris, always smelling suspiciously of Athelas
A Conspiracy!!!
A Knife in the Dark
The Council of Elrond
A Journey in the Dark
Lothlorien
The Mirror of Galadriel
A Shortcut
Mushrooms
Meela's all-consuming love for Denethor
Eyeliner fit for a Balrog
The Eye of Sauron
The Towers of the Teeth
Not passing
Slinker and Stinker
PO-TA-TOES
Not finding a prize in your cake
Eavesdropping
Sleeping on the East side of a Barrow
A Tom-Fool of a Took
A Hobbit walking party
Rope
Letting the guide go first while you have one
Hobbit gossip
One of the finest detachable party hoods
A Led Zeppelin song
A beam of light that pierces the darkness
Mothrandir
Stars
A biker gang of Wights called the Wheel-Barrows
Ah! The spear in my heart!
One of the Newly Deceased
A Pile o' Bones
A Haunting Spirit
A Ghost Prince of Cardolan
An Animated Skeleton
A Shade of Carn Dum
The Scouring of the Shire
A hasty Ent
An Entwife
The Brown Lands
: Merisu :
Various artifacts made from Ent-wood
An epic quest
Lots of walking
One of those filthy Tarks
One of the good guys who has pale skin and grey eyes
A very large pair of boots
A Mithril bikini

*These cards don't work with all other cards, if you can think of a better wording for them go for it

satansaloser2005 · 07-07-2014, 11:32 PM

A black card I want both in our paper CAH set and in a Tolkien version....

One does not simply ___________.

07-06-2014, 03:22 PM	#1
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	I've got more of this Black cards -On silver necklaces they strung ___ -"That looks like ___ o'me nuncle Tim, As should be a-lyin' in ___" -The Lord of the Rings is primarily about ___ -Tolkien and Lewis never resolved their arguments about ___ -"You have looked in that accursed ___" -There was nothing now to be done but to tighten ___ about ___ -Behold, people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, ___ has come -strength that would have nourished the life of many has gone forth into ___ -___ yesterday, ___ today and blimey, if it don't look like ___ again tomorrer -I heard that one of them has ____ - Five feet high the ___ and three ___ -The doom lies in ___, not in ____ - We only wish to catch ___ so juicy sweet White cards - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Boromir the Disco King - The brood of Ungoliant - Cheating at the riddle game - Thranduil's party elk - Celebrían's poisoned wound - The Black Sword of Túrin - The cats of Queen Berúthiel - Morgoth's ring - The Long Defeat - A brace of young coneys - Sacrifice in the Temple of Sauron __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

07-06-2014, 04:06 PM	#2
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Black Cards: In a hole in the ground there lived _______. For I am Saruman the wise, Saruman Ring Maker, Saruman of _______. In a Newly discovered letter, Tolkien admits that _____ was really just ____. Under certain moons, the runes on Thorin's map said ______. Feanor first envisioned the Silmarils being in the shape of ______. White cards: Pigging out on Lembas bread. The tongues of men. The Sackville-Bagginses Suspicious Silver Spoon Shop. Tom Bombadil's Funky Fresh Rhymes Goldberry's special brand of earplugs. Radagast the Brown in a pork pie hat. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

07-07-2014, 05:09 PM	#5
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,551	White cards: Frodo's finger Shelob's lair Lazy Lob and Crazy Cob Fifteen birds in five fir trees AZOG Barrel-rider __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

07-07-2014, 05:36 PM	#6
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,551	Was just skimming a passage and came across this marvel of a black card: "I sent my son forth, unthanked, unblessed, out into needless peril, and here he lies with _____." __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

07-08-2014, 01:57 AM	#7
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Just spicing this up by Aganzir... Where there's ______, there's _______. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...

07-08-2014, 06:03 AM	#8
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	They're taking the ______ to ________! __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

07-08-2014, 07:22 AM	#9
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	To paraphrase Mrs. Eulalie Mackenchnie Shinn evaluating The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam to Marian the Librarian ...This is a smutty thread! __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

07-07-2014, 09:45 PM	#10
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	In the Black Cards the stars shall die: The little known 10th name of Aragorn was a result of _________. Do not be eager to deal out _______ in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see ________. Almost felt that you liked ________! That is uncommonly kind of you. In Peter Jackson's latest Tolkien adaptation, he dedicated a three hour subplot to ______ Gondor doesn't have _______. Gondor doesn't need _________ (Same card) Boil 'em, Mash 'em, Stick 'em in _______ (Boil _______, Mash _________, stick _________ in a stew?) "Speak, __________, and enter" One of Led Zeppelin's lesser known songs includes a verse referencing ______ The biggest changes The Beatles would have made to their LotR movie would have been to cut out __________ and to feature _________ more heavily. Behold the White Cards: The Weakness of Men The Hardiness of Dwarves The Sta-Puft Marshmallow Orc Scattering Barrow-treasures The color of Legolas's hair Blowing the Horn of Buckland Blowing the Horn of Helm The Pyre of Denethor An Unexpected Party A Long-Expected Party The Voice of Saruman The Voice of Pitchwife Finding a Hobbit's foot-hair in your Lembas Pipeweed A Ranger who knows something of these matters A Ranger who knows nothing of these matters A Ranger who comes infrequently to Imladris, always smelling suspiciously of Athelas A Conspiracy!!! A Knife in the Dark The Council of Elrond A Journey in the Dark Lothlorien The Mirror of Galadriel A Shortcut Mushrooms Meela's all-consuming love for Denethor Eyeliner fit for a Balrog The Eye of Sauron The Towers of the Teeth Not passing Slinker and Stinker PO-TA-TOES Not finding a prize in your cake Eavesdropping Sleeping on the East side of a Barrow A Tom-Fool of a Took A Hobbit walking party Rope Letting the guide go first while you have one Hobbit gossip One of the finest detachable party hoods A Led Zeppelin song A beam of light that pierces the darkness Mothrandir Stars A biker gang of Wights called the Wheel-Barrows Ah! The spear in my heart! One of the Newly Deceased A Pile o' Bones A Haunting Spirit A Ghost Prince of Cardolan An Animated Skeleton A Shade of Carn Dum The Scouring of the Shire A hasty Ent An Entwife The Brown Lands : Merisu : Various artifacts made from Ent-wood An epic quest Lots of walking One of those filthy Tarks* One of the good guys who has pale skin and grey eyes A very large pair of boots A Mithril bikini *These cards don't work with all other cards, if you can think of a better wording for them go for it __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

07-07-2014, 11:32 PM	#11
satansaloser2005 The Sweetest Spoiler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly Posts: 5,789	A black card I want both in our paper CAH set and in a Tolkien version.... One does not simply ___________. __________________ "My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.

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