Tolkien Christmas Gifts

[HerenIstarion]

Cheers

Anyone sending a request for a gift to me by PM before Christmas (and providing me with their e-mail address) will get two Christmas Gifts from HerenIstarion. What they are precisely will remain a secret (call it surprise )

Cheers

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I can recommend the 50th Anniversary Tolkien Calendar as it's simply beautiful with all Tolkien's own artwork.

It is indeed. I bought the diary version for my sister-in-law for Christmas (together with the RotK EE), and of course just had to look through it before wrapping it up. It includes the pages from the Book of Mazarbul that are in the 50th Anniversary edition of the book (another good Christmas present idea).

I am hoping for the Calendar for Christmas. It will more than make up for the loss of my RotK film 2004 Calendar.

By the way, if you click on the link to the playtesters site for the game I linked to above (War of the Ring) and then click on the picture of the gameboard, you get a great view of it. Being a lover of boardgames (as well as Tolkien), I am going crazy in anticipation of playing this. Artwork by John Howe too.

[Lindolirian]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I have the film based Trivial Pursuit but so far nobody has dared to play it with me.

Ah yes, I have the same problem. I have asked for a few Tolkien trivia games in the past (and this year just for good measure), but everyone refuses to buy them for me because it would only invite a one-sided slaughter fest in which they would all perish before my mighty fist. Ok Lindo, enough with the power-trip, you dork.

Hmm, yes, that's why I love the Quiz Room because most people are on or above my level, which is most exciting.

[Boromir88]

Ya, most the people I know, enjoy LOTR, and might have even read the books, but they aren't like what you would call a "barrowdowner." Not that obsessed with it. But, I finally met someone who enjoys Tolkien as much as I do, and might have even been reading him longer then me.

[elronds_daughter]

I have the film based Trivial Pursuit but so far nobody has dared to play it with me.

Yes, same here. Though the excuse I get is, 'It takes too long to play and we don't have time.' No time, my foot. Just because I crushed them in the first game they don't want to finish the second one.... though, I must admit, I didn't exactly preserve everything perfectly... perhaps we should just start a new game.

[Elianna]

Know what they should make and I would gladly drool over and say it was the only thing I wanted for Christmas?

The Red Book of Westmarch.

Surprised they haven't seen the marketability of such an item.

[HerenIstarion]

The Red Book of Westmarch - good marketing idea. It would include the Hobbit, LoTR and some UT items, I suppose

As for my Christmas Present, I forgot to mention it in my previous, I've ordered one of the last BD T-Shirts . Hope it gets here by Christmas. Promise to publish a photo too

cheers