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Alive without breath
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla
Posts: 5,912
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I've got some ideas!
![]() Black Cards... - "If you say that again I shall get angry. Then you shall see _____." - "Turin faced tragedy yet again when he encountered _____." - "After Beren and Luthien stole a Silmaril, Morgoth replaced it in his crown with ____." - "Short cuts make delays but inns make _________ !" - "Tolkien actually based ____ on ____." - "Christopher Tolkien always lived in the shadow of his father's ____." White Cards... - Gandalf the Gray uncloaked! - Sauron, ironically, wetting himself as Numenor sinks. - Fat Hobbits! - A large patch in the hollow of your left breast as bare as a snail out of its shell. - One of those other Inklings nobody's ever heard of. - Charles Williams letting everyone know that he wrote a book, too! - Blowing the Horn of Gondor.
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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... Last edited by Hookbill the Goomba; 07-06-2014 at 10:28 AM. |
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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Exactly what we need!
And more of those black cards that have two or three empty spaces in them... Like: ________, who was the fattest of the ___________. If ___________ gets __________ then ___________ will fall. (fail?) ___________ was only saved by __________. Or something along the lines. I'm pretty sure we can come up with a nice "deck" of cards...
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Spectre of Decay
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Black cards
-"But unless you've got ___ for ___, you've taken the wrong way" -"Sing hey! for ___ at close of day" -"His ___ was long, his ___ was keen, his shining ___ afar was seen" -"He named the nameless ___ and ___" -"The one resides in ___ of ___, the other in the purposed domination of ____" -The liveliest Inklings meetings always involved ___ -Tolkien always maintained an abiding interest in ___ -"___ drove them on. Darkness took them" White cards -The staffs of the five wizards -The bubbling of Shelob in her misery -The contents of Gollum's pockets -The Doom of Mandos [as an aside, I thought 'the doom of Nandos' is a good phrase to describe a bad evening out in an indifferent chain restaurant] -The horns of Ulmo -Mrs Artaxerxes -The Cottage of Lost Play -Tevildo's feline minions -Beorhtnoth's head -Fat Bombur, who was fat -Bagginshield artwork
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Man kenuva métim' andúne? Last edited by The Squatter of Amon Rûdh; 07-06-2014 at 11:31 AM. Reason: Removed as many definite articles as I could to conform with the Rules |
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Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
Posts: 4,511
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Aww this is brilliant.
![]() A note on the format (I'll edit to the opening post) - a good white card should...
black card should...
If you're not sure, try playing your cards together in your head and see if the black+white combinations make sense.
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Drummer in the Deep
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Next Sunday A.D.
Posts: 2,145
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Black cards:
You give _______ to me freely Balrogs don't have _________! Not many people know, but Bandobras Took also invented _______ If people valued ______ and ______ over _______, it would be a merrier world. White cards: Nine square meals a day One gross Trampling your enemy's blood into the dirt Being Good Morninged Selling buttons at the door Three rings for the elven kings under the sky Seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone Nine for mortal men doomed to die One for the dark lord on his dark throne A lord of the Noldor whose name begins with 'F' Giggling helplessly at the mention of Finarfin and Teleporno Swaggering it like a cock-o-whoop Hearing "Not Allowed" much oftener A Hobbit Sheriff Bill Ferny Fatty Bolger The Sackville-Bagginses Silver spoons Sharkey's End
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But all the while I sit and think of times there were before
I listen for returning feet and voices at the door |
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Spectre of Decay
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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
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Alive without breath
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla
Posts: 5,912
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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.
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: The realm of forgotten words
Posts: 10,493
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Do NOT. use that acronym ever again. Ever since grade 11 biology, these letters stand for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Always this. It can even be used without a black card. ![]() Quote:
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Drummer in the Deep
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Next Sunday A.D.
Posts: 2,145
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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
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But all the while I sit and think of times there were before
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