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Old 07-22-2004, 07:34 AM   #81
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Old 07-22-2004, 08:29 AM   #82
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Old 07-22-2004, 09:29 AM   #83
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It is not Bëor (who sang when they reached Beleriand) or his son Baran.
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Old 07-22-2004, 10:08 AM   #84
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Old 07-22-2004, 10:38 AM   #85
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is it a mystery (at least partly)?
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:09 AM   #86
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:12 AM   #87
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:13 AM   #88
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:16 AM   #89
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:17 AM   #90
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:28 AM   #91
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:31 AM   #92
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:42 AM   #93
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:44 AM   #94
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Old 07-22-2004, 11:48 AM   #95
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Old 07-22-2004, 12:13 PM   #96
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Old 07-22-2004, 12:37 PM   #97
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Old 07-22-2004, 12:37 PM   #98
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It's still not Bombadil.
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Old 07-22-2004, 02:16 PM   #99
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I forgot to tell that you are actually not allowed to ask a question with an answer which has already been asked. my bad.

can it be seen only by few?
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Old 07-22-2004, 02:37 PM   #100
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Old 07-22-2004, 03:46 PM   #101
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Old 07-22-2004, 07:18 PM   #102
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It's not Buckleberry Ferry or Burárum.

But I can't think of anything that is only seen by a few... my brain is fried.
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Old 07-22-2004, 09:03 PM   #103
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Is it the place where the Anduin empty's?
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Old 07-23-2004, 03:06 AM   #104
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The "Blue ring" AKA Vilya, which can only be seen by other rignbearers, is my answer. Next letter please.
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Old 07-23-2004, 04:27 AM   #105
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White-Hand Rule clarification

OK, let's get the rules straight here.

Firefoot has given the answer "Bombadil" three times and "Bucklebury Ferry" twice. Now, my understanding is that the same answer cannot be given more than once to the questions being asked by the guessers. That's why, for example, we can keep on asking "Is it a Dwarf?" and expect a different answer each time. If the person who has set the clue cannot give an answer, then he/she must ask the person who asked the question to give their answer. I presume that, if their answer is one which has previously been given, the game simply carries on.

So, in the case of "Bombadil" above, I think that "Is it the eldest and fatherless?" was asked twice and "Is it someone unaffected by the Ring?" was also asked (by The Perky Ent). So, in response to the second two of these questions, Firefoot should have asked the guessers to come up with their answers. Since I doubt that they would have come up with anything other than "Bombadil", the game would have carried on without Firefoot revealing another letter. However, if The Perky Ent could have come up with another 'B' answer for someone unaffected by the Ring, then Firefoot would have had to have given another letter.

Assuming that this analysis is correct, the person who has set the clue needs to keep in mind the answers already given and guessers should try to avoid asking a question to which the only answer (or at least the only answer that they can think of) is one which has already been given. (You can check the answers previously given quite easily by scrolling through the posts below the "Reply" box.)

Sorry for being such an anorak about this, but it's as well to make sure that the rules are clear, particularly as this seems to me to be a rather good game. Paavo, would you mind editing your first post to clarify the position on this point?

Anyway, on with the game ...

Is it a mountain?
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Old 07-23-2004, 05:14 AM   #106
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The next letter is L.

It is not the Blue Mounains, and since the place where Anduin empties (Bay of Belfalas) does not start with "Bl", I suppose that makes that question not count.
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Old 07-23-2004, 06:11 AM   #107
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Old 07-23-2004, 07:12 AM   #108
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thanks saucepan man, rule clarification was sure needed. I have now edited my first post and as you can see I have "borrowed" some of your text, since you put the rules in such intelligible form (something what I cannot do)

is it a place where only two hobbits have been?
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Old 07-23-2004, 08:25 AM   #109
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Old 07-23-2004, 08:30 AM   #110
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Old 07-23-2004, 09:03 AM   #112
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It is not the Black Captain.

I can't find any hobbits that start with Bl, so if you will provide your answer I will give you the next letter.
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Old 07-23-2004, 09:06 AM   #113
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Is it Blanco, one of the first hobbits in the Shire?
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Old 07-23-2004, 09:16 AM   #114
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It is the Black Riders. Morsul, go ahead.
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