Game Review: Lord of the Rings Trivia Game
In this video I review the only Lord of the Rings trivia board game a true LotR geek needs: J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings Trivia Game, designed by Christian Petersen. You can find it here: https...
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Why We Need More Faramirs
Faramir is a type of character we don't see much in modern culture, but I think we need more characters like him. And Tolkien's version of him is a good example of how to make such characters interes...
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Middle Earth History: The North Kingdom of Arnor
If you haven't read the Appendices to the Lord of the Rings, but you've seen the movies, you might be wondering how Aragorn can be the descendant of Elendil and Isildur and yet he's seemingly a random...
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Unfinished Tales: Disaster of the Gladden Fields
Tolkien eventually did write a full account of how Isildur lost the Ring, but it didn't reach the public until Christopher Tolkien published the Unfinished Tales. Here's the story. The Unfinished T...
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Sub-Creation as a Theme in the Silmarillion
Tolkien's view of fantasy includes the idea that creating fantasy is an act of "sub-creation," but he also made the idea of sub-creation a powerful theme in The Silmarillion. This video explores how ...
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Middle Earth History: The Ring of Barahir
In this video I explain the history and significance of Aragorn's ring, the ring of Barahir.
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Debunking Grunge com's "False Facts About The Lord of the Rings You've Always Believed"
Friends don't let friends watch dumb pop culture site videos about Tolkien, so I'm here to clear things up in case anyone was fooled by the lazy ideas spouted by Grunge.com. For my video on Merry's ro...
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