Bilbo Baggins, according to Tolkien, was “mighty book-learned” and “he wrote poetry.” One of the great poems he wrote was about the Dúnadan,...

I haven't posted anything here for months. To those who have been paying attention, please accept my sincerest apologies. In fact, I hav...

Tonight, I am sitting up thinking about the future of The One Ring Roleplaying Game now that a new partnership has been formed between Sophi...

As many of my friends and readers know, I am a huge fan and contributor to The One Ring Roleplaying Game (see my page on this blog dedicate...

‘I need no map,’ said Gimli, who had come up with Legolas, and was gazing out before him with a strange light in his deep eyes. ‘There is ...

Professor J.R.R. Tolkien In The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien , entry 63 is addressed to his son Christopher Tolkien and dated 24 April 1944...

Here's another word from the book Write Well, Speak Well  (Houghton Mifflin) that caught my eye. It's a word that is often misused a...