Middle-earth Board Game fun - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

elfearz1 · 01-04-2005, 01:23 PM

ooh cool thanks! I'm a big fan of board games too. In referance to real life I have Lotr monopoly and trivia pursuit.

01-04-2005, 01:32 PM

Helms Deep Buckaroo would be good. How many Orcs can you balance on the fortress walls before the whole place gets blown apart.

I'm also thinking about a Mordor inspired version of that classic game, Operation, but it's proving far to scary to contemplate....

Morai · 01-04-2005, 05:06 PM

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ooh cool thanks! I'm a big fan of board games too. In referance to real life I have Lotr monopoly and trivia pursuit.

Same here, except I don't have Trivial Pursuit LOTR, I figured it would be too cruel to try to quiz my non-LOTR family on Tolkien's works. I recently bought LOTR Monoply, and I knew I was loosing when all my "territories" have been mortgaged off except Osiglath and Mt. Doom. I should have known it was a bad idea to have my Mom be the One Ring and myself Frodo.

As for imaginary games, why not have a LOTR spoof on the Wheel of Fortune board game? Instead of random catagories and puzzles, and Tolkien related ones.
People- Races
Before and After- Before and After (no point in changing this challenging category)
Events- Battles
Phrase- Elvish Phrase

Anyway, you get the idea.

Beanamir of Gondor · 01-05-2005, 12:36 PM

My sister and I invented this game using the LOTR Trivial Pursuit cards, and it's LOTR Pictionary. We just use the answers from the TP game and use them to draw pictures with. Some of them are really easy, like "Which elf is the son of Thranduil? and then you just draw a bow and arrow for Legolas. But some are hard because they're like, "What are the four Middlearth races that live underground?" and you have to figure out how to draw Lurtz and Grishnahk and a goblin and Gimli. (Merry is perpetually a carrot, while Pippin is perpetually a mug of ale.) I swear I've never laughed so hard as when we're playing that game. I'm thinking about copyrighting it.

Evisse the Blue · 01-05-2005, 02:47 PM

Has anyone played Scrabble using only Tolkien stuff (characters, places, etc). I have.

Of course you have to make it more simple than the usual Scrabble game, so if you're not satisfied with what letters you get on the first try, you are allowed to exchange the letters three times more. After that, you have to make a word out of the letters you got, for bad or worse. The only problem with this game is that there are too few letters such as 'R' and to many "E's and vocals in general...There should be a Tolkien Scrabble Game made...

EDIT: Duh. BW's link loaded and I went there and saw someone already thought of a Scrabble Game for Elvish. But still, this is somewhat different that what I was suggesting. This would really be difficult, especially for those of us who are not fluent in Elvish.

AbercrombieOfRohan · 01-05-2005, 03:53 PM

My brother and I invented our own version of chess using blocks of wood with characters' faces pasted on them. Like ring-bearer has a pic. of Elijah wood as frodo and is the equivalent of a rook. (Ring-bearer to E-4 and such.) Very exciting because it took us like twenty games to remember what all the pieces were and what their proper names were.

Evisse the Blue · 01-05-2005, 04:02 PM

That's really cool, Abercrombie! Who's the King?

01-04-2005, 01:23 PM	#1
elfearz1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 259	ooh cool thanks! I'm a big fan of board games too. In referance to real life I have Lotr monopoly and trivia pursuit. __________________ I didn't eat Merry, i just ate his waistcoat!-Horse maidens dream 915/920 miles. On my way to Lothlorien! ^^Elfearz^^

01-04-2005, 01:32 PM	#2
Allotheria Guest Posts: n/a	Buckaroo-roo-roo! Helms Deep Buckaroo would be good. How many Orcs can you balance on the fortress walls before the whole place gets blown apart. I'm also thinking about a Mordor inspired version of that classic game, Operation, but it's proving far to scary to contemplate....

01-05-2005, 12:36 PM	#4
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	My sister and I invented this game using the LOTR Trivial Pursuit cards, and it's LOTR Pictionary. We just use the answers from the TP game and use them to draw pictures with. Some of them are really easy, like "Which elf is the son of Thranduil? and then you just draw a bow and arrow for Legolas. But some are hard because they're like, "What are the four Middlearth races that live underground?" and you have to figure out how to draw Lurtz and Grishnahk and a goblin and Gimli. (Merry is perpetually a carrot, while Pippin is perpetually a mug of ale.) I swear I've never laughed so hard as when we're playing that game. I'm thinking about copyrighting it. __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

01-05-2005, 02:47 PM	#5
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Has anyone played Scrabble using only Tolkien stuff (characters, places, etc). I have. Of course you have to make it more simple than the usual Scrabble game, so if you're not satisfied with what letters you get on the first try, you are allowed to exchange the letters three times more. After that, you have to make a word out of the letters you got, for bad or worse. The only problem with this game is that there are too few letters such as 'R' and to many "E's and vocals in general...There should be a Tolkien Scrabble Game made... EDIT: Duh. BW's link loaded and I went there and saw someone already thought of a Scrabble Game for Elvish. But still, this is somewhat different that what I was suggesting. This would really be difficult, especially for those of us who are not fluent in Elvish. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass. Last edited by Evisse the Blue; 01-05-2005 at 02:52 PM.

01-05-2005, 04:02 PM	#7
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	That's really cool, Abercrombie! Who's the King? __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

01-05-2005, 03:53 PM	#6
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	My brother and I invented our own version of chess using blocks of wood with characters' faces pasted on them. Like ring-bearer has a pic. of Elijah wood as frodo and is the equivalent of a rook. (Ring-bearer to E-4 and such.) Very exciting because it took us like twenty games to remember what all the pieces were and what their proper names were.

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