Tolkien Christmas Gifts - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lindolirian · 12-27-2004, 06:51 PM

Well let me see, I got Bored of the Rings, The Sillymarillion, Letters, Author of the Century, and Road to Middle Earth. Right now, in my haze of painkilling drugs after my surgery, I can't comprehend much of it very well, so I'm putting them off for a bit until I can understand the higher-level writing. The parodies, however, are much easier on my woozy brain and have proved that laughter is the best medicine. Most of you all probably know about "Bored" because it's been out since '69 I think, but the Sillymarillion came out this year. So far, it's kept almost exactly with the story, with some really hilarious and clever twists of names. Other than that it's not quite like "Bored" because it doesn't vary from the story at all, and I was slightly disappointed at that, but it still remains a good knee-slapper. Or in my case, cast-slapper...

. Hmm, I also got LotR Risk and the movie version of Trivial Pursuit. I actually haven't opened either, so... Anyone else get good stuff?

Lhundulinwen · 12-27-2004, 07:32 PM

I got a fantastic poster of all the major LOTR movie characters, and ROTK EE!! Yay! Not bad, not bad at all.

Morgul Queen · 12-29-2004, 08:09 PM

I got the RotK EE (I was allowed to watch it before it was wrapped, yay!), the 50th Anniversary Diary (which I can't bear to write in), The Hobbit Companion (very funny), the Fell-Beast Action Figure (I have about 20 now), the 2005 Movie calender (the pics shall join my wall as soon as 2005 is over) and! and! and! Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett!

Woo Hoo! (C Celeborn)

**The Saucepan Man** · 12-30-2004, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by me

Personally, I am hoping that Santa will bring me [The War of the Ring boardgame] for Christmas. It looks gorgeous - worth it for the gameboard alone.

It's mine - all mine! My .... precioussssss!

Laitoste · 12-30-2004, 12:53 PM

I got FOTR EE (I got the first one free with the test drive of a Kia and then my mom said I didn't need another version of the same movie, but she finally gave in!!!), ROTK EE (love it!), and LOTR Monopoly from my brother. He only got it for me because he loves the game and can't convince me to play the regular or Packers version. Why do I want to play a game that I always lose and then am mocked because of it? Anyway, it's really cool (even though I lost again

) and I like the LOTR twist to make the game shorter.

mark12_30 · 12-30-2004, 01:35 PM

It doesn't sound like a LOTR gift at first. But when you've collected enough Tolkien music to fill a data CD with mp3s, then an ipod is a Tolkien gift indeed.

Oh, and let's not forget the Movie-Poster-Calendar. All that willpower resisting the lure of posters paid off unexpectedly.

Lalwendë · 01-31-2005, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by SpM

It is indeed. I bought the diary version for my sister-in-law for Christmas (together with the RotK EE), and of course just had to look through it before wrapping it up. It includes the pages from the Book of Mazarbul that are in the 50th Anniversary edition of the book (another good Christmas present idea).

In Waterstones they have the Tolkien 2005 50th Anniversary Diary reduced to just £5. I snapped one up of course.

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Originally Posted by Me

I have the film based Trivial Pursuit but so far nobody has dared to play it with me.

Finally the game has been played, and in a contest of 'best of three' the final score was 2-1 against me.

But I was playing against an illustrious 'Downer.

And there was almost that apocryphal moment known to all Trivial Pursuit fans where one player gets control of the dice and makes it the whole way around the board. The 'film' category was alas the nemesis which prevented this, with its weird questions about the size of the various 'bigatures' and "who played third orc to the left of the first anonymous orc" and so forth. Many of the questions in the other categories were so easy that the only option was to resort to extremes of pedantry regarding answers, e.g. "the answer was The Nazgul, not just Nazgul, so you are clearly wrong". So, let this be a warning to any fellow obsessives, you may not find it quite the challenge you had envisioned.

12-27-2004, 06:51 PM	#1
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Well let me see, I got Bored of the Rings, The Sillymarillion, Letters, Author of the Century, and Road to Middle Earth. Right now, in my haze of painkilling drugs after my surgery, I can't comprehend much of it very well, so I'm putting them off for a bit until I can understand the higher-level writing. The parodies, however, are much easier on my woozy brain and have proved that laughter is the best medicine. Most of you all probably know about "Bored" because it's been out since '69 I think, but the Sillymarillion came out this year. So far, it's kept almost exactly with the story, with some really hilarious and clever twists of names. Other than that it's not quite like "Bored" because it doesn't vary from the story at all, and I was slightly disappointed at that, but it still remains a good knee-slapper. Or in my case, cast-slapper.... Hmm, I also got LotR Risk and the movie version of Trivial Pursuit. I actually haven't opened either, so... Anyone else get good stuff? __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

12-27-2004, 07:32 PM	#2
Lhundulinwen Wight Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wishin' and hopin' in the Shire Posts: 139	I got a fantastic poster of all the major LOTR movie characters, and ROTK EE!! Yay! Not bad, not bad at all. __________________ ~Just call on me, and I'm there. I'll always be your Sam~

12-29-2004, 08:09 PM	#3
Morgul Queen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dontgonearthe Castle Posts: 414	I got the RotK EE (I was allowed to watch it before it was wrapped, yay!), the 50th Anniversary Diary (which I can't bear to write in), The Hobbit Companion (very funny), the Fell-Beast Action Figure (I have about 20 now), the 2005 Movie calender (the pics shall join my wall as soon as 2005 is over) and! and! and! Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett! Woo Hoo! (C Celeborn) __________________ Athrabeth is still doing the wave for Boromir the Disco-King Oh...and call me Morgy!

12-30-2004, 12:53 PM	#5
Laitoste Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Behind the hills Posts: 164	I got FOTR EE (I got the first one free with the test drive of a Kia and then my mom said I didn't need another version of the same movie, but she finally gave in!!!), ROTK EE (love it!), and LOTR Monopoly from my brother. He only got it for me because he loves the game and can't convince me to play the regular or Packers version. Why do I want to play a game that I always lose and then am mocked because of it? Anyway, it's really cool (even though I lost again ) and I like the LOTR twist to make the game shorter. __________________ "If we're still alive in the morning, we'll know that we're not dead."~South Park

12-30-2004, 01:35 PM	#6
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	It doesn't sound like a LOTR gift at first. But when you've collected enough Tolkien music to fill a data CD with mp3s, then an ipod is a Tolkien gift indeed. Oh, and let's not forget the Movie-Poster-Calendar. All that willpower resisting the lure of posters paid off unexpectedly. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.