What do you "assign" to the Shire? - Page 38 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Hakon · 09-25-2009, 04:20 AM

No. I was watching Fringe last night.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 09-25-2009, 11:27 AM

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No. I was watching Fringe last night.

Sure you were.

Boromir88 · 09-25-2009, 12:25 PM

I remembered yesterday why I stopped watching Grey's after Season 2, random character changes that go unexplained and a terrible script, we're talking atrocious. Which reminds me...

If we're talking new seasons of TV shows I would assign Glee and Heroes to the Shire.

Edit: Ahh and when your Wednesdays are jammed with all the great shows of the week you want to see from 8 pm until 11:30, a DVR belongs in the Shire too.

Hakon · 09-25-2009, 10:35 PM

I assign suits that make you look like a Russian mob boss. I love looking this way and yes I have pictures for any who are interested.

Aganzir · 09-26-2009, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Hakon

I assign suits that make you look like a Russian mob boss. I love looking this way and yes I have pictures for any who are interested.

Ooh! *is interested*

I could as well assign clothes that make you look like a Fascist. And especially boots.

Lalaith · 09-26-2009, 01:04 PM

*gets the fear*

skip spence · 09-26-2009, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Aganzir

I could as well assign clothes that make you look like a Fascist. And especially boots.

You should stop listening to BWO! I fear you are under the influence of the dreaded Alexander Bard.

Aganzir · 09-26-2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by skip spence

You should stop listening to BWO! I fear you are under the influence of the dreaded Alexander Bard.

Ahhaha guess what I'm listening to just now!

I save my pride! Å-å-å-åh! I save my love! Å-å-å-åh! In the night I cross the ocean to save my pride fooor looooove!

Pitchwife · 09-26-2009, 01:30 PM

Hakon and Agan, you two seem to be entertaining a somewhat peculiar idea of the Shire, if I may say so. Or perhaps you're thinking of Sharkey's Shire?

Formendacil · 09-26-2009, 02:17 PM

I assign Facebook status updates that send one rushing to book airline tickets over Christmas holidays.

Thinlómien · 09-27-2009, 12:41 PM

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I assign listening to the LotR soundtracks for the first time in a long while.

Seconded! Legate and I did that a few days ago and we also played the LotR board game and it was very nice, all of it.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 09-27-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Formendacil

I assign Facebook status updates that send one rushing to book airline tickets over Christmas holidays.

How about status updates that instigate long discussions over who loves Lord of the Rings better, and who is the most dedicated Anglophile?

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Seconded! Legate and I did that a few days ago and we also played the LotR board game and it was very nice, all of it.

I wish I had a LotR board game.... But it's nice that Downers can get satisfaction and joy out of simple things like that!

Thinlómien · 09-27-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

I wish I had a LotR board game.... But it's nice that Downers can get satisfaction and joy out of simple things like that!

If you ever come to Finland we can play it. *nudgenudge*

Mnemosyne · 09-27-2009, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

I wish I had a LotR board game....

Make your own.

It'll be a lot more fun than anything you buy at the store...

Thinlómien · 09-27-2009, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mnemosyne

Make your own.

It'll be a lot more fun than anything you buy at the store...

True, but it's a lot easier to buy a ready made one... projects like that tend to remain unfinished... (*remembers a not so distant plan of a game where players are nazgûls looking for the Ring and can for example meet Tom Bombadil and have tea with him*

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Mnemosyne · 09-27-2009, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

True, but it's a lot easier to buy a ready made one... projects like that tend to remain unfinished... (*remembers a not so distant plan of a game where players are nazgûls looking for the Ring and can for example meet Tom Bombadil and have tea with him*

)

I guess it depends on how complicated it is... Three friends and I put one together in the space of three hours over the same number of days. It was simple, but it was amazing... largely because sometimes it involved doing very, very silly things like Dwarvish Victory Dances and spazzing a la film!Galadriel.

Unfortunately when we parted one another's company we had to split the pieces of the game in memory of the amazing times we had. I got the best part of all (the "action cards") but later passed it on when I knew I wouldn't be able to see anyone else in the group again.

Doesn't mean I don't remember exactly how it went and couldn't 1). instruct people or 2). make another one at any time...

Personally, though, I still want someone to come out with a Risk: Beleriand game.

Lalwendë · 09-27-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Seconded! Legate and I did that a few days ago and we also played the LotR board game and it was very nice, all of it.

Which one? We've got a few now. I enjoy the trivia based one best because I like quizzes, but the others are pretty good, plus the artwork is rather nice and they're worth having for that alone. The big War of the Ring one cannot go up though now, with The Whirlwind about and lots of little plastic figures and dice he can eat.

Errr, to keep it on topic...

....I send Board Games to The Shire!

Thinlómien · 09-28-2009, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Which one? We've got a few now. I enjoy the trivia based one best because I like quizzes, but the others are pretty good, plus the artwork is rather nice and they're worth having for that alone. The big War of the Ring one cannot go up though now, with The Whirlwind about and lots of little plastic figures and dice he can eat.

Errr, to keep it on topic...

....I send Board Games to The Shire!

It has a separate main storyline board and adventure boards (Moria, Helm's Deep, Shelob's Lair and Mordor), you play as a team and the artwork is by John Howe. Does that ring any bells?

And as for assignations, Leonard Cohen belongs to the Shire although I'm not sure if that'd be his favourite place.

Lalwendë · 09-28-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinlómien

It has a separate main storyline board and adventure boards (Moria, Helm's Deep, Shelob's Lair and Mordor), you play as a team and the artwork is by John Howe. Does that ring any bells?

And as for assignations, Leonard Cohen belongs to the Shire although I'm not sure if that'd be his favourite place.

That's one we've got too, it's a strange game but once you play, it's great fun. You can get 'expansion packs' for it too, but we've only got the Sauron one so far, the Friends and Foes one is quite hard to find.

The little individual battles games are worth having if you can find them, we've got a 'Balrog Battle' one we bought in a London games shop when we were there for a few days a couple of years ago, and ended up playing that instead of going out

**The Saucepan Man** · 10-02-2009, 07:10 PM

Tolkein-based board games definately belong in the Shire.

Lommy, you mean the LotR collaborative game, right?

Lord of the Rings

Haven't played it for a while, but it's a cracker - and most challenging (especially, I think, for two players).

The there's the War of the Ring, an absolutely fantastic game, which recreates both the Fellowship's Quest to destroy the Ring and the tactical skirmishes and battles taking place at the same time. What's more, the Battles of the Third Age expansion allows you to recreate the battles of Helm's Deep and Pelennor Fields.

And then there is the latest in the set - Middle Earth Quest - a game set in the 17 year period between Bilbo's eleventy-first Birthday Party and the departure of Frodo and company on the Quest of the Ring. The characters are invented, but the situations which arise in the game are familiar. I have only played it a few times so far, but I am impressed with how well the game designers have brought to life a period which is really only referred to in the back story sections of LotR.

I should add that I do not work for Fantasy Flight Games - on the contrary, they have done well from me over the years - but it is fair to say that they are the premiere producers of Tolkien-themed board games. In consequence of which, I hereby consign them to the Shire.

Hakon · 10-02-2009, 10:33 PM

I assign Twilight Zone Conferences to the shire. I am at one now and it is great. I got to meet some great guys and I got to meet George Clayton Johnson. I will elaborate if anyone wants me to.

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 10-02-2009, 11:39 PM

I assign having enough money in the bank to buy a two way ticket to Britain.

I also assign the Uncyclopaedia article for Maxwell Edison. It makes me happy!

Legate of Amon Lanc · 10-03-2009, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Lommy, you mean the LotR collaborative game, right?

Lord of the Rings

Haven't played it for a while, but it's a cracker - and most challenging (especially, I think, for two players).

Yeah, that was the one. I really liked it, it's brilliant. And I think it is quite challenging for two players, at first I wondered if it's possible to get to the end at all. (Although on second try we - or Lommy Gamgee, respectively, after poor me heroically sacrificed myself to be eaten by Sauron

- made it almost to Mount Doom - although I think in the end, it's always "almost" and even one step closer makes a big difference.)

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And then there is the latest in the set - Middle Earth Quest - a game set in the 17 year period between Bilbo's eleventy-first Birthday Party and the departure of Frodo and company on the Quest of the Ring. The characters are invented, but the situations which arise in the game are familiar. I have only played it a few times so far, but I am impressed with how well the game designers have brought to life a period which is really only referred to in the back story sections of LotR.

Hmm, that actually looks very interesting. I might as well try to get my hands on that.

And well, you may not be working for the company, but maybe you could ask them to give you some small reward after such large scale advertising

I agree with you, though. Most importantly of all for me, the games are not just movie-based.

P.S. Should we assign SpM's return to the Shire...?

wilwarin538 · 10-03-2009, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Formendacil

I assign Facebook status updates that send one rushing to book airline tickets over Christmas holidays.

Ahaha! Which leads me to assign Greyhound Bus Lines to the Shire!

Eönwë · 10-03-2009, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

P.S. Should we assign SpM's return to the Shire...?

I was actually just about to.

Or we could make it more general and just assign all returns to the Downs by old members.

Lalwendë · 10-04-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

I should add that I do not work for Fantasy Flight Games - on the contrary, they have done well from me over the years - but it is fair to say that they are the premiere producers of Tolkien-themed board games. In consequence of which, I hereby consign them to the Shire.

Just be very, very careful if you visit games shop Orc's Nest off Shaftesbury Avenue because you will have your bank manager holding his head in despair (but will probably be helping the economy, or something). Follow that with a trip to Forbidden Planet up the road and you'll be single-handedly getting us out of recession.

Thinlómien · 10-07-2009, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Eönwë

Or we could make it more general and just assign all returns to the Downs by old members.

I could definitely assign that. I'm always so happy when someone I've missed reappears - especially if I haven't been keeping in touch with them elsewhere - and lately we've got Valier, Roa and SPM back. It's just wonderful.

I could also assign LotR related dreams. I had a very very scary dream where I was Frodo hiding from the Nazgûl in Crickhollow and seeing the black horses walking on the edges of the yard during the day and waiting for the sunset when the Nazgûl themselves would surely appear and knowing there's no way I can run away from them... it was really cool and made me want to read LotR. (I wonder where I was? Maybe in Hollin...)

PS. If I ever have money, it looks like I'm going to buy some board games.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 10-16-2009, 07:00 PM

And Woodchuck draft cider.

Both made the process of cooking a new chili recipe far more effective, in pleasantly differing ways.

How I do adore thee, Google.

Hakon · 10-17-2009, 02:51 PM

I assign my new haircut to the shire although I no longer have hobbit curls. The hair is too short.

Pitchwife · 10-17-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hakon

I assign my new haircut to the shire although I no longer have hobbit curls. The hair is too short.

So you'll look even more like a mobster?

Hakon · 10-17-2009, 03:25 PM

I will post a picture on the photos page and you can be the judge.

Lindale · 10-21-2009, 11:20 PM

I assign finishing a decent attempt of a paper about Islamic feminism. I know so little of the subject, as I only did my research during the past few weeks.

Also, I assign a very well-deserved sem break after a long sem's work.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 10-24-2009, 04:47 PM

I assign postcards from Lebanon

Bêthberry · 10-24-2009, 06:47 PM

I assign receiving wonderful news from a friend.

Eönwë · 10-24-2009, 07:13 PM

Daylight savings- an extra hour to sleep.

Loslote · 10-24-2009, 07:30 PM

I assign four-day weekends - so much sleep...

Lindale · 10-30-2009, 09:56 AM

A day with my long-time boyfriend from distant Baguio, and getting to see the famous sunset on Manila Bay with him.

Pitchwife · 10-30-2009, 11:46 AM

The simple pleasure of a nice, hot cup of tea on coming home from a walk in the fields with our dogs on a sunny but chill autumn evening.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 11-05-2009, 04:34 AM

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's so wonderful.

(Although I wonder whether assigning snow to the Shire is not, in fact, something like assigning it to Mordor, because Sam actually did exactly the same on Caradhras, assigning snow to the Shire, but what he intended by it was rather closer to what we mean when we assign something to Mordor.)

Mithalwen · 11-05-2009, 12:14 PM

When someone you love gets their heart's desire after a lot of hard work, wait and tribulation. My "baby" cousin has got a place at BRNC Dartmouth - after a near miraculous but slow recovery from an eye injury that nearly cost him his sight two years ago

Only hope there is no truth in the old saw on this occasion.... (that the only thing worse than not getting your heart's desire is getting it..).

09-25-2009, 04:20 AM	#1481
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	No. I was watching Fringe last night. __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

09-25-2009, 12:25 PM	#1483
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	I remembered yesterday why I stopped watching Grey's after Season 2, random character changes that go unexplained and a terrible script, we're talking atrocious. Which reminds me... If we're talking new seasons of TV shows I would assign Glee and Heroes to the Shire. Edit: Ahh and when your Wednesdays are jammed with all the great shows of the week you want to see from 8 pm until 11:30, a DVR belongs in the Shire too. __________________ Fenris Penguin Last edited by Boromir88; 09-25-2009 at 12:37 PM.

09-25-2009, 10:35 PM	#1484
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	I assign suits that make you look like a Russian mob boss. I love looking this way and yes I have pictures for any who are interested. __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

09-26-2009, 01:04 PM	#1486
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	gets the fear __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

09-26-2009, 01:30 PM	#1489
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Hakon and Agan, you two seem to be entertaining a somewhat peculiar idea of the Shire, if I may say so. Or perhaps you're thinking of Sharkey's Shire? __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

09-26-2009, 02:17 PM	#1490
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	I assign Facebook status updates that send one rushing to book airline tickets over Christmas holidays. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

10-02-2009, 07:10 PM	#1500
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Tolkein-based board games definately belong in the Shire. Lommy, you mean the LotR collaborative game, right? Lord of the Rings Haven't played it for a while, but it's a cracker - and most challenging (especially, I think, for two players). The there's the War of the Ring, an absolutely fantastic game, which recreates both the Fellowship's Quest to destroy the Ring and the tactical skirmishes and battles taking place at the same time. What's more, the Battles of the Third Age expansion allows you to recreate the battles of Helm's Deep and Pelennor Fields. And then there is the latest in the set - Middle Earth Quest - a game set in the 17 year period between Bilbo's eleventy-first Birthday Party and the departure of Frodo and company on the Quest of the Ring. The characters are invented, but the situations which arise in the game are familiar. I have only played it a few times so far, but I am impressed with how well the game designers have brought to life a period which is really only referred to in the back story sections of LotR. I should add that I do not work for Fantasy Flight Games - on the contrary, they have done well from me over the years - but it is fair to say that they are the premiere producers of Tolkien-themed board games. In consequence of which, I hereby consign them to the Shire. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

10-02-2009, 10:33 PM	#1501
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	I assign Twilight Zone Conferences to the shire. I am at one now and it is great. I got to meet some great guys and I got to meet George Clayton Johnson. I will elaborate if anyone wants me to. __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

10-02-2009, 11:39 PM	#1502
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I assign having enough money in the bank to buy a two way ticket to Britain. I also assign the Uncyclopaedia article for Maxwell Edison. It makes me happy! __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

10-16-2009, 07:00 PM	#1508
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Google And Woodchuck draft cider. Both made the process of cooking a new chili recipe far more effective, in pleasantly differing ways. How I do adore thee, Google. __________________ peace

10-17-2009, 02:51 PM	#1509
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	I assign my new haircut to the shire although I no longer have hobbit curls. The hair is too short. __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

10-17-2009, 03:25 PM	#1511
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	I will post a picture on the photos page and you can be the judge. __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

10-21-2009, 11:20 PM	#1512
Lindale Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: midway upon... in a forest dark Posts: 975	I assign finishing a decent attempt of a paper about Islamic feminism. I know so little of the subject, as I only did my research during the past few weeks. Also, I assign a very well-deserved sem break after a long sem's work. __________________ The heart does things for reasons Reason itself cannot comprehend. - Blaise Pascal Legal Madness.

10-24-2009, 06:47 PM	#1514
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	I assign receiving wonderful news from a friend. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away. Last edited by Bêthberry; 11-03-2009 at 08:52 AM.

10-24-2009, 07:13 PM	#1515
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	Daylight savings- an extra hour to sleep. __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place

10-24-2009, 07:30 PM	#1516
Loslote The Werewolf's Companion Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Moon Posts: 3,021	I assign four-day weekends - so much sleep... __________________ I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris

10-30-2009, 09:56 AM	#1517
Lindale Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: midway upon... in a forest dark Posts: 975	A day with my long-time boyfriend from distant Baguio, and getting to see the famous sunset on Manila Bay with him. __________________ The heart does things for reasons Reason itself cannot comprehend. - Blaise Pascal Legal Madness.

10-30-2009, 11:46 AM	#1518
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	The simple pleasure of a nice, hot cup of tea on coming home from a walk in the fields with our dogs on a sunny but chill autumn evening. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

11-05-2009, 04:34 AM	#1519
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so wonderful. (Although I wonder whether assigning snow to the Shire is not, in fact, something like assigning it to Mordor, because Sam actually did exactly the same on Caradhras, assigning snow to the Shire, but what he intended by it was rather closer to what we mean when we assign something to Mordor.) __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

11-05-2009, 12:14 PM	#1520
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	When someone you love gets their heart's desire after a lot of hard work, wait and tribulation. My "baby" cousin has got a place at BRNC Dartmouth - after a near miraculous but slow recovery from an eye injury that nearly cost him his sight two years ago Only hope there is no truth in the old saw on this occasion.... (that the only thing worse than not getting your heart's desire is getting it..). __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 11-05-2009 at 12:21 PM.