Episode 25: Games of Middle-earth

Episode Summary

Grab a controller or a handful of dice! This month we're talking about the history of Tolkien and Gaming. From Middle-earth's influence on D&D to card games and video games, we're talking not just where Tolkien's work has been interpreted, but also how it has been handled by these various mediums compared to the broader fantasy genre, on which Tolkien has had great influence.

Citations

• Elyanna's (@itariilles on twitter) post: https://itariilles.tumblr.com/post/621530027851415552/my-statement-on-tolkien-2019-it-has-been

• Research into Tolkien & Dungeons and Dragons:

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/14/lordoftherings.jrrtolkien

  http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2015/01/gaming-battle-of-five-armies.html

  https://www.quora.com/To-what-extent-is-Dungeons-and-Dragons-influenced-by-Tolkiens-works

• H. Carpenter and C. Tolkien (Eds.), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin (letters 13,202)

• Tolkien RPGS:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Middle-earth_role-playing_games Accessed July 11, 2020

  https://www.cubicle7games.com/unexpected-tor2-update/ Accessed July 11, 2020

  https://sophisticated-games.com/about/ Accessed July 11, 2020

Episode URL

https://athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-25-games-of-middle-earth