Suggestions welcome :) If you wish to add a
link or tell of a broken link, email Varda
New links listed on the Valar Guild's
News page (not passworded) as they come in.
CONTENTS:
Tolkien:
Valar Guild articles
National Archives officer service record for JRRT. From the National Archives: UK government records and information management. Link suggested by Branwyn-(TV).
Groups, Fan Sites
About Lord of the Rings - from About.com's Science
Fiction/Fantasy section. Includes 4 pages of mostly serious LotR links
about the books and movies, including JRRT's poetry, plus the less
serious such as
If the Lord of the Rings were an episode of Star Trek Voyager .
Link sent in by Eowyn-(V)
Barrowdowns - fan site.
Cave of Lost Scrolls - down. Tolkien
website directory
Council of Elrond - a
movie site with parts that also work for the book fans: languages,
Elrond's Library which is and includes an encyclopedia, maps, art.
Fanfic. Poems that come straight from the books. Site suggested by a
member of the Manwe realm of the communities, Matt Knutson
Eglarest -
French-speaking Tolkien fan group
Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
aka E.L.F. - group interested in made-up languages
of all kinds, not just elvish, but mostly in Tolkien's languages.
Special interest group of the Mythopoeic Society. Journals: Vinyar Tengwar , Parma Eldalamberon
.
Endore - Franco Manni's web site for the "Endore" fanzine
of the
Italian Tolkien Society, loaded with Tolkien information. The web pages
include info on Tolkien-related books in English. The site is in
English,
the fanzine in Italian. see also Franco
Manni's
book
review over The Uncharted Realms of Tolkien.Franco
Manni-(TV) is a Tolkien-only member of the Valar Guild, although the
sites are separate.
English 318
: down. J.R.R. Tolkien
Spring 2000 at Rice University in
Houston, Texas - course syllabus, links.: by Jane Chance
Erynodil
- down. LotR fan club.
Includes the movies, photos, Andune's
elvish lessons, Middle-earth recipes, and LotR links. Made and
suggested
by SheElf Archer. Best viewed in Explorer rather than Netscape
Hideout
of Imladris - down.
dictionary, articles, fanfic, poetry, pictures,
music: by
THOI Development Team, sponsored by Noldor.org . Kjell Arne Brudvik,
Kjell Magne Gåsland, Daniel Rønningen
HobbitLore -
down. seeing how reality
and the stories of Tolkien work together.: by Paul
Payne
Il Signore degli aneli Edoras -
Italian fan site. Images, articles on the Lord of the Rings and
Silmarillion, chat. by Thengel
la voce di Edoras "The Voice of
Edoras". Italian Tolkien fan site with articles. Link suggested by
Emanuele "Theoden" Scalzo-(TV)
Keepers of
the Fellowship - Tolkien fan club and online gamers.
Link suggested by Amillo-(Valar).: by Dora-KF
Land of the Elves -
Not updated, unfinished, very slightly used forum. Tolkien fan site,
movies, elf-centric, under construction :by Master
Elrond
Lord of the
Rings Fanatics Plaza - Tolkien fan club
site, books and movies. Includes articles, quizes, links, forum, has
members who game in a style similar to AD&D. by Philip
Kooijman .
Lord of the Rings Fanatics Site
- fan site. anyone interested may contribute. Small group at the
time of this link. Book summaries not restricted to the trilogy. Lots
of info is in non-text format. Tolkien bio. Bilbo guides the reader
through a couple of tours. Quiz game. Art and media
section;
Lord of the Rings
Fantasy World - Devoted to Tolkien books and
the movies, allows the building of a personal fan
page. Chat rooms and forum for The Lord of the Rings fans available.
Losse Alqua
- down. fan site.
Articles on Tolkien, elvish, the books, the movies.
Site hosted by Rem Tolkienna, made by dunadan JHS, aided by Orodreth
Elensar, Grigory Deepdelver, Shorty, and Mayur.
LoTR Online : Lord of
the Rings Movie and Tolkien news, professional site. Fan art, music,
fiction, writing. The Gallery has the famous professional artists. Huge
links section to Tolkien pages including our guild's
Tolkien Encyclopedia: Interactive Edition, Annals of Arda, and Valar
Guild index. Readers post movie news. Link suggested by James Wray.
Sponsored by Blades by Brown. by Jeff Ledoux/Old Man Willow, James
Wray/Fatty,
Wahla Baggins et aliud
Lord of the Rings Wiki
Internet
Tolkien Book Society - info on and reviews of books
by and about Tolkien and Tolkien subjects: by Jesse Chuhta of the ITBS
Middle-earth Wikipedia
Minas
Tirith - Forum, information sections on the forum.
Moonway - Russian group
in St. Petersburgh, interested in all
fantasy worlds, especially Tolkien's as the most developed. In Russian,
with an English edition planned to come out in 2002: by Ivan Kotliarov
and others.
Mythopoeic Society -
fans of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams in particular,
fantasy in general. Includes resources and many interesting links.
Numenore -
Tolkien fan page, including articles. Has links to our Tolkien
Encyclopedia as article reference credit.
TheOneRing.net
- huge Tolkien site. Includes art, fan-fic, music.
One Ring: The Complete Guide
to Tolkien Online - Virbius's One Ring. links to many Tolkien
sites,
can vote for favorites. List of Tolkien's books. Tolkien movie news.:
by Darryl Friesen
Sociedad Tolkien Peruana
- Peruvian Tolkien Society. In Spanish.
Stratics - for
Tolkien news in French.
Tolkien and Middle-earth - web page for Discussion Board group
including a time line of JRR Tolkien's life. By Marina. Listed here
under Tolkien/Groups,
Fan Sites
Tolkien Library
: partial but amazing listing of Tolkien's works. List
suggested by page creator, Pieter Collier.
Tolkien
GatewayWikipedia: sections: Chat, Wiki Tolkien encyclopedia, News , Search
Tolkien Online -
fan site for books and movie, message board. Art.
Tolkien Society -
Tolkien fans exchanging resource material physical and online, and
meeting live.
The Tolkien Wiki Community
The Township of
Bree - book and movie info, movie pictures, LotR
cartoons. Suggested by Ms. Kimbo Baggins, site manager.
Valar Guild - Tolkien and
online gaming group. Online Tolkien fans worldwide who play, chat
Tolkien, and put up Tolkien and game info on the web, and who play
mostly Lord of the Rings Online where we have an official guild branch
on Landroval. In World of WarCraf, we have official guild branches on
the servers: Lothar (Alliance, Americas), Uldaman (Horde, Americas),
and Argent Dawn (Europe).
We also have members who play games including: Diablo I, Diablo II,
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction and its Middle-earth mod,
StarCraft/BroodWar, WarCraft2, WarCraft3/The Frozen Throne, EverQuest,
NeverWinter Nights, Well of Souls, Guild Wars, and Dark Age of
Camelot.
We try to create a Tolkien atmosphere wherever we are, relating to each
other by our personal Tolkien guild names. Honorable, clean-spoken,
legit co-op gamers. The guild includes
Tolkien-only
members who do not game, but help with the Valar Guild Tolkien
Encyclopedia. The guild publishes the free,
online Valar
Guild Tolkien Encyclopedia and collects Tolkien-related art
in the Glittering Caves
of Aglarond . It publishes Tolkien-inspired
Stories , Poetry
, and Jokes . Full Members
each play a particular character from Tolkien's writings. Lord of the
Rings Movies page. Meets on AIM every Sunday. A Forum is up for
a variety of topics including Tolkien, other authors, and online
gaming. News
page. Tolkien-only members as well as full members can use the
Forum and contribute to the online Tolkien pages. The Domain name is
http://valarguild.org, paid for by Alatar-(Valar)
who also provides much of our web space.: by the Valar Guild's Web Team
War of the
Ring - Tolkien fan site. Forum, fanfic, fan art, site hosting,
more.
World of
Middle-earth, The - fan site. Articles and images.: by Johan
Avard
Wraiths on Wings - Tolkien movie
and book site with info on both. Forum. Requested link. Site by
Haunted_Bre or just Bre
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Tolkien's Books and other Works:
Book List and Reviews: 2007, 2008 site, run by Arveleg-(V). Old site: Book
List and Reviews - books about Tolkien with reviews, list of
Tolkien books. Part of the Valar Guild's site.: by Lungorthin-(Valar)
Illustrated
Tolkien Book Bibliography, An - . project to list all the British
editions of the published writings of JRRT, with their illustrations
and how they changed. Eyeing a project to do the American editions
also. Of especial interest to collectors. by Neil.
One Ring: The Complete
Guide
to Tolkien Online - list of Tolkien's books. Links to many
Tolkien sites, can vote for favorites. Tolkien movie news.: by Darryl
Friesen
Marquette University's collection - listing of Tolkien manuscripts held at Marquette University, including donations from Christopher Tolkien.
Resources for
Tolkienian Linguistics - includes a list of Tolkien's books
and further resources. : by Carl F. Hostestetter for E.L.F., the Elvish
Linguistic Fellowship.
Tolkien.co.uk - Tolkien site by
Harper Collins Publishers, editors for Tolkien
Tolkien's
Haven - Tolkien bio
including pics; list of Tolkien's books; encyclopedia; images; forum .
: by
ex-Anarion, aka James O'Connell, aka jamestomas.
Encyclopedias, Tolkien FAQ, Article Collections:
Annals of Arda - Tolkien
encyclopedia with extensive articles, some of his own
original illustrations, linked back and forth with the Valar Guild
Tolkien Encyclopedia: Valar Guild site by Elatan-(Valar) fka Amillo
-(Valar)
The Archives of Middle-earth -
The Tolkien A-Z at Daereth's Tolkien OnLine. Much is still in subjects,
despite the name. Has much still to go, as do most Encycs. This is the
revised and updated Russian Middle-earth Archives. Forum. Movie
section. English and Russian versions.
Ardanole: The Study of Arda -
articles, pronounced words. Link recommended by Hyarion/Srekal: by
Ardamire.
Arwen
Evenstar - articles, stories, poetry, links about
Arwen: by
Elelome
Barrow Downs
- encyclopedia, movie news, fonts, Shire Calendar,
fan fic, fan art, forum. Link suggested by Anarion-(V). Page done
by Ron Kittle, Jamie Sundquist, Joe Pirelli
Cabed-en-Aras -
encyclopedia called Minas Tirith, movie news, art, message board. Some
articles, quite a few paintings.. Link suggested
by Anarion-(V). :by Thengel
Chronology of the Silmarillion
Council of Elrond - a
movie site with parts that also work for the book fans: languages,
Elrond's Library which is and includes an encyclopedia, maps, art.
Fanfic. Poems that come straight from the books. Site suggested by a
member of the Manwe realm of the communities, Matt Knutson
Dark
Side of Tolkien - the villains of Tolkien's world
Electronic Tolkien Encyclopedia Project - last updated in
June 1996. Restarted
in the year 2000 using the old information. The What's New list of
English articles still stopped in 1996 when I checked in Aug 2005.
Encyclopedia of
Arda - Tolkien encyclopedia. Brought to the attention of the
Links page by Tulkas-(Valar). Uses frames, maps, more pictures intended
later, a huge number of short entries with the intention of
later expansion. by Mark Fisher
Encyclopedia
of Middle Earth - Source may be David Day's Characters
from Tolkien. Made and link suggested by Frodo Baggins (non-guild).
From Pointy Ears to Grima's
Tears: A Tolkien Investigation . - careful research and
thinking in articles on both books and movies. By Ellen Brundage
Grey Havens - articles;
quotes of entire poems, songs, and chapters; Tengwar and Rune fonts;
movie news: by Cirdan (link contributed to this page by Gwaihir-(V),
now Amillo-(Valar)
Gumby's index
page - large areas on literature. Also areas on computing,
music, jokes, and in Swedish. Info about JRRT
and other Inklings. Section on Science Fiction &
Fantasy . Made by Calle
Hideout of Imladris
- Tolkien articles: by Brudvik and others
Homepage of Eugene C. Hargrove -
Tom Bombadil, Old Man Willow, other interesting articles.
Inklings - the writing club to which Tolkien belonged was the
Inklings. This site tells about it and other SF/F topics.
His home page has
discussions of both Fantasy and SF, quite interesting. by Calle
aka Gumby.
J.R.R. Tolkien
and Middle-earth - articles. Link suggested by Irmo-(Valar)
JRR Tolkien Information Page - last updated in 1997, but
still has many workable Tolkien links
L'Encyclopedie
d'Arda - Tolkien Encyclopedia in French, handled by a Tolkien
group, Eglarest , with
their own interesting page.
la voce di Edoras "The Voice of
Edoras". Italian Tolkien fan site with articles. Link suggested by
Emanuele "Theoden" Scalzo-(TV)
Line
of Kings
- tree showing the line of the kings of
Man: researched and made
by Eru-(Valar)
Lord
of the Rings Fanatics Library - LotR Fanatics's site
section.
Lord of the Rings Online Lore Book - from the site for the Lord of the Rings Online MMORPG (game).
Middle-earth Mythology
- a not-Encyclopedia and not-Discussion Board allowing readers to click
on a name to add information and comments. It also lets the reader add
characters. He has a link to both the Encyclopedia and Annals. Page
made and suggested by Morten
Goodwin Olsen
Mirror of
Galadriel - collection of Tolkien links
Mithrandir's Tolkien Page - Tolkien maps, images, poems, and
more. by Mithrandir
National
Geographic - site about the real life influences on Tolkien's
work and
on the movie in New Zealand. by National Geographic
Numenor - Tolkien articles from intro to in-depth with small
versions of much larger pics. Last updated Feb 1997.
Numenore -
Tolkien fan page, including articles. Has links to our Tolkien
Encyclopedia as article reference credit.
Quettamar - Tolkien information, including Languages, books,
images, card game, downloads (espe check the FAQs), links. Well made,
searchable. by the webmaster of Quettamar
Remembering Tolkien - Biography
of JRRT: Valar Guild page by Tom Bombadil
Scrolls of Orthanc - Articles on numerous questions, Tolkien
links, images,
Index of Tolkien Class Notes + images and essay all in fast-loading
ftp: by Erik Tracey
Shire Lyceum -
Clickable map; Art Gallery; Poetry; Real Audio music and readings;
Discussion Board; Links to Tolkien sites and web rings; Sales of
Tolkien's books and Tolkien-related books and artwork: by
Silmaril.net
Storm Crow Co. - Middle
Earth Adventures and Role Playing Information is a section from the
Storm Crow page: AD&D 2nd edition RPG adventures in Middle Earth
with additional info to help play, concerning Races which includes info
on the Valar. It is slanted to RPG use, rather than exact Tolkien
scholarship, handy for DM's: by Bill Marcellino
Talk about J.R.R.
Tolkien and Middle-earth: A Guide to Tolkien Discussion on the Web
- link suggested by Irmo-(Valar)
Thain's
Book - Hobbit and LotR encyclopedia, Third Age.
Tolkien - huge collection of Tolkien links, well-organized:
by Netscape's Open Directory project
Tolkien Archives
- collection of anything at all to do with Tolkien. Includes essays,
biography, maps, charts, race histories. by Jeremiah Lewis
Tolkien
Encyclopedia - grouped by Ages of Middle Earth: by
Christopher Winter
Tolkien
Encyclopedia Interactive Edition
- Valar Guild project: edited by Varda-(Valar)
Tolkien
Enterprises - Licenses the use for money of all things
Tolkien. Includes a list of Tolkien names, places, things and events,
which they claim exclusive right to in 1976. They picked up the rights
originally for their movie, the animated one directed by Ralph Bakshi.
: by Tolkien Enterprises, div. of Saul Zaentz Co.
Tolkien:
Ents and Other Creatures of Middle-earth - by
Croninphoto
Tolkien
Gateway - Tolkien Encyclopedia set up in a Wikipedia format. Articles are sent in by readers and edited by by both
readers and the site's creater: by Hyarion Underhill
Tolkien's
Haven - Tolkien bio
including pics; list of Tolkien's books; encyclopedia; images; forum .
: by
ex-Anarion-(V), aka James O'Connell, aka jamestomas.
Tolkien
Info Page - huge number of Tolkien links, compiling
ended in
1997, but many links are still good. suggested by Bilbo-(V): by Eric
Lippert
The Tolkien Meta-FAQ
- index to several major lists of Frequently Asked Questions
about J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth: by Steuard Jensen.
Tolkien
Monster Encyclopedia - encyclopedia of monsters in Tolkien's
books: by Calle Mattson
Tolkien Network - The
Tolkien Archives: Tolkien articles, pictures, music and The
Lord of the Rings Movie Site: live LotR Movie news: by a web
team of Bass (general webmaster), Costa, Lewis, and Martyniak for the
Archives, and Bass, Barlow, Herbert, Lewis, and Schmitz for the Movies.
Tolkien
Notes - discussion of Tolkien given in a convenient FAQ and
less-often-FAQ'ed form
Tolkien
Quizes - test your Tolkien
knowledge or send in your own quiz: Valar Guild page edited by
Varda -(Valar)
Trivia Wars -
Tolkien - Tolkien trivia questions: by Maglor-(V) aka
Glorfindel, for Trivia Company
Valley of Singing Gold - Tolkien trivia, art, peoples, maps,
translations, Tengwar alphabet, rings.: by Otter Whisker
Wikkipedia - Middle-earth Encyclopedia.
It is part of a general
Encyclopedia. Link suggested by Orodreth-V.
Xenite.org
- Tolkien information resources
Xenite.org: Essays
- essays on Tolkien subjects: by Michael L. Martinez
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Languages, Names, Runes, Dictionaries:
Amanye Tencili - the
Tengwar of Feanor and of Rumil. Link suggested by Pengolodh-(V).Created
by Måns Björkman © 2005
Ardalambion
-
*All* the languages of Tolkien, highly
recommended. Or you
can now type ardalambion.com. Another link with pop-ups. Grammar for
each of the languages.
Quenya-Elvish and Elvish-Quenya downloadable wordlists, updated now and
then. Elvish thesaurus.
Discussion board:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/.:
by Helge Fauskanger
Ardanole: The Study of Arda -
articles, pronounced words. Link recommended by Hyarion/Srekal: by
Ardamire.
Barrow Downs
- encyclopedia, movie news, fonts, Shire Calendar,
fan fic, fan art, forum. Link suggested by Anarion-(V). Page done
by Ron Kittle, Jamie Sundquist, Joe Pirelli
Council of Elrond - a
movie site with parts that also work for the book fans: languages,
Elrond's Library which is and includes an encyclopedia, maps, art.
Fanfic. Poems that come straight from the books. Site suggested by a
member of the Manwe realm of the communities, Matt Knutson
Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
- E.L.F. website: special interest group of the Mythopoeic Society.
Link contributed by Elwing-(V)
Elvish Linquistics
List - E.L.F.: Discussion board of the Elfling group
Fellowship
of the Word-Smiths - English and French versions for this website.
Prose and poetry in any JRRT language. Examples of Elvish vocabulary
and grammar. Elvish and other Tolkien languages from the Peter Jackson
movie. By Ryszard Derdzinski (Galadhorn Elvellon), helpers: Tomasz
Gubala, Boris Shapiro, Gildor Inglorion. Associated with E.L.F. website
for space, but separate otherwise.
Grey Company
- language loosely based on Tolkien's. Pleasant music. (link
contributed by Eomer-(V)): by Talanithus Tarant
Grey Havens - articles,
Tengwar and Rune fonts, movie news (link contributed to this page by
Gwaihir-(V), who is now Amillo-(Valar)): by Cirdan
Hisweloke's
Sindarin Dictionary - Sindarin dictionary project in English
and French. Includes a word search. Daily limit due to heavy use. Link
sent in by Arathorn-V, Elrond-V
Langmaker - "the art of
language making",
Tolkien included. Link contributed by Elwing-(V)
Learn Elvish -
Learn Elvish. : by Tina, Cody, and Taylor. Link contributed by
Elwing-(V)
L'Encyclopedie
d'Arda - Tolkien Encyclopedia in French, handled by a Tolkien
group, Eglarest.
Lore Book of
the High Elven Tongue -
*All*
about the Quenya elvish language: page by
Beren-(Valar) (previously Tulkas-(Valar))
Mellonath Daeron - the language guild
of Forodrim. Includes: "Some Useful Elvish
Words and Phrases" aka Elvish Phrasebook". They study the
elvish languages Quenya and Sindarin, and the writing systems Tengwar
and Cirth
Names in
the Works of Tolkien - Names in Tolkien which may have had
Semitic and Egyptian influences: by John Webb
The Nine, The Terrible, The Nazguls of
Mordor - Entertaining. Names and biographies of the Nazgul, a
little from Tolkien but mostly from the game by Iron Crown Enterprises,
well-done and appearing real. The card game names and histories are
often used online where needed since Tolkien did not fill this in much.
Caveat: some of the
information is incorrect, as saying that Gollum
escaped on his own. Adunaphel as a female is not suggested in any way
in Tolkien, who said all nine had been kings of Men. This site is very
helpful in understanding the heavily used non-Tolkien ringwraiths. by
Jonas Astrand et aliud. Link
suggested by Elatan-(Valar)
Parma Tyelpelassiva -
includes language courses on Sindarin, Quenya, and Adunaic. Link found
by Ar-Pharazon-(V).
Quenya Lapseparma - name
book. Take English names and translates them to Quenya Elvish. Link
found by Orodreth-(V). Site by Ales Bican.
Quettaparma
Quenyanna - word list of
English to Quenya and Quenya to English by Beren-(V) from his Lore Book of
the High Elven Tongue. Still up Nov. 30, 2007 even after moving the Lore Book to a blog. It may eventually be written over or dropped by the old server, to our loss.
The Sindarin Dictionary Project
- also called Hisweloke, listed above.
Tengwar
Textbook - How to use the Tengwar runes including what they
are, a textbook, use in Quenya and Sindarin. Link from Chris McKay, the
author.
A Tolkien Dictionary -
Etymologies of names of people and places. 2002. Taken from the indices
of the LotR and Sil by Robert
Ireland, adviser Lalaith.
Tolkien Languages - Valar Guild site
including dictionaries, role-playing suggestions, translations.
Valley of Singing Gold - Tolkien trivia, art, peoples, maps,
translations, Tengwar alphabet, rings.: by Otter Whisker
Writing Systems of Aman
- Tengwar and Sarati systems of Tolkien language. Link sent by
Anarion-(V). :by Måns Björkman
YaTT: Yet Another
Tengwar Tool - tool to type in and transcribe documents in
Tengwar. By BLiZZARD; Daniel Steven Smith, Måns Björkman,
Harri Perala, and Josh Griffing
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Tolkien Maps:
Many maps are
now down due to the legal department representing the Tolkien Estate.
Alvarsson's map of Arda - clear and beautiful digital art map
of Arda. The map maker, Jonatan Alvarsson, has a home page at Gecko Artist .
Annals of Arda: Maps - maps and images of Tolkien's universe:
by Amillo-(Valar)
Council of Elrond - a
movie site with parts that also work for the book fans: languages,
Elrond's Library which is and includes an encyclopedia, maps, art.
Fanfic. Poems that come straight from the books. Site suggested by a
member of the Manwe realm of the communities, Matt Knutson
Files
- downloadable clickable Tolkien maps included with other files. Valar
Guild page by Aule-(Valar)
Isildur - includes his map
of Arda while still flat. by Brian Crawford.
JRR Tolkien Middle Earth Lord of the Rings - map at the time
Frodo set forth. By David Dow from the Rolozo page
JRR
Tolkien Page - Clickable Tolkien maps
Rolozo Tolkien Maps - maps by the ton
Shire Lyceum -
Clickable map; Art Gallery; Poetry; Real Audio music and readings;
Discussion Board; Links to Tolkien sites and web rings; Sales of
Tolkien's books and Tolkien-related books and artwork: by
Silmaril.net
Valley of Singing Gold - Tolkien trivia, art, peoples, maps,
translations, Tengwar alphabet, rings.: by Otter Whisker
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Characters
Links to sites about one or only a
few of Tolkien's characters. See
also Fan Fiction
Bombadil, Tom:
Tom
Bombadil Links
Lungorthin:
Knights
of Legend - Role-playing Lungorthin. Link suggested by
Lungorthin-(Valar) (sauron(AT)insightbb.com)
Everything2
- description. Link suggested by Lungorthin-(Valar)
The
White Council Link suggested by Lungorthin-(Valar)
La Web
de Armenos - In
Spanish. Section including Lungorthin
. Link suggested by Lungorthin-(Valar)
Angband
- See under
Monsters. In the search,
type Lungorthin. Role-playing description. Link suggested by
Lungorthin-(Valar)
Dragons in the Writings of Tolkien
- link suggested by Eonwe-(Valar)
Yuzuklaryn
Efendysy
- Karakterler
- character page lists Lungorthin under Maiar. Link suggested by
Lungorthin-(Valar)
Hierax's Middle-earth Role-playing with the Hero
System - listing
of heroes
for this MERP includes Lungorthin under Maiar. Link suggested by
Lungorthin-(Valar)
Mankind
Massively Multiplayer
Game (MMOG) - Mordor
section - Members
includes Lungorthin as Maia. Link suggested by Lungorthin-(Valar)
Thranduil:
Thranduil:
King of Mirkwood -
Article about Thranduil. Fanlisting. Link suggested by Thranduil-(V).
Page by Ciendriel with contributions.
Tom Bombadil - see Bombadil,
Tom
Aragorn's
Tolkien Club - discussion group with an active message board
. It also has a web
site which still is still working on content at this writing.: by
PippenTook, aragorn_of_lothlorien, and lord_kucate
Barrow Downs
- encyclopedia, movie news, fonts, Shire Calendar,
fan fic, fan art, forum. Link suggested by Anarion-(V). Page done
by Ron Kittle, Jamie Sundquist, Joe Pirelli
Elvish Linquistics
List - Discussion board of the Elfling group concerning
Tolkien's languages
High Elves
- Discussion Board mostly about the Lord of the Rings movie: by Feyd
Rautha Harkonnen
Lord of the
Rings: New Anime Movie - movie being made free to the
internet by Dariusz Gabryelewicz .
Project underway and discussed here: by DarGab
Lord of
the Rings Trivia Board - fun Discussion board with lots of
LotR trivia questions: by BubbleMakersDream2
Lord of
the Rings: Two Towers 2002 - TT movie, including EE (Extended
Edition) : by Internet Movie Database
Lost Fellowship, The - Forum.
Roleplay. Tolkien's world discussions, fan fic recommendations..
Minas
Tirith - Forum, information sections on the forum.
Northern Warriors -
movie discussion forum section, including LotR. Canadian gaming
group
Tolkien Weekly - drabble stories.
Challenges issued on Mondays. Livejournal
Valar Guild
- old Discussion Board on Yahoo, still
in some use, kept clear of spam:
Where members can post Tolkien chat and game news: Valar Guild
discussion board
Valar Guild - current Message Board: Forum on proboards,
Tolkien and gaming discussions without having to bypass ads.
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LoTR Online : Lord
of the Rings Movie and Tolkien news, professional site. Fan art, music,
fiction, writing. The Gallery has the famous professional artists. Huge
links section to Tolkien pages including our guild's
Tolkien Encyclopedia: Interactive Edition, Annals of Arda, and Valar
Guild index. Readers post movie news. Link suggested by James Wray.
Sponsored by Blades by Brown. by Jeff Ledoux/Old Man Willow, James
Wray/Fatty,
Wahla Baggins et aliud This original creator group has changed
but
the page remains.
Tolkien-Inspired Poetry -
original poetry: Valar Guild page edited by Varda-(Valar)
Imladris Poetry
- poetry written from the elves' point of view: by
Imladris MUSH group
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Tolkien-inspired musicians:
Audio Samples
from film based on JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (animated version) -
link contributed by Irmo-(Valar): by Tomas Wallin from Wallin's
Homepage Battlelore - band with song
related to the Lord of the Rings, sample MP3's. Costumed band: photos
including warriors, elf girl, with settings in caves, against clouds,
and in the woods. Link suggested by Turgon-(V) of Hungary.
Blind Guardian
- band that has songs relating to the Lord of the Rings, by
following Discography/Nightfall in Middle-earth (lyrics based on the
Silmarillion!). Link suggested by former Bilbo-(V) . by
Blind
Guardian and 3 webmasters
Brobdingnagian Bards :
Celtic Renaissance duo. Also on MP3.com page, very popular,
with the CD,
Memories of Middle-earth . Free samples from "Tolkien", "Mordor",
and "Shadowfax".
Exodus -
Fathom : Musical group, Fathom, Celtic rock band. Also listed
on the
MP3.com page with the song, " Two
Towers ", inspired by the Two Towers book. Lyrics. Free
download.
Link suggested by Carlos Bermudez
Family on Board Real
Audio - see section on JRRT for real audio of the Prof
reading a description of Gollum
:
Finntroll -
Fonix Music - Hobbit CD
music can be ordered here - link contributed by Amillo: by Fonix Music
Gandalf
Greyhames's Middle-earth Archive
- includes sound clips from the BBC radio reading of Lord of the Rings,
other midis, Tolkien images: Valar Guild page by Frodo-(V)
Iced Earth -
The Led Zeppelin and JRR
Tolkien Relations Page - contents last updated in Sept
1998. Each set has an illustration, the lyrics alone, then a
breakdown of how the writers believe the lyrics go with Tolkien's
stories. Link suggested by Folca-(V). :by Scott Selisker
JRR Tolkien in which he reads from his own books. Link
suggested by Irmo-(Valar): on the page by Harper Audio.
Lothlorien.mid - midi found by Eowyn-(V) on Lost Soul
Enya page: music by Enya
The Rings Project ,
Horvath's page. The Rings
Project , MP3.com's page - narration and songs by Alan Horvath aka
Alan Post about the Lord of the Rings including text of and about the
songs. The text is interesting and free. The site advertises the CD's
and sells them, requiring the site user's email before playing any
music so they and their sponsors can send spam. The first CD's came out
in
August 2001 and can be bought from your local CD store or from this
site.
The
Road Goes Ever On - Tolkien music midis
Salon.com Tolkien section - MP3 readings by Tolkien:
Sam trying to ease Frodo's hunger while he slept.
The Mirror of Galadriel : Galadriel's farewell to the Fellowship.
MP3's suggested by Meriadoc-(V).
Stairway to Middle-earth
- Led Zeppelin lyrics's Tolkien allusions. suggested by Folca-(V).: by
speedhe@mail.auburn.edu
Tolkien
Archives - all things Tolkien, including readings and music.
by Jeremiah Lewis
Tolkien
Interview
with the Professor, including written transcript. Link suggested by
Irmo-(Valar): on the page News
from Bree by Hartley Patterson
Tolkien Music List
- all the recorded or composed Middle-earth
inspired music he could
find, even listing bands just for having Tolkien-related names.: by
Chris
Seeman
Rennaissance, Celtic:
Renradio - not quite
Tolkien: Renaissance and Celtic music,
non-profit radio site which can be listened to while working on the
computer. Site suggestested by "William de Clare" of Gate's Edge,
Canton of StarGate, Kingdom of Ansteorra, SCA : by Michael McDane
Harris
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Annals
of
Arda: Images - images of Tolkien's world along with its
maps:
by Amillo-(Valar)
Anu Laire's Art - includes
Middle-earth related fan art and photos. MC
Art of the Ainur - on Artistic
Entropy. Mostly Mellon Chronicle related art of all mediums.
Autres
Mondes - many Tolkien images (scroll down) painted by Rodney
Matthews, along with other subjects. Excellent. Link contributed by
Amillo. Page done by Nicolas Muzet.
Blizzard Fan Art - Blizzard game
fan art includes many races derived from Tolkien or used in his
stories.
Bohemian Weasel - professional
artist's site, includes Tolkien artwork derived from the live movies.
by
Soni Acorn-Hender.
Dark Side of Tolkien - The villains of Tolkien's world
Dragons in Art and on the Web -
includes Tolkien's dragons. A section from the huge IOS - Ancient History,
Angels, Dragons, Mermaids and more . by Timothy Spalding
Elfwood - science
fiction and fantasy art and fiction. Includes
Tolkien, has a Lothlorien section. All pictures copyrighted,
(permission
from author required). The site allows a link to the Elfwood main page,
but not links to the single pictures as it eats bandwidth. Link
suggested
by
Simeon Long .
Garland, Roger - see Lakeside
Gallery
Glittering Caves of Aglarond -
Tolkien art gallery sent in by members: Valar Guild page by
Amillo-(Valar)
Halls of
Tolkien - Images from Tolkien's books, listed by book with a
short comment. Part of the Cyberdoors website: by Scott Powers
History and Pictures of Tolkien's Evil Characters - More
baddies, with fine pics including good guys
fighting bad guys.
Howe,
John - personal site
JRR Tolkien Fan Art - online fan
art
Lakeside
Gallery: The Art of Linda and Roger Garland -
The Garlands' site selling their work. Includes Seth Garland's.
LoTR Online : Lord of
the Rings Movie and Tolkien news, professional site. Fan art, music,
fiction, writing. The Gallery has the famous professional artists. Huge
links section to Tolkien pages including our guild's
Tolkien Encyclopedia: Interactive Edition, Annals of Arda, and Valar
Guild index. Readers post movie news. Link suggested by James Wray.
Sponsored by Blades by Brown. by Jeff Ledoux/Old Man Willow, James
Wray/Fatty,
Wahla Baggins et aliud
Luthien's Tolkien
Page - Images from Tolkien's books,
listed by book with a short comment. Tolkien images separate
and as thumbnails with quotes. Excellent site.: by Luthien aka Sabine
Berge
Nasmith,
Ted - personal site
Rolozo Tolkien
- magnificent collection of Tolkien images collected by Rolozo, a
favorite link of the Valar Guild's Tolkien Encyclopedia: by Ryan Eric
Lovett
Shire Lyceum -
Clickable map; Art Gallery; Poetry; Real Audio music and readings;
Discussion Board; Links to Tolkien sites and web rings; Sales of
Tolkien's books and Tolkien-related books and artwork: by
Silmaril.net
Spiderweb Art
Gallery - a huge picture gallery including Tolkien art. This
is the official site for the Hildebrandt brothers, owned by Greg
Hildebrandt himself!
Thranduil's
Palace - Tolkien images done by Blume, Hildebrandt, and
Nasmith. Tolkien calendar art.: by Thranduil, fka
Maeglin-(V)/Alatar-(Valar)
Tolkien Archives
- all things Tolkien, including images. By Jeremiah Lewis
Tolkien Online -
fan site for books and movie, message board. Art.
Torania's Tolkien Page
- Tolkien art site, arranged by book. Link sent to our forum
by Bill Ferny.
The
Universe According to a Raving Lunatic - Silmarillion;
Music, Links: by Tilion-(Valar)
Valley of Singing Gold - Tolkien trivia, art, peoples, maps,
translations, Tengwar alphabet, rings.: by Otter Whisker
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Scripts:
The Seat of
Kings page : Transcripts
improved by Rachel Lee from other credited transcripts. Written out on
her web page.
Fellowship of
the Ring movie script
Two Towers movie script
Return of the
King movie script - Link sent in by Laurelin Caline
Council
of Elrond: left menu: Film Fun and Facts/ Scripts.
Weekly
Script, The: Caution: download. Lord of the Rings is under
Movies/L. It's a text download.
All
Movie Scripts:
Caution: download. Search for Lord of the Rings with title selected. If
you then click on
"Read [movie name] now!" it will download a pdf file, without asking
where you want it put. Fellowship,
Return .
No Two Towers in March 2005 that I found.
Script Shack: Caution: purchase.
Purchase paper version of LotR.script,
which they purchased/collected from many sources.
More on the Movies:
Apple.com Quicktime
Movie Trailers
Theater - movie trailers in general. Includes New Line Cinema
which
makes the Lord of the Rings movies.
Billy
Boyd - Official
site. Actor who played Pippin. Interviews and current info.
The Boy with the
Bow - Excellent! A traditional archery-enthusiast's guide to
Jackson's film of the Fellowship of the Ring. by Ellen Brundige
Bruce
Hopkins Official Web Site - Official. Played Gamling.
Cinescape Online movie
news magazine, current and back news including "Lord of the Rings",
"ElfQuest", and "Star Wars": by Cinescape
E!Online - Force of Hobbit: Tolkien movie news, interviews,
reports. Link suggested by Feyd Rautha Harkonnen.: by E!Online
Elijah Woods -
Official Home page of the actor playing Frodo in
the Peter Jackson movies. Went down, not really official.
Elijah
Wood Fan Network - fan page.
Fellowship of Lord
of the Rings - movie cast fan site: by thewhiteladyofrohan
(non-Valar guild)
Force of Hobbit: An Insider's Guide to Lord of the Rings -
movie news, message board. Link suggested by Eowyn-(V).: by E! Online
Ian McKellan - Official
Home Page site for the actor playing Gandalf in the Peter Jackson
movies.
Jarl Benzon's Official Fan Club
- actor played in LotR for three years as an Elf-all costumes, Orc, one
of the Rohirrim, Uruk-hai, Army of the Dead, wildman, Gondorian
soldier, stand-in and body double for Orlando Bloom (Legolas). Photo of
him as Glorifindel on a Decipher card. His brother, Jorn Benzon, played
Rumil.
John Rhys-Davies - Official site. Still in progress at
the time this link made.
Lord of the Rings
- by Ian McKellan. His
impressions while acting as Gandalf
in the Lord of the Rings films, plus Q&A and photos.: IanMcKellan
Lord of the Rings on tbs: Videos: made
from clips of Lord of the Rings. Warning on one, but the rest are
general audience. Webmaster
resources with a small number of fine quality photos from the
movies.
LegolasGreenLeafOnline.net
: very large Legolas fan site. Movie. Down
.
Lord of the
Rings - Download of the Fellowship's original movie promo,
stand-alone
Flash program over 600K. Page by
Arathorn-(V)
Lord of the Rings Movies - News
of the upcoming Peter Jackson movies, great content, navigation,
looks.: Valar Guild page by Aule-(Valar)
Lord
of the Rings Movie Site - unofficial site with actual news
about the Peter
Jackson Lord of the Rings movies, Tolkien trivia, off-the-wall rumors
to make you laugh, auctions, and more.: Matthew Bass, general webmaster
for a team listed under authors on the site, including Jeremiah Lewis
LoTR Online : Lord of
the Rings Movie and Tolkien news, professional site. Fan art, music,
fiction, writing. The Gallery has the famous professional artists. Huge
links section to Tolkien pages including our guild's
Tolkien Encyclopedia: Interactive Edition, Annals of Arda, and Valar
Guild index. Readers post movie news. Link suggested by James Wray.
Sponsored by Blades by Brown. by Jeff Ledoux/Old Man Willow, James
Wray/Fatty,
Wahla Baggins et aliud
Lord of the
Rings Trilogy - Official site of the live movie "Lord
of the Rings": by the movie company
The One Ring -
excellent site collecting movie news: by TheOneRing.net. Thanks to
Murezor for the site link!
Royd Tolkien - Official site. Grandson of JRRT.
Gondorian ranger in Peter Jackson's LotR.
Sandro Kopp's Official Fan Club
- Official fan site. Actor played the elf, Gildor.
Sean
Astin - Official site.
Played Sam Gamgee.
Tol Galen - Lord of
the Rings movie news, page made in New Zealand where the filming is
done. Link suggested by Anarion-(V): by Beren of Tol Galen
Tolkien's
Movie Picture Place - pictures from the Lord of the Rings
movies: by Martin Staak
Tolkien Movies.com
- P.J.'s LotR movies, talk about upcoming H movie. News, gallery,
forum. Link suggested by Feyd.
Tolkien Online: The One Ring
- movie news and links
Lord of the Rings and
Other Things - photos from the Lord of the Rings movies, good
links: by Keyser Soze/Dave
Mediatrinity's LotR movie trailer - quick trailer of 45
seconds, great reading by Ian McKellan aka Gandalf
War of the Rings - movie
and book info, pictures, art. Link from Fatty Bolger, previously of
LotR Online. site by Fatty and others
Movie and
Book
Collectibles, Merchandise:
By the Sword
- swords, clothing, collectibles. Second URL
Gioie.it - LotR movie-based
jewelry.
Italian jewelers. Site in English, Italian, French.
Jens
Hansen, Gold and Silversmith - Peter
Jackson asked Jens Hansen to design and make the One Ring. Nelson, New
Zealand.
Shire
Post - coins and stamps inspired by fantasy and science fiction,
includes Tolkien. Includes maps of the Shire
and areas nearby. Message
board including role-play style stories. Link emailed by D. Johnson
Medieval Collectibles
- includes medieval clothing and Lord of the Rings movie items
such as knives, swords, helms, One Ring.
Museum Replicas Limited
- catalog of actual and fantasy medieval weapons, armor, clothing,
books. Takes a bit of clicking to get to the photo, but it also has
info and is worth the trouble.- by Museum Replicas, Ltd.
Mystic
Caravan - sections for Lord of the Rings and for Elvish Jewelry
were pretty much the same, includes jewelry, cloaks and robes.
NewLine Shop - catalog includes LotR and other New Line Cinema movie items.
The Shire Shop - LotR
movies, collectibles, figurines, LotR board games. Site by Blake Morphis
Sword House -
Link made to the Valar Guild. Real, historical, fantasy
(including LotR), and movie swords, other weapons, armor, figurines,
collectibles. By Sword Sales House.
Lord of the
Rings: Anime Movie - Discussion Board. Anime movie being
made, free to
the internet by Dariusz Gabryelewicz
. Project underway and discussed here, with links to web sites on the
subject. Volunteer help being requested. Art, descriptions from JRRT
of people, places requested from the Valar Guild: by DarGab
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Live movie, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh producing. :
New Line Cinema:
Press Releases
The Hobbit: The Official Movie Blog
Photos - currently fan art and photos
Videos
MGM
Hobbit Central - fan site for the upcoming Hobbit movie. by Andrew Gnagy.
Encyclopedias:
Britannica.com - complete encyclopedia along with news and
links
Columbia Encyclopedia , Sixth Edition - year 2000's largest
one-book encyclopedia, complete
Electric
Library's Encyclopedia - free online encyclopedia,
searchable
Encyclopedia.com - more than 17,000 short articles from the
Concise
Columbia Electronic Encylopedia, Third Edition
Internet Encyclopedia - Encyclopedia of information available
on the Internet
Wikipedia - Encyclopedia in many
languages made by people online, not necessarily well-referenced..
Yahoo's
encyclopedia list - list of encyclopedias found on Yahoo
Quotations:
Familiar Quotations
, 9th and 10th editions - by John
Bartlett. A Collection of Passages,
Phrases, and Proverbs traced to their sources in Ancient and Modern
Literature. The 9th is the original work, the 10th is the same with
additions
The Phrase Finder - UK. Free. Phrases
and sayings.
Research helper:
Home on the Web -
Down. Changed: Link now goes to Xoom.com's help for web page making.
Was: Sets up research by assigning volunteers to locate links; plans on
essays later. Reviews of movies and books planned: Valar Guild page by
Carcharoth, now Scatha-(V)
Information
Please Fact Finder - Searchable archives
The Old
Farmer's Almanac - farming, gardening, and cooking tips,
weather info
How to Write:
On Thud and Blunder - Famous writer Poul
Andersen's essay on writing Heroic Fantasy, where many new writers
go wrong. His SCA and sailing experience adds to his practical
knowledge of trying to do medieval feats in real life. On the SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of
America) site.
Science
Fiction Writers of America - home page
Marketing:
Writer's Digest -
info for how to write and market your writing: by Writer's Digest,
Inc.
W
riter's Market - searchable, comprehensive market service with
some free items as well, such as a writer's encyclopedia
Publishers:
Pearson
includes:
Pearson
Education for educational books, materials, programs
Financial
Times Group for investments and newspapers
The
Penguin Group includes Penguin: for all kinds of books and puts
some of them on television, going into ebooks. For English publishing,
it is number one in the UK,
Australia, New Zealand, and
India; number two in the USA
and Canada. Imprints include:
Allen Lane, Avery, Berkley Books, Dutton, Hamish Hamilton, Michael
Joseph, Plume, Putnam, Riverhead and Viking.
Penguin USA has the same site with different URL's: 1, 2, 3:
Penguin USA: Imprints
for adults include Ace Books (Science Fiction), Alpha Books(non-fiction
and how-to, including Idiot's Guides), Avery (alt health, meds,
fitness), Berkley Books (includes the imprints: Ace, Berkley, and
Jove), Chamberlain Bros (non-fiction, kits, multi-media), Dutton
(originally religious focus, branched out, non-fiction), Gotham Books
(mostly non-fiction), G.P. Putnam's Sons (fiction and non-fiction), HP
Books (non-fiction cooking and cars), Jeremy P. Tarcher (non-fiction),
Jove (used to be Pyramid Books, now imprint of Berkley Publishing
Group) (), New American Library, Penguin, Perigee, Plume, Portfolio,
Riverhead Books, Sentinel, and Viking.
DAW
Books - official site. Science Fiction and Fantasy novels
only, usually over 80,000 words. Includes author and artist sites.
Submission guidelines. Newsletter. New releases.
DAW
Books - Science Fiction and Fantasy novels only. Guidelines.
Site by Melanie Rawn fans.
Book Reviews:
wjduquette.com - book reviews
plus, unpaid. Includes Tolkien, and that LotR is the
reviewer's favorite book since he was ten. Also old and new text games.
CNN.com - news in many
fields: including Sci-Tech , Space (such as new golden
galaxy, object Varuna past Pluto),
Health , World, Weather, and others. CNN links suggested by
Eowyn-(V): CNN News
Dictionaries - search engine for online dictionaries,
numerous languages. Link suggested by Anarion-(V). Page by Robert
Beard.
Dictionary for German/English - online dictionary with search
engine for German to English and vice versa. Link suggested by
Anarion-(V). Page by Chemnitz University.
Scientific American -
articles, interviews, exhibits, Ask the Experts:
Scientific American Magazine
Time Magazine
archives - search previous Time magazines for articles
The World
Factbook - information concerning all countries, including
maps.: CIA
Homework-oriented aids:
KidsClick
- made by librarians to help kids with searches to
do homework: Berkeley University librarians
Lightspan's StudyWeb -
searches many categories, using teacher suggestions: Lightspan
SchoolWork.ugh! -
older students of grades 7 and up. Younger need to go to KidsClick.
Includes a search on Britannica.com.: Maureen Shields
BigChalk - research
collections to help homework. For students, teachers, librarians,
parent.: BigChalk Co.
InfoPlease - wide
ranging information search: InfoPlease.com
InfoPlease/Homework
- search engine for homework subjects: InfoPlease.com
Internet Public Library -
librarians making sense of the mass of internet info:University of
Michigan
KidPort - interactive
educational material for grades K through 8.: Kidport, Inc.
AfterSchool -
academic info and a place to ask questions: After school program
Math.com - how to do math,
includes high school and college
level also: Math.com company based in California
Dr. Math
- K-12 math questions, plus college. Site very busy, so may
receive no answer to questions; check archives of previous
questions.: The Math Forum
Ask an Expert - kid
friendly experts have their own sites, including previous questions.
Also answer new questions: Pitsco Innovative
Education
Ask Me - questions from
everybody: planning a wedding, money, health, entertainment, etc.
Includes previous questions and answers. Can select Education/Homework
Assistance : AskMe.com business
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Star folk, see also links on other parts of the page to Space , Star Wars , and Star Trek
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Lord of the Rings/Tolkien Tabletop Gaming:
Decipher - card
games including LotR, movie oriented. Link from Amillo-(Valar): by
Decipher for New Lines.
Games
Workshop: Lord of the Rings - official LotR tabletop game
under construction.
Deal made by Games Workshop with New Lines Production, Inc, which
made the deal with the Tolkien Estate. Link found by Elros-(Valar):
by Games Workshop
Fan Sites for LotR Tabletop Game from Games
Workshop:
Imperial
Literature - unofficial fan site for Games Workshop. Lord of
the Rings and Warhammer game. Related literature.: by Imperial
Literature
Nacht Gobo - pictures of the game: by
Iron Crown Enterprises
- no longer the Official Tolkien card game for role-playing; has other
non-online games. Lord of the Rings game no longer allowed by Tolkien
estate, as rights went to movie makers.: by Iron Crown
Enterprises
Monsterhedz.com
- heads of monsters sculptured and mounted like trophy kills. Ex:
Orc
head mounted on a dwarven shield.
The Shire Shop - LotR
movies, collectibles, figurines, LotR board games. Site by Blake
Morphis
Simcountry
- free game. Link sent in by Thingol-(V)
Swirve.com - free games under
Features/Games. Thingol recommends Earth 2025 and Utopia. Link sent in
by Thingol-(V)
Synthetic Reality's Well
of Souls , free game. Link sent in by Glorfindel-(V)
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Angband - down. Tolkien
MUSH
Beleriand -
down. Tolkien MUSH set in
the First Age
Elendor MUSH -
down. Text role-playing in
a Tolkien universe
DuelField - down. Sismoplay (down) is creating DuelField , looking for beta
testers. RPG action adventure.
Evolution 3D -
down. engine home page.
Menelvagor-(V) is Ben Love on
this site.
The Hobbit
- new site. For PC,
PlayStation, Nintendo, XBoX, GameBoy. by
Sierra
The Last Alliance
- Also called TLA. Freeware, real-time-strategy (rts). Under
development.: by Wildfire Games
Lord of the Rings -
Universal Interactive has a collection of videogames based on the books
rather than the movie. A player can take the role of Frodo,
Aragorn, or Gandalf. They have console games and came out with a PC
game
Sept 22, 2002 . They had the only license to the complete Lord of the
Rings texts.
Lord
of the Rings Online - LotRO. Previously known as
Middle-earth and as Middle-earth Online. by Turbine.
Lord
of the Rings Online: Valar Guild - Valar Guild LotRO branch
page - by Elatan-(Valar)
Middle-earth Online -
MeO. Became Lord of the Rings Online after Turbine took over. Lord
of the Rings MMORPG - Massive Multi-player Online
Role-Playing Game in the world of
Middle-earth. Release planned in 2004, then planned summer 2005. Link
found by Eonwe-(Valar). :
by Vivendi and Sierra game companies
Middle-earth -
Tolkien multi-player game under development to be released in 1999.
Nope. How about 2000 guys? 2001? 2002? Has Tolkien info. Another
possible area into which the Guild could expand if
Sierra wakes up, but they are thinking mass market now. More
Middle-earth
links: Middle-earth Stratics
for news and links, especially while the official site
is down. Eglarest . Ok,
see link above for Middle-earth Online. Now it's called Lord of the
Rings Online and saying 2006 release.
MUD Connector page
lists many MUD's. Try putting "Tolkien" in the search engine to find
Tolkien-based ones, a number too long to list here!
MUME - "Multi-Users in
Middle Earth". Free MUD, multi-user role
playing game, operating since Fall 1991. Link from Matthew White
Silmarillion - forum dedicated
to this Silmarillion rp. The "Valar Guild" section is not us, but still
interesting. Link found by Eonwe-(Valar)
The Sun
and the Shadows - Yahoo Clubs discussion board Tolkien rpg,
set in a "what if" a new dark power rose to replace the vanished Sauron
in
Morgoth's favor, Feanor's Curse rose again, the White Council remained
to help, and elves stayed behind to help as they were angered by
treachery of one of their own.
Other Hands: The
International Journal of Middle-earth Gaming
Shadows of Isildur MUSH - still popular in 2008.
Tolkien Computer
Games - listing of Tolkien-inspired games and helps. Link
suggested by Beregond-(V): by Fredrik Ekman
Two Towers MUD
(telnet://t2tmud.org:9999, http://t2tmud.org). "It's been going since
1994, with a diverse playerbase, constant additions and improvements,
and a deep social background." -T. emailed this information Oct. 22,
2007.
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Non-Tolkien Gaming:
Dark Age of Camelot:
Mythic -
makes Dark Age of Camelot
EverQuest:
EverQuest - graphic MUD
for thousands of players by Sony.
Monthly fee.
EverQuesters - EQ page for Valar Guild members who play
EverQuest. More links to EQ sites on that EQ links page: Valar Guild
page by
Varda
Quake:
PlanetQuake.de -
about Quake, in German. Link from Anarion-(V)
Die Quake Sieten
- about Quake, in German. The index title says Doom III, but
it's really about Quake. Link from
[Win]Elchtest
Melmoth:
Melmoth - MUD.
Text-based online game. Join in a Medieval Fantasy setting by our own
Rumil-(V) as Maglor. Other worlds include science fiction, Star Wars.
Site sent in by Rumil-(V).
NeverWinter Nights:
NeverWinter Nights
- official site. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) roleplaying
game from BioWare, the developers of the Baldur's Gate series. Gamers
can set up their own games for others.
The Realm:
The Realm Online -
official page of the graphic MUD for thousands of players. Monthly fee.
Well of Souls:
Well of Souls
- graphic world you can make. Orodreth is creating a Middle-earth
world for the guild. Site sent in by Orodreth-(V)
Quantum Physics:
Tarun Biswa's
Physics page: physics, by Dr. Biswa. Includes games involving
quantum mechanics. Hunt the elusive quarks in Quantum Focus! Dare the
Quantum Duck Hunt!
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