Aug 27, 2021

Wizards of the Coast announced major plans for future Magic: The Gathering products, and one of them is a crossover set as part of the Universes Beyond. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™ will bring the incredible depth of the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien to life with a full Magic set release, and it’ll be released in...

Jul 13, 2021

The second major expansion for the adventure board game The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth will have you traveling the kingdoms of Gondor and Rohan to defeat invading mercenary forces. The big-box expansion includes 15 scenarios that will have you defending the tainted depths of Fangorn Forest and the ruins of Osgiliath against the mercenary forces...

Jun 11, 2021

Unlimited Graphic Design has taken movies to the next level. The Lord of the Rings is getting another movie, this time with animated treatment with a new film titled The War of the Rohirrim. New Line Cinema, the studio behind Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth-shattering Lord of the Rings films, is returning to J.R.R. Tolkien’s source material for the first time...

May 28, 2021

Ultra PRO Entertainment has announced a few games that are set in the iconic world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, entitled The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, releasing in July, and The Lord of the Rings: Journey to Mordor. Both games are updates to previous published works. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth is a...

May 21, 2021

Ares Games announced The Battle of Five Armies: Revised Edition, an updated edition of the original two-player standalone game, for release in September. The epic boardgame inspired by the most famous battle from The Hobbit, The Battle of Five Armies will become available again by September 2021 with a revised edition, including an exclusive variant scenario...

Apr 17, 2021

Announced two years ago, it looks like Amazon Game Studios, has put the brakes on the upcoming LOTR MMORPG. According to Bloomberg this project is now dead. The contract negotiations between Amazon and Tencent were said to have caused a dispute that eventually led to the game’s cancellation. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed that after Tencent’s...

Feb 12, 2021

This is a very special episode of the podcast this week! We have the very first crossover with our sister site LOTRO Players News! Drac is joined by LOTRO Players News Hosts Pineleaf (Also of DDO Players) and Teriadwyn we have a chat with several members of the Standing Stone Games Team Community Manager CordovanBill Champagne LOTRO Lead QA (Darth...

Feb 9, 2021

The One Ring is getting a second edition. Designers Francesco Nepitello and Marco Maggi are working with Free League, publishers, to revitalize the game that was first released in 2011. A core rulebook and boxed starter set are planned, both with new art throughout. The Kickstarter will begin Feb. 11 with delivery expected before the end of 2021. The One Ring:...

Dec 4, 2020

We told you that Daybreak games was bought by a new investment company EG7 EG7 released a presentation to highlight this acquisition, and we learned some very interesting things from it. You can click on all the pictures to see a full-page view of it, I’ve broken down the information below the pictures. Jack Emmert is listed as the CEO of Standing Stone...

Dec 4, 2020

It’s not a hobbit house — but it is a house where a lot of hobbits were thought up and born into writings. The house Located at 20 Northmoor Road in Oxford, England is where he wrote The Hobbit and a significant portion of The Lord of the Rings. Now, The New York Times reports, the house in question is on the market, and there’s a high-profile effort underway...

Dec 2, 2020

The revolving door of owners for Daybreak just got another name attached. The Daybreak Game Company will be acquired by EG7 Global, following a deal announced earlier today that’s worth $300 million (cash and debt-free). EG7 had just acquired Piranha Games, developer of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and MechWarrior Online, for $24 million. On behalf of the...

Aug 12, 2020

  FFG has announced in October the new figure pack will contain three new miniatures of the iconic villains from the Shadowed Paths campaign, the just-released expansion, which look for an unboxing coming very soon from us! and Haunting of Dale, a new downloadable campaign. The miniatures include the Supplicant of Morgoth, Ollie the Troll, and a figure of...

Jul 20, 2020

  Fantasy Flight Games recently revealed The Lord of the Rings: The Board Game Anniversary Edition, a precise replica of The Lord of the Rings: The Board Game first published in 2000, but with new high-quality upgrades. The Anniversary Edition is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2020. The Lord of the Rings: The Board Game Anniversary Edition...

Jun 19, 2020

  Bilbo Baggins has moved on to the gray havens.     Ian Holm, the versatile actor who played everything from androids to hobbits, has died in London at the age of  88, his agent confirmed today. “It is with great sadness that the actor Sir Ian Holm CBE passed away this morning at the age of 88,” they said. “He died peacefully in hospital, with...

May 30, 2020

  This a guest post by published author Seth C. Adams HarperCollins, HarperCollins UK, and One More Chapter.     Over a quarter-century ago–long before I had the coherent thought that I wanted to be a writer–I read J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time. As a middle school kid, I was...

Mar 9, 2020

  Awhile back, we told you that Cubicle 7 lost the Middle Earth License.  We have some great news if you’re a fan of RPG Set in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth. Free League Publishing today announced a partnership with Sophisticated Games to publish tabletop roleplaying games set in Middle-earth and based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Francesco...

Feb 17, 2020

  Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea – any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Goodbye!” – Bilbo Baggins.   Players can embark on more adventures in Shadowed Paths which adds new heroes, including Gandalf and Arwen, to games of The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth.     This...

Jan 16, 2020

  Christopher Tolkien, who was described as a faithful steward of Middle Earth, the fantasy kingdom his father built, has died at the age of 95.     His death was confirmed by Daniel Klass, Mr. Tolkien’s brother-in-law. Tolkien, who was born in Leeds in 1924, was the third and youngest son of the revered fantasy author and his wife Edith. He grew...

Nov 30, 2019

  Bilbo had has an unexpected party, and Cubicle 7 announced some unexpected news.     They will not be published The One Ring RPG beyond 2020, as a casualty of this will abandon plans for the One Ring  Second Edition and Adventures in Middle-earth™, and they’ll cease working with partners Sophisticated Games.   We have some very unfortunate...

Sep 3, 2019

  The first adventure card game set in the quintessential fantasy world of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game lets players face epic challenges during solo and cooperative adventures. The game is inspired by the cooperative Living Card Game®, The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. Combining a strong immersive narrative experience...