Monday, 26 July 2021

Late July updates: Imaldris and Ninimiel’s gossip

 

Apologies, I’ve fallen a little behind on posts, so this one will cover both news updates from Imaldris (Tolkien-related news) and also Ninimiel’s gossip (LOTRO-related news). I’ll keep it short and concise, for ease of viewing.

I have created new blog posts for the following:

This week

Jo Whiley’s Thursday Theme: Lord of the Rings
Thursday 29 July 2021 @ 7.30pm BST
BBC RADIO 2 (online)

Jo Whiley’s BBC radio show’s Thursday Theme will feature the Lord of the Rings to celebrate the anniversary of the publication of The Fellowship of the Ring (UK publication date was 29 July 1954). She’d like LOTR-related song suggestions sent in to jo.whiley@bbc.co.uk.
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000y707

Mythcon 51: A Virtual “Halfling” Mythcon
Saturday 31 July to Sunday 1 August 2021
Online

 The Mythopoeic Society (http://www.mythsoc.org/) are running their annual Mythcon event, this year as a virtual one using Zoom and Discord. Details below:
http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-51.htm 
http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mc51progrep.htm
https://mythsoc-rohan.blogspot.com/2021/07/mythcon51-preliminary-schedule.html 


Upcoming Events 

D&Co du Milieu and LOTRO dev team chat about housing
Friday 6 August 2021 @ 12pm EST (-4 GMT)
[Time note: This is 6pm UK and 7pm France]

The fantastic LOTRO housing website, D&Co du Milieu, are hosting a Discord chat with the LOTRO devs. This should start straight after the usual Cord of the Rings over on Twitch. You can join in at:
Discord: https://discord.gg/Fj3SfKhW
(It is advisable to have the Discord app already open when clicking the link)

Oxonmoot
Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 September 2021
Online

Annual Tolkien Society event held in Oxford. This year the event will host a blended schedule. You can find more details here:
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/oxonmoot-2021/

Virtual date with History: J.R.R. Tolkien and the World Wars
Thursday 7 October 2021 @ 7pm CDT
Online (via Zoom)
https://cantigny.org/event/date-with-history-j-r-r-tolkien-virtual/ 

Other news

BBC Radio Humberside on Edith Tolkien in East Yorkshire
BBC Radio Humberside interviewed Phil Mathison (author of “Tolkien in East Yorkshire 1917 – 1918: An Illustrated Tour”) about the unveiling of a Blue Plaque on Withernsea’s Lifeboat Café – Edith Tolkien lived in Withernsea during 1917 whilst Tolkien was stationed at nearby Thirtle Bridge.
(Information and link provided by Michael Flowers)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09mv4cs 

“Comrades of the Ring” by Joel Merriner
Lecturer and PHD Research Joel Merriner, who gave a wonderful talk about Soviet Tolkien covers at the recent Tolkien Society Seminar, has published an article about writers and artists of Soviet Tolkien in Foreign Policy. If you are not a subscriber, Joel has said you can copy the article link into Outline.com (https://outline.com/) to view.
Article: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/24/soviet-union-tolkien-art-dissidents/ 

The One Ring.net Amazon TV and more updates
TOR.net is probably the biggest provider of Tolkien-related news on the internet and they are keeping us updated with all the gossip and news about the upcoming Amazon TV show. Below are the most recent updates: 

They also hosted a San Diego Comic Con panel on Sunday 25 July 2021, you can view that here:

Tolkien-based gaming updates

There have been several new product announcements and also a new interview/chat with Free League.

Ares Games - Fate of Erebor

Whilst we wait on the next big announcement, Ares Games have snuck in a smaller release – a What If the Free Peoples lost the Battle of Erebor scenario. Note this will be part of the revised “The Battle of Five Armies” set, but if you already own that then a separate release is due in September 2021. More information:
https://www.aresgames.eu/29600
https://www.aresgames.eu/games/war-of-the-ring-line/the-fate-of-erebor 

Fantasy Flight Games – Spreading War

The next expansion for the Journeys in Middle-earth board game has been announced – “Spreading War”. Details here:
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/7/8/spreading-war-announcement/

Free League - THE ONE RING™ Roleplaying Game Fellowship Forum (July 2021)

Free League ran a “Fellowship Forum” where members of the team chatted and took questions from the online audience. They are hoping to run more of these in the future. Details:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBIn19u1wvI


I’ll try and catch up with any LOTRO news in the coming week or so, but in the meantime there have been quite a few videos from the SSG team and LOTRO community. 

For reference, the SSG team are:

  • SSG Executive Producer Severlin (Rob Ciccolini)
  • SSG Community Manager Cordovan (Jerry Snook)
  • SSG Senior World Designer Scenario (Matt Elliott)
  • SSG LOTRO Producer Raninia (Oleg Brodskiy)

Interviews with LOTRO Producer Raninia

Interview with SSG Executive Producer Severlin:

Scenario’s “Casual Stroll Through…” series

Previous +Cord of the Rings

Please note there hasn’t been any +Cord of the Rings for three weeks (9, 16 and 23 July).

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