Thursday, March 24, 2005

Hall Of Fire This Weekend - Discuss Pippin Took!
- Demosthenes @ 19:48 PST

Elrond's heart forbade him going with the Fellowship; Gandalf encouraged him to throw himself down a well as a preventative measure against stupidity. This weekend in Hall of Fire, we discuss Pippin Took: Bold, hard halfling or piece of luggage? [More]

Thursday, March 17, 2005

BarliBash '05: CHICAGO! Hotel details and survey! Please fill out now!
- Jincey @ 22:12 PST

Ever since last year's wildly successful Bash in Boston, folks have been clamoring for information about this year's Barlibash. After informal surveys and discussions in Barliman's, we decided to revisit Chicago for BarliBash '05. I'd like to thank Balin, Maegwen, JPB, and Corvar for all their efforts and input into choosing a rocking hotel and beginning a list of possible 'Things To Do' during Bash : ) Huzzah! 3 Cheers!! WOOT!!!

We've got a survey for folks to fill out, detailed information about the hotel, and FAQ already online. Pages on Transportation, Itinerary, and Sights will be added soon. So please, take a few moments and visit our Barlibash 2005 page!

Hall of Fire This Weekend - Discuss The Silmarils!
- Demosthenes @ 17:54 PST

'Then Feanor began a long and secret labour, and he summoned all his lore, and his power, and his subtle skill; and at the end of it all he made the Silmarils.' (The Silmarillion) This weekend, we return to our Silmarillion chapter chats in Hall of Fire with the tale of the making of the Silmarils - Feanor's most wondrous creation. But out of them arose unrest as well as beauty. [More]

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

New Tolkien RPG board
- Demosthenes @ 17:27 PST

Some of you may recall the role-playing madness of #RPG - you might have even participated in a session or two. Well, Tolwyn has established an RPG board over that way somewhere *waves*, so if you're into freeform RPG-ing, go check it out. [More]

Thursday, March 10, 2005

Hall Of Fire This Weekend - Discuss The Silmarils!
- Demosthenes @ 18:49 PST

'Then Feanor began a long and secret labour, and he summoned all his lore, and his power, and his subtle skill; and at the end of it all he made the Silmarils.' (The Silmarillion) This weekend, we resume our Silmarillion chapter chats in Hall of Fire with the tale of the making of the Silmarils - Feanor's most wondrous creation. But out of them arose unrest as well as beauty. [More]

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 19:18 PST

Even though many of his papers and Middle-earth tales were published posthumously, JRR Tolkien wrote prolifically throughout his life. Nevertheless, there remain huge gaps in many of his stories.

So this weekend we're going to ask ourselves: 'If you could commission Tolkien to write more on one thing, what would it have been and why?' [More]

Thursday, February 24, 2005

Hall Of Fire This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 06:29 PST

Even though many of his papers and Middle-earth tales were published posthumously, JRR Tolkien wrote prolifically throughout his life. Nevertheless, there remain huge gaps in many of his stories. So this weekend we're going to ask ourselves: 'If you could commission Tolkien to write more on one thing, what would it have been and why?' [More]

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Hall Of Fire - The Times Are A-Changin'!
- Demosthenes @ 07:04 PST

We've been running two Hall of Fire sessions on the TORn IRC server each weekend for a couple of years now. It's been extremely successful and we've had some wonderful chats, but it's time to shake things up a little. As of this weekend, we'll be trialling one session each weekend for the next four weeks. However, we will be spreading one topic across two weekends. [More]