Tolkien - The Big Game - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 11-24-2008, 05:04 AM

Another of the papers I was reading in the Tolkien 2005 proceedings has given me another topic to discuss!

One of the papers asks why Lord of the Rings is so popular, and one of the suggestions is that it is like 'A big game'. Meaning that Tolkien did more than just create a novel or an alternate world, he created somewhere for us all to play!

I really, really like that idea. It covers all sorts of things that we are inspired to do from reading Tolkien's work - writing in RPGs, creating faux newspapers, mucking around dressed in cloaks, playing Werewolf...

Do you think Tolkien's work is like one huge game? If it is, then it's probably the best game of all time (yeah, even better than The Sims!).

11-24-2008, 05:04 AM	#1
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Tolkien - The Big Game Another of the papers I was reading in the Tolkien 2005 proceedings has given me another topic to discuss! One of the papers asks why Lord of the Rings is so popular, and one of the suggestions is that it is like 'A big game'. Meaning that Tolkien did more than just create a novel or an alternate world, he created somewhere for us all to play! I really, really like that idea. It covers all sorts of things that we are inspired to do from reading Tolkien's work - writing in RPGs, creating faux newspapers, mucking around dressed in cloaks, playing Werewolf... Do you think Tolkien's work is like one huge game? If it is, then it's probably the best game of all time (yeah, even better than The Sims!). __________________ Gordon's alive!