Other Hands #1 - April 1993
Other Hands is an international gaming journal devoted to fantasy role-playing set in J.R.R, Tolkien’s secondary world of Middle-earth.
It is a quarterly, non-profit publication welcoming submissions dealing with any aspect of gaming in the context of Tolkien’s world: scenario ideas, rule suggestions, gaming product reviews, gamemastering aids, bibliographic resources, essays on Middle-earth, and whatever else our readership would like to see in print.
In a word, Other Hands aims to be the definitive Tolkien-related gaming journal for a world-wide role-playing community.
Documents of the section
Editorial: Introducing “Other Hands” ⇨
Other Hands is an international gaming journal devoted to fantasy role-playing set in J.R.R, Tolkien’s secondary world of Middle-earth. It is a quarterly, non-profit publication welcoming submissions dealing with any aspect of gaming…
ICE’s open letter to subscribers of “Other Hands” ⇨
This is an open letter to anyone who might be perusing “Other Hands.” It embodies a few thoughts that the crew at Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) want to impart to people who are interested in gaming in Middle-earth. We hope to shed…
Beyond the Third Age: Role-playing in all ages of Arda ⇨
Due to the strict restraints delineated by the Middle-earth gaming license, Iron Crown Enterprises has thus far published role-playing material set only in the Third Age of Arda. Moreover, their modules have almost exclusively…
Corruption in Middle-earth: A look at the use and consequences of power ⇨
The Lord of the Rings is founded upon the premise that the search for power and knowledge contains within itself the possibility of corruption, and throughout Tolkien’s writings these themes are closely intertwined…
Beyond Anduin: Rhovanion as the northern frontier of Gondor ⇨
This essay inaugurates what I hope will become a regular feature of Other Hands; informed discussion of various aspects or themes of Middle-earth which will fully take into account what Tolkien himself has written or said about them…
Selections from a panel discussion on role-playing and Tolkien’s World ⇨
Participants: Chris Seeman, Brian T. Murphy, Eric Rauscher, Glenn Kuring, Andrew Butler — Held at the Tolkien Centenary Conference — Keble College, Oxford: 22 August, 1992…
A select bibliography of Middle-earth role-playing (1982–1992) ⇨
If there is anything that I have missed — and I’m sure there is — please send me the references so that we can put together a comprehensive bibliography of everything in print having to do with role-playing in Tolkien’s world.
Product Review - River Running ⇨
One of our hopes for Other Hands is that it will offer reasoned evaluations of the latest (or earlier) Middle-earth gaming publications, as well as reviews of anything which might be of value to Middle-earth role-players…