Books Received, April 12 — April 18

[james_davis_nicoll]

Just four works new to me this week: two fantasy novels, two tabletop roleplaying game supplements. One novel is part of a series. Again, not seeing nearly as many series works as I'd expect.

Books Received, April 12 — April 18

Poll #32997 Books Received, April 12 — April 18

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Which of these look interesting?

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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (October 2025)
20 (51.3%)

Blood for the Undying Throne by Sung-Il Kim (October 2025)
11 (28.2%)

Keepers of the Elven Rings by Gabriele Quaglia & Francesco Nepitello (April 2025)
4 (10.3%)

Realms of the Three Rings by Gabriele Quaglia & Francesco Nepitello (April 2025)
3 (7.7%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
29 (74.4%)

Comments

[kgbooklog]

So what is the name of the official tabletop roleplaying game based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien?

[james_davis_nicoll]

The One Ring.

[patrick_morris_miller]

Jinx, you owe me a coke.

[neowolf2]

Also shows up as an item in World of Warcraft.

https://www.wowhead.com/classic/item=8350/the-1-ring

[patrick_morris_miller]

The One Ring.

[(Anonymous)]

Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Roleplaying_Game

Two distinct games exist and are currently owned by FL. Apparently each gets this supplement with an identical description by FL, but that could be a mistake, including theirs. Wikipedia also describes the earlier "Middle-earth Role Playing", commemorated at MERPcon / "Tolkienmoot" events whose Web site, at first sight, goes up to the year 2022. A difficult time, that.

Robert Carnegie

[(Anonymous)]

Delenda?