via Fonstad family The first edition of “The Atlas of Middle-earth” contained 172 maps, which Fonstad drew ... like the bedrock morphology of the Shire, settlement patterns in Gondor and ...

Most of the Hobbits' lifestyle in The Shire is inspired by the pre-industrial ... Christopher Tolkien drew the first map of Middle-earth for the first edition of The Lord of the Rings books.

The award-winning, bestselling fantasy novel by TJ Klune covers family, understanding and LGBTQ issues and will be explored in events over the next month.

The result was “The Atlas of Middle-earth,” a tome with 172 maps that renders Tolkien’s world in astonishing detail, including the bedrock morphology of the Shire, settlement patterns in ...

Civilization 7 is coming to Switch in 2025, letting you build up civilizations and dominate the hexagonal tile map on the go ... to the wider goings on of Middle-earth here.

and plenty more hearty hobbit meals will be yours in Tales of the Shire. As a cozy life sim that leans heavily on its cooking minigames, you can expect to spend a lot of your new Middle-earth life ...

Nestled in the hills of Berkeley, California, Thornburg Village is the kind of place that makes you wonder if you’ve accidentally stumbled through a portal to Middle-earth. It’s as if J.R.R. Tolkien ...

Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.

I think the biggest draw for Tales of the Shire is that it is low-stakes. After titles like Gollum and Return to Moria, a softer look at a beloved corner of Middle Earth sounds like a much-needed ...

Tales of the Shire's unique art style challenges the traditional dark imagery of LotR games. The game offers a cozy life-simulation approach and a contrasting perspective of Middle-earth.