Tolkienmoot

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Tolkienmoot
StatusActive
GenreGaming
Venue
Tolkien Society
Filing statusnon-profit/free
Websitehttp://www.tolkienmoot.org/

Tolkienmoot is an annual convention run by the Eä Tolkien Society (official smial of the UK

Tolkien Society[1]) created for scholars, gamers, and enthusiasts of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. It began under the name of Merpcon (for "Middle-earth Role Playing Conference") in 2005. Always a convention focused on Tolkien scholarly discussion and gaming in Middle-earth, its name was changed in 2009 as the venue expanded. The convention was founded by Hawke Robinson[2]
and others.

Tolkienmoot includes scholarly discussions and guest speakers, but also provides an emphasis on role-playing games. It is typically held annually on the third weekend of July in Spokane, Washington, typically for 1 to 5 days. The convention is open and free to the public. In 2022 it moved to a dedicated regular location at the non-profit RPG Research community center.[3]

Event details

The event is focused on

Harnmaster adapted for use in Middle-earth; Adventures in Middle-earth by Cubicle 7; The One Ring Role-Playing Game 2nd Edition by Free League Publishing; and others. Tolkienmoots feature new Other Minds Magazine issues and have discussed papers such as "Tolkien's Love of Trees and the Environment".[8]

Different approaches to the guest speaker segments have been used. The opening speaking session is typically presented by the convention founder, with a "state of the union" discussion about the current state of Tolkien scholarship, fandom, role-playing gaming community,[9] project updates. Other sessions have sometimes been in a format called "Raw Hobbit", hosted by Tolkien essayist and author Michael Martinez as an homage to William Shatner's Raw Nerve talk show. Other sessions have included the interactive "Tolkien Youth Panel", while still other sessions generally include notable guest speakers (see list) with local and online audience participation in follow-up Q&A. The final sessions often overlap with episodes of Middle-earth Talk Radio[10] as a live broadcast from the third day of the event with live audience participation both locally and online.

The founders of Tolkienmoot are also the founders of Other Minds Magazine and an official smial of the UK

Tolkien Society, the Eä Tolkien Society based in Spokane, Washington, U.S.[11]

References

  1. ^ TolkienMoot XVII
  2. ^ Profile page and papers for Hawke Robinson
  3. ^ TolkienMoot XVIII Schedule Adjustment, Special Guest Speaker Announcement: Signum University Teacher Brenton Dickieson, New Dedicated Location
  4. ^ Hobbit enthusiasts converge on Spokane August 13–15 for Tolkien Moot
  5. ^ The Tolkienist mentions Tolkien Moot X
  6. ^ Tolkienmoot Guest Speakers Biographies Page
  7. ^ The Ea Role-Playing Game System
  8. ^ This paper originally presented at Tolkien Moot and revised for U.K. Tolkien Society Seminar 2011
  9. ^ RPG Research
  10. ^ The Middle-earth Radio Talk Show Website Archived August 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ The Eä Tolkien Society Smial Website

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