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OTHER MINDS Magazine Issue 10, August 2010 Issue 10, August 2010 OO THERTHER MMINDINDSS The Unofficial Role-Playing Magazine for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth and beyond OTHER MINDS Magazine Issue 10, August 2010 Publisher Other Minds Volunteers Co-Editors Assistant Editors Thomas Morwinsky Neville Percy Hawke Robinson Chris Seeman Proof Readers Artwork Catherine Karina Katy Koenen Chmiel Michael Martinez Stephen Hickman Oliver Schick Olga Kukhtenkova Chris Wade Tuuliky Production Staff Thomas Morwinsky Neville Percy © ‘Findarato’ by Tuuliky, used by permission of the artist The next Issue of Other Minds is not themed, every contribution is eligible! Submission deadline is October 1 2010 1 Unless otherwise noted, every contribution in this magazine is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license (b n a) The exact license of a given contribution can be found at the beginning of each contribution. Other Minds Magazine MAIN FEATURES 2 Editorial: Finally Here! by Thomas Morwinsky Editorial: Finally Here! 4 Balrogs do not have wings —but they do fly! by Thomas Gießl It has worked! Against the odds Other Content Minds, Issue 10 is finally here. As you 13 The problem of Gil-galad and Now on to the most important part the ‘House of Finrod’ might have noticed on the various mail- of each Other Minds Issue – the content. by Thomas Morwinsky ing lists and the Other Minds website, real This time we have again a healthy mix of 23 A History of Story-telling life has forced us to miss a regular publi- different themes. Games and Other Imaginary cation date and thus we continue with Depictions of Middle-earth Other Minds, Issue 10 almost exactly six We begin with Balrogs do not by Travis Henry months after Issue 9 came out. Stay have wings – but they do fly! from 25 The ‘Other Hands’ Restoration tuned for further announcements con- first-time author Thomas Gießl. Thomas Project explores in depth the hotly-debated topic by Thomas Morwinsky and Ronald K. cerning content, deadlines and general information on our website and Face- of whether Balrogs have real wings or 28 An October weekend in not. This is a great supplementary work Middle-earth book group as well as the fan- by Thomas Abbenhaus sourcebooks and MERP mailing lists. If to Chris Seeman’s treatment of the broader “Balrog” theme in Other Hands 31 The Art of Magic—a magic you know any other groups, lists etc. system for Middle-earth that seem appropriate for placing infor- Issue 22 from July 1998. by Daniel “Vaco” Vacaflores mation about Other Minds, do not hesitate Second comes a contribution from to pass along the information! me with the title The problem of Gil- Fortunately, we are happy to greet galad and the ‘House of Finrod’. It OTHER FEATURES another volunteer team member who deals with the history of these important 66 Fine Print and Disclaimers will support us with his skills and experi- topics that Tolkien revised over and over ence. again. It also provides a proposal for a 67 Creative Commons License final family tree based on the conclusions Table of Contents: Other Minds Maga- drawn in the text. zine, Issues 1-10 New website As some of you may already have no- The Short History of Story- ticed, Other Minds has an entirely new telling Games, by first-time author and re-designed website Travis Henry, is a really good read if you (http://othermindsmagazine.com). The want to get a very special overview of former one was literally falling apart due Tolkien-related gaming in the past. Brace to old software that was beyond the yourselves for a lighthearted view on a point of being updatable to a new ver- matter that is all too often taken quite sion. This led to the loss of all the old seriously. Be sure not to miss this one! accounts (the essential data has been I am sure that the next contribution saved of course), so they have to be cre- has the potential for greatness – even if ated anew unfortunately. All of you who its text is rather short. It deals with The already had accounts created, please re- ‘Other Hands’ Restoration Project, register with the new website (http:// realised by me and Roland K. This brings othermindsmagazine.com/join_form). you all 34 Issues of Other Hands Magazine We are very sorry for the inconvenience, in a technical quality comparable to what but the increasing in-depth corruption of you’re used to seeing in Other Minds. En- the old software made any attempts to joy them and look at what great articles “simply” update the existing system im- were written by the Middle-earth gam- possible. On the positive side, the new ing community from 1993 to 2001! version is much more stable. Other Minds is present not only on the web, but also in real life! Thomas Ab- benhaus’ (again a first-timer with Other Minds) contribution An October weekend in Middle-earth re-traces the events of a convention in Germany last autumn, where our magazine was 2 Issue 10, August 2010 presented for the first time (as far as we We are also very happy that more and is to produce a game called The Lord know) at a roleplaying convention out- great artists gave us permission to use of the Rings: The Card Game. This is all the side the US. their original art for Other Minds. Tuuliky more interesting since we are also await- The final submission this time is focuses on Elves. If you’re interested in ing a new pen-and-paper RPG for Mid- Daniel ‘Vaco’ Vacaflores’ article The more artwork from her, visit http:// dle-earth (see the Editorial of the last Art of Magic that does justice to this tuuliky.deviantart.com/. Stephen Hick- Issue: OM9). Have a look at the two all-time favourite topic by dealing with man’s online presence can be accessed at URL’s below to check out the details of almost every imaginable aspect of magic http://www.stephenhickman.com/. this new CCG. In contrast to the previ- in a Middle-earth roleplaying game. The Katherine Karina “Kasiopeia” Chmiel you ous licensing policy , the RPG and CCG great number of relevant quotes that know already, while Olga Kukhtenkova licenses have now been given to different Vaco assembled for this project shows his (http://fan.theonering.net/rolozo/ companies. We would be happy to re- firm determination to provide an exhaus- collection/kukhtenkova?hide=-3) is seen ceive any contribution about this new tive treatment of the matter. This is all within the pages of Other Minds for the CCG game (e.g. a review). So, if you’re the more remarkable as Vaco was work- first time. into Middle-earth CCG’s, you might ing under extremely detrimental condi- have a chance to write the first review tions in a region hit by widespread Gaming News for this new game! strikes in Bolivia to finalise his magnum There is also some news on the game opus. It also expands on Chris Seeman’s system front. Other Minds author José For the Other Minds team article about magic in Other Minds, Issue Enrique Vacas de la Rosa alerted us to a Thomas Morwinsky 1. On top of all that, Vaco will bring you new collectable card game (CCG) for a gaming system as well, which will Middle-earth. Fantasy Flight Games probably be realised in our next Issue. seems to have acquired a CCG license http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=129&esem=1 http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_foros_discusion.asp?efid=201&efcid=4&efidt=358780 3 Other Minds Magazine Balrogs do not have wings— but they do fly! by Thomas Gießl Preface argue. Thus this article is to be seen as an example for an argumentation against the ([email protected]) © 2010 Some parts of the article could appear b n a “wing-interpretation” rather than a spe- per the terms of the CC license: to be unfair towards Michael Martinez. If cific person’s view. I will also evolve my this is so, I’m entirely to blame for it, as own position by contrasting it to that The question of the (non-) existing Balrog I have to admit that I was pretty annoyed wings is one that has the potential for long espoused by Martinez in said essay. I will by the way he argued in ‘Do Balrogs have summarize for you an alternative view discussions and argumentations. Here first- wings? Do Balrogs fly?’. But since then time author Thomas Gießl gives us a detailed later on. In short, this interpretation says things have cooled down considerable, that you are right to call something explanation why Balrogs should not have real and as he himself is no longer (or never wings. ‘wings’ when somebody compares it to was) part of the wing faction, there is no ‘wings’. The second position differs not We hope that this treatment of the matter reason for any argument. Anyway, I sin- may give birth to answers or comments, so so much from the first (as Martinez’s cerely hope no one takes offense in this main point in said article is that the Bal- that the whole complex of “Balrog-wings” can article, as none is intended. be accessed from each point of view and the rog of Moria has wings due to the fact reader may build his own opinion on this that people apparently saw something great wealth of information. Introduction they dubbed ‘wings’). Michael Martinez has previously reviewed This article is a new version of a pre- This in fact states that there are no this article and maintains steadfastly that the viously unpublished German article longer ‘real’ Balrog wings, but still essay Mr.
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