« Gandalf Facing The Balrog », c. 1984

by Michael Hague (American illustrator, born 1948)
Illustration for JRR Tolkien 's "The Fellowship of the Ring", The Easton Press, 1984
Watercolor on board, 7″ x 11″

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #middleEarth #TheLordOfTheRing #LOTR #Gandalf #Balrog #Moria

There’s a good chance that this will be my last video/release of 2025 (how time files 😅)… and in it I’m showing how you can put some of my new (dwarven themed) textures to use:

https://youtu.be/ZuvKKDL8A-k

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #moria

Whenever I find a nice set of charts in an Rpg book, I add it to my chart utility.

Moria Chamber Generator
(Last bit is what kind of challenge)

Suspiciously intact Elven Civic Building with Athletics

Suspiciously intact Simple Orc-nest with Stealth

Goblin-gnawed Simple Large Dwelling with Stealth

Mostly intact Fortified Utility with Athletics

Safe Heroic Small Dwelling with Riddle

Safe Natural Well/Watercourse with Token of Hope

1/2

#TTRPG #GMPrep #Moria #OneRing #TheOneRing #NSR

#OutlawsOfTheNorth

One of the adventure sites I want to borrow is the mines of Moria.

But I don’t want it too obvious that’s what it is, so I’m extracting all the rumors and will rename things to match my setting.

So King Durin becomes King Darius, etc.

But I’ll need a new name for Moria, the Misty Mountains/Cascades, etc.

I still suck at naming things.

Ps, while I complained earlier about Free Leagues output, the Moria book is fantastic.

#TTRPG #TheOneRing #Moria #NSR #GMPrep

Folklore read live!

It might be harsh to call Askeladden dumb, but then you hear the tale...

Judge for yourself LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/nKCM3rJ08Cc

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #norwegian #folklore #legend #epic #legend #Castle #Soria #Moria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5DXA3scgfo

Sehenswerte Doku über den Brand im Flüchtlingslager Moria, die Zustände danach und über die Verurteilung der angeblichen Täter.

#swr #youtube #dokumentarfilm #doku #moria #griechenland #lesbos

Looking back at our time playing The Lord of the Rings: Return to #Moria. It's a pretty fun sandbox survival crafting game set in #TheLordOfTheRings world.

#Gaming #VideoGames #Blog #Blogging

https://aywren.com/2025/11/03/backlog-blogging-the-lord-of-the-rings-return-to-moria

Adding the finishing touches to some more dwarven themed terrain :)

With any luck I'll have a video tutorial out sometime next week which will show how to make the little statue/relief guys that you can see on either side of the stairs!

(note that the rest of the stuff is already available)

#dnd #tttpg #terrain #moria

« The Chamber of Mazarbul», c. 1960

by Cor Blok (Dutch artist, 1934-2021)
Personnal work, laterly published in "A Tolkien Tapestry", HarperCollins, 2011

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #CorBlok #ATolkienTapestry #JRRTolkien #LordOfTheRings #LOTR #Moria #Gandalf #Hobbits #Legolas #Aragorn #Gimli #Mazarbul