Thoughts of a Depressive Diplomatist

My deep-dive into  The Hobbit  continued. John D Rateliff,  The History of The Hobbit JRR Tolkien; Douglas A Anderson,  The Annotated Hobbit...

 A very belated update, partly because I'm finding Illmire heavy-going. 1 March - The Evils of Illmire (OSE) 15 March - The Evils of Ill...

I don't imagine that many of my readers (especially the hundreds a day that I've been getting from Singapore in the last month or so...

Currently Reading I've continued my deep-dive into Tolkien, moving onto The Hobbit . John D Rateliff, The History of The Hobbit JRR Tolk...

Finished Reading JRR Tolkien, The Father Christmas Letters A series of delightful stories (delightfully illustrated) which come from letters...

  Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front With all the Oscar hype, I thought I better read this classic, which for some inexpli...

Aparently, in a series of events organised by the Tolkien Society since 2003, March 25th* has been celebrated as Tolkien Reading Day .  The ...

Many of you who play fantasy RPGs are, I hope, familiar with James Holloway's podcast 'Monster Man' in which he reads his way th...

As I recently posted , I've had a hankering to play 'Under Hill, Over Water'  a game I played   once during lockdown  but not ag...

Now far ahead the Road has gone, Let others follow it who can! Let them a journey new begin, But I at last with weary feet Will turn towards...