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File Other Minds Magazine Issue 1 English PDF Revision 20080203
This is the first issue of Other Minds Magazine. It has been edited from it's original release under the GFDL (Gnu Free Documentation License), to our change to the CC (Creative Commons) license. Other Minds Magazine Issue 1 Now Available Barrow Wight interior artwork This issue has the following content: * Editorial - Here We Are! * Opinion - The Acroteriasm of Other Hands by Hawke * The Battle Over Role Playing Gaming by Hawke * Mapping Arda by Thomas Morwinsky,Stéphane Hoerlé, Gabriele Quaglia, Oliver Schick, Christian Schröder * Of Barrow-wights by Neville Percy * Magic in Middle-earth by Professor Chris Seeman * Thoughts on Imladris by Dr. Thomas Morwinsky * Maps of Arda (version 1)
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 2 English PDF Revision 20080222
Other Minds magazine is a completely free, volunteer based regular publication dedicated to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Tolkien enthusiasts, scholars and those who like to role play in Tolkien's imaginary universe. Other Minds Magazine Issue 2 Now Available Changes to Maps notation This issue is a whopping 74 pages long (not counting the adventure "Uswe Numenorello")! This is double the previous page count of the first issue. We had so many submissions come in, that we actually have almost a full issue of content ready for OM Issue 3. Please keep the submissions coming! Download PDF file here: Other Minds Magazine Issue 2 PDF Issue 2 has the following content: * Editorial - Ready for Round Two! * Other Minds Conventions * J.R.R. Tolkien's Love of Trees and the Environment by Hawke * Numenoreans in Endor by Gabriele Quaglia, Stéphane Hoerlé, Dr. Thomas Morwinsky * Numenorean Martime Technology by Dr. Thomas Morwinsky * A Response to "Mapping Arda" by Eric Duborg * Mapping Arda - Reloaded by Dr. Thomas Morwinsky, Stéphane Hoerlé, Gabriele Quaglia, Oliver Schick and Christian Schröder * Uswe Numenorello - Escape From Numenor (a separate download, pending) by Hawke The magazine is available as a free PDF download from the website. Please swing by, download, enjoy, and please feel free to respond with comments either by email or on the website's forums. The magazine thrives based on it's readership interaction. Thank you to everyone for your great responses and contributions. Please keep them coming! -- Other Minds Magazine The Unofficial, International Role Playing Gaming Magazine Dedicated to Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth & Beyond. http://www.omzine.org -------- "I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for OTHER MINDS and hands, wielding paint and music and drama..." - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, from a letter written to Milton Waldman, ca. 1951 "He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density at any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation." --Thomas Jefferson, in Writings of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 6, H.A. Washington, Ed.,1854, pp. 180-181.
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 3 English PDF Revision 20080601
Other Minds Magazine is "The Unofficial Role-playing Magazine for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Beyond". This is a magazine with strong emphasis on scholarly quality content, presented so as to be accessible and usable for both non-gaming Tolkien enthusiasts and role playing gamers alike. Other Minds Magazine Issue 3 Now Available Download the PDF file here: Other Minds Magazine Issue 3 PDF This issue contains the following: * Editorial: Third time is the charm * Essay: Of Barrow-wights – Part Two by Neville Percy * Essay: J.R.R. Tolkien, Words, Phrases & Passages in The Lord of the Rings - A Game Designer’s Guide to Parma Eldalamberon 17 by Professor Chris Seeman * Essay: The Rings of Power – History and Abilities by Dr. Thomas Morwinsky * Essay: The Palantíri by Chris Seeman (with some Decipher Lord of the Rings Role-playing Game statistics included) * Essay: The Guild of Venturers and the Númenórean Colonies by Eric Dubourg * Supplement: Umbar-dalad ("Under Umbar") by Hawke Robinson (available via a separate download for now at http://www.numenorproject.com ) (The adventure run at MerpCon II for ICE MERP) You can view all issues of Other Minds Magazine at http://www.omzine.org Here is the direct link to view Issue 3: http://omzine.org/other-minds-magazine-issue-3 Please also note that the Magazine Survey form is up and running for all three issues as an easy means of providing feedback, the direct link is: http://www.omzine.org/magazine-survey Onward to Issue 4 Now that Issue 3 is out, please do not delay sending in your submissions for Issue 4. Since we are running a month behind schedule, it is imperative that everyone get their submissions in ASAP. The theme for issue 4 is "Dwarves". Anything you have related to J.R.R. Tolkien's dwarves will be considered for this upcoming issue which also corresponds to MerpCon IV's dwarven theme. Do not delay, the deadline for draft proposals (just letting us know that you have something in mind) is June 15th , 2008. The deadline for actual draft submissions is absolutely no later than July 1st , 2008. Issue 4 will be released initially at MerpCon IV ( http://www.merpcon.org ) in print on July 26th, 2008. The online version will be made public on August 1st. So don't be shy, get in your submissions to Other Minds Magazine today. Send email to: submissions at om zine dot org or use the online form at: http://omzine.org/submission-form Also be sure to post on the website forums and join in the online IRC chatroom. Meanwhile, download and enjoy all the current issues. Many thanks to the growing number of community members and staff helping to make Other Minds Magazine possible!
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 4 English PDF Revision 20080729
Other Minds, Issue #4 is finally available. Its theme of Dwarves has attracted a great variety of submissions, so it is likely almost everyone will find something useful for him- or herself. Other Minds Magazine Issue 4 Now Available Dwarf Download the PDF file here: Other Minds Magazine Issue 4 PDF The table of contents includes: * Editorial - Baruk Khazâd – Khazâd ai-mênu * Whither MerpCon by Hawke * The Problem of Dwarven Women by Neville Percy * A Brief History of the Dwarven Mansions by Thomas Morwinsky * A Dwarven Runic Cryptogram by Neville Percy * Swept Off By Your Feet... by Thomas Morwinsky * Outer Names for the Western Dwarves by Neville Percy * The Giant Armoured Moldewarp by Neville Percy * The Sword of Aulë by Tom Davie Please do take a few moments comment on the issue and the articles in the Other Minds Magazine Survey: Also discuss the topics in the forums: Also please start sending in your ideas and submissions to webmaster at omzine dot org. The deadline for drafts to be submitted is no later than October 1st, 2008. Enjoy! Other Minds Magazine Staff
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 5 English PDF revision 20090319
Other Minds Magazine is "The Unofficial Role-playing Magazine for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Beyond". This is a magazine with strong emphasis on scholarly quality content, presented so as to be accessible and usable for both non-gaming Tolkien enthusiasts and role playing gamers alike. Other Minds Magazine Issue 5 Now Available Download PDF file here: Other Minds Magazine Issue 5 PDF Other Minds Magazine, Issue #5 brings you the following contributions: Editorial: Back for good! Tolkien and Transformational Thought - by Michael Martinez Tolkien's Impact on Beowulf - by Hawke Robinson Thoughts on Imladris, Part II - by Thomas Morwinsky Minas Ithil Name Glossary - by Chriss Seeman and David Salo Mithril Miniatures and MERP - by Chris Seeman Amending "A Brief History of the Dwarven Mansions" - by Thomas Morwinsky
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 6 English PDF Revision 20090508
Other Minds Magazine is "The Unofficial Role-playing Magazine for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Beyond". This is a magazine with strong emphasis on scholarly quality content, presented so as to be accessible and usable for both non-gaming Tolkien enthusiasts and role playing gamers alike. Other Minds Magazine Issue 6 Now Available OM 6 Cover Art: "Prince of Gondolin" by Catherine Karina Chmiel Download PDF file here: Other Minds Magazine Issue 6 PDF This issue contains the following: * Clad in mail - an essay by Oliver Hauss about the technology of arms armour appearing Tolkien's works. * Banks of the Northern Anduin - a great adventure by Johannes Lomborg about a Hobbit community in the Anduin valley * Born of Hope - Introducing a fan-made film project that draws heavily on the story of Aragorn's parents as described in the Lord of the Rings * The Eöldrim - A campaign idea for a very special elven folk * Book Review - Isildur - Reviewing the recent 2nd edition of the fan-fction book "Isildur" * Númenórean longevity - Detailing all aspects of the peculiar Númenórean longevity compared to other men * White Hand Rising - A "what if" scenario detailing an alternative beginning to the Fourth Age * Tharbad Map Name Changes - Glossary of recommended name changes in ICE's Tharbad interpretation
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 7 English PDF Revision 20090801
Other Minds Magazine is "The Unofficial Role-playing Magazine for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Beyond". This is a magazine with strong emphasis on scholarly quality content, presented so as to be accessible and usable for both non-gaming Tolkien enthusiasts and role playing gamers alike. Other Minds Magazine Issue 7 Now Available Little Brother ..." Download the PDF file here: Other Minds Magazine Issue 7 PDF MAIN FEATURES * Editorial: A Magical Number by Thomas Morwinsky * Inside Information by Thomas Morwinsky * The Angmarrim by Thomas Morwinsky * The Other Side by José Enrique Vacas de la Rosa * MERP Supplementary Rules by Thomas Morwinsky * The Ebbs and Flows of Númenórean Technology by António Simões OTHER FEATURES * Appendix A - Spell Lists for “MERP Supplementary Rules” * Appendix B - Chronologies for “The Ebbs and Flows of Númenórean Technology”
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 8 English PDF Revision 20091210
Other Minds Magazine is "The Unofficial Role-playing Magazine for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Beyond". This is a magazine with strong emphasis on scholarly quality content, presented so as to be accessible and usable for both non-gaming Tolkien enthusiasts and role playing gamers alike. Other Minds Magazine Issue 8 Now Available OM 8 Covert Art - Thomas Morwinsky: Déagol and Sméagol quarreling over the One (Mithril Miniatures) Download PDF file here: Other Minds Magazine Issue 8 PDF MAIN FEATURES * Editorial: Surprise! by Thomas Morwinsky * A Sense of Magic by Neville Percy * Sense of Magic by Neville Percy * Between Canon and Dogma by Daniel Vacaflores * A Journey in the Dark by Daniel Vacaflores * The Ways of Magic by Daniel Vacaflores * The Nine Nazgûl by António Simões * The Age of Sauron – Preview by Padraig Timmins OTHER FEATURES * Appendix A: Timeline for “The Nine Nazgûl”
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 9 English PDF Revision 02201002
Other Minds Magazine is "The Unofficial Role-playing Magazine for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Beyond". This is a magazine with strong emphasis on scholarly quality content, presented so as to be accessible and usable for both non-gaming Tolkien enthusiasts and role playing gamers alike. Other Minds Magazine Issue 9 Now Available OM 9 Cover Art: ‘At the Cross-roads’ by Ted Nasmith, used by permission of the artist Download the PDF file here: Other Minds Magazine Issue 9 PDF MAIN FEATURES * Editorial: The Dominion of Man by Thomas Morwinsky * Inside Information by Thomas Morwinsky * The Age of Sauron by Padraig Timmins * The Heirs of Elessar and the Fourth Age by Thomas Morwinsky * A Fourth Age Chronology by Tom Davie * Religion in Angmar by Thomas Morwinsky OTHER FEATURES * Appendix A: Dúnadan lifespans in the Fourth Age * Appendix B: Alternative ending for “The Heirs of Elessar and the Fourth Age” * Table of Contents: Other Minds Magazine, Issues 1-9
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 10 English PDF Revision 20100825
Other Minds Magazine is "The Unofficial Role-playing Magazine for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Beyond". This is a magazine with strong emphasis on scholarly quality content, presented so as to be accessible and usable for both non-gaming Tolkien enthusiasts and role playing gamers alike. Other Minds Magazine Issue 10 Now Available OM10 Cover Art: 'Findarato' by Tuuliky, used by permission of the artist Download the Issue here: Other Minds Issue 10 PDF MAIN FEATURES * Editorial: Finally Here! by Thomas Morwinsky * Balrogs do not have wings - but they do fly! by Thomas Gießl * The problem of Gil-galad and the 'House of Finrod' by Thomas Morwinsky * A History of Story-telling Games and Other Imaginary Depictions of Middle-earth by Travis Henry * The 'Other Hands' Restoration Project by Thomas Morwinsky and Ronald K. * An October weekend in Middle-earth by Thomas Abbenhaus * The Art of Magic: a magic system for Middle-earth by Daniel "Vaco" Vacaflores OTHER FEATURES * Table of Contents: Other Minds Magazine, Issues 1-10 You can download the Issues of 'Other Hands Magazine' (referenced in "The 'Other Hands' Restoration Project" above) here:
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 11 English PDF Revision 20110118
Other Minds Magazine is "The Unofficial Role-playing Magazine for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Beyond". This is a magazine with strong emphasis on scholarly quality content, presented so as to be accessible and usable for both non-gaming Tolkien enthusiasts and role playing gamers alike. Other Minds Magazine Issue 11 Now Available OM11 Cover Art: 'The Dark Tower' by John Howe, used by permission of the artist Download the Issue here: Other Minds Issue 11 PDF MAIN FEATURES * Editorial: A belated Christmas and New Year's present by Thomas Morwinsky * Inside Information by Thomas Morwinsky * Agazlam by Severin, Isildur's Heir * Roleplaying Battles in Middle-earth by José Enrique Vacas de la Rosa * Simplified System - Chronicles of Middle-earth by Daniel 'Vaco' Vacaflores * Moldewarp stats for LotRRPG by José Enrique Vacas de la Rosa * Things a PC should know by Tom Davie * The Tale of Years by Thomas Gießl * Únati and Axani by Neville 'Osric' Percy OTHER FEATURES * Table of Contents: Other Minds Magazine, Issues 1-11
File Other Minds Magazine Survey Sheet (version 20110203) Excel xls file
Excel spreadsheet with two(!) tabs asking you a few questions about OM. Since Other Minds Magazine is a community driven magazine, your feedback through taking a few minutes to fill out this survey, greatly helps us make the magazine better with every issue.
File Other Minds Magazine, Issue 12, ZIP file bundled with questionnaire
Content: Editorial: Holding our breath Inside Information 'Númenórean Longevity Revisited' by Thomas Morwinsky 'An Unexpected Party' by David Daines 'The Phenomenon of "Eternal Realms" in Middle-earth RPG settings' by Thomas Morwinsky 'Quendi' by Daniel "Vaco" Vacaflores
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 12 English PDF Revision 20110722
Topics Editorial: Some news, mostly about the state of the new game by Cubicle 7. In short, it's almost there! Inside Information: Some information about internal topics, primarily about the survey results so far. "Númenórean Longevity Revisited" by myself A short discussion about some topics of the Númenórean longevity that had not been addressed in the OM6 article. "An Unexpected Party" by David Daines The description of the painting of a great Middle-earth miniature set and its inclusion in an even more formidable diorama. "The Phenomenon of 'Eternal Realms' in Middle-earth RPG settings" by myself Discussion about a frequent phenomenon seen in past Middle-earth RPG publications. "Quendi" by Daniel 'Vaco' Vacaflores An extensive discussion about the various elvish peoples in Middle-earth. Complete with stats for Vacos own system as well as MERP. In addition to this, we were able to illustrate all this with the images of several great artists. These were (in alphabetical order): Catherine Karina Chmiel, John Howe, Ted Nasmith, Jan Pospisil and Tuuliky.
File Other Minds Magazine Issue 13
Editorial: some ramblings about the latest news and situation of Middle-earth gaming. Inside Information: The latest news about Other Minds, its future and recent developments. The Road Goes Ever On: Links related to roleplaying in Middle-earth. The One Ring (TOR): A detailed review of the most recent incarnation of officially licensed games based on 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'. The Art of Magic for TOR: Suggestions for spell magic within the TOR framework. Based on an earlier contribution in Issue #10 Iglishmêk: Using the secret gesture language(s) of the Dwarves in a roleplaying environment Population and Urbanization in Eriador: Thoughts about and numbers for the Eriadorian demography throughout the Third Age, including maps. Appendix: Tables and Maps for the Population article plus a TOC for all Issues so far.
File Umbar dalad Under Umbar 20110731e
File Eä 14001 OM Uswë Númenorello Escape From Numenor Other Minds Magazine Short Version 20090527b