Tolkien Moot XII, July 16, 2016.

The moot will begin Saturday, July 16th at 8:00 am in Spokane, Washington, and wrap up around 11:00 pm.

This year's Tolkien Moot will be more exclusive than previous years. We will only have two gaming tables this year: 1 adult table, 1 youth table.

We are going with a shorter and smaller Moot this year in the hopes of saving up resources to prepare for a larger one in the future. We still have a dream of running the moot at Bozarth Mansion someday!

So this year's (RPG) gaming attendance is by invitation only. The Gaming RSVP page will only be accessible to those that requested to receive the email invitation for 2016, and have a registered account on the http://www.tolkienmoot.org website. If you have not received an invitation, please email tolkienmoot at gmail dot com to double check. Because of the smaller size this year, please understand we can only accommodate a few people this year, please do not take it personally if the tables are already filled and we cannot seat you for gaming. You are still most welcome to attend the other events!

While gaming attendance this year is limited, the non-gaming attendance is open to the general public! If you are interested in attending the non-gaming events, please let us know so we can provide you with directions to the events, and be prepared with sufficient seating.

I am working on setting up a non-gaming RSVP page.

We will still have live broadcasts available to the general public, including:

• The Middle-earth Talk Show
• Exclusive music from Middle-earth Radio and Synthetic Zen
• The official Eä Tolkien Society
• Special guests: Michael Martinez
• Special events
• Tolkien-based Gaming (tabletop RPGs, LARP, computer-based, board games, card games, etc.)
• And other live & recorded broadcasts from events.

We might even do something like last year's Spartan Show Adventurer's Guild with live game session broadcasting where the viewing web audience can actually affect the game play! See examples here: http://spokanerpg.com/adventurers-guild If you would like this interactive feature, please email tolkienmoot at gmail dot com to indicate your interest. If enough people indicate interest (only need a handful), then we will set that up!

This year's theme is: "Tolkien's Undead". This means a campaign and discussion topics all about Tolkien's representation of all forms of the undead: zombies, wraiths, spirits, ghosts, vampires, etc. This will probably also include discussions on the MIddle-earth interpretations of the afterlife, for example the Halls of Mandos, "The Gift to Men", the fates of the Elves, reincarnation, etc.

More details coming soon over the next few months.

Tentative schedule (subject to change):

All times are Pacific Time Zone for Spokane, Washington, USA.

NOTE: all attendees acknowledge that there will be audio & video recording on the premises, that may be broadcast and/or saved on the Internet, and allow Tolkien Moot to use your likenesses.

NOTE: This year is a "pot luck" year, so participants will be required, when completing their RSVP, to select at least one item from the Pot Luck contribution list to contribute to the event.

UPDATE 20160609: It has been confirmed that the primary RPG table will be using Cubicle 7's The One Ring Role-Playing Game (TOR RPG), adapted to fit the convention's campaign. The secondary (youth) table will be using either Eä d20 (D&D adapted to Middle-earth) or if we can get access, the new upcoming d20 TOR!

UPDATE 20160707: The convention campaign this year, written by Hawke Robinson and Drake Robinson, following this year's theme of Tolkien's Undead, is titled: "Undying Love". It is a "mid-level" campaign for heroic adventurers set in Third Age 2949.