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I lived in a tiny Cornish village in the middle of nowhere. Usually I roleplayed at school. But my best friend (who went to a boarding school so was only home in the school holidays) lived in another village about five miles away. So in the holidays, from the age of about 12, I used to regularly...

No such panic in England, although I remember reading about it in White Dwarf. I was at a public school (i.e. historic fee-paying secondary school) from 1979 to 1986. The Wargaming Society had existed for a few years before I arrived and was still in existence when I left (I ran it for a few...

He's the first. Certainly in the British honours system.

Sir Ian. The title is before the first name, not the surname. Unless you're a lord. Then it's before the surname. Unless you're the younger son of a duke or marquess. Then it's before the first name. If you're the wife of a knight then "lady" goes before the surname. But if you're the daughter...

I stand corrected. I was only going by the published works, not by the collected musings. It's always struck me as immensely silly that female dwarves have beards. It's even more silly that all dwarves have beards from the day they're born! But if that's what he wrote...

Not sure I see why. Only two Rangers are named in the LotR: Aragorn and Halbarad. They're both male, of course. But does it say anywhere that all Rangers are male? But let's face it, even if it did, Tolkien was writing at a time when women weren't expected to fill 'warrior' roles. Éowyn was...

Tolkien never actually wrote this. Gimli says they are similar to male dwarves. He never says they have beards. That was Gary Gygax (who wrote that many have beards) and Aragorn in the films.