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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8145668" data-attributes="member: 3400">This.Plus, I'm going to say that LotR is so well known and popular, in part, because the characters in it are as interesting as they are. We learn just enough about elves, dwarves, and hobbits to make them kind of fascinating to play. You've got the dwarves with their rich history of delving in mines, working their crafts, holding fantastically long grudges, fighting orcs/goblins, ruminating over their past and history of loss to the orcs. You've also got elves in their long decline, a bit of joy and melancholy as they fade from their prominence, reveling in song but feeling the need to leave their homes of thousands of years, but also a bit of ruthlessness in dealing with their orcish enemies invading their lands. And then you've got hobbits - and those first chapters of Fellowship of the Ring are brilliant in letting you know what hobbits are like.So yeah, lots of people like playing elves, dwarves, and halflings.</blockquote>