The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien is a selection of J. R. R. Tolkien's letters published in 1981, edited by Tolkien's biographer Humphrey Carpenter assisted by Christopher Tolkien. The selection contains 354 letters, dating between October 1914, when Tolkien was an undergraduate at Oxford, and 29 August 1973, four days before his death. The letters can be roughly divided in four categories: The last category is especially of interest to Tolkien fans, as it provides a lot of information about Middle-earth which cannot be found anywhere in the works published by Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game entitled "The Mines of Moria" was also released. In early 2009, Games Workshop also released an expansion to the original game called "War of the Ring" which, according to the company, allows players to emulate the large battles included in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" by streamlining the game system. This expansion differs from the main game in several ways. Firstly, "War of the Ring" uses a larger number of models but the models are placed on movement trays with two cavalry models or eight infantry models on each. This allows for much easier and quicker