Scrolling back the years and seeing what was popular is always an eye-opening experience. 1977 might not be that long ago for some of us, but revisiting the trends and best-sellers of the year shows ...

Nick Scroxton receives funding from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, and conducted this work while receiving funding from the Australian Research Council. Gerrit (Gert) van den Bergh ...

Not only is Reiner Knizia certainly the most prolific designer in hobby board games, but The Hobbit: There And Back Again isn’t even his first (or second, or third) game based on Tolkien's book for ...

The record $268,400 sale of a 1977 Topps Star Wars Luke Skywalker card underscores the lasting value, nostalgia, and growing demand for Star Wars trading cards among collectors. A long time ago, in a ...

What makes The Lord of the Rings so unique is its unlikely heroes. While there are fierce warriors around, such as Aragorn, and magical wizards who can do almost anything with the flick of their ...

During today's preview panel at MagicCon Atlanta, Wizards of the Coast pulled the veil back on its 2026 line-up, including its new Universes Beyond sets featuring The Hobbit, Star Trek and more. It's ...

More than 50 years after his death, J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy masterpieces never cease to enchant audiences around the world. Now, a rare first edition of Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” has been sold for £43 ...

In the 1977 cartoon adaptation of The Hobbit, there is a scene where Bilbo Baggins climbs a tree to get a better look at his surroundings in the deep forest. At the top, he sees hundreds of ...

Four lifelike reconstructions of prehistoric humans have been unveiled — including a model of a species often dubbed "the hobbit," which, as an adult, was about the same height as a modern 4-year-old.

An annual MMORPG tradition has ended in quasi-success after 3 years in Middle-earth, as a group of intrepid low-level Hobbits successfully made their way from the Shire into the dark lands of Mordor.

They were the two notes of terror heard around the world. They were the two notes of terror heard around the world. “I expected to hear something kind of weird and ...