Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage right here—and let us know what you think. Released in 2012 by AEG, Love Letter—a card game ...

At the request of a lifelong Lord of the Rings fan, architect Peter Archer has built a cottage modeled after those of the Shire. Like any good... No Orcs Allowed: Hobbit House Brings Middle-Earth To ...

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. — Worlds away from the Shire, a stone cottage tucked into the Pennsylvania countryside would make Bilbo Baggins feel like he was back home with his Hobbit friends in Middle-earth.

Love movie trailers? You're riding a great wave these last few days. The "Mockingjay" and "Mad Max" trailers were released over the weekend, and on Monday, the first teaser trailer for the final ...

Yes, it’s over. Having stretched itself out over way more hours than many people (though not necessarily me) think it should have, Peter Jackson’s three-part film adaptation of 'The Hobbit' has ...

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa.CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. — Worlds away from the Shire, a stone cottage tucked into the Pennsylvania countryside would make Bilbo Baggins feel like he was back home with his Hobbit ...

When I was young I loved watching the 1977 animated adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. I loved all of Tolkien's books and so, when Peter Jackson made The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit ...

Shire-inspired houses are quaint, but they have a tendency to look like, well, a hole in the ground. When one collector of Tolkien manuscripts and artifacts wanted the perfect place to display his ...

An overview of the card game—and its many variants. The edition has a rules variant for the 7 card: If your hand adds up to 12, you are out of the round. This adds to the strategic gameplay (keep a ...

Worlds away from the Shire, a stone cottage tucked into the Pennsylvania countryside would make Bilbo Baggins feel like he was back home with his Hobbit friends in Middle-earth. Nestled in a part of ...

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. » Worlds away from the Shire, a stone cottage tucked into the Pennsylvania countryside would make Bilbo Baggins feel like he was back home with his Hobbit friends in Middle-earth.

In rural Chester County, Pa., about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia, thick fog swirls around the trunks of knotty trees. This piece of 18th-century farmland could, by all outward appearances, be ...