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Welcome to the The New Notion Club Archives

The New Notion Club Archives is an open project, an encyclopedia dedicated to Expanded Arda, non-canonical sub-creation within J. R. R. Tolkien's World of Arda.

The principal directive of the Notion Club Archives is the fictitious approach that this is the official archive of the New Notion Club. The original Notion Club was a fictional social club created by J. R. R. Tolkien for his unfinished short story The Notion Club Papers.

We advise our contributors that new additions and articles on this wiki should be written with the idea in mind that they consider a fictitious alternate past of our own world and should keep up the literal illusion that they are written by members of the New Notion Club, who gain their knowledge on the forgotten Ages of Arda by experiments in the fields of lucid dreaming. For mainly legal reasons there yet is one more Rule which we would like to advise our contributors to take to heart: no stats nor direct quotes from official and still-available game books and other commercial and officially-licensed publications allowed! Strictly original content!
See also: Notes and tips for new contributors and authors.

For more info about this web site, see: About

For the canonical Arda, we recommend:
The Encyclopedia of Arda
Tolkien Gateway

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The Lore of Middle-Earth

Books of the Wise

Links

The Tolkien Estate

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Role-playing Games

the Lord of the Rings Online
The One Ring
ICE: MERP 1E MERP 2E LotRAG Middle-earth Quest Tolkien Quest
Lindëfirion (archived September 4 2018, latest)
Ambarquenta

Other Role-playing Related Sites

Fanzines

Other Minds - includes Other Hands archives
Guild Companion
Hall of Fire Unofficial Webzine - Hall of Fire webzine with Lord of the Rings RPG material (archived at archive.org)

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The Hall of Fire - "The Hall of Fire is an Internet community formed to discuss the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and other topics of interest in the arts, literature, politics, and philosophy. Our goal is to maintain an atmosphere of quiet and courtesy so that serious discussion can flourish among people with diverse ideas and perspectives."

Tolkien Encyclopedias

Middle-earth Languages

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+<div style="text-align:center;"><big>The '''New Notion Club Archives''' is an open project, an encyclopedia dedicated to ''Expanded Arda'', non-canonical sub-creation within J. R. R. Tolkien's World of [[Arda]].</big></div><br/>
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-Originally dedicated to support and preserve abandoned, out-of-print and fan-made material dedicated to [[roleplaying]] [[games]], as time passed this Wiki has moved its focus onto the broader field of subcreation, including RPG games ([[Middle Earth Roleplaying]] (MERP), [[Quest|Questgame]], [[The Lord of the Rings Role-Playing Game]], [[The One Ring - Roleplaying in Middle Earth]], [[Adventures in Middle-earth]]) , play-by-mail games ([[Middle-Earth play-by-mail]]), card games ([[Middle-Earth Collectible Card Game]],[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]) collectible miniatures ([[Mithril Miniatures]]) and table-top games ([[the Lord of the Rings Table-Top|The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game]], [[The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game]], [[Legendary journeys in Middle-earth]]), computer and video games ([[the Lord of the Rings online|The Lord of the Rings Online]]) and the wide field of Tolkien- and Arda-related [[Fanfiction|fanfiction]].
+<div style="text-align:center;"><br/><br/>Originally dedicated to support and preserve abandoned, out-of-print and fan-made material dedicated to [[roleplaying]] [[games]], as time passed this Wiki has moved its focus onto the broader field of sub-creation, including: RPG games ([[Middle Earth Roleplaying|Middle-earth Role Playing]] (MERP), [[Quest|Questgame]], The [[Lord of the Rings Adventure Game]] (LotRAG), [[The Lord of the Rings Role-Playing Game]] (LotRRPG), [[The One Ring - Roleplaying in Middle Earth]], [[Adventures in Middle-earth]], [[Ambarquenta]]); play-by-mail games ([[Middle-Earth play-by-mail]]); [[Card Games|card games]] ([[Middle-Earth Collectible Card Game]], [[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]], [[The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (LCG)]]); collectible miniatures ([[Mithril Miniatures]]); table-top games ([[the Lord of the Rings Table-Top|The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game]], [[The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game]], [[The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth]]); computer and video games ([[the Lord of the Rings online|The Lord of the Rings Online]]); visual adaptations (Content original to the Peter Jackson movies and [[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]], [[The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim|The War of the Rohirrim]]); and the wide field of Tolkien- and Arda-related [[Fanfiction|fanfiction]].
-The principal directive of the [[Notion Club Archives]] is the fictitious approach that this is the official archive of the [[New Notion Club]]. The original Notion Club was a fictional social club created by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] for his unfinished short story [[The Notion Club Papers]].
+The principal directive of the [[Notion Club Archives]] is the fictitious approach that this is the official archive of the [[New Notion Club]]. The original Notion Club was a fictional social club created by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] for his unfinished short story [[The Notion Club Papers]].
+We advise our contributors that new additions and articles on this wiki should be written with the idea in mind that they consider a fictitious alternate past of our own world and should keep up the literal illusion that they are written by members of the New Notion Club, who gain their knowledge on the forgotten Ages of Arda by experiments in the fields of lucid dreaming. For mainly legal reasons there yet is one more Rule which we would like to advise our contributors to take to heart: no stats nor direct quotes from official and still-available game books and other commercial and officially-licensed publications allowed! Strictly original content!<br/>See also: [[Notes and tips for new contributors and authors]].
-The Notion Club was a fictionalized version of Tolkien's own literary group of the early 1930s to late 1940s. The members of the fictional Notion Club undertook experiments in the field of [[space]] and [[time travel]] through memory-object connected communication and dreams which led some of their members, notably [[Alwin Lowdham]] and [[Michael George Ramer]], eventually to discover earth´s fictional alternate past - the prehistorical mythical world of [[Arda]] (with its forgotten continents of [[Middle-earth]] and [[Númenor]]).
+'''For more info about this web site, see: [[The New Notion Club Archives:About|About]]'''
-[[File:2019-02-17_12.39.41.jpg|thumb|280px|Westlands Globe]]
+<small>For the canonical Arda, we recommend:<br/>[http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.asp The Encyclopedia of Arda]<br/>[https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Main_Page Tolkien Gateway]</small>
-As the long forgotten Notion Club Papers were found by [[Howard Green]], Clerk of the Schools at Oxford, and published by the university press in 2012 AD in the [[Seventh Age]], although most readers regarded them as a work of fiction, some interest in the experiments of the Notion Club Society and space-time travel through astral projection, object-memory-empathy and lucid dreams were renewed, and in Year 67 of the [[Seventh Age]], historian and writer [[James C. Hare]], who thought the Notion Club papers might be a fictionalized writing of real experiments which had actually happened, founded the '''New Notion Club''' , a secret literary society with the objective to continue the scientific work of the group surrounding Alwin Lowdham and Michael George Ramer and to discover more details of the lost [[Ages]] of the [[World]], with the main focus on the [[Westlands]] in the First through Third Ages.
+'''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]''' and '''[[Special:ListFiles|{{NUMBEROFFILES}} images]]''' since 29. Úrimë Year 2012 of the [[Seventh Age]], 13103th Year of the Sun.
-This wiki has a adapted a semi-official hierarchy considering the canonicity of its articles: the works published by J.R.R. Tolkien during his lifetime are considered canonical. Those of his works published posthumously by his heirs are considered secondary canon, and are to be recognized as far as they do not directly contradict the works published by J.R.R. Tolkien during his lifetime. Secondary works, such as role-playing books, games and fanfiction are considered subordinate in the hierarchy. Any new articles posted on the Archives have to be brought into concordance with the canonical works and should intend not to contradict the official canon. However, the main subject of this project still is to further explore the past Ages of Arda and to bring forth more details of its history, culture, historical persons, and other elements that make Arda a more dense, complex and  cohesive world and literary creation.
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+; <big>'''[[Special:NewImages|New images]]'''</big>
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+; The Tolkien Estate
-; Fanzines
+* [http://www.tolkienestate.com Tolkien Estate] Official website of the J.R.R. Tolkien Estate
-* [http://www.omzine.org/ Other Minds]
-* [http://www.guildcompanion.com/ Guild Companion]
-* [http://thehalloffire.net/forum/index.php/ The Hall of Fire]
+; Role-playing Games
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-; Roleplaying Games
 * [http://www.lotro.com/ the Lord of the Rings Online]
 * [http://www.cubicle7.co.uk/our-games/the-one-ring/ The One Ring]
+*ICE: [http://www.icewebring.com/ice-products/merp-first-edition/ MERP 1E] [http://www.icewebring.com/ice-products/merp-second-edition MERP 2E] [http://www.icewebring.com/ice-products/lord-of-the-rings-adventure-game LotRAG] [http://www.icewebring.com/ice-products/middle-earth-quest Middle-earth Quest] [http://www.icewebring.com/ice-products/tolkien-quest Tolkien Quest]
-* [http://www.icewebring.com/ice-products/merp-first-edition/ MERP]
-* [http://lindefirion.net/ Lindëfirion]
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20180904092503/http://www.lindefirion.net/ Lindëfirion] (archived September 4 2018, latest)
+* [http://sites.google.com/site/ambarquenta/ Ambarquenta]
-; other Roleplaying related Sites
+; Other Role-playing Related Sites
 * [http://merp.com/ MERP.com]
 * [http://groups.io/g/merp-fan-modules MERP Fan Modules]
 * [http://www.mittelerde-online.com/ Mittelerde-online.com]
 * [http://mers.de/ MERS.de]
 * [http://www.calendor.de/rollenspiele/mers/ calendor.de]
+; Fanzines
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+* [http://www.omzine.org/ Other Minds] - includes [[Other Hands]] archives
+* [http://www.guildcompanion.com/ Guild Companion]
+* [http://archive.org/details/lotrhof Hall of Fire Unofficial Webzine] - Hall of Fire webzine with Lord of the Rings RPG material (archived at archive.org)
+; Forums
+* [http://thehalloffire.net/ The Hall of Fire] - "''The Hall of Fire is an Internet community formed to discuss the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and other topics of interest in the arts, literature, politics, and philosophy. Our goal is to maintain an atmosphere of quiet and courtesy so that serious discussion can flourish among people with diverse ideas and perspectives.''"
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+; Tolkien Encyclopedias
-; Maps
-* [http://www.me-dem.org The Middle Earth Digital Elevation Model Project]
+* [http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/‎ The Encyclopedia of Arda]
+* [http://tolkiengateway.net/‎ Tolkien Gateway]
+* [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page One Wiki to Rule them All]
+* [http://ardapedia.herr-der-ringe-film.de Ardapedia] (in German)
+; Middle-earth Languages
+* [http://eldamo.org/index.html Eldamo - A Elvish Lexicon: Home]
+* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/ Hisweloke - Sindarin dictionary]
+* [http://www.elfdict.com/ Parf Edhellen: an elvish dictionary]
+* [http://www.dwarrowscholar.com/home.html The Dwarrow Scholar - Home - Your source for all things Dwarvish.]
+* [https://redhandorcs.org/ Orcs of the Red Hand - Lugrekh's Orcish and Black Speech dictionary]
 ; Fanfiction
-*[https://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/‎ tolkienfanfiction.com]
+*[http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/‎ tolkienfanfiction.com]
 *[http://www.efiction.esteliel.de/‎ Faerie :: An Archive of Tolkien Fanfiction]
-*[https://www.fanfiction.net/book/Lord_of_the_Rings/ fanfiction.net]
+*[http://www.fanfiction.net/book/Lord_of_the_Rings/ fanfiction.net]
 *[http://www.lotrfanfiction.com/ Lord of the Rings Fanfiction]
 *[http://www.henneth-annun.net/ Henneth Annûn Story Archive]
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 *[http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/ Tolkien Fan Fiction]
 *[http://lotrfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page LOTR Fanon wiki]
-*[http://custom-lotr-lore.wikia.com/wiki/Custom_LOTR_Lore_Wikia Custon LOTR Lore Wiki, another fanon wiki unaffiliated with the previous]
+*[http://custom-lotr-lore.wikia.com/wiki/Custom_LOTR_Lore_Wikia Custom LOTR Lore Wiki, another fanon wiki unaffiliated with the previous]
+*[http://archiveofourown.org/tags/TOLKIEN%20J*d*%20R*d*%20R*d*%20-%20Works%20*a*%20Related%20Fandoms/works Archive of our Own]
+*[http://wake-of-earendil.fandom.com/wiki/Wake_of_Earendil_Wiki The Wake of Eärendil Project, a crossover fanfiction that includes fanfiction based on the Notion Club Archives]
+; Maps
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+* [http://lotrproject.com/map/ LOTR Project]
-; Tolkien Ecyclopedias
-* [http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/‎ The Encyclopedia of Arda]
+* [http://www.maptoglobe.com/SklVzvPrN Map To Globe] of Arda
+* [http://www.me-dem.org The Middle Earth Digital Elevation Model Project] (dead link 2020-04-29)
-* [http://tolkiengateway.net/‎ Tolkien Gateway]
-* [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page One Wiki to Rule them All]
+* [http://lotromap.net/terrainmap/google.html LotRO Google Map]
-* [http://ardapedia.herr-der-ringe-film.de Ardapedia] (in German)
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-* Check out the '''[[Project:Community Portal|community portal]]''' to see what the community is working on, to give feedback or just to say hi.
+* Check out the '''[[Project:Community Portal|Community Portal]]''' and '''[http://notionclubarchives.fandom.com/f Discussions]''' to see what the community is working on, to give feedback or just to say hi.
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