It wasn't until D'Agostini came out with their Battlegames in Middle Earth part-work that I got interested, at the prompting of my little boy, Guy, and subsequently subscribed to the magazine eventually collecting every issue.
Oddly, when Games Workshop came out with their Fellowship of the Ring boxed set I didn't buy it as I couldn't see how you could turn a film featuring largely invincible heroes into a satisfactory game. No, for me, it was the fantastic images created by the film that inspired me. Now I have read most of them (I am still struggling to finish the Return of the King) and whilst acknowledging their influence and scope still don't think they are particularly readable.
I had never read the books and had, years before, given up on The Hobbit half way through. I confess that I had never been a fan of The Lord of the Rings until Peter Jackson's monumental films came out.
