Lugbúrz?

Mike

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Jun 10, 2001, 12:30:19 AM6/10/01

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Matthew Bladen wrote in message <3b1ffb4c...@news.ox.ac.uk>...
>On Thu, 07 Jun 2001 19:24:08 GMT, <thur...@telia.com> wrote:
>
>>In the Lord Of The Rings, the company now
>>and then encounters orcs that are referring to a place or thing
>>called Lugbúrz :
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>> Does anyone know what the orcs are referring to.
>>Is it The Dark Tower, is it Sauron himself or is it
>>just any kind of headquarters.
>

I'm 99% sure that I read somewhere, in either the LOOTER, Sil, or UT that
Lugburz was the Orcs' name for Mordor.

Cheers- Ron

Robert Strickland

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Jun 15, 2001, 10:59:41 AM6/15/01

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"Mike" <aq...@aloha.net> wrote in message
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I was under the impression that it was Sauron's tower. I was gonna say
"Sauron's dark tower" but that just reminded me of annoying sound effects,
brigands, and a particular cheesy celebrity appearance in a board game
commercial.

Rob

Öjevind Lång

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Jun 15, 2001, 11:35:18 AM6/15/01

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Robert Strickland hath written:

>"Mike" <aq...@aloha.net> wrote in message...

>> >> Does anyone know what the orcs are referring to.
>> >>Is it The Dark Tower, is it Sauron himself or is it
>> >>just any kind of headquarters.
>> >
>>
>> I'm 99% sure that I read somewhere, in either the LOOTER, Sil, or UT
>that
>> Lugburz was the Orcs' name for Mordor.
>
>I was under the impression that it was Sauron's tower. I was gonna say
>"Sauron's dark tower" but that just reminded me of annoying sound effects,
>brigands, and a particular cheesy celebrity appearance in a board game
>commercial.

Lugbúrz is Black Speech meaning "Tower-black". According to LotR, it was the
Orkish name for the Barad-dûr.

Öjevind

Trevor Barrie

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Jun 15, 2001, 11:46:02 AM6/15/01

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In article <9gd7sh$3ql$00$1...@news.t-online.com>,
Robert Strickland <robertst...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I was under the impression that it was Sauron's tower. I was gonna say
>"Sauron's dark tower" but that just reminded me of annoying sound effects,
>brigands, and a particular cheesy celebrity appearance in a board game
>commercial.

I remember brigands, but the commercial escapes me. Who was the celebrity?

Robert Strickland

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Jun 16, 2001, 3:19:22 AM6/16/01

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"Trevor Barrie" <tba...@cs.toronto.edu> wrote in message
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"Last night I ventured into the Dark Tower." That was the commercial tagline
for the board game of the same name. The actor was either the guy who played
Ironsides or Orson Welles. I always confused them as a child. I want to say
that it was definitely Orson but the idea of the great actor/director
hawking a board game seems unbelievable.

rob

Neil Carr

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Jun 18, 2001, 8:04:14 PM6/18/01

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It was Orson Welles and Dark Tower has nothing to do with Tolkien.
Everyone is searching the land for the keys needed to enter the Dark
Tower, kill the Dragon, and free the land from it's oppression.

The game has quite a following and working copies go for hundreds of
dollars on ebay. I've got a copy and it's fun a couple of times
through, the cheesy sounds and illuminated pictures take you strait
back to 1980. The artwork, I can't recall his name at the moment, is
also very nice with a lot of flavor. It's really interesting to look
back on the cutting edge from that time.

Neil Carr

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