LOTR reenactment groups : do any exist ?

[Theodosius the Great]

A friend asked me recently if any groups exist in California that reenact battles from Tolkien's novels.

If anyone knows of a group or chapter it would be appreciated if they would list them here on this thread.

Thanks in advance.

~Theo

[jvrjenivs]

I wouldn't speak of Reenactment then. More about LARP/LRP

[Chuck Russell]

www.dagorhir.org i think is the url name. its Dagorhir anyways.

[FAVENTIANVS]

Check this out.

[Theodosius the Great]

Thank you, everyone.

I'll pass along all this information.

~Theo

[Sub-Roman Britannia Enthu]

Check this out.

Yea, Joe's essay is spot on. IIRC, he did some consulting for the student film Ancanar (which was heavily influenced by Tolkien's Beleriand tales like those in The Silmarillion, The Unfinished Tales and The Children of Hurin).

As for LARPing Middle-Earth, there are groups that I've come across that do so at places like DragonCon. Sadly, I think many of them don't really understand what Middle-Earth means. Many are simply fans of the movies that either never dug deeper into Tolkien's mythos or have a skewed view of it courtesy of high fantasy drek (the kind of stuff the Professor was noted for disliking).

[richsc]

Believe it or not, I thought I'd read about a LOTR paintball scenario being played:

LOTR Paintball?