Independent Incidentals - Ep. 24: All Roads Lead to Tolkien

Independent Incidentals

Nov 04 2025 | 00:58:57

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Show Notes

Roguelikes. Dungeons and Dragons. Dashcon 2. What do all these things have in common? They all, in their own ways, loop back to the ripples that Tolkien left on the world. How did he write the most successful fantasy series? And how did it disseminate into popular culture?

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