The Riddle Game
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:52 pm
Several years ago, I participated in a Tolkien themed riddle game on a different forum. It was a lot of fun... participants would compose and solve riddles together. I thought it might be nice to revive it over here.
We don't really need any rules. I suppose it would be best to aim for only having one riddle up at a time, though. When the answer to that is revealed, a new riddle can be posted by whoever would like to post one. Riddles do not need to be Tolkien themed, but most of them probably will be.
I have about thirty-five riddles saved in a document that I wrote years ago for that game. Most of them I find quite embarrassing, but I'm going to post them anyway, just for fun. When composing poetry, I now write uncompromisingly metrically, just because I like an orderly style. When I wrote these, I had no regard for meter, consistency, or a lot of other things. These are basically the uncouth scrawlings of a 12-year-old Ernildhir. And I will probably keep reminding you of how embarrassed I am by them. But sometimes embarrassment must be put aside to have some fun, so get ready for a slew of four-year-old riddles!
I hope you will enjoy them, and please feel free to post any of your own whenever there is not an active riddle.
We'll start with an easy one.
A thing of great worth,
All did admire,
Found deep in the earth,
Hoarded by fire,
After worm was not 'live,
'Twas found in his hoard,
Then was battle of five,
Now lies with Dwarf-Lord.
We don't really need any rules. I suppose it would be best to aim for only having one riddle up at a time, though. When the answer to that is revealed, a new riddle can be posted by whoever would like to post one. Riddles do not need to be Tolkien themed, but most of them probably will be.
I have about thirty-five riddles saved in a document that I wrote years ago for that game. Most of them I find quite embarrassing, but I'm going to post them anyway, just for fun. When composing poetry, I now write uncompromisingly metrically, just because I like an orderly style. When I wrote these, I had no regard for meter, consistency, or a lot of other things. These are basically the uncouth scrawlings of a 12-year-old Ernildhir. And I will probably keep reminding you of how embarrassed I am by them. But sometimes embarrassment must be put aside to have some fun, so get ready for a slew of four-year-old riddles!
I hope you will enjoy them, and please feel free to post any of your own whenever there is not an active riddle.
We'll start with an easy one.
A thing of great worth,
All did admire,
Found deep in the earth,
Hoarded by fire,
After worm was not 'live,
'Twas found in his hoard,
Then was battle of five,
Now lies with Dwarf-Lord.
