Links

All links were checked on August 12 2003.

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These are some of the Middle-earth related web sites I visit often myself.

The Council of the Isles of the Dead that Live - One of the best MECCG sites on the web. Contains lots of useful information for anyone, not just Dutch players. Updates have been few and far between lately unfortunately, but hopefully this will change.
Chris' MECCG Page - A great page for those who want to trade MECCG cards on the internet.
The Black Council of Mordor - A.k.a. the MECCG council of Philippines; another big site with many scenarios, spoilers etc.
Trevor Stone's MECCG Page - An older page that still has some useful stuff on it. Also, the 1st and 2nd Age Card of the Day issues can be found here.

Councils

The Council of the Isles of the Dead that Live - Site of the Dutch council.
The Council of Elrond - Site of the international council.
The MECCG Gamer/The Council of Bree - Site of the English council.
Council of the Dragons - Site of the Belgian council.
The Council of Lorien - Site of the North-American council.
Le Conseil de Fangorn (French) - Site of the French council.
Der Stadtrat von Isengard (German) - Site of the Dortmund player group, maintained by Patrick Kubrat. Links to the other Stadtrate (German sub-councils) can be found here.
The Council of Rivendell (Spanish) - Site of the Spanish council.
The Black Council of Mordor - Site of the Philippine council.
The Council of Lugburz - Site of the Czech council.
The Council of Ered Nimrais - Site of the Austrian council.

Other Middle-earth CCG Pages

Chris' MECCG Page - Chris Cable's site. If you want to trade Middle-earth cards via the internet look no further!
NetMECCG Homepage - Play Middle-earth via the Internet!
NetMECCG League - Chad Martin's site. The place to go if you want to participate in the NetMECCG League.
MECCG Maps - A collection of home-made maps of Middle-earth. Maintained by Florian Kugler.
Arco's Card Exchange - Middle-earth cards for sale.
Dave Rice's Page - Middle-earth (and 7th Sea) cards for sale.
Isildur's Middle-earth Card of the Day Archive - 450 Middle-earth card reviews (up to Dark Minions).
The Ruins of Tolen Mar - Site of the Montreal MECCG Player Group.
Trevor Stone's MECCG Page
Trav's Middle-earth Games Page - Travis Emmitt's site. Nice links table.
Khazad-dum/Moria - The Black Pit - Umagaur's site. Hasn't been updated for a while.
Steven Hess's site - Lots of card ideas. No longer updated.
Homepage of Glomeor - Maintained by Tobias Stapelfeldt. Here, you can find the cards for Middle Earth: Nine for Mortal Men, Doomed to Die, a MECCG set designed by Tobias.
Red Arrow's Mark
The Guild of Forochel - Site of the Bozeman (Montana, U.S.A.) player group.
Treebeard.com - Patrick Karcher's site. Cards for sale and/or trade + original art by Audrey Corman for sale!
Zirperkirper - Beautiful site in German.
Il Consiglio di Hobbitville - Site in Italian.
Lieutenant of Morgul
MeCCG Worlds 2002 Cologne - Official page on the 2002 world championships, containing results, reports and more.
Gccg - Virtual Card Game Engine for Middle-earth. The Windows version can be directly downloaded here.

Pages about Tolkien & the Lord of the Rings movie

Lalaith's Middle-earth Science Pages - Essays on Tolkien's works by Andreas Moehn, including "The History of Ents" and "How to Pronounce Rohirric".
Lord of the Rings Movie News - Official site on the LotR movies
Minas Tirith - Discussion forums.
The Barrow-downs - Tolkien quiz! Test your knowledge of Tolkien's works!
The Grey Book - Notes by Ian McKellen, the actor who plays Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings movies.
TolkienMovies.com - Lord of the Rings movie news
The One Ring.net - These nice people host this site! So please pay them a visit!
The Tolkien Sarcasm Page - Humourous site.
The Tolkien Shop / De Tolkienwinkel - Here you can order Tolkien stuff (books, games, etcetera).
Tolkien Crackpot Theories Page - Humourous debates about Balrogs wearing fluffy slippers and more.
Tolkien Online

Other Pages...

The Guild Companion - an unofficial net magazine about I.C.E. products which often has articles about MECCG.
The Two Towers - home page of a huge Tolkien MUD (multi-user dungeon).

Where should I go if...

...I have a rules question?
First, check the Current Rulings File (CRF); maybe the answer is there. You can find CRF 15 (the latest one) at the Dutch Council Site.
If you still don't know, you can send an e-mail to the netrep of the Council of Elrond: Chad Martin.
You could also join the Middle-earth mailing list to discuss your question with lots of experienced players.
...I want to join the Middle-earth mailing list?
Send an empty e-mail message to metw-subscribe@silent-tower.org to join the Middle-earth mailing list.
...I want to trade cards?
Chris' MECCG Page is the most famous, the biggest and the most reliable trade page for Middle-earth.
...I want to buy cards?
For single cards, try Arco's Card Exchange, Treebeard.com or Dave Rice's Site. For cheap boxes of starters or boosters, you could try eBay or similar sites.
...I want deck listings?
Check out the Decks Section of this site! The Council of the Isles of the Dead that Live also has some tournament winning decks and deck listings of all the challenge decks.
...I want card lists?
For rarity lists, check out the Useful Stuff section of this page.
For card spoilers, check out Useful Stuff section of this page or go to The Council of the Isles of the Dead that Live.

Know of a MECCG site that's not in this list? Let me know!