I reread The Lord of the Rings most years, and have done so since I was 12. As I was reading it this year, I was thinking about the physicality of journeys and exploration embodied by the books, even in the early chapters. It is a book about journeys: walking through your home country, taking shortcuts, getting water from a stream, repacking your bags for weight distribution, avoiding roads, finding river crossings, and so on. As ever, I was wondering how to reflect this experience at the gam...
