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==The Fenlon Style==
==The Fenlon Style==


As an illustrator, Fenlon is especially known for his maps of [[Middle-earth]]. These were a large-scale map of the continent of Middle-earth (first released in [[1982]] as ''[[An Artist's Interpretation of Middle Earth|An Artist's Interpretation of Middle Earth]]'') and several smaller-scale maps of different regions of Middle-earth (most of whom were printed in ''[[MERP: Northwestern Middle-earth Map Set|Northwestern Middle-earth Map Set]]''). The smaller-scale maps were often included as separate color fold-outs with the [[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]] 1st Ed. modules. With MERP 2nd Ed., no new maps were released.
As an illustrator, Fenlon is especially known for his maps of [[Middle-earth]]. These were a large-scale map of the continent of Middle-earth (first released in [[1982]] as ''[[An Artist's Interpretation of Middle Earth|An Artist's Interpretation of Middle Earth]]'') and several smaller-scale maps of different regions of Middle-earth (most of whom were printed in ''[[Northwestern Middle-earth Map Set|Northwestern Middle-earth Map Set]]''). The smaller-scale maps were often included as separate color fold-outs with the [[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]] 1st Ed. modules. With MERP 2nd Ed., no new maps were released.


Fenlon's maps have continued to have an explicit influence on later Middle-earth gaming cartographers (e.g., [[Thomas Morwinsky]] and [[Sampsa Rydman]]), and his continental map has been discussed and revised in the magazines ''[[Other Hands]]''<ref>''[[Other Hands]]'' July 2000</ref> and ''[[Other Minds]]''<ref>''[[Other Minds]]'', issue 1 and issue 2</ref>.
Fenlon's maps have continued to have an explicit influence on later Middle-earth gaming cartographers (e.g., [[Thomas Morwinsky]] and [[Sampsa Rydman]]), and his continental map has been discussed and revised in the magazines ''[[Other Hands]]''<ref>''[[Other Hands]]'' July 2000</ref> and ''[[Other Minds]]''<ref>''[[Other Minds]]'', issue 1 and issue 2</ref>.
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* [[1982]]: ''[[An Artist's Interpretation of Middle Earth]]''
* [[1982]]: ''[[An Artist's Interpretation of Middle Earth]]''
* [[1984]]: ''[[MERP: Moria, The Dwarven City]]''
* [[1984]]: ''[[Moria: The Dwarven City]]''
* [[1984]]: ''[[MERP: Dagorlad and the Dead Marshes]]''
* [[1984]]: ''[[Dagorlad and the Dead Marshes]]''
* [[1986]]: ''[[MERP: Lords of Middle-earth Vol I]]''
* [[1986]]: ''[[Lords of Middle-earth: Vol. I]]''
* [[1986]]: ''[[MERP: Lords of Middle-earth Vol II]]''
* [[1986]]: ''[[Lords of Middle-earth: Vol. II]]''
* [[1989]]: ''[[MERP: Lords of Middle-earth Vol III]]''
* [[1989]]: ''[[Lords of Middle-earth: Vol. III]]''
* [[1993]]: ''[[MERP: Valar and Maiar]]''
* [[1993]]: ''[[Valar and Maiar]]''
* [[1993]]: ''[[MERP: Middle-earth Campaign Guide]]''
* [[1993]]: ''[[Middle-earth Campaign Guide]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[MERP: Elves]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[Elves (book)]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[MERP: Creatures of Middle-earth (2nd edition)]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[Creatures of Middle-earth (2nd edition)]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[MERP: Moria (2nd edition)]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[Moria (1994 book)]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[MERP: Middle-earth Role Playing Poster Maps]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing Poster Maps]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[MERP: Northwestern Middle-earth Map Set]]''
* [[1994]]: ''[[Northwestern Middle-earth Map Set]]''
* [[1995]]: ''[[MERP: Mirkwood (2nd edition)]]''
* [[1995]]: ''[[Mirkwood (MERP)]]''
* [[1997]]: ''[[Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye Companion]]''
* [[1997]]: ''[[Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye Companion]]''



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Pete Fenlon
Biographical information
Born1955
EducationHistory, Anthropology, Law
OccupationCEO
LocationCharlottesville, VA

Peter C. Fenlon, Jr. (1955-) is an American table-top game designer/author and illustrator. He was the former president and one of the founders of Iron Crown Enterprises, and contributed extensively to the Middle-earth Role Playing game.

In the late 1990s, Pete Fenlon and Coleman Charlton, his long-time colleague from ICE, joined the Mayfair Game company.[1]

The Fenlon Style

As an illustrator, Fenlon is especially known for his maps of Middle-earth. These were a large-scale map of the continent of Middle-earth (first released in 1982 as An Artist's Interpretation of Middle Earth) and several smaller-scale maps of different regions of Middle-earth (most of whom were printed in Northwestern Middle-earth Map Set). The smaller-scale maps were often included as separate color fold-outs with the MERP 1st Ed. modules. With MERP 2nd Ed., no new maps were released.

Fenlon's maps have continued to have an explicit influence on later Middle-earth gaming cartographers (e.g., Thomas Morwinsky and Sampsa Rydman), and his continental map has been discussed and revised in the magazines Other Hands[2] and Other Minds[3].

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Pete Fenlon style pack

The characteristical maps of Fenlon have even created an expression known as 'Fenlon Style maps'. In January 2008, the Cartographer's Annual released a Pete Fenlon style pack for use with ProFantasy Software cartography tools.[4]

Bibliography

Selected bibliography of works concerned with the legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien.

See also

External links

References