The creation of the iconic tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (which was certainly influenced by Tolkien's work) stoked those imaginations further, but with the advent of video games, fantasy fans were finally able to see these fantastic worlds with their own eyes. Readers have been exploring the land of Middle-earth in their imaginations since the 1950s.
The epic scope of his Middle-earth saga obviously inspired generations of writers to follow in his footsteps, but it also had a profound influence on a medium that didn't even exist during Tolkien's life time: video games! Tolkien created his fantasy opus The Lord of the Rings, he had no idea just how influential his work would be.
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