Journal of Boromir: Day 17

"...Still waiting for Gandalf to figure out the password to get us into Moria. After Legolas got all pouty because we couldn’t guess his ‘Fall of Gondolin’ in the charades game, Sam dug out a chessboard from that apartment he carries on his back. Finally, a game of dignity and skill to amuse me. Of course it does lose some of its prestige when you have hobbits running around sticking chess pieces up their noses. Perhaps if it were Faramir I would expect that kind of behavior, but coming from someone like Frodo, well it’s just sad…"