Hello, and welcome to the board.
Drinks are in the fridge, and a wombat is in the corner for...some reason.
Anyway! You'll probably note - since, as you say, you've done alot of LOTR and D&D in the past - that the site will have a few trope-breakers. Not to say there's any reason why there wouldn't be a Gelatinous Cube roaming about, but there will be some things that are different. I mean, I've just started a thread in which a young Lovecraftian-style necromancer is being confronted by a highly-destructive cat.
Hope you like the place, and if you ever want some science fiction, as well, they have a corrosponding sci-fi board!