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Description	Cover of the collection of board wargames "The Games of Middle Earth" published by SPI in 1977, cover art by Tim Kirk.
Author or copyright owner	SPI
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	My own copy
Date of publication	1977
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Middle Earth (board game)
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Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work.
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current	00:06, 9 September 2021		286 × 348 (180 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	04:30, 6 September 2021	No thumbnail	681 × 828 (868 KB)	Guinness323 (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a piece of non-free cover art using File Upload Wizard

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