Middle-earth Role Playing is the next step up for those who have already experienced the thrill of ICE's introductory role playing game, the Lord of the Rings Adventure Game. Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) and its companion sourcebooks provide the structure and frame work for role playing in the greatest fantasy setting of all time. "In a role playing game, you assume the role of a character in a "living" novel. ISBN 0915795345Īlso available in a hardcover Collector's Edition. * 56 full-color stand-up playing pieces of all the adventure characters.ġ986. * A layout and chart booklet with layouts for the Trollshaws adventure. * An adventure booklet including a solo adventure and a beginning multi-player adventure with layouts. Middle-earth Role Playing (1st edition, revised) This is common for the early game companies, belated realizing they needed to add MSRP to accommodate book distributors and stores. Corresponding box also has an MSRP ($12). * ISBN of book on right has MSRP data ($8). * Book on right has much clearer product identity. Box for right book uses modern inked translucent rounded-corner dice (these became easy to source as RPG dice production and competition ramped up in the Eighties). * The box for the left book uses un-inked Gamescience dice. Box for book on right has the correct ISBN (0425078108).
Early ICE box sets always used a 0425-prefix ISBN. That ISBN is actually for Lords of Middle-Earth Vol 2: The Mannish Races. * The box for the left book has an incorrect ISBN (0915795329) on box bottom. Pretty sure the book on the right is the later printing, for various reasons: Boxes are mostly unchanged, save for bits noted below. Interiors are identical, as far as I can tell. Middle Earth Role Playing, 1st edition rulebooks.Īt some point, the classic 1e MERP book covers got a graphical revamp. * 1st edition MERP rulebook (red cover, shows characters in treasure hoard menaced by ghosts).ġ984. Material covering poisons, healing, weather, magic items, MIDDLE-EARTH creatures, encounters and much more." "MERP contains in one book all of the components required to play a fantasy role playing game:Ī complete character development systems covering Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves, etc.Ī simple but comprehensive magic system Detailed guidelines for gamemasters Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP, 1st edition) Then they licensed dozens of other companies to do what we had been doing." But when the movies were scheduled, the called in all of the money due when we hit the next shortage. We had always been self funded from sales and receipts, and had worked with Tolkien Enterprises when we had seasonal cash flow problems.
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With the imminent arrival of the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy by Peter Jackson, ICE surrendered the license to MERP. Known writers Peter Fenlon and Terry Amthor were joined by talented artists Angus McBride and Liz Danforth (as well as the contributions of countless others) to open Middle Earth to game players. ICE released over 100 sets and sourcebooks detailing the penultimate fantasy campaign world, regarded in gaming circles as the cream of the RPG genre.
MERP Campaign Settings | MERP Cities - Fortresses - Citadels | MERP Sourcebooks | MERP Adventures | MERP Gamebooks | Rolemasterįoreign Language Roleplaying Games has several editions of MERP in other languagesĪd in Dragon Magazine announcing MERP | Middle Earth Boardgames | Other LOTR Accessories | SPI's War of the Ringįor 17 years, ending in 1999, Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE), held rights to produce games based on the world created by J.R.R. Middle Earth Role Playing (MERP) - Wayne's Books RPG Reference
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