Rangers of the North: The Kingdom of Arthedain (1985).Haunted Ruins of the Dundlendings (1985).The Tower of Cirith Ungol and Shelob's Lair (1984).Combat Screen and Reference Sheets (1984).Southern Mirkwood: Haunt of the Necromancer (1983).Northern Mirkwood: The Wood-Elves Realm (1983).The Court of Ardor in Southern Middle Earth (1983).A Campaign and Adventure Guidebook for Middle-earth (1982).Supplements 1st edition MERP supplements
It initially used the ICE MERP and ICE Rolemaster role-playing game systems. In the summer of 2005, a new annual convention began known as Merpcon (Middle-earth Role Playing Convention). A Finnish language edition ( Keski-Maa Roolipeli or KERP) was published in 1990. In Japan a translated version was released in 1987 by Hobby Japan. In Sweden a translated version called Sagan om Ringen: Rollspelet was released in 1986 by Target Games, followed by several translated modules. Both the first and second edition ruleset and most of the adventure modules were translated for a German edition as Mittelerde-Rollenspiel (MERS) by Laurin Verlag, later Queen Games, starting in or before 1987. It featured the First Edition rules, with a new box and booklet art by Chris Achilleos, along with 25mm floorplans for the sample adventure. Ī UK edition was published by Games Workshop in 1985. It used a simpler system than MERP and was intended to introduce new players to role-playing. also published the Lord of the Rings Adventure Game. It also supports the role-playing community using ICE's MERP, Decipher's LotR, Cubicle 7's The One Ring (TOR) RPG, and other Tolkien-centric role-playing game systems. Tolkien's Letters ) began publication in 2007. declared bankruptcy in 2000.Ī related quarterly magazine, Other Hands Magazine created by Professor Chris Seeman, supporting the MERP community, was also sent a desist by Tolkien Enterprises and ceased publication in 2001.Ī second magazine named Other Minds Magazine created by Hawke Robinson, (named in recognition of the previous Other Hands quarterly, both about a quote from J.R.R.
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published a first and a second edition of the MERP ruleset and was working on the third edition that was not published, along with many adventure and campaign modules, until Tolkien Enterprises revoked the license for games based on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in 1999. Each of the spells is based on a theme (e.g. Spellcasters learn lists of ten spells as a unit. A separate critical table is used in the initial chart result called for it. The result is compared to the defender's armor type and looked up on a table to determine success or failure. An attack roll consists of a percentile roll, to which the attacker's skill rating and appropriate attribute rating are added and the defender's dodge rating is subtracted. under 1 or over 100, with open-ended MERP options to add or subtract additional d100). Skills can be modified to a rating above or below these limits (i.e.
The rules system of the game is a streamlined version of I.C.E.'s generic fantasy RPG, Rolemaster.Ĭharacters have Attributes and Skills rated between 1 and 100 on a percentile die (d100) or two ten-sided dice (2d10).