Lord of the Rings RPGs
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One ring to rule them all,
One ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all,
and in the darkness bind them!
I wish there was only one Middle-Earth game to bind all the players together, but over the past 40 years of LotR RPGs, there's a few more than that. This episode breaks down the gaming (and legal!) history of Tolkien's greatest works. From M.E.R.P. to the One Ring and everything in between.
The One Ring 2e at DriveThruRPG
Ben Riggs' Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons at Amazon
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Chapter
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Overview (00:00:47)
3. Tolkien Enterprises and OD&D (00:02:13)
4. MERP (00:06:18)
5. Tolkien Quest/Middle-Earth Quest (00:11:06)
6. The Lord of the Rings Adventure Game (00:13:10)
7. LotR at TSR? (00:14:58)
8. Other Hands Magazine (00:17:29)
9. The Fall of ICE (00:18:34)
10. The Lord of the Rings RPG (Decipher) (00:21:05)
11. Merpcon/Tolkienmoot, Other Minds Magazine, and Unofficial RPGs (00:24:23)
12. The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild (Cubicle 7) (00:27:25)
13. Adventures in Middle-Earth (Cubicle 7) (00:31:35)
14. The One Ring 2E (Free League) (00:34:55)
15. The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying (Free League) (00:36:46)
16. Outro (00:37:46)
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