Middle-Earth Role Playing Second Edition Review Summary

Capsule Review
May 10, 1999
Edited: August 28, 2017

Style: 4 (Classy & Well Done)
Substance: 3 (Average)

Shane Etchison has written 1 reviews, with average style of 4.00 and average substance of 3.00

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Middle-Earth Role Playing Second Edition Product Summary

Name: Middle-Earth Role Playing Second Edition
Publisher: I.C.E.
System: MERP (2e)
Setting: Middle-earth
Author: S. S. S. S. Coleman Charlton
Category: RPG

Cost: $20.00
Pages: 265
Year: 1993

SKU: 2001
ISBN: 1-55806-191-6

Review of Middle-Earth Role Playing Second Edition

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MERP 2nd ed. is, in my mind, a very good RPG. It is as close to the books as possible, and I think Tolkien himself would be proud. What could turn some gamers of it though, are the many tables and AD&D-ish spells. This may not be a problem for some of you, but be sure to take a look at the game before you by a copy.

Also, another plus is that the system is a slightly tweaked version of Rolemaster, ICE's most known RPG. This means that it is easily expandable with Rolemaster, and characters can easily be transfered between the systems.

I would recomend this to fans of the book, and anyone who likes the Rolemaster system, but I'd sit in on a few games before I bought it if I didn't fit into either of those catagories.

Style: 4 (Classy and well done)
Substance: 3 (Average)