Re: [DL] OT -- A Brief Moment of Self-Promotion (LOTR RPG)

["Ole Ingvar Stene" <oleingva@ifi.ntnu.no>]

>     You're referring to MIDDLE-EARTH ROLEPLAYING, a product
> that Iron Crown
> Enterprises produced for many years. It did, indeed, use a variant of
> ICE's Rolemaster system. However, due to ICE's bankruptcy some years >
ago, they lost the Tolkien license; it has not produced any new MERP
> products for years.
>     Decipher acquired the license last year. Its game has no connection
> with the old ICE game.

As I own an old copy of MERP, I can testify the following: It is exactly
like Rolemaster, except for one thing: It always suck. Rolemaster only suck
if the Gamemaster doesn't know how to run it properly. =)


Ole
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