Fortunately, there’s been plenty of RPG news to keep brains distracted here in the North from the unrelenting encroachment of winter of darkness.
An expert touch: A review of The One Ring RPG 2nd edition
Bringing The One Ring to life and making it feel like adventures in Middle-earth also needs an expert touch. The Loremaster, the game’s version of GM, needs to be good.
3Dice: The Fellowship’s severed heads and food in your gamer dice!
There are three types of dice on offer; 16mm d6, 19mm d6 and the standard polyhedral set.
The War of the Rohirrim: Lord of the Rings prequel anime approved by New Line
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will be the bloody saga of Helm’s Deep, which’s the fortress from The Two Towers.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #101
It’s been a busy week, so sit back and treat yourself to a scroll through the headlines; sales, reviews, interviews and stats from the RPG-scene.
Mircalla Tepez as Arwen from Lord of the Rings in this striking cosplay
The photography is by Josef Kristof, and the dress here is the one from the Arwen chase scene.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #90
Routinely Itemised: RPGs is a regular RPG news summary which, this week, looks at D&D Beyond’s founder joining a new gaming start-up, virtual virtual tabletops, an utter mess over at Kickstarter and a solved mess with The Palace of the Vampire Queen.
The Lord of the Rings RPG The One Ring funds a new edition, with a new publisher, in minutes
On schedule, Free League Publishing launched the Kickstarter for the new look and second edition of The One Ring RPG.
The Lord of the Rings RPG’s new owners set their launch date
The new edition, also created by Francesco Nepitello, offers streamlined rules and promises to “bring players further into the Twilight of the Third Age”.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #49
Cancellations strike the big conventions, but there’s more happening online, and such an event might introduce a new campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons.
