Feb 16, 2018 tolkien quest solo game books solo adventure paperback books, but this range was quickly withdrawn due to a dispute and, according to pete fenlon, was a major contribution to the financial troubles of ice culminating in their loss of the merp license. Hands of the healer 1997 was merp s first and only truly crunchy game book. I have written before about how my start in the rpg hobby came through game books in the 80s. After years of publishing solid, meticulouslydetailed books and adventures for their middleearth roleplaying game, iron crown enterprises. The quest is also suitable for the experienced gm who wants exciting, detailed, linked scenarios that require no extra setup work from him or her. Tcg middleearth role playing tolkien collectors guide. Upcoming tolkien moot x 10 convention, summer 2014, spokane, washington. Tolkien specifically the lord of the rings and the hobbit under license from tolkien enterprises.
Ice no longer publishes or supports middle earth role playing but is immeasurably proud of it. My favorite of these were the tolkien quest books sometimes called middle earth quest. The kings and stewards of gondor did not use the palantir of. One of the campaigns i really want to run someday is palantir quest, a 1994 campaign module published by iron crown enterprises for the old merp rules for middleearth. Ice merp layouts at tales from the tower troll lord games. Coverjacket textthey were perfect spheres, appearing when at rest to be made of solid glass or crystal deep black in hue. This article lists middleearth role playing merp game products, both. Fortunately for those who dont like complexity, the rules are divided into levels. Tools and recipes for dungeon masters, rpg campaigns, sca feasts, includes medieval history, renaissance, medieval recipes. Im fortunate to have a copy this is pretty collectable. You have to explore the citadel of orthanc surreptitiously in order to find proof of sarumans treason, then flee the realm of isengard and reach lothlorien to warn.
Hardbound collectors edition, 1993, 1558061908, 272. All books tagged merp middle earth role playing chris. Created in 1984 iron crown enterprises ice continued to publish the game and supporting material until the license was lost in september 1999. Palantir quest contains an extended series of adventures a campaign that culminate m a perilous confrontation with a subtle and deadly foe of the reunited. All the books for the middle earth roleplaying game plus many extras. Series middleearth quest demians gamebook web page. This module is designed for use with most major fantasy role play.
Two volumes came out in 1985 under the tolkien quest label, and an additional two were planned for 1986 under the new series title of middleearth quest. Middle earth role playing merp was a role playing game based on the writings of j. Merp 3000 rangers of the north the kingdom of arthedain free. Easternmost of the three sections of arnor, rhudaur s. I kept less than 10% of the content of the merp module the palantir quest. The quest is also suitable for the experienced gm who wants exciting, detailed, linked scenarios that require no extra set. The rules system of the game is a streamlined version of i. I only have the core in paper, but have most of the rest in pdf. Aug 02, 2015 deciphers lord of the rings role playing game. Ice merp fortresses of middleearth supplement weathertop. News middleearth roleplaying community website merp. Jan 20, 2012 i picked up the kinstrife and palantir quest much later, and was really impressed with both of them.
Tolkiens lord of the rings are among the most complex gamebooks ever published, many using hex maps to allow great freedom of movement and all featuring about thirty pages of rules in each volume. Middleearth quest 1 a spy in isengard solo adventure. Iron crown enterprises ice is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Palantir quest is a megaadventure, or mini campaign, set in the fourth age. Merp 3200 lorien and the halls of the elven smiths.
Palantir quest lake town smuggler s cave and ruins with water front site plan. Palantir quest, 2009, westlands, about fa 14, 1994, merp 2nd edition, adventures. Its perfect for players moving up from lor to merp. Good, evil and magic in the world of the palantir commission. Published september 1st by berkley pub group mm, 0 pages, paperback. Unfortunately, around the time that the fourth book was to be released, tolkien enterprises deemed the books in violation of the game license, which didnt include permission to print books. Statistics are expressed on a closed or open ended scale, using a 1100 base and percentile dice di 00.
Download e books court of ardor in southern middle earth merp ice 2500 pdf. I hope to use them again someday, perhaps with the one ring rpg although ill need to read tor first to see if this would work. Palantir quest 1994 was merp s first and only campaignlength adventure. Merp 3000 rangers of the north the kingdom of arthedain. Mar 29, 2011 its been a while since i posted any artwork over at tales from the tower but i just added a few new illustrations that i did for ices merp modules for the palantir quest and minas tirith back in the spring of 1994. Decipher abandoned this rpg around 2006, and there are no official online sources now available. The middleearth role playing game, commonly referred to by the acronym merp, was the first role playing game licensed to use jrr tolkiens middleearth as. Looking at the available material, i decided to adapt palantir quest.
One of the very best campaign books of all time imo palantir quest is for merp and set early in the fourth age. Treasures of middleearth makes it possible to find some of the famous, powerful. However, sometimes merp expands the world in ways that strike me as very untolkienish. Red sky was the wildest, most rugged, and least populated region in the north kingdom. Iron crown enterprises ice middle earth roleplaying merp fits into the latter category. Ive got a bit of a hankering to pick up a middleearth set game.
Middleearth role playing merp is a 1982 roleplaying game based on the writings of j. Palantir quest contains an extended series of adventures a campaign that culminate m a perilous confrontation with a subtle and deadly foe of the reunited kingdoms. Many of ices betterknown products were related to j. Was there an english translation done by anyone for search for the palantir. I ran the first part of palantir quest over a decade ago, but the campaign folded when i had to move away.
Merp resources by 3rdparties ice products icewebring. You can see more illustrations from the palantir quest module and read a bit of the background on them here. The interior has some amazing, blackandwhite line art. It was a culturally diverse and politically volatile territory with a relatively small dunadan population. Im redrawing maps, and essentially changing the nature of the adventure path altogether. Palantir quest is a supplement in the adventureseries for middleearth role playing, 2nd edition. Merp fan modules non ice, yahoo group merpfanmodules. The basic rules use a precreated character and offer simple rules.
Jun 29, 2019 middleearth quest 1 a spy in isengard solo adventure. Ice merp layout illustrations from the palantir quest the illustrations below are from the merp second edition module of dol guldur. Tolkiens world of middleearth, but the rolemaster rules system, and its sciencefiction equivalent, spacemaster, have been the foundation of ices business. We are not alone chris seeman 1 any communications martin baker, brian carlton, vyacheslav kozlov. A dragons hoard of all the tabletop rpgs you need from dungeons and dragons, pathfinder, world of darkness, to shadowrun all available for free to download. Skills can be modified to a rating above or below these limits i.
Can the adventurers find this legendary treasure and bring it to king elessar. Download e books a song of ice fire rpg a game of thrones edition pdf. Iron crown enterprises part of our role playing games collection. Find various materials contributed by the community to support using this game system in j. I am missing trolls of the misty mountains 8103 from my collection of the ice 1st edition merp products, but as the author of four of the other merp products listed on here tower of cirith ungol and shelobs lair, goblingate and eagles eyrie, havens of gondor, and mount gundabad would be willing to trade extra copies i have of these in new condition authors copies, saved. Rogues of the wilds, blizzards out of the forodwaith, and the green in mens hearts all conspire against them. Also included are lord of the rings adventure game lotrag and questgame tolkien quest and middleearth quest products. Iron crown enterprises download the pdf from each and every product for quick reference. They mostly provide a bunch of adventure scenarios that could take place in a given area. As a lord of dwalins folk during the late second age, the quest bound ralin to. The adventures oj middleearth series is designed for.
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