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My online group has been giving Cubicle 7’s Adventures in Middle-earth<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 a tryout the last few weekends. The default setting is post-The Hobbit<\/em> and you only need, per the publisher, Adventures in Middle-earth Players Guide<\/em> and the D&D 5e Basic Rules<\/a> (familiarity with 5e mechanics works too, of course). I don’t have any of the game materials–yet!–so I can’t speak to their looks, organization, completeness, etc. This is strictly my first experience as a player–but it won’t be my last because this is a good adaptation.<\/p>\n

Our Loremaster (DM) has been running The Eaves of Mirkwood<\/em> module from the Loremaster’s Screen pack<\/a>, which takes PCs from Woodmen-town to Lake-town with, this being Middle-earth, all kinds of detours, and engaging–or scary–NPCs, from folk who make Pippin Took look like a newbie-Ranger of the North to an iconic non-Orc monster. Also, the Eaves\/Screen pack doesn’t even require the Players Guide<\/em>, so you can try AiME out for as little as US $10 at Drive-thru RPG. (More on where to buy and current prices below.)<\/p>\n

Like many current RPGers, J. R. R. Tolkien and his friend and fellow Inkling<\/a> C. S. Lewis, introduced me to the fantasy genre, so I have been very happy to play in a LotR RPG that does such a good job of evoking the beloved Middle-earth, and I can’t wait to go back. (Now where did I shelve those novels? This is a house, not Wormtongue’s Chest!) All the group, even our player with the least familiarity with the source materials has been having a great time too. Our Loremaster plays in a tabletop group, too.<\/p>\n

Even before we started playing, I was impressed that Cubicle 7 didn’t try to\u00a0shoehorn LotR character types\/tropes and races into the straight 5e classes and races. Even though the novels inspired a lot of these–Rangers, Wizards, Halflings, a good bit of the original Monster Manual<\/em>s, etc.–I feel they just don’t fit the LotR at all now, and not even in older editions, for the most part. Instead of the familiar Basic Rules\/OGL classes, we have Scholar, Slayer, Treasure Hunter, Wanderer, Warden, and Warrior. Also, races are now called Cultures, allowing for Humans to have different stats based on their origins\/homeland, similar to the many subraces in the full 5e rules.<\/p>\n

The biggest change for many fantasy RPG players, is that there aren’t magic-user classes, which is also one of the things that makes this RPG feel like Middle-earth. Magic in Tolkien’s world is not just quite rare–it’s either relatively minor (enchanted weapons like Sting) or very, very powerful spells\/items in the hands of characters far beyond anyone (else) in Thorin’s band or the Fellowship. I have been told there are some minor magic type Virtues (AiME term for Feats) available. This also includes healing and anything that would be covered by cleric\/druid spells. So, if you’re really set on a magic-based PC, this probably isn’t your game. It’s not impossible, but very difficult, as my Loremaster attested, having seen the work put into a PC with some limited magical-type abilities, for the tabletop game he’s in.<\/p>\n

Another thing that makes AiME feel like a Tolkien novel is the importance placed on The Journey. What happens on the trip is as important–maybe moreso–as the destination and the goal\/s. To that end, there is a party Embarkation Roll, to see how easy the Journey will be as well as other rolls at other points in the Journey. (Of course<\/em>\u00a0my only natural 1 of the first session was for the Embarkation check.)<\/p>\n

There are other AiME specific mechanics that I won’t go into here. Suffice it to say, that as a group familiar with 5e we’ve had no trouble with them. Once in a while, someone will have a quick question like whether a Virtue applies to the current situation, or what a new skill (there are several) is for. Overall, it’s really no different in play from any other D&D 5e game I’ve been in. I highly recommend you try it out the next time your group is looking for a new game–and there’s a lot to be said for not having to learn a completely new set of mechanics when you change settings.<\/p>\n

Finally a quick thank you to our Loremaster, Donovan Morningfire. He stepped up to run this mini-campaign on short notice for one thing. Not only that–he’s teaching us the rules, no mean feat, even when your players are familiar with the base version of the rules. I also have no doubt that his GMing talents do even more than the setting-specific mechanics to evoke the Middle-earth feel of the game.<\/p>\n

If you like this version of LotR as much as I do, Cubicle 7 offer a Loremaster’s Guide<\/em> and a number of other regional supplements and adventure books in both print and PDF. Many, if not all of the regional\/adventure books do\u00a0include “material previously released” for The One Ring<\/em> iteration of the LotR RPG that is “fully converted to be compatible with Adventures in Middle-earth<\/em> and the OGL rules.” All the line’s books are currently\u00a0on sale (at the first link above) for US$22.50-40, and include both the physical book and a PDF. Drive-thru RPG also sells the PDFs<\/a> for $10-20.<\/p>\n

I do\u00a0recommend giving AiME a try. It captures the spirit of the most iconic classic fantasy world, using (mostly) familiar rules, and above all is fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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