Check Out This Preview of the ADVENTURES IN MIDDLE EARTH Loremaster's Guide

The (PDF version of) the Adventures in Middle Earth Loremaster's Guide is about to drop - it releases tomorrow, and will be available at the usual places. Cubicle 7 has sent along a preview of the contents page from the book. The Loremaster's Guide is the "DMG" to the Player's Guide's "PHB". "The quest that began with the Player’s Guide continues in this lavishly illustrated, hardcover. The Loremaster’s Guide presents inspiration, guidance and additional new rules to help you create and run encounters, adventures and campaigns in the world of The Hobbit ™ and The Lord of the Rings ™, using the 5th Edition OGL ruleset. Packed with information, this volume is an invaluable resource for your games."

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Adventures in Middle-earth Loremaster’s Guide contains:

• Extensive setting information for Wilderland
• A comprehensive guide to Lake-town
• Advice on theme and building your character group before the game begins
• Notes on the Adventuring phase, inspiration, rests and more!
• Expanded journey rules, including guidance on narrating Middle-earth journeys
• Information to help you create your own journey tables
• A guide to creating and playing NPCs, and a gallery of NPCs for your games
• A Wilderland bestiary of adversaries
• New rules for customising monsters and using scenery in battle
• Notes on treasure in Middle-earth, magic items and weapons
• A guide to offering expanded magic options
• Advice on running the Fellowship phase, patrons, sanctuaries and undertakings

You'll find it on C7's page at DTRPG tomorrow, or on C7's own webstore.

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[Charles Rampant]

I've thought about it.

If you do, I humbly request that you express only the most profound satisfaction with the product, as I just impulse bought both books from Cubicle 7 and want validation for my choices

 

[Nikosandros]

I think so. For being 90-something, Christopher Tolkien keeps a keen eye on his father's properties.

They've got the license not from Christopher Tolkien, but from Middle-earth Enterprises.

 

[Charles Rampant]

They've got the license not from Christopher Tolkien, but from Middle-earth Enterprises.

What are the practical implications of that? I understand that they don't have access to the Silmarillion.

 

[Nikosandros]

What are the practical implications of that? I understand that they don't have access to the Silmarillion.

Yes, they (and all the others who have any kind of 'Tolkien' license) only have access to LotR and the Hobbit. From what I know, Christopher Tolkien is not involved in any way with them and I don't know if he even gets money from their deals.

 

[Charles Rampant]

Well, the Sage entry in AIME does mention first age events - the trees, the gems - but I guess that is from the appendices. Those things are sufficently huge for rpg backstory purposes, for sure!


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[Gadget]

Yes, they (and all the others who have any kind of 'Tolkien' license) only have access to LotR and the Hobbit. From what I know, Christopher Tolkien is not involved in any way with them and I don't know if he even gets money from their deals.

J. R. R. Tolkien sold the movie & merchandising rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit while he was yet alive. I believe he used the phrase "Art or Cash; I choose cash", or something along those lines as he had some back taxes and/or other debts to pay at the time. The rights have since passed to many owners and holders over the years; the last I checked, a company that was controlled by Saul Zaentz, Middle-earth Enterprises (Formally Tolkein Enterprises) controlled the rights, with the movie rights having been portioned off and sold separately a fair number of years before. These rights do not include The Silmarillion, published posthumously by the author's son Christopher a few years after Tolkein's death. Those rights remain in the possession of the Tolkien Estate, controlled by Christopher, and they are very unwilling to license any rights out from what I hear.