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This article is about the the out-of-print 2002 RPG. For the the RPG based on The One Ring RPG, see The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying.
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The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Adventure Game, released by Decipher Inc. in 2002, is a role-playing game set in the Middle-earth of J.R.R. Tolkien's fiction. The game is set in the years between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, but may be run at any time from the First to Fourth Age and contains many examples of how to do so. Sourcebooks cover the events in the and films in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Unfortunately, while the base game is called The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Adventure Game, all the source books and accessories use The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game (removing "Adventure"), which can cause some confusion.

The game's system is CODA, similar to a cross between those of RuneQuest and Traveller with Advantages and Disadvantages from the Hero System and Feats from Dungeons & Dragons Third Edition. In 2003, the roleplaying game won the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Game 2002.

The game is the second licensed game for the setting, the other being Middle-earth Role Playing from Iron Crown Enterprises.

Orders[]

The character types in the The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Adventure Game are:

Basic orders[]

  • Barbarian
  • Craftsman
  • Loremaster
  • Magician
  • Mariner
  • Minstrel
  • Noble
  • Rogue
  • Warrior

Elite orders[]

  • Archer
  • Captain
  • Knight
  • Ranger
  • Spy
  • Wizard

Publications[]

  1. The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game - Core Book[1] (2002)

Supplements[]

  1. Fellbeasts and Wounderous Magic[2] (Sourcebook; 2003)
  2. Moria[3] (Sourcebook; 2003)
  3. The Fellowship of the Ring Sourcebook[4] (2003)
  4. The Two Towers Sourcebook[5] (2003)
  5. Isengard[6] (Sourcebook; 2005 PDF only)
  6. Paths of the Wise: The Guide to Magicians and Loremasters[7] (Sourcebook; 2005 PDF only)
  7. Helm's Deep[8] (Sourcebook; 2005)

Accessories[]

  • Maps of Middle-earth (box; 2002)
  • Hero's Journal (2002)
  • Maps of Middle-earth: Cities and Strongholds (box; 2003)
  • Narrator's Screen (2003)

Adventure Games[]

  • The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Adventure Game
  • The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Adventure Game: The Two Towers

References[]

See also[]

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