the new lotr RPG - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Dain · 02-14-2003, 02:21 PM

I didn't know quite what forum to put this in, but since your RPG forums are all RPGs...

Has anyone played or had a look at the new LotR roleplaying game book from Decipher? I have read a lot of really good reviews, but I wanted an opinion from someone in real-time, as it were. Anyway, just wondering if anybody could confirm all the good things I've read about it.

Dain · 02-15-2003, 06:32 PM

Anybody?

the real findorfin · 02-17-2003, 03:06 AM

I haven't heard about the Dechiper RPG, but has anyone ever played the LOTR Warhammer game, its pretty cool and not overly hard to understand. And the units are nice!

Dark Shadow · 02-17-2003, 03:31 AM

Oh, I saw a Lord of the Rings RPG book in a bookshop the other day. It has a goldish cover. I was going to buy it, but the cover was all messed up, and it was really expensive.

Dain · 02-17-2003, 06:23 AM

ah, finally a reply...thanks!

It's a shame about the marketing limitations on the new RPG (only covers LotR!) and has lots of glossy film pictures, but it's supposed to be a good game, faithful to Tolkien, and I thought peole here would be qualified to evaluate that!

As for the Games Workshop game, haven't played it. It's a bit too film-tie-in for me, and I don't play warhammer. The figures look pretty good, though. Better than the usual warhammer cartoonish ones... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Aragorn2002 · 02-17-2003, 12:27 PM

About the LotR Warhammer, can you buy at like local gaming shops?
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Dain · 02-17-2003, 02:10 PM

I assume so. Anywhere you can get Games Workshop stuff (Warhammer, etc.) you should be able to find the LotR game. I can't find my "local games shop" (new town), but I know where the Games Workshop shop is... I actually just had a peep at the figures through the window. Quite nice--lots of detail and all, and much more realisting than their usual stuff (which, to be fair, isn't going for realism).

But, nobody's tried the new RPG?

02-14-2003, 02:21 PM	#1
Dain Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Iron Hills Posts: 127	the new lotr RPG I didn't know quite what forum to put this in, but since your RPG forums are all RPGs... Has anyone played or had a look at the new LotR roleplaying game book from Decipher? I have read a lot of really good reviews, but I wanted an opinion from someone in real-time, as it were. Anyway, just wondering if anybody could confirm all the good things I've read about it. __________________ Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.

02-15-2003, 06:32 PM	#2
Dain Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Iron Hills Posts: 127	Anybody? __________________ Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.

02-17-2003, 03:06 AM	#3
the real findorfin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 514	I haven't heard about the Dechiper RPG, but has anyone ever played the LOTR Warhammer game, its pretty cool and not overly hard to understand. And the units are nice! __________________ Legends of Middle Earth

02-17-2003, 06:23 AM	#5
Dain Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Iron Hills Posts: 127	ah, finally a reply...thanks! It's a shame about the marketing limitations on the new RPG (only covers LotR!) and has lots of glossy film pictures, but it's supposed to be a good game, faithful to Tolkien, and I thought peole here would be qualified to evaluate that! As for the Games Workshop game, haven't played it. It's a bit too film-tie-in for me, and I don't play warhammer. The figures look pretty good, though. Better than the usual warhammer cartoonish ones... [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.

02-17-2003, 12:27 PM	#6
Aragorn2002 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: US Posts: 91	About the LotR Warhammer, can you buy at like local gaming shops? ________ MERCEDES-BENZ 420 SPECIFICATIONS Last edited by Aragorn2002; 04-15-2011 at 03:09 AM.

02-17-2003, 03:31 AM	#4
Dark Shadow Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Someplace in Middle Earth Posts: 130	Oh, I saw a Lord of the Rings RPG book in a bookshop the other day. It has a goldish cover. I was going to buy it, but the cover was all messed up, and it was really expensive.

02-17-2003, 02:10 PM	#7
Dain Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Iron Hills Posts: 127	I assume so. Anywhere you can get Games Workshop stuff (Warhammer, etc.) you should be able to find the LotR game. I can't find my "local games shop" (new town), but I know where the Games Workshop shop is... I actually just had a peep at the figures through the window. Quite nice--lots of detail and all, and much more realisting than their usual stuff (which, to be fair, isn't going for realism). But, nobody's tried the new RPG? __________________ Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.