Middle Earth Roleplaying (MERP)

[McCaber]

MERP is a little bit before my time, but I've had a lot of fun running Middle-Earth with Burning Wheel. That's one of the few games I've seen that really *got* the Elven mindset.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Sometimes they can be great fun. After having roleplayed for some six years (first with MERP and then with Rolemaster) we switched back to basics - The Lord of the Rings Adventure Game, which is a really simplified version of the former two, and played a couple of pre-made scenarios. It was very uncanonical and absolutely silly, but I don't think I've ever laughed so much when roleplaying. Recently we gave our GM some pre-made MERP campaigns as a birthday present since we want to continue playing with the same characters, but ironically enough it means we must start using MERP again.

My warning - don't try to change the RPG a bit and make it more interesting by changing the genders of the player characters (and accordingly making minor changes to their biographies) because if/when the players find out how their characters have been created, they will take the whole game as a joke... Although, I can't say it wasn't funny when they tried to attract a troll with a freshly baked blueberry pie or kill the trolls by blowing up the bridge under which they lived with fireworks!