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In his Middle-earth writings, Tolkien mentions real plant species, and introduces fictional ones, for a variety of reasons. Dinah Hazell describes the botany of Middle-earth as being "the best, most palpable example" of Tolkien's realistic subcreation of a secondary world. In her view, this at once serves a "narrative function, provides a sense ...
In a retrospective review of Middle-earth Role Playing in Black Gate, Scott Taylor said "MERP, as it is more affectionately called, became the second leading RPG sold in the 1980s, and although mismanagement and rather daunting licensing dealings with the Tolkien estate finally resulted in the games dissolution and the company's bankruptcy, the ...
This is a list of Middle-earth role-playing games. J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fictional universe has been the setting for several role-playing games.
In its basic form, it is a game for one to five players, each choosing one of the five wizards to represent themselves. A turn in the game consists of one player's wandering around Middle-earth with the help of famous characters of Middle-earth, trying to gather influence and power to aid in the battle against The Dark Lord, while another player tries to harass, and ultimately kill his ...
Elendor is a free online text-based multi-user game that simulates the environment of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. [1] [2] Users create characters by determining species, sex, [1] culture, description, history (and sometimes persona) and then role-playing with other users within the setting and atmosphere of Tolkien's world.
This is a list of Middle-earth video games.It includes both video games based directly on J. R. R. Tolkien's books about Middle-earth, and those derived from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. which in turn were based on Tolkien's novels of the same name.
Role-playing games and role-playing video games based in Middle-earth, the fantasy world created by J. R. R. Tolkien. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Magic in Middle-earth is the use of supernatural power in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth. Tolkien distinguishes ordinary magic from witchcraft, the latter always deceptive, stating that either type could be used for good or evil .