So how do we make a Middle Earth RPG? How do we expand Tolkien’s world without breaking it? Why aren’t more developers doing this? Well, let’s take a look! 1. All with different settings, time periods and features. To prove my point, I decided to brainstorm two ideas for a LORD OF THE RINGS RPG. It’s just this huge opportunity that nobody is grasping. So why is no one telling them? Entire generations have dreamed of exploring Middle Earth and of going on their own adventures within Tolkien’s world.
The world of Arda is massive, it’s full of all sorts of interesting stories waiting to be told.
In fact, one of the reasons I criticize “generic” fantasy so much is because so much of it is trying to beat Tolkien in his own game… and failing miserably.īut despite the widespread popularity of LORD OF THE RINGS, despite the fact that everyone and their mother is trying to copy it, you don’t see many RPGs set in Middle Earth, do you? Now, that may come as a surprise from someone who routinely rails on generic medieval fantasy, but LORD OF THE RINGS has always been the exception for me.
