List of Middle-earth role-playing games

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.

Tabletop role-playing games

This list covers stand-alone games; i.e. products supplying their own unique set of rules

Middle-earth Role Playing (Iron Crown Enterprises, 1982)
Lord of the Rings Adventure Game (Iron Crown Enterprises, 1991)
The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game (Decipher, Inc., 2002)
The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild (1st Ed: Cubicle 7, 2011; 2nd Ed: Free League Publishing, 2022)

Supplements for playing in Middle-Earth

This list covers supplements for existing rule sets; i.e. products that require you to have access to a particular set of rules

Adventures in Middle-earth (OGL supplement by Cubicle 7, 2016)
The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying (5th Edition OGL supplement by Free League, 2023)

Role-playing video games

Elendor (1991)^[1]^[2]
MUME (1992)^[1]
The Two Towers (1994)^[3]
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (2007)
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)
The Lord of the Rings: Tactics (2005)
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)

Text-based role-playing Games

World of Middle Earth (2020)

References

^ ^a ^b Maloni, Kelly; Baker, Derek; Wice, Nathaniel (1994). Net Games. Random House / Michael Wolff & Company, Inc. pp. 78–79. ISBN 0-679-75592-6. Elendor 'You have entered the lands of J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination.' Once you've 'locked' your character so that no one else can control it, specified your gender, and given your email address, you are transported to the 'Hall of Races', where you may choose to be a hobbit, elf, dwarf, or another creature from the world of Tolkien. [...] Based in the third age, shortly after the events in The Hobbit, the MUSH is less about reenacting the books and more about exploring 'what would happen if...' questions.
MUME IV Multi-Users in Middle Earth, or MUME, simulates Tolkien's world of Middle Earth. [...] Role-playing is encouraged, but this is primarily an adventure and combat MUD. [...] Server: Diku
^ Moss, Will; Pantuso, Joe. The Complete Internet Gamer. John Wiley & Sons. p. 142. ISBN 0-471-13787-1. Elendor is a very large and successful Mush dedicated to role playing and exploration in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. This is the same universe immortalized in the classic Lord of the Rings trilogy, the books that defined sword-and-sorcery fantasy. If you don't want to encounter a lot of other players, this is the wrong Mush to play in. Elendor is well populated, and it is hard to move around without encountering other characters.
^ English, Katharine, ed. (1996). Most Popular Web Sites: The Best of the Net from A 2 Z. Lycos Press / Macmillan Publishers. p. 315. ISBN 0-7897-0792-6. Two Towers Multi-User Dungeon http://www.angband.com/towers This page serves as an entrance to the Two Towers Multi-User Dungeon, allowing game players to step into the world of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien. Intrepid visitors can learn about the game or link to Tolkien sites dotting the net.

[netgames-1] Maloni, Kelly; Baker, Derek; Wice, Nathaniel (1994). Net Games. Random House / Michael Wolff & Company, Inc. pp. 78–79. ISBN 0-679-75592-6. Elendor 'You have entered the lands of J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination.' Once you've 'locked' your character so that no one else can control it, specified your gender, and given your email address, you are transported to the 'Hall of Races', where you may choose to be a hobbit, elf, dwarf, or another creature from the world of Tolkien. [...] Based in the third age, shortly after the events in The Hobbit, the MUSH is less about reenacting the books and more about exploring 'what would happen if...' questions.
MUME IV Multi-Users in Middle Earth, or MUME, simulates Tolkien's world of Middle Earth. [...] Role-playing is encouraged, but this is primarily an adventure and combat MUD. [...] Server: Diku

[moss-pantuso-2] Moss, Will; Pantuso, Joe. The Complete Internet Gamer. John Wiley & Sons. p. 142. ISBN 0-471-13787-1. Elendor is a very large and successful Mush dedicated to role playing and exploration in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. This is the same universe immortalized in the classic Lord of the Rings trilogy, the books that defined sword-and-sorcery fantasy. If you don't want to encounter a lot of other players, this is the wrong Mush to play in. Elendor is well populated, and it is hard to move around without encountering other characters.

[english-3] English, Katharine, ed. (1996). Most Popular Web Sites: The Best of the Net from A 2 Z. Lycos Press / Macmillan Publishers. p. 315. ISBN 0-7897-0792-6. Two Towers Multi-User Dungeon http://www.angband.com/towers This page serves as an entrance to the Two Towers Multi-User Dungeon, allowing game players to step into the world of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien. Intrepid visitors can learn about the game or link to Tolkien sites dotting the net.

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