The One Ring Basic Rulebook

With The One Ring, the official role-playing game based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, you embark on a journey to Middle-earth. The game was created to evoke the special atmosphere of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and it includes rules for creating heroes and sending them on adventures in a land threatened by a growing shadow. This beautifully illustrated, full-color hardcover volume depicts Middle-earth as it appears twenty years after Bilbo Baggins' remarkable disappearance and his unexpected return. It will still be fifty years until the far-reaching events described in The Lord of the Rings, leaving plenty of room for stories that are as epic as they are adventurous. This is the second edition of The One Ring: it features improved and revised rules, a new visual style, and focuses on the land of Eriador - the Lone Lands west of the Misty Mountains. Key features include:

• Rules for overland travel, for combating adversaries, and for encounters with well-known figures from Middle-earth.
• Extensive advice for the Game Master on how to bring Middle-earth to life, including rules for magical treasures, the shadow, and the Eye of Mordor.
• Detailed information about six patrons - personalities who support the heroes' adventures - including Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey.
• A directory of various adversaries, ranging from simple orc soldiers and highwaymen to hideous cave trolls and grave wights.
• Rules for creating your own nameless beings: unfathomable creatures from the darkest corners of the earth.
• The Misty Star: a complete landmark adventure with additional aids for the Game Master in the form of guidelines throughout the journey.