The One Ring Second Edition | First Look and Page-Through
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- Jeff takes a look into the eagerly anticipated core rulebook for The One Ring second edition from Free League Publishing. The 242 page hardcover take players into the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and is available for preorder with an MSRP of $57.99 or grab the PDF at DriveThruRPG right now for $24.99. The physical book hits stores March 22nd.
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0:00 Introduction
0:52 Diving into The One Ring 2E core rulebook
19:26 Wrapping up
#LotR #TTRPGs #TheOneRing2E - Hry
Your video helped with my decision to purchase. Just got it today and I'm so glad I watched this video.
Enjoy!
Your guess was correct. The "bardings" are Northmen, descendants of Bard the Lakeman who killed Smaug.
Thanks for confirming that; it's been a loooong time since I've read my Tolkien. ~ Jeff
Always good content. thank you 🙂
My pleasure!
I was playing AiME so I didn't bother with TOR 1e. I may try this one out though. Thanks for the First look/page through Jeff!
Any time! I should mention that AiME is supposed to also be coming from Free League but I have absolutely no idea when. ~ Jeff
I got my book recently! This video was my first look at the book too! :P
Hope you like it!
The book looks beautiful. I would like a comparison of 1st and 2nd ed to see what's changed. I think it's weird Cubicle 7 lost the license...
I don't have any true inside dope, but I have the impression the license holders for Tolkien's estate probably wanted a bigger cut than C7 wanted to give up. You might have noticed this corebook is a bit pricier than most with this sort of page count. ~ Jeff
I already have first edition, did you found out if its worth the upgrade?
Nice video, hoss!
Thanks!
Still waiting on my KS delivery. Pretty ridiculous how they've bungled this. At least I've managed to create most of my conversion rules to play this with White Box since I've had the pdfs for months. But would really like to finally get the hard copies, despite the errors and quality control issues.
Yeah, the rules aren't necessarily complicated, but there are way too many and they seem to emphasize roll playing instead of roleplaying, which is weird. Stances, conditions, currencies like hope, hate, etc., specified journey roles (again requiring lots of rolls) all seem unnecessary. I don't need all that noise to create the right atmosphere for Middle Earth. I've read the books and I know the lore. Give me some scenarios and maps and I'm good to go.
Agreed. I'd might appreciate a grandiouse campaign for middle earth better than any rules provided.
As someone who has the book and has read through the different rules, I would disagree on the "roll playing instead of roleplaying" take.
Pretty much all of the rules have massive roleplaying implications. The council sessions are vastly effected by how the players make their arguments, their previous actions and decisions, even down to how their party is made up and who is present at the council.
Same goes for the "Eye of Sauron" mechanic, which is suggested to only be implemented for longer campaigns. The overland travel mechanics is actually one of the better rules presented in a TTRPG for travel that I've seen in a long time. The land of Eribor being presented here could be compared to that of the new Elden Ring video game, honestly. It's a land of vast empty distances with the ruins of previous great empires scattered about that is being invaded slowly and insidiously by creatures of the Shadow, and the travel mechanics really drive home the idea that in this game you are not a famous adventuring hero. You're an everyday person who has found themselves caught out in a dramatic and dangerous adventure far separated from your normal life.
I am not a rules heavy fan. And I definitely don't like TTRPGs that push stats over roleplaying. This is not one of those games.
A beautiful book, seems to capture the atmosphere in Tolkien's world much better than old MERP did for sure. I just hope they haven't wokefied it too much with sexist and racist SJW BS.