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<blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 4571251" data-attributes="member: 3608">Having worked for a licensee, I generally think licenses are predisposed towards not creating quality products. I’d generally rather pick a close-enough system and do the adaption myself.That said, although the Decipher game has lots of problems, it worked fairly well for my group. I’m debating whether to switch systems whenever we pick the campaign back up, however.I think the campaign I’m most proud of is the one I ran set in Middle-earth.Well, I did set my campaign in the fourth age. Sure, my bad guys don’t really rival Sauron. (But then, I would assume that Sauron didn’t really rival Melkor.) They’re still the biggest threats of their age. Just as the second age was different from the first age and the third age was different from the second age, my fourth age was different from the third age. But I did my best to continue the themes only slightly altered based on the current state of the world.I’m proud (and a bit surprised) to say that the biggest Tolkien fan in the group did say that my campaign felt like Middle-earth.That said, I think there are plenty of possibilities for third age (or even first or second age) tales between those that JRRT told.I don’t know. He did stick Bombadil in there in order to have at least one enigma. You have characters—even angelic characters—who fall. (Sauron, Saruman, and the Balrogs were all Maia.) You have characters who get too caught up in mundane matters. You have characters whose greed or fear or short-sightedness or pride cause problems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RFisher, post: 4571251, member: 3608"] Having worked for a licensee, I generally think licenses are predisposed towards not creating quality products. I’d generally rather pick a close-enough system and do the adaption myself. That said, although the Decipher game has lots of problems, it worked fairly well for my group. I’m debating whether to switch systems whenever we pick the campaign back up, however. I think the campaign I’m most proud of is the one I ran set in Middle-earth. Well, I did set my campaign in the fourth age. Sure, my bad guys don’t really rival Sauron. (But then, I would assume that Sauron didn’t really rival Melkor.) They’re still the biggest threats of their age. Just as the second age was different from the first age and the third age was different from the second age, my fourth age was different from the third age. But I did my best to continue the themes only slightly altered based on the current state of the world. I’m proud (and a bit surprised) to say that the biggest Tolkien fan in the group did say that my campaign felt like Middle-earth. That said, I think there are plenty of possibilities for third age (or even first or second age) tales between those that JRRT told. I don’t know. He did stick Bombadil in there in order to have at least one enigma. You have characters—even angelic characters—who fall. (Sauron, Saruman, and the Balrogs were all Maia.) You have characters who get too caught up in mundane matters. You have characters whose greed or fear or short-sightedness or pride cause problems. [/QUOTE]

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