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Cubicle 7 No Longer Producing The One Ring and Adventures in Middle Earth
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<blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 7913853" data-attributes="member: 518"><p>My 2 clacks..</p><p></p><p>ICE/MERP held the license the longest by far : 82-ish for the first ME universal system supplement, then '84 for MERP itself and held through 1999. And produced the most amount of material by far.</p><p></p><p>And disregarding whatever one feels about the system itself, the source material that ICE produced are some of the best RPG "Lore" material produced in the hobby. On the whole, the MERP sourcebooks are pretty danged amazing The maps too- Fantastic maps. I'd say if there was a downfall it would be <em>some</em> of the adventure books. Not all, but some. </p><p></p><p>Also- Angus McBride one of the best (and prolific ME) artists of all time- His covers and interiors- well C7 or Decipher cannot compare in the least.</p><p></p><p>From a business perspective ICE did a fantastic job with keeping the setting alive much like WEG did for Star Wars during times when the franchise was otherwise dead. Today, it's easy to be successful with a LOTR/ME product unless you are inept. But when ICE had the license, It was nowhere near the pop culture heavyweight it is now in the post PJ Movie years. </p><p></p><p>So yeah, I'd give ICE's work the nod. The bad thing is the MERP material is not available anymore for purchase and print copies of most things are VERY expensive so many people are not/will never be familiar with it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JeffB, post: 7913853, member: 518"] My 2 clacks.. ICE/MERP held the license the longest by far : 82-ish for the first ME universal system supplement, then '84 for MERP itself and held through 1999. And produced the most amount of material by far. And disregarding whatever one feels about the system itself, the source material that ICE produced are some of the best RPG "Lore" material produced in the hobby. On the whole, the MERP sourcebooks are pretty danged amazing The maps too- Fantastic maps. I'd say if there was a downfall it would be [I]some[/I] of the adventure books. Not all, but some. Also- Angus McBride one of the best (and prolific ME) artists of all time- His covers and interiors- well C7 or Decipher cannot compare in the least. From a business perspective ICE did a fantastic job with keeping the setting alive much like WEG did for Star Wars during times when the franchise was otherwise dead. Today, it's easy to be successful with a LOTR/ME product unless you are inept. But when ICE had the license, It was nowhere near the pop culture heavyweight it is now in the post PJ Movie years. So yeah, I'd give ICE's work the nod. The bad thing is the MERP material is not available anymore for purchase and print copies of most things are VERY expensive so many people are not/will never be familiar with it :( [/QUOTE]
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