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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 7914503" data-attributes="member: 67296">Depends what you mean by « champion ».if by that you mean most content produced and for the longest run, then yes; that is irrefutable.If you mean best Tolkien RPG; then TOR beats MERP big time. You may not agree, but that is the nature of « not a fact and debatable » <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Same goes for Jon Hodgson’s art. If you give me choice between starting a new game in Middle Earth today, I'll choose TOR over MERP in a heartbeat.Also, it’s hard to compare publishing between now and then. It’s like saying 2e AD&D is champion of Dungeons and Dragons because it published more material. And while I agree that Middle-Earth is easier to sell "at large" post Peter Jackson, it was already very well known among the RP community. If anything , the slower books' feel of Tolkien (as opposed to PJ's action-movie rhythm) is harder to sell now than ever.MERP was a remarkable game, but TOR didn’t only live in it’s shadows.</blockquote>