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<blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 6641029" data-attributes="member: 85870">The One Ring. Oh my goodness, how much do I want to play this game.........Own the core book + Rivendell in hardcover, everything else in PDF......But I can't convince anyone to play it. When I suggested it to my best friend, who's the primary catalyst for my group, just looked at me and said, &quot;But you've read the books over two dozen times. I've only watched the movies once in my life. How am I supposed to 'get' the setting?&quot; And truthfully, I wouldn't want a typical group to play it. There's always the one guy who thinks that making a hobbit character named &quot;Filbo Snaggins&quot; (or whatever) is the height of comedy. I just couldn't handle that. I have too much deep, abiding love for the source material. And you absolutely, positively cannot approach the system as a power gamer. It's just not a system designed to be &quot;power gamed.&quot; There's only three freaking core stats, and maybe two dozen skills, of which 6-8 of them are things like &quot;herb lore&quot; and &quot;riddle lore.&quot; So, it probably won't ever happen, sadly. Ah well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="innerdude, post: 6641029, member: 85870"] The One Ring. Oh my goodness, how much do I want to play this game......... Own the core book + Rivendell in hardcover, everything else in PDF...... But I can't convince anyone to play it. When I suggested it to my best friend, who's the primary catalyst for my group, just looked at me and said, "But you've read the books over two dozen times. I've only watched the movies once in my life. How am I supposed to 'get' the setting?" And truthfully, I wouldn't want a typical group to play it. There's always the one guy who thinks that making a hobbit character named "Filbo Snaggins" (or whatever) is the height of comedy. I just couldn't handle that. I have too much deep, abiding love for the source material. And you absolutely, positively cannot approach the system as a power gamer. It's just not a system designed to be "power gamed." There's only three freaking core stats, and maybe two dozen skills, of which 6-8 of them are things like "herb lore" and "riddle lore." So, it probably won't ever happen, sadly. Ah well. [/QUOTE]

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