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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hurin70" data-source="post: 8234979" data-attributes="member: 6875491">ICE went bankrupt in 2000. It was all the rage back then.  Brick and mortar stores were contracting, and TSR was headed in the same direction, IIRC, until Wizards bought them. ICE also had a dispute about licensing which caused them to lose the Tolkien license, so that was the end of MERP, all the old dual-stat Middle Earth modules, and the Middle Earth CCG. Ironically, some of the enterprises ICE was connected to would enjoy financial success shortly afterwards: Dark Age of Camelot would be a hit, and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring would hit theaters the next year. But timing is everything in business.After some years in the wilderness, the ICE name has now been revived. They produce High Adventure Role Playing (HARP), which is kind of a spiritual successor to MERP. They also offer support for earlier editions of Rolemaster on their forums and on Fantasy Grounds, as well as with their own software (the Electronic Roleplaying Assistant). And of course there is the new edition of Rolemaster set to drop.</blockquote>