5 out of 5 rating for Rivendell
I read this over the weekend after recently getting back into GM'ing for TOR. It is a wonderful book - well written, evocative, with great illustrations. This book moves the setting from the Wilderland, east of the mountains and the Mirkwood environs, to the west and to Arnor and the area around Rivendell. Hence this book details the lands that both LOTR and the Hobbit start in. It details the history of the region, including Angmar, the Numenoreans, and the Dunedain. The book provides two new playable cultures - Rangers of the North and High Elves from Rivendell and contains extra rules for the 'eye of sauron' and magic items. I am very excited about this as this region, full of wights, ruins, and dead kings, was a favourite of mine when I used to run MERP. Very much looking forward to the adventure supplement, Ruins of the North, set in this region.