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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 6034592" data-attributes="member: 363">The mentions of MERP in this thread point up what I mentioned before about how perceptions differ vastly about what the &quot;feel&quot; of Middle-earth is. To me, the MERP system is not only ill-suited for Middle-earth, but it evokes almost the polar opposite of what I think the setting &quot;feels&quot; like. I played MERP back in the day, and holy cow, did it not &quot;feel&quot; like anything Tolkien wrote. The magic bore no resemblance to anything in the books, and the combat was often grim and gritty and gruesomely explicit, unlike most anything in Tolkien's book. If you vehemently disagree, that's my point; there are those who vehemently disagree with how I feel about D&amp;D or Decipher's game fitting the setting.Bear in mind that I love MERP sourcebooks, much as I love the panoply of GURPS sourcebooks. But, as with GURPS, the actual mechanics of MERP leave me cold, especially for this specific setting.MERP always seemed to me to be better suited to a Swords &amp; Sorcery setting like Hyboria.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 6034592, member: 363"] The mentions of MERP in this thread point up what I mentioned before about how perceptions differ vastly about what the "feel" of Middle-earth is. To me, the MERP system is not only ill-suited for Middle-earth, but it evokes almost the polar opposite of what I think the setting "feels" like. I played MERP back in the day, and holy cow, did it not "feel" like anything Tolkien wrote. The magic bore no resemblance to anything in the books, and the combat was often grim and gritty and gruesomely explicit, unlike most anything in Tolkien's book. If you vehemently disagree, that's my point; there are those who vehemently disagree with how I feel about D&D or Decipher's game fitting the setting. Bear in mind that I love MERP sourcebooks, much as I love the panoply of GURPS sourcebooks. But, as with GURPS, the actual mechanics of MERP leave me cold, especially for this specific setting. MERP always seemed to me to be better suited to a Swords & Sorcery setting like Hyboria. [/QUOTE]

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