Seeing how Cubicle 7 has so far declined to release their own Quick Start Rules, and seeing how I feel the need to have them, I wrote it up. As a matter of fact, I think I quite like what I made here, because it illuminates certain strategies for playing the game.<\/p>\n
There’s no way to play the game itself using only what I’ve written. You’ll still need a GM (aka Loremaster) who has the full ruleset. If you have the same profound affection as I do for both Tolkien and RPGs, you will go out and buy a copy of this anyway. It is without reservation the best Tolkien treatment thus far. However, it pays respect to what has preceded it – you can see hints of MERP and the Decipher RPG in there. And, honestly, it would be worth the price of admission for the artwork alone, which is beautiful.<\/p>\n
But back to the Quick Start: I think this is just enough of a ruleset, when accompanied by pregenerated characters, to let new players “follow along” with a knowledgeable GM. Its purpose is introduction, and my belief is that it is suited.<\/p>\n
I plan to run one or several intro games via Google+ Hangout within a few weeks. My target is based on the release of Tabletop Forge, which is a Hangout App for playing RPGs.<\/p>\n