Pulp Hero Posted January 1 Clone Share Posted January 1 Happy 2024 to all. Just wanted to see if there's anyone interested in playing The One Ring 1st Edition. I've played a few in-person games in the past, but they never got very far (for a variety of reasons). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladim Posted January 1 Clone Share Posted January 1 As a huge TOR fan, I would love to see more games on the Weave. First edition, second edition-it doesn't matter for me, both are great! I lack the time or energy to commit to another game right now, but I'd love to quietly lurk and observe how another GM (Loremaster?) would run things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choomie Posted January 1 Clone Share Posted January 1 I've always wanted to play TOR. I'm yet to experience either edition, but if there's a game open, I'd really like a chance to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulp Hero Posted January 1 Author Clone Share Posted January 1 7 minutes ago, Choomie said: I've always wanted to play TOR. I'm yet to experience either edition, but if there's a game open, I'd really like a chance to participate. Do you have any of the books for the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuki Stumpy Posted January 2 Clone Share Posted January 2 Like @Vladim I'm always happy to see more Tolkien love here on the Weave. Sadly, I don't really have the bandwidth to commit to any more games at present otherwise I'd be in there like a shot, but I'm certain that if you run it you'll get a reasonable amount of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choomie Posted January 2 Clone Share Posted January 2 4 hours ago, Pulp Hero said: Do you have any of the books for the game? I can borrow the rulebook from my buddy, I think he has the first edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paula36 Posted January 5 Clone Share Posted January 5 I'd like to try the first edition of the game, that's what I have books for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Bear Posted January 6 Clone Share Posted January 6 There's a great character creator for TOR and I played two different games (not long, sadly they both died) and loved both of them and my characters. I do have a flock of first edition PDFs but have not been able to get second... Good thing this is going to be 1e :) (assuming I applied) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladim Posted January 6 Clone Share Posted January 6 I'd love to run Oaths of the Riddermark one day, but I still need to finish Tales from Wilderland, and at the current rate it will take my group another two years at least to finish the remaining adventures. To say nothing of Darkening of Mirkwood, which is a beast of a campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cailano Posted January 14 Clone Share Posted January 14 @Vladim this thread probably isn't the place but I'd love to hear your take on the differences between a D&D campaign and a One Ring campaign. Not just mechanically but thematically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amrandirst Posted January 14 Clone Share Posted January 14 I would be up for TOR too! I played 1e a very little bit, not much past character creation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacesong Posted January 14 Clone Share Posted January 14 What are the big differences between 1e and 2e? I am only familiar with the recent Free League release with all the Martin Grip art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladim Posted January 14 Clone Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, cailano said: @Vladim this thread probably isn't the place but I'd love to hear your take on the differences between a D&D campaign and a One Ring campaign. Not just mechanically but thematically. That's probably too broad a question, esp. because there's tons of D&D editions... so it depends on the edition in question. In a nutshell, and in my (probably biased) experience/opinion, 5e always ends up being power fantasy (even when used to support another "genre" like horror; the mechanics and most 5e player attitudes always "pull" it in the power fantasy direction). TOR is a bit of a strange beast: it's a hyperspecialized system that's meant to do one thing, and one thing only: support through its mechanics the kind of stories that are thematically like Tolkien's (set in Middle-Earth at very specific times and places). The stories themselves end up pretty grounded, but still hopeful and somewhat heroic, though definitely not superheroes like 5e. I think TOR mostly succeeds, but again, I am biased: I quite like TOR. Not everyone does, though. This is definitely tongue in cheek, and definitely oversimplified, but it may give you the hint of an answer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladim Posted January 14 Clone Share Posted January 14 21 minutes ago, Spacesong said: What are the big differences between 1e and 2e? I am only familiar with the recent Free League release with all the Martin Grip art. Small but substantial, and many. Some of the biggest are traits, hope and attributes: they all work quite differently in 1e. But there's tons of small differences on top of those. I think there's a document summarising all differences... somewhere. I can perhaps try to track it down if you really-really want it. And the settings is different: 2e is Eriador circa 2965, I think, whereas 1e is Wilderland about 2945 (and there's a campaign in Eriador and another in Rohan, too-but most of the products are around Wilderland). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacesong Posted January 14 Clone Share Posted January 14 22 minutes ago, Vladim said: Small but substantial, and many. Some of the biggest are traits, hope and attributes: they all work quite differently in 1e. But there's tons of small differences on top of those. I think there's a document summarising all differences... somewhere. I can perhaps try to track it down if you really-really want it. And the settings is different: 2e is Eriador circa 2965, I think, whereas 1e is Wilderland about 2945 (and there's a campaign in Eriador and another in Rohan, too-but most of the products are around Wilderland). Why the preference toward 1e? Just a matter of what you have/folks familiarity with the older edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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