The One Ring (role-playing game)
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The One Ring is a role-playing game published by Cubicle 7 Entertainment (under license from Sophisticated Games), released in August 2011. The game is written by Francesco Nepitello, and features artwork by John Howe and other artists.[1][2] In November 2019, the publisher decided to end the licensing agreement with Sophisticated Games, due to contractual differences.[3] In 2021, a new edition has been announced on Kickstarter, for crowdfunding, under the publisher Free League and began to be shipped to supporters in October of the same year.[4] Having fulfilled all deliveries to the backers, Free League has officially released the RPG for wider retail purchase, on the 22nd of March 2022.[5][6]
Setting[edit | edit source]
The initial release (originally planned to be first of a trilogy), The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild, is based in the area of northern Mirkwood, after the events of The Hobbit and before the War of the Ring.[2][7] The Second Edition of The One Ring is now set in the lone-lands of Eriador, in the year 2965 of the Third Age, moving the focus of the game to the lands of Old Arnor, with a full description of the town of Bree, including also famous locales like Weathertop, Fornost and Annuminas, providing the players with a new starting point for their adventures.[4]
Game system[edit | edit source]
The One Ring uses custom dice, specifically a twelve sided die numbered 1-10, the "Eye of Sauron", and the "Gandalf" Rune (a Cirth G rune, r), and 6 sided dice numbered normally, but with the 1-3 being in outline, 4-5 solid, and 6 solid having also the Tengwar Lambe rune, j. Standard 12-sided dice can be used, counting 11 as Sauron, and 12 as Gandalf, and standard 6 sided dice as well.[8]
Publications[edit | edit source]
First edition published by Cubicle 7 Entertainment
- 2011: The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild
- Loremaster's Book (for GMs)
- Adventurer's Book (for players)
- 2012: Words of the Wise
- 2012: Tales from Wilderland
- 2012: The One Ring Dice Set
- 2012: Loremaster's Screen and Lake-town Sourcebook
- 2013: The Heart of the Wild
- 2013: Hobbit Tales from the Green Dragon Inn
- 2014: The One Ring Roleplaying Game, a revised edition of the core rules in a single 320-page hardback volume
- 2014: The Darkening of Mirkwood
- 2014: Rivendell
- 2015: Ruins of the North
- 2016: Journeys and Maps
- 2016: Erebor - The Lonely Mountain
- 2017: Adventurer's Companion
Second Edition published by Free League Publishing
- 2021: The One Ring, Second Edition
- Core Rules
- Starter Set
- Loremaster's Screen & Rivendell Compendium (for GMs)
- The One Ring Black Dice Set
- The One Ring White Dice Set
- 2022: Ruins of the Lost Realm
- 2022: Strider Mode
- 2023: Tales From the Lone-lands
External links[edit | edit source]
- The One Ring 1st Edition
(official page) - The One Ring 2nd Edition (official page)
References
- ↑ 'The One Ring' RPG at ICv2.com (accessed 20 April 2011)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cubicle7.co.uk (accessed 11 August 2011)
- ↑ Unexpected The One Ring 2 Update
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kickstarter Page of 'The One Ring'
- ↑ Kickstarter Update: Retail Release
- ↑ "The One Ring™ RPG Out Now!"
- ↑ The One Ring: Characters at Cubicle7.co.uk (accessed 20 June 2011)
- ↑ The One Ring RPG, Adventurer Book, pages 24-25
