On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Faustus von Goethe wrote:
> On other lists I have heard that ICE lost LotR and that the only conclusion
> was that WotC would / had picked it up. This could be disinformation,
> though - anybody know details?
ICE has indeed lost the Middle-Earth licence. It is likely that Tolkien
Enterprises will try to cut a deal with Hasbro/WOTC on the RPG front as
being the most likely candidate company to provide sufficient
payback. The LotR card game license has already gone to Decipher.
>
> >Whew! Sorry. But I've never been hapy with the I.C.E. stuff, and I've never
> >felt D&D captured the feel of LotR.
MERP fans indicate that the source material in the later ICE modules was
capturing the Tolkien legacy - it's always been the system that they have
problems with.
Regards,
Nicholas HM Caldwell
freelance writer, and editor for:
http://www.guildcompanion.com/
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