The first product for Decipher's new The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game – the Core Book – launched at Gen Con 2002 in Milwaukee and is now available! Built upon Decipher's 'Coda' System, the Core Book features a magic system that perfectly captures the flavor of Tolkien's Middle-earth.Beautifully illustrated with images from The Fellowship of the Ring film, the Core Book contains both player and narrator sections with full guidelines for creating player characters, background information about the lands and people of Middle-earth, and complete gameplay rules.

Prepare to create your own Fellowship!

Sample Pages from the LOTR RPG Core Book:
Character Archetype: Elf
Character Creation Sheet (PDF)
Excerpts from Chapter One: There and Back Again (Chapter opener, The Shire)
Excerpts from Chapter Three: The Free Peoples (Chapter opener)
Excerpts from Chapter Four: Warriors, Wizards and Kings (sample character class, "Noble")
Excerpts from Chapter Five: Ringing Anvils and Rhymes of Lore (Chapter opener, sample skills)
Excerpts from Chapter Seven: Words of Power and Runes of Might (Master Spell Table)
Excerpts from Chapter Twelve:The Fear and The Shadow (Chapter opener)