Middle-earth Role Playing

Middle-Earth Role Playing
  • a complete system for adventuring in
  • J. R. R. Tolkien's World
MERP rulebook cover, 1st edition
DesignersColeman Charlton
PublishersIron Crown Enterprises
Publication1984 (1st edition)
1986 (2nd edition)
1993 (collectors 2nd edition)
GenresFantasy
SystemsStreamlined Rolemaster
ISBN0-915795-18-3

Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) is a 1984 tabletop role-playing game based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit under license from Tolkien Enterprises. Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) published the game until they lost the license on 22 September 1999.[1]

  1. ^ "Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-14.