We usually meet (and broadcasting via the Internet) on the THIRD Saturday of each month, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (Pacific Time). Meeting at Hawke's House and in the RPGSN.net and Jitsi online con...
Eä #Tolkien Society Meeting Notes for March 19th, 2022
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We usually meet (and broadcasting via the Internet) on the THIRD Saturday of each month, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (Pacific Time). Meeting at Hawke's House and in the RPGSN.net and Jitsi online con...
Ea Tolkien Society Smial, an official chapter of the U.K. Tolkien Society. Monthly meeting notes.
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Monthly meeting notes
http://www.merp.com/news/ea-tolkien-society-meeting-notes-for-september-18th-2021
Ea Tolkien Society upcoming meeting reminder
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MERP - Middle-earth Role Playing Tolkien RPG Community Website - Merp.com is the home of the international community dedicated to Role Playing gaming in J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth, Endor, Arda, Eä and beyond, using any RPG system. This is version 8 of the Merp.com website. Currently under development. The Merp.com website is for all fans of Role Playing Gaming in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and beyond. Whether you want to use Tolkien-specific game systems like ICE's MERP, Decipher's LotR (Lord of the Rings), Eä RPG, Cubicle 7 The One Ring RPG, or adapt your favorite generic system to Middle-each such as d20 D&D (Dungeons & Dragons), GURPS, BRP, Harnmaster, or others, Merp.com is the site to interact with a vibrant Tolkien gaming community. Merp.com is the home of the international community dedicated to Role Playing gaming in J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth, Endor, Arda, Eä and beyond, using any RPG system. Thank you for visiting this 100% community driven, non-commercial, volunteer-run website, dedicated to role playing gaming in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. We have been serving the Tolkien role-player gaming community online since 1998. Merp.com is NOT just about ICE's MERPS ( Iron Crown Enterprises Middle-earth Role-Playing System), Decipher's LotR RPG (Lord of the Rings Role Playing Game), or Cubicle 7's The One Ring. This site is about ANY gaming in the Middle-earth, Numenor, Valinor, Endor, Arda, or Eä settings, using ANY paper and dice role-playing gaming system you want in JRR Tolkien's related imaginary masterpiece of works. Be sure to visit the NEWS section for up to date information on Middle-earth gaming events, movies, website updates, and much more. Be sure to check out the DOWNLOADS section of the site with thousands of files related to gaming in Tolkien's universe, and new content added frequently by a community of thousands of registered users. NOTE ON DOWNLOADS: As has been the case for years, many of the files LINKED to from this site, are often links to servers that are NOT associated with Merp.com. Most notably, the ICE MERP downloads. Merp.com merely LINKS to these remote locations. Use caution since we have no control over those files. Site History Merp.com has been running as a BBS since 1994, and on the Internet since 1998. The latest major version (8.0) of this site was launched Wednesday, August 3rd 2011. As of October 21st, 2006, since September 2004, we had over 11,120 new registered users! Around 2008 we had over 18,000 registered and confirmed users. From 2001 to October 2004 we were steadily gaining 50,000+ hits per month over each previous month. in February 2004 we reached over 1,500,000+ unique visitors per month! Between the mirrors around the world, we were seeing an average of 10-20 Gigabytes a day in downloads! However, after 2005 we have seen this steadily decline, attributable to the loss of interest in the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies. Now a more loyal groups of many thousands remains with the site. We do expect this to spike once again with the new Hobbit Movies in 2012 and 2013 however, as once again, another new generation is introduced to the wonders of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In 2004, version 6.0 of Merp.com on Plone was launched on Plone 2.x. On May 9th, 2010, we "wiped the slate clean" and launched version 7.0 of Merp.com moving from Plone 2.5 to Plone 3.x On August 5th, 2011, we "wipde the slate clean" and launched version 8.0 of Merp.com, moving from Plone 3.x to Plone 4.1 This site is best viewed with a minimum screen resolution of at least 1024x768 Join the email list by sending blank email (from a non-Microsoft-based email) to merp-subscribe@merp.com Then look for the confirmation email (check your spam folder) after a few minutes. Reply to the confirmation email. You will then receive an email confirming you have been subscribed. Then you can post to the entire merp@merp.com email community (including many of the authors of many Tolkien RPG game systems and modules) by sending email to merp@merp.com. You can also join the real-time live Chatroom using either your favorite IRC application (such as Xchat) and pointing it to server: irc.merp.com room: #merpchat, or use our web-based Java applet here: http://www.merp.com/chat/ Contact Email: merpdotcom at gmail dot com or webmaster at merp dot com. Disclaimer Merp.com is an unofficial community website that is not approved or endorsed by saul Zaentz Inc. dba Tolkien Enterprises and Middle-earth Enterprises, The Tolkien Estate, New Line Cinema, Iron Crown Enterprises, Decipher Inc, Cubicle 7, or any of the other Tolkien license holders.
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Join the 15th annual Tolkien Moot middle-earth role-playing gaming and scholarly convention, beginning Saturday October 19th, 2019.
The creators of The One Ring Role-Playing Game (TOR), have created the first licensed D&D-based Middle-earth RPG, "Adventures in Middle-earth". Here is a preview from a decades-long Tolkien-based...
http://www.merp.com/news/preview-of-adventures-in-middle-earth-rpg
After the sudden closure of the collocation facility where our servers were hosted, we have been slowly trying to get everything back online. The email server hosting merp@merp.com is not yet bac...
A reminder that the monthly Eä Tolkien Society is meeting Saturday, April 16th, 2016, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, in Spokane, Washington, and online...
It is long overdue, but the archives from the old Merp.com server are finally being transferred to this, the new server.
Tolkien Moot XIII begins in just 10 days! 7:30 am, July 15th, 2017!
http://www.merp.com/news/10-days-to-tolkienmoot-xiii-rsvp-today
"TomeNET is a multiplayer fantasy dungeon exploration game based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. "
UPDATE: As of May, books are starting to arrive! -- Those that preordered the Loremaster's Guide for the Open Game License (OGL) of D&D 5th Edition (5e) adaptation to Middle-earth based on Cubicl...
http://www.merp.com/news/middle-earth-d20-loremasters-guide-delayed
While I received the PDFs many months ago, I finally received the hard copies of the d20 Tolkien RPG System based on The One Ring (TOR) by Cubicle 7: "Adventures in Middle-earth Players guide" fo...
http://www.merp.com/news/adventures-in-middle-earth-d-d-5e-tolkien-based-gaming
After years of the Plone developers not resolving the problem with registration spam that I was reporting, one of the developers finally helped me directly, and after several stop-gap attempts, t...
http://www.merp.com/news/merp-com-user-registration-back-online
The Tolkien Society monthly meeting & broadcast has been rescheduled to August 20th, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Pacific time.
http://www.merp.com/news/ea-tolkien-society-august-2016-meeting-moved-to-aug-20
A quick reminder that the Eä Tolkien Society's Annual Tolkien Moot XII Begins July 16, 2016!
A community member kindly linked to some useful tables for improving the use of ICE MERPS...
The merp.com forum is now back online!
Just a quick reminder to join the Tolkien Society for our monthly meeting, on the second Saturday of each month, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (Pacific Time). For this month it will be December 12th.
http://www.merp.com/news/reminder-ea-tolkien-society-december-2015-meeting
While the website and email servers are at a nice colo, the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) was still running on the old server at a house. That city has been without power or Internet since November 1...
http://www.merp.com/news/due-to-massive-power-outage-irc-down-since-tuesday-nov-17
We had some technical issues requiring disabling of users creating new accounts. We believe those issues are now resolved. You can now create your own accounts on the website so that you can part...
http://www.merp.com/news/website-user-account-self-registration-now-available
Just a quick reminder to join us for our monthly meeting, Saturday, September 12th, at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (Pacific Time).
http://www.merp.com/news/reminder-ea-tolkien-society-september-12-2015-meeting-1-00-pm
MERP - Middle-earth Role Playing Tolkien RPG Community Website - Merp.com is the home of the international community dedicated to Role Playing gaming in J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth, Endor, Arda, Eä and beyond, using any RPG system. This is version 8 of the Merp.com website. Currently under development. The Merp.com website is for all fans of Role Playing Gaming in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and beyond. Whether you want to use Tolkien-specific game systems like ICE's MERP, Decipher's LotR (Lord of the Rings), Eä RPG, Cubicle 7 The One Ring RPG, or adapt your favorite generic system to Middle-each such as d20 D&D (Dungeons & Dragons), GURPS, BRP, Harnmaster, or others, Merp.com is the site to interact with a vibrant Tolkien gaming community. Merp.com is the home of the international community dedicated to Role Playing gaming in J.R.R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth, Endor, Arda, Eä and beyond, using any RPG system. Thank you for visiting this 100% community driven, non-commercial, volunteer-run website, dedicated to role playing gaming in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. We have been serving the Tolkien role-player gaming community online since 1998. Merp.com is NOT just about ICE's MERPS ( Iron Crown Enterprises Middle-earth Role-Playing System), Decipher's LotR RPG (Lord of the Rings Role Playing Game), or Cubicle 7's The One Ring. This site is about ANY gaming in the Middle-earth, Numenor, Valinor, Endor, Arda, or Eä settings, using ANY paper and dice role-playing gaming system you want in JRR Tolkien's related imaginary masterpiece of works. Be sure to visit the NEWS section for up to date information on Middle-earth gaming events, movies, website updates, and much more. Be sure to check out the DOWNLOADS section of the site with thousands of files related to gaming in Tolkien's universe, and new content added frequently by a community of thousands of registered users. NOTE ON DOWNLOADS: As has been the case for years, many of the files LINKED to from this site, are often links to servers that are NOT associated with Merp.com. Most notably, the ICE MERP downloads. Merp.com merely LINKS to these remote locations. Use caution since we have no control over those files. Site History Merp.com has been running as a BBS since 1994, and on the Internet since 1998. The latest major version (8.0) of this site was launched Wednesday, August 3rd 2011. As of October 21st, 2006, since September 2004, we had over 11,120 new registered users! Around 2008 we had over 18,000 registered and confirmed users. From 2001 to October 2004 we were steadily gaining 50,000+ hits per month over each previous month. in February 2004 we reached over 1,500,000+ unique visitors per month! Between the mirrors around the world, we were seeing an average of 10-20 Gigabytes a day in downloads! However, after 2005 we have seen this steadily decline, attributable to the loss of interest in the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies. Now a more loyal groups of many thousands remains with the site. We do expect this to spike once again with the new Hobbit Movies in 2012 and 2013 however, as once again, another new generation is introduced to the wonders of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In 2004, version 6.0 of Merp.com on Plone was launched on Plone 2.x. On May 9th, 2010, we "wiped the slate clean" and launched version 7.0 of Merp.com moving from Plone 2.5 to Plone 3.x On August 5th, 2011, we "wipde the slate clean" and launched version 8.0 of Merp.com, moving from Plone 3.x to Plone 4.1 This site is best viewed with a minimum screen resolution of at least 1024x768 Join the email list by sending blank email (from a non-Microsoft-based email) to merp-subscribe@merp.com Then look for the confirmation email (check your spam folder) after a few minutes. Reply to the confirmation email. You will then receive an email confirming you have been subscribed. Then you can post to the entire merp@merp.com email community (including many of the authors of many Tolkien RPG game systems and modules) by sending email to merp@merp.com. You can also join the real-time live Chatroom using either your favorite IRC application (such as Xchat) and pointing it to server: irc.merp.com room: #merpchat, or use our web-based Java applet here: http://www.merp.com/chat/ Contact Email: merpdotcom at gmail dot com or webmaster at merp dot com. Disclaimer Merp.com is an unofficial community website that is not approved or endorsed by saul Zaentz Inc. dba Tolkien Enterprises and Middle-earth Enterprises, The Tolkien Estate, New Line Cinema, Iron Crown Enterprises, Decipher Inc, Cubicle 7, or any of the other Tolkien license holders.
http://www.merp.com/downloads/arda-marred/news/a-major-update-to-arda-marred
New Action: Interrogation, simplified Earnings and Experience rules during Everyday Life, PCs can now receive more than one XP per Aspect Level and day in Adventures, XP levels needed have been d...
http://www.merp.com/downloads/arda-marred/news/arda-marred-update-1
New Action: Orienteering, Name elements for Northmen added to the names table, Difficulty Level added to Aspect Levels table.
http://www.merp.com/downloads/arda-marred/news/arda-marred-update
the purist table-top Arda RPG!
http://www.merp.com/downloads/arda-marred/news/huge-update-to-arda-marred
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