Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games announce that they are developing The One Ring: The Lord of the Rings® Role-playing Game

[News from Bree]

Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games are proud to announce that they are jointly developing The One Ring: The Lord of the Rings® Role-playing Game.

"We're tremendously excited about The One Ring," said Dominic McDowall-Thomas, Cubicle 7 Director. "Our aim is to give our audience an authentic Middle-earth gaming experience, one that really captures the feel of Tolkien's world."

The designer and lead writer of this project, Francesco Nepitello, is a games industry veteran, best known for the hugely successful and critically acclaimed War of the Ring strategy board game, which he designed with The One Ring co-designer Marco Maggi and Roberto di Meglio. More..

 

[Donry]

this could be very cool.......might start get excited about this one....might.....if......if....

 

[Arda Frog]

I emailed these guys multiple times and here is what I learned about this game...

License covers these Tolkien writings...

Hobbit & Appendixes
Fellowship of the Ring & Appendixes
The Two Towers & Appendixes
The Return of the King & Appendixes

Art...

We are using brand new art for the game from a variety of artists including John Howe and Jon Hodgson.

How will the RPG be packaged...

The current plan is for the game to be a boxed set, so the books will be softcovers...although that could change

Dice...

The game will have custom dice in it, although you can get by with using regular d6 too if you wanted to.

2010 Release Date...

Yes, if all goes well it should be released towards the end of the year (November is our target at present).

 

[Otaku-sempai]

Can I assume that this didn't happen? Is the game still on track for release?

 

[Arda Frog]

They told me Gencon 2011 will be its debut. It will hit store shelves after that convention.

Its a long wait, but they don't want to rush it.