News http://www.earpg.com Site News daily 1 2012-03-29T06:24:12Z Ea d20 3.5 Deluxe 4 Page Character Sheet High resolution now available with new updates. http://www.earpg.com/news/ea-d20-3.5-deluxe-4-page-character-sheet-high-resolution-now-available-with-new-updates A number of layout tweaks have been made to the Ea d20 3.5 Character sheet. This is the high resolution 4 page deluxe sheet. The tweaks made are ... Added field for Comliness (optional), Sense Magic Broadcast, Sense Magic Residue, Casting DC Racial modifier, Casting DC Int modifier, Miscellaneous DC mods, Base casting DC, Total casting DC.

Download here:

http://earpg.com/documents/ea-d20-rpg/eae-d20-3.5-rpg/Ea-D20-RPG-D-D-3.5-Deluxe-Character-Sheet-All-4-Pages-20110801b.pdf/view

Enjoy!

]]> No publisher Eä Admin 2011-08-02T21:59:01Z News Item New Release of Eä Tolkien RPG Basic Rules Players Manual and Character Sheet http://www.earpg.com/news/new-release-of-eae-rpg-basic-rules-players-manual-and-character-sheet The Eä Role Playing Game System Basic Ruels, is a basic system for Tolkien RPG - Tolkien Role Playing Gaming in Middle-earth and beyond. All the notes and changes from the latest game testing have now been merged into the latest version of the Character Sheet and the Player's Guide. Changes are still being made to the GM's manual. The latest Players Manual and Character Sheet are now available for download.  

Character Sheet:

Added field for Gender/Sex

Added field damage reduction (if wearing armor)

removed redundant "other details" field.

Added basic set of equipment in "other belongings" section, since every character will stat out with that. This may or may not be kept in future revisions, but was suggested by players, we will see how that pans out.

Moved around sizes and positions of Posessions boxes.

 

Player's Manual

Numerous grammatical, layout, and redundancy fixes made.

Numerous clarifications of text made, to more clearly explain the system.

Moved around the order of character creation, and reduced by 2 steps to simplify, now only 8 steps instead of 10.

Added Equipment list, a shorter version than what is in the GM's guide, but equipment that most players would want to have information on, especially weapons, armor, rations, clothing, etc. Added details for the equipment, pricing (first round, needs feedback and testing to see if prices work), weapon damage, ranges, armor with damage absorption ratings.

Added Homelands information and basic lists for each race to either choose from or roll.

Clarified that can use Song of Arda (rolling) or Self-Determiniation (choosing/points) at each step, not locked into one or the other through all the steps, it is whatever the player/GM most comfortable with.

Many other changes and updates.

Scheduling next game testing session shortly.

Appreciate any feedback from anyone downloading and trying this out on your own, all feedback is appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> No publisher Hawke 2011-08-01T10:20:00Z News Item Game testing session completed, significant updates coming for Eä RPG Basic Rules http://www.earpg.com/news/game-testing-session-completed-significant-updates-coming-for-eae-rpg-basic-rules We had a productive game testing session Thursday. I am merging all the comments, tweaks, updates, and fixes. Should have these available for download around Tuesday, August 4th as updated Players Guide, updated GM's guide, and updated Character sheet. Watch for them! Also a lot more work completed on the Standard and Advanced Rules, Should have updates in a week or two. Oh, and also releasing the Tolkien Moot 2011 campaign "Against All Their Enemies" at the end of the week (around August 9th or so) to include Ea RPG Basic Rules stats, and Standard Rules, as well as MERP, 2nd Edition AD&D, 3.5 Ea d20 RPG, and the brand new "The One Ring" RPG by Cubicle 7. So anyone using any of those systems can use the campaign/adventures right away, or easily convert to other systems from any of those included. Lots happening! Namarie! No publisher Hawke 2011-07-31T08:07:52Z News Item Other Minds Magazine Issue 12 Published http://www.earpg.com/news/other-minds-magazine-issue-12-published Other Minds Magazine, Issue #12 has been published! This time, we have four excellent contributions, dealing with a broad range of Middle-earth topics. The purpose of Other Minds Magazine is to provide Tolkien-related content of interest to Tolkien enthusiasts of all kinds and more specifically, information usable by those who love to use role playing games to enjoy the many facets of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginary universe containing Middle-earth, Númenor, Endor, Arda and all of Eä, using whatever game system desired.

Download: Other Minds Magazine Issue 12 PDF (8.3 MB - 8,690,172 bytes)

Download: Excel Form Survey XLS (88 KB - 90,112 bytes)

Download Zip file containing PDF and XLS files: OM 12 Bundle (8.1 MB - 8,542,207 bytes)

http://www.omzine.org

Topics

Editorial:
Some news, mostly about the state of the new game by Cubicle 7. In short, it's almost there!

Inside Information:
Some information about internal topics, primarily about the survey results so far.

"Númenórean Longevity Revisited" by myself
A short discussion about some topics of the Númenórean longevity that had not been
addressed in the OM6 article.

"An Unexpected Party" by David Daines
The description of the painting of a great Middle-earth miniature set and its inclusion in an
even more formidable diorama.

"The Phenomenon of 'Eternal Realms' in Middle-earth RPG settings" by myself
Discussion about a frequent phenomenon seen in past Middle-earth RPG publications.

"Quendi" by Daniel 'Vaco' Vacaflores
An extensive discussion about the various elvish peoples in Middle-earth. Complete with
stats for Vacos own system as well as MERP.

In addition to this, we were able to illustrate all this with the images of several great artists.
These were (in alphabetical order): Catherine Karina Chmiel, John Howe, Ted Nasmith, Jan
Pospisil and Tuuliky.

Have fun with our most recent Issue!

For the OM team
Thomas Morwinsky


Visit Other Minds - a free international journal devoted to role-playing and
scholarly interests in J.R.R. Tolkien's works

http://www.othermindsmagazine.com

]]> No publisher Hawke 2011-07-26T18:21:12Z News Item Live From Tolkien Moot 7 - Middle-earth Talk Radio Show 35 http://www.earpg.com/news/live-from-tolkien-moot-7-middle-earth-talk-radio-show-35 Episode 35 of Middle-earth Talk Radio was broadcast live from the Tolkien Moot VII convention in Spokane, Washington, USA, with a live "studio" audience, and live Internet audience listening to the simulcast audio and viewing the video, while posting and answering questions from the local audience and the live chat room. Special guest co-host this year was Brian Huseland of the Inland Empire Tolkien Society. http://middle-earthradio.com/news/live-from-tolkien-moot-7-middle-earth-talk-radio-show-35

 

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Brian Huseland special guest co-host, from the Inland Empire Tolkien Society
  • Administrivia
  • Using the chatroom (still applies even though Tolkien Moot over)
  • Send email to middleearthradio at gmail dot com for questions
  • Discussion on The Hobbit films currently in production
  • Earlier attempts to bring Tolkien's stories to film
  • The Rankin Bass films
  • Evolution of getitng the P.J. Hobbit film made, had to make LotR first, before could make The Hobbit due to licensing issues
  • The lawsuits over the P.J. Lord of the Rings movies
  • P.J. and King Kong, and other projects
  • Guillermo Del Toro's comes and goes.
  • Tolkien Trust lawsuit settlement
  • Picking nits on the Dwarven appearances
  • Beards (and lack thereof)
  • The hoods
  • Andy Serkis, The Hobbit (gollum), King Kong (2 roles), and other roles in other productions
  • Serikis also directing unit 2 in The Hobbit
  • Sir Ian McKellen reprising role of Gandalf
  • Christopher Lee returning in role  as Saruman
  • Hugo Weaving as Elrond
  • and many of the LotR cast in returning roles
  • During the broadcast we maxxed out the server settings (configured for 50 simultaneous users), had to reconfigure on the fly, then stayed around the 50-70 connected users
  • Lord of the Rings Radio Show (with Orson Wells? audience member asking)  Anyone know?
  • Hobbit cast very international, and wide range of English speaking countries
  • Peter Jackson and his horror side and darker side overly darkening The Hobbit
  • Hobbit less epic, more focused
  • Filming The Hobbit Films - Unexpected Journey and There and Back Again - filming in 48 frames per second, and filming in 3D
  • Comments on Thorin
  • Where will film 1 end, and film2 begin?
  • Filling the gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
  • The pieces of The Hobbit more than enough to make 2 movies with just the material of the book without needing "filler", Hawke quickly summarizes many of the parts
  • How long will the movies be?
  • The 3 Trolls need to speak
  • Using WETA workshop and many of the same sets
  • The White Council
  • Dol Guldur
  • Galadriel
  • Radagast
  • The role playing campaign "Against All Their Enemies" and The Necromancer of Dol Guldur's involvement
  • Role playing gaming news, Cubicle 7 releasing new Lord of the Rings role playing game Into the Wild, August 31st, 2011 (pre-releases at Gen Con August 4-7, and 175 pre-released via website)
  • Campaign of Cubicle 7 set in the time between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
  • Video games
  • Figurines
  • Games Workshop overpriced, and very ruthless on their license with hobby stores
  • What is going on with Mithril Miniatures?
  • Most of the Tolkien gamers I know won't buy Games Workshop because they are so overpriced
  • Maybe end first film with the attack on Dol Guldur? (Internet chatroom statement)
  • Lord of the Rings Monopoly
  • The Hobbit board game by Fantasy Flight Games
  • PS/2 Games Lord of the Rings
  • Lord of the Rings Online - LotrO
  • Mithril still doing miniatures based on non-P.J. sources, Games Workshop P.J. based licenses
  • United Cutlery losing the license to Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit
  • Frank Jones, vendor at Tolkien Moot providing chainmail, and had brought some United Cutlery Lord of the Rings swords
  • Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings huge economic impact on New Zealand
  • The New Zealand Actors Union guild strike
  • Who in the USA had heard much of New Zealand befor ethe LotR PJ movies
  •  Xena and Hercules filmed in New Zealand?
  • Parodies of Lord of the Rings (many)
  • "How the Lord of the Rings Should Have Ended"
  • Bored of the Rings
  •  Tasteful and tasteless merchandising
  • Tolkien Enterprises changed name to Middle-earth Enterprises, less confusing with the Tolkien Estate and Tolkien Trust
  •  Tolkien Moot theme "Tolkien & Trees"
  • The U.K. Tolkien Society Seminar 2011 "Tolkien & Trees" July 30th, will read Hawke's paper "in abscentia" and publish with the other papers afterwards
  •  Last year Tolkien Moot theme - Elves - Rehtaeh Elvish Singer
  • 2 years before - Dwarves
  • Some years before Numenoreans
  • Ents, Huorns, Old Man Willow, White Tree of Numenor, Telperion, etc.
  • Tolkien balanced view of man living with nature, against the wanton destruction
  • Why does Tolkien's stories set in a "past" like other past stories, why do they have more appeal to many than if the same stories were  placed in a more contemporary setting.
  • Lynn Burns made Hawke's Numenorean outfit
  • Tolkien Moot VIII 2012 will be at the 1913 English Tudor Mansion April 20-22
  • This is the last year of Tolkien Moot for free (7 years). 2012 will no longer be fully free event.
  • Incorporating as a non-profit
  • Will be accepting interns and dedicated volunteers
  • Going much larger next year
  • Wrapping up
  • July 17th, 2011 show
  • The Hobbit will be filmed in 3D
  • More comments from local and Internet audience
  • John Travolta "Battlefield Earth" film
  • Howard Shore creating Hobbit Soundtrack
  • Please P.J. keep lots of music and poems and singing and playing instruments!
]]> No publisher Hawke 2011-07-26T18:18:59Z News Item RSVP Now Tolkien Moot 2011 http://www.earpg.com/news/rsvp-now-tolkien-moot-2011 July 15, 16, & 17. Seating is limited, so hurry and RSVP! http://www.tolkienmoot.org

Tolkien Moot VII (2011) will take place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on July 15, 16, & 17 at the Ramada Suites Limited on 9601 N. Newport Highway, Spokane, Washington, 99218.

TolkienMoot admittance is still FREE and open to the publc this year, but you must RSVP to reserve your seat.

July 15th, Friday registration begins at 3:00 pm.

Friday events run from 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm.

Saturday begins at 9:00 am and ends 9:00 pm.

Sunday begins at 11:00 am and ends 6:00 pm.

See the Schedule Page for the up to date schedule of events.

See the Location & Accomodations Page for directions and other information.

See the About Page for information about Tolkien Moot, guest speakers, and past events.

Seating is limited, so fill out the RSVP Online form ASAP: http://www.tolkienmoot.org/arc/rsvp/

]]> No publisher Hawke 2011-06-09T03:44:58Z News Item Ea d20 D&D 3.5 Tolkien RPG Magic in Middle-earth significant updates Revision 20110522e http://www.earpg.com/news/ea-d20-d-d-3.5-tolkien-rpg-magic-in-middle-earth-significant-updates-revision-20110522e It has been a bit of a long hiatus, but a fair bit of progress has been made. I finally managed to upload some pieces that I updated a while ago, and added some other tweaks recently. They are all now on the http://www.earpg.com website in the Documents section ready for download and feedback in the forum... Just an FYI for those who might not have known, there are TWO separate
email lists for Ea RPGS. One is for the d20 rules, and the other is for
the Ea RPG System rules. Many people are on the d20 list, and only a
handful currently on the Ea RPG System list. Last week I had the first
play testing session of the Ea RPG Basic System, and made many updates
accordingly.

If you wish to be on the other list as well,  either ask me to add your
email to that list, or send a blank email to:

earpgs-subscribe@earpg.com

Look for the confirmation email and reply to it.

Then you should get a "welcome to the list" email.


On the Ea d20 books, I did some more clean up on the Races & Cultures
text. I need help from folks to get this tome to the final stage though.

Where the more significant update for Ea d20 is the Magic In Middle-
earth tome. It has been significantly cleaned up to be easier to
understand the various formulae for casting, difficulty checks for
casting, casting failure, fortitude spell cast check failure, etc. I
added some tables, plenty of additional text, explanations, and
examples.

I also integrated some of the documents that used to be  separate files
into the single "Magic in Middle-earth" Ea d20 rulebook.

Additionally, I more clearly defined the "required" core rules for
magic, and the listed all the others that are purely optional for DMs
and players to decide if they want to use or not.


I am debating whether to make the whole Spell Points thing optional as
well. Feedback appreciated.

Please check them out, and provide feedback, especially any play testing
results.

Namarie!
--
-Hawke
Ea Role-playing Game Systems dedicated to gaming in Tolkien's universe
and beyond...
http://www.earpg.com

Roleplayer since 1979
Gamemaster since 1984

]]> No publisher Eä Admin 2011-05-24T09:35:00Z News Item Eä RPG Basic System Gamemaster Rulebook Draft Version I 2011 May 21 PDF http://www.earpg.com/news/eae-rpg-basic-system-gamemaster-rulebook-draft-version-i-2011-may-21-pdf The new GM's guidebook now available. The old Basic rulebook has been split in twain into separate Players guide and GM's guide. Many changes to the book made, equipment lists, action and combat system changes, and areas asking for community feedback (please post suggestions in the forum). Enjoy!

http://earpg.com/documents/ea-rpg-system-core-rulebook/eae-rpgs-basic-system/Ea-RPGS-Basic-System-GM-Guidebook-20110521i.pdf/view

]]> No publisher Eä Admin 2011-05-21T20:08:25Z News Item New Character Sheet Revision Available for Basic System. Revision 20110521d PDF http://www.earpg.com/news/new-character-sheet-revision-available-for-basic-system.-revision-20110521d-pdf Made a number of tweaks and changes based on playtesting. Enjoy! Available here:

http://earpg.com/documents/ea-rpg-system-core-rulebook/eae-rpgs-basic-system/Ea-RPGS-Basic-Character-Sheet-20110521d.pdf/view

]]> No publisher Eä Admin 2011-05-21T20:05:37Z News Item Eä RPG Basic System Players Rulebook Draft Version D 2011 May 21 PDF http://www.earpg.com/news/eae-rpg-basic-system-players-rulebook-draft-version-d-2011-may-21-pdf After some initial play testing, a number of were made. The core rulebook has been split into 2 separate books, the Players rulebook, and the Gamemasters rulebook. Many enhancements and changes to details and some mechanics after initial play test. Also looking for additional community feedback. Please post in the forum your suggestions. Overview fo some changes made:

Character Generation

Monetary System

Actions and combat systems.

and more...

 

Download here:

http://earpg.com/documents/ea-rpg-system-core-rulebook/eae-rpgs-basic-system/Ea-RPGS-Basic-System-Player-Guidebook-20110520j.pdf/view

]]> No publisher Eä Admin 2011-05-21T20:03:53Z News Item Eä RPG Basic System Core Rulebook Draft Version 20101106f PDF http://www.earpg.com/news/eae-rpg-basic-system-core-rulebook-draft-version-20101106f-pdf A lot of additions this time around, much closer to completion... Here is a summary of some of thekey updates:

  • Equipment beginning to be filled out (no prices yet, still working out coinage rules).
  • Adjusted the points and base Attribute scores, so that maximum is 9 rather than 10.
  • Changes to both the "Song of Arda" (rolling) and Self-determination (points allocation) rules.
  • Started on figuring out a money system (will likely be revised again from feedback from others thankfully).
  • Began an Herbs, medicines, and poisons section (will basically be from the Hands of the healer, with any tweaks from elsewhere).
  • Established some ideas on basic beginning equipment, and options for roleplaying getting more.
  • Created lengthy list of categories and titles for "Character Paths" (Professions).
  • Established 10 steps from character creation to beginning play. 
  • Established how health is calculated.
  • Tons of editorial updates.

 

Enjoy!

]]> No publisher Eä Admin 2010-11-07T21:18:22Z News Item Ea RPG Basic System Core Rulebook Draft Version 20101021e PDF http://www.earpg.com/news/ea-rpg-basic-system-core-rulebook-draft-version-20101021e-pdf Another draft version of the Ea RPG Basic System Core Rulebook. Download here:

 

http://www.earpg.com/documents/ea-rpg-system-core-rulebook/eae-rpgs-basic-system/Ea-RPGS-Basic-System-Rulebook-20101021e.pdf

]]> No publisher Eä Admin 2010-10-22T11:04:24Z News Item Ea RPG Basic System Core Rulebook Draft Version 20101020d PDF http://www.earpg.com/news/ea-rpg-basic-system-core-rulebook-draft-version-20101020d-pdf Anotehr snapshot of the basic rules now available. Download PDF here:

http://earpg.com/documents/ea-rpg-system-core-rulebook/eae-rpgs-basic-system/Ea-RPGS-Basic-System-Rulebook-20101020d.pdf/view

]]> No publisher Eä Admin 2010-10-21T01:51:59Z News Item Ea RPG Basic System Character Sheet Revision 20101020b PDF Now Available for Download http://www.earpg.com/news/ea-rpg-basic-system-character-sheet-revision-20101020b-pdf-now-available-for-download Though the rulebook is still in a very rough draft shape, the character sheet is fairly close to completion (pending additional feedback from game testers). Please download, use, and provide feedback on requested adjustments (if any):

http://earpg.com/documents/ea-rpg-system-core-rulebook/eae-rpgs-basic-system/Ea-RPGS-Basic-Character-Sheet-20101020b.pdf/view

 

 

]]> No publisher Eä Admin 2010-10-20T18:18:57Z News Item Eä RPG Basic System Core Rules Draft Version 20101019c pdf Now available for download http://www.earpg.com/news/eae-rpg-basic-system-core-rules-draft-version-20101019c-pdf-now-available-for-download This is still in a VERY rough draft format, with many notes, and very little editing. But should get some of the ideas across. This is not quite  ready for full use, but is getting closer. I am working on creating a few characters next using the rules, and will edit the rules as I create the characters (using the character sheets coming soon). After a few characters have been created (and related edits), I will upload the next revision.

Enjoy!

http://www.earpg.com/documents/ea-rpg-system-core-rulebook/eae-rpgs-basic-system/Ea-RPGS-Basic-Version-20101019c.pdf/view

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