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Good video, seems like a worthwhile purchase. The fortress series seems like a good series of books. As always I enjoy the info on military, tactics and terrain, something that's lacking in the newer Tolkien rpg books. Nice expansion of Tolkien's work.

I haven't played MERP in years, it was always a bit of a love hate relationship - I liked the rules but they were always an odd fit for Tolkien in many ways. I've been reading through this one and Laketown recently with a view to doing some stuff, just not sure what rules yet, I might try a few out in the end (I have 3 in mind!). Anyway great vid, thanks a lot for reviewing this.

I forgot to mention that I paif $14.75 CAD plu taxes for this module. So pretty good value considering the size of this module.

I am curious as to the final fate of Wyatan, and what he did in Harshandatt between 1940-1999 SA.

Probably my favorite of the MERP modules I never actually played, though I've re-used the citadel maps at least 3 times for other games. I love the back story they give for Akhorahil as the cousin of the Witch-king. I would still like to run a full campaign in Southern Middle Earth if I could find the players.

There is a lot of information in that supplement. It provides a scope for how overwhelming Sauron's forces could be at their peak.

The ICE MERP stuff always confused me (in the late ‘80s as a kid and still honestly now as a 50 year old)! Like, if I want to run something focused on Ithilian… I’ve zero idea which MERP stuff to utilize! Maybe Gates of Mordor….but surely there ought be more? Or are there none? Who knows? It’s all so dang opaque!

We got a fair degree of use out of this as much of our campaign was in Mirkwood.

Your right it's too massive for what Tolkien had in mind

Heh. I see you’ve been ‘fan-corrected’ on at least a bit of your Tolkien pronunciation. Heheh. Hey! Me too! All my life! Even when you’re a fan!😂 Having said that….”brigand” is a common term. It’s “BREAH-gund”or “BRI-guhnd” (more usually) , (quickly smashed together), brother. 🙂 Cheers, and thanks for the fun vid. Also…despite me being 50 and playing MERP way back, and would use much more rules-lite systems now…. Yes, yes, yes…Bree and Trollshaws!…yes! Both best of the best!

Looks like you had a nice trip Roman! I can't remember this module, but it does look useful with all the maps. And ,as all the MERP books, it seems like iust a good read in general. Looks very different from what you could see in the P.J movies, but I think it's more suitable for RPG play. Though I would have dropped it somewhere else. Great video and welcome back!

I have used this module a few times but it is better suited somewhere else in Middle Earth. it has been a while since i read it but I remember it being larger because it was a central reserve for the local region but i agree it is to much for a watch tower.

Awesome to hear the travel stories, cheers Roman.

Another one I've re-used multiple times for other games despite not actually playing it in MERP.

Hey Roman Great to see your east coast travel adventures.... And thanks again for posting MERP content.

>2024 >me noticing em taking part in the siege

Dude i swear after a few of these made your list the price jumped up on e bay lol. Ive been watching this on e bay, as im trying to re-collect some of these. And some of your favorites seem to jump right after i see you doing a flip through. You should have 10k subs man this channel rocks.

"Someone named Elmore" 😄 - Yeah, never heard of him; what a loser.

To answer your question, I believe it's PEH-lar-geer. Also I believe it's CAR-doh-lan, and RRRHU-dah-ur 😄

That's some hoard of orcs

Good catch!

Awesome collection dude!

Gorgeous collection Roman!

Good video, I have been thinking of buying the fortress series. Seeing that there is a lot to the module. I think I will get the PDF of the module.

What system do you use for the war gaming stuff?

My favorite of the citadel modules. Never played it in MERP, but I've re-purposed this fortress at least 3 times for other games.

Wonderful Roman ty. I need an ancient mountain fortress in the current campaign - I might add these guard towers. Ty again

HI Roman, I have enjoyed your posts, and appreciate all the work that goes into them and thank you for keeping MERP alive. I am looking to run a MERP campaign in Roll20 and would to get your insight on a few things. let me know if you can help. Thanks in advance.

I appreciate the videos you put up so much. I am new sub but I have always looked for channels just like this. I enjoy the guides and lore they add to Middle Earth good/bad. You have great knowledge of the material which is key. I’m currently going through the backlog of videos you have made. Thank you again!

Really appreciate these videos Roman ty!

Never used this in MERP, but I've converted the maps to other settings.

There is an issue with how many users they have to use the seeing stones. Also Angmar could have had an army as a distraction that pulled all of the palantir uses. One force pretending to threaten Fornost while the real force moved south to amon sul.

An excellent series that I wish had continued. So many fortresses warranted their own book.

Mouth of the Entwash is cool. Middle-Earth was never about treasures, so that doesn't count. The MERP adventures to me were always just key moments for a short campaign. And most of them work very well for that.

The reason why there are so little easterlings featured in the Gondorian battles is that Sauron ordered them to attack Erebor so at the time Minas Tirith is besieged most of them are actually preoccupied cutting off the armies of light from potential reinforcements coming from the lonely mountain

Loved this one, ty Roman!

This was a great adventure to run. I remember playing it with you.

I didn't know that this module exist until a couple months ago. I was scanning through the Trove and saw some MERP products that I didn't know of. Back in the day, I had to drive 50 miles to get to the only gameshop that I knew of. And when the Gameshop closed I lost my only connection with retail RPG's. I just don't remember it being in any of the ICE catalogs.

I always wanted to play in the time between hobbit and lord of the rings, but most merp material is set in the 1640ies and kinda hard to adapt for later tim3s.

Have you ever considered to do a video where you suggest which MERP publication could be the most useful for game masters of The One Ring rpg 2nd edition? The main setting of the 2nd edition of the game is Eriador.

What a Mammoth task, ranking all these great modules! I would've liked to see a complete Rhun guide. Cubicle 7 never even went there, maybe Free league can hold the license long enough to explore Rhun. Tales of the Westmarch seems very modular (or free form), I haven't read it but it seems similar to the Mirkwood campaign for AiME, easy to use in conjuction with other books. I always like the modules that included military info like the North Marches and Necromancer's Lieutenant. I've been low on social media and YT for a while, so I'm binging your videos that I missed. Great video and breakdown of the modules!

I loved Shogun! Great game; not sure where I lost it. Think it was left in my mom's old house and she got divorced and it disappeared.

We really liked Trolls of the Misty Mountains as a nice low-level series. And I converted selected adventures from lots of these to Old School Essentials a couple years back, including Mouths of the Entwash, which is easily ported to other settings. And I've recycled too many MERP maps to count. As for favorites, we liked the various things set in and around Mirkwood, as that was our main setting. Gundabad was a blast and we also had lots of fun with Perils on the Sea of Rhun. I wanted to run all the southern modules together for higher levels, but our main campaign ended before we got there.

Tharbad has probably my all-time favourite McBride artwork -- also enjoyed the layout however I never played it because I always wanted to use it a reborn city in the Fourth Age, a campaign I had tonnes of ideas for and reams of nots on but never realised. Dagorlad I enjoyed, and Bree was the first module I ever bought, not long after it came out. Looks pretty battered now but I loved how you could raid the barrow downs and gear up your party. Then I realised what they meant in the module, that anyone who did that probably wouldn't be welcome back without first giving up the grave-robbed items - that lead to some interesting encounters. Not to mention Gondorian artifacts being found on ne'er-do-wells within the walls of Minas Tirith. That was fun to run as a GM - they thought they were scot-free...lol. I think one of them is still in gaol.

That was a cool overview and a reminder of all the modules I bought but never used -- and still have, I might add. I'm going back to the earlier compendious review. Thanks again for the content.

I agree with your order, very good video.

I'm using Dark Mage of Rhudaur for the grand scheme of things in TA 1640 period using the Blood Wrights awakening one by one due to worship to the Mistress of Pestilence (LOTRO) after the great plague. Only Naranthur is awake and he is not under control yet. Building up some some conflict along the great east road with the Northmen/Hillmen/Dunlendings with the rare sprinkling of some Warg Riders. Playing in DND 3.5, Rhudaur is quite ideal for this rule set since there is much unknown.

Do you only have the 21 modules? There are 29 adventure modules released by Iron Crown. I didn't see Hillman of the Trollshaws, and I thought every and their Granny had that one. My favorite is Woses of the black Forest, and my least favorite is Forest of tears.

Very interesting, I never knew about this module but now realize I have it on the PC. It looks to be a solid module with some good fleshed out adventures. I always wondered if Mr. Tolkien had lived longer how much more information regarding middle earth and the creatures that live there would we have seen. I wonder if ICE will ever get back a license to print MERP products. I think it would be an excellent money spinner. Really enjoyed this breakdown, one of my favorite's thanks Roman.

Never heard of this, but I just downloaded it and will bind it later this week. Thanks!