Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen

Combat Screen
  • and reference sheets for use with
  • Middle-Earth Role Playing
DesignersChris White
PublishersIron Crown Enterprises
Publication1984;
40 years ago (1984)
GenresFantasy
SystemsStreamlined Rolemaster

Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen is a 1984 fantasy role-playing game supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises for Middle-earth Role Playing.

Contents

Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen is a gamemaster's screen, which provides a comprehensive reference for quick use.[1]

Publication history

Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen was written by Chris White, and was published by Iron Crown Enterprises in 1984 as two cardstock screens, and two 11" x 17" sheets.[2]

Reception

Andy Blakeman reviewed Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen for Imagine magazine, and stated that "one could easily photocopy the tables straight from the rulebook - no new material is presented - for far less than the selling price of the Screen; and ICE could have granted permission for players to do so. As it is, they are selling people something they already have at a price they can hardly afford."[1]

Jeux & Stratégie #46 commented that the screen does not reach the "fantastic" of Tolkien's work, and the illustrations are only of average quality, but that the gamemaster will find all the tables necessary allowing to complete a game without constantly referring to the rulebook, and lamented that that this screen does not contain a scenario which would have given this accessory a plus.[3]

Other recognition

  • A copy of Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen is held in the collection of the Strong National Museum of Play (object 110.224.19).[4]
  • A copy of Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen is held in the Edwin and Terry Murray Collection of Role-Playing Games, 1972-2017 at Duke University (Container Volume 971).[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Blakeman, Andy (May 1985). "Game Reviews". Imagine (review) (26). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 42.
  2. ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 190. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  3. ^ "Jeux & stratégie 46". August 9, 1987 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Game:Middle-Earth Role Playing Combat Screen and Reference Sheets". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  5. ^ "Middle-Earth Role Playing Combat Screen and Reference Sheets (Charlottesville, VA: Iron Crown Enterprises), 1989". Duke University Library Archives. Retrieved 2024-03-14.