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merp [2022/02/24 17:49] – [Phonology] morgothmerp [2023/10/03 00:28] – [Vowels] morgoth
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 ====== Middle-Earth Role Playing ====== ====== Middle-Earth Role Playing ======
-**//Middle-Earth Role Playing//** ([[abbreviations|abbreviated]] as **//MERP//**) was a table RPG game published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) since 1982 until 1997. It was 2nd best-selling fantasy RPG after D&D (according to publisher's statement). Supplement books provided many pieces of lore, both invented specially for the game and taken from J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien books. The majority of modules were set in Third Age after the [[tg>Great_Plague|Great Plague]] (TA 1640--1650), but ways to adopt to other timelines were usually provided (within the 3rd and early 4th Ages, using 1st and 2nd was prohibited by license). Earliest books (before 1986) were not bound to particular game system and were meant to be played in Rolemaster game system (previous Iron Crown product) or even in concurring Dungeons & Dragons (conversion tables from d100 to d20 were given).+**//Middle-Earth Role Playing//** ([[abbreviations|abbreviated]] as **//MERP//**) was a table RPG game published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) since 1982 until 1997. It was 2nd best-selling fantasy RPG after D&D (according to publisher's statement). Supplement books provided many pieces of lore, both invented specially for the game and taken from J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien books. The majority of modules were set in Third Age after the [[tg>Great_Plague|Great Plague]] (TA 1636--1650), but ways to adopt to other timelines were usually provided (within the 3rd and early 4th Ages, using 1st and 2nd was prohibited by license). Earliest books (before 1986) were not bound to particular game system and were meant to be played in Rolemaster game system (previous Iron Crown product) or even in concurring Dungeons & Dragons (conversion tables from d100 to d20 were given).
  
 Many words in many languages of Middle-Earth were invented for MERP. The article here discusses only it's Neo-Orkish [[black_speech_dialects|dialect]]. Due to popularity of MERP game it had influenced all other dialects, especially Svartiska. Many words in many languages of Middle-Earth were invented for MERP. The article here discusses only it's Neo-Orkish [[black_speech_dialects|dialect]]. Due to popularity of MERP game it had influenced all other dialects, especially Svartiska.
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 | y | ::: | | y | ::: |
-| î | [ai] |+| î | [] |
 | o | [o] , [ɔ] | | o | [o] , [ɔ] |
 | ô | [ɔu], [oʊ] | | ô | [ɔu], [oʊ] |
merp.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/12 17:51 by morgoth