Thoughts

Oh yeah, also played roleplaying roulette, didn't get what I wanted, but it was cheap. Ended up with a copy of The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game by Decipher, and a silver anniversary D&D, by TSR, now owned by Wizards of the Coast, collectors set which included a copy of the original D&D rules as well as several of their published modules. I must say LoTR RPG is actually fairly well put together from what I've read so far. It does a decent job in capturing the feel of the world which includes the differences of culture. Certainly it is less complex than its predecessor MERP or "Middle Earth Roleplaying Game."