Tolkien has always been popular in Sweden and
1986 came Sagan om Ringen: Rollspelet (Lord of the Rings: the
RPG). This is a straight translation of Middle-Earth Roleplaying (MERP). Several
supplements were released and the game came in a second printing with
a new design of the box. There were almost no differences from the
original, except for the G5 format, and the cardboard figures
missing. Despite this Sagan om Ringen: Rollspelet never got popular in
Sweden, maybe because the other big fantasy game Drakar och Demoner,
was easier to learn for novice roleplayers and that many players had
tried MERP and stuck to the american version if they liked it.
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Last Updated: 1998-01-04