The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, released by Decipher, Inc. in 2002, is a tabletop role-playing game set in the fictional world of Middle-earth created by J. R. R. Tolkien. The game is set in the years between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, but may be run at any time from the First to Fourth Age and contains many examples of how to do so. Sourcebooks cover the events of The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson's film trilogy adaptation. The system for LOTR is called CODA, and involves rolling two six-sided dice to resolve actions. The game is the second licensed role-playing game for the setting, the prior game being Middle-earth Role Playing from Iron Crown Enterprises. A third role-playing game set in Middle-earth was published (2011-2019) by Cubicle 7 under the title The One Ring Roleplaying Game, which has since been acquired, revised, and is now published by Free League Publishing, alongside a 5th Edition OGL game titled The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying.

Races

The character races available in the Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game are:

Classes

The character classes available in the Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Adventure Game are:

Publications

Printed

The following printed publications have been released by Decipher for this roleplaying game.

Digital sourcebooks

Digital adventures

The following adventures were available for free download on the website of Decipher.

Errata

Decipher published a PDF version of corrections to the Core Rulebook and several sourcebooks. The PDF includes some errors that were not corrected in the first and second printings of the book.

Unofficial Digital Supplements

Due to some criticism of the game by the gaming community for its lack of balance, especially during character creation, some digital supplements have been created, which can be found on the Ambarquenta website. These supplements are unofficial and are not published by Decipher.

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