u/AWD_2

With nary a Matt or an Art in sight, Patrick thinks back over a few past RPG failures and what can be learned from them.

https://youtu.be/lC4HLdU6xH4

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Art digs into GDW's Dark Conspiracy as buzz of a Mongoose Publishing reprint hit the ether.

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The Battle of the Pelennor Fields is won, and Aragorn decides his next step... a high-stakes misdirect for the fate of Middle Earth. After some meh sessions, Art starts to find his groove again as the book quests continue.

[https://youtu.be/TmZu7IWy\\\_ms\](https://youtu.be/TmZu7IWy\_ms)

Art records an extra-long, extra-rambling Bookhouse Boys digging a little into a few systems for playing RPGs in Middle Earth. The first part gives an overview of the two systems he's experienced firsthand... Middle Earth Roleplaying (MERP) from Iron Crown Enterprises and The One Ring 2e from Free League. The second part goes into some possible alternatives and a bit of Middle Earth on Foundry.

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Down a Matt, Patrick and Art take some questions from the Discord and cover some other random RPG chatter before getting to the main event.

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