# Middle-earth Role Playing (1st Edition, Revised)

Middle-earth Role Playing (1st Edition, Revised) is a board game. It is rated 7 out of 10 by 1 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Complexity:** 3.6 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1986
- **Categories:** Core Rules (min needed to play), Scenario / Adventure / Module, Sourcebook (rules/options to enhance play)
- **Mechanics:** Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Level Based (Earn XP and level up), Class Based (Pilot, Wizard, Scientist, etc), Exploding Dice (Die may 'explode' into a second roll), Dice (Percentile), Race Based (Player Race/Species affects gameplay)
- **Ludoya rating:** 7 out of 10, from 1 reviews
- **Owned by:** 7 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Pete Fenlon, Coleman Charlton, John David Ruemmler, Rick Britton

**Artists:** Charles Peale, Pete Fenlon, James Holloway (I), Rick Britton, Denis Loubet, Angus McBride, Dover Pictorial Archive Series

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/middle-earth-role-playing-1st-edition-revised)
- [Middle-earth Role Playing (1st Edition, Revised) in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/middle-earth-role-playing-1st-edition-revised)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/51192)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-11-04. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._