Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode Thirty Eight: Middle-Earth RPGs.

     Fresh from going to Dundracon, Saul and Jolene talk about one of the most influential literary works that has influenced Fantasy Role Playing Games.  Middle-Earth the world created by J. R.R. Tolkien is one of the most well known worlds in the fantasy genre.   Saul proposes that if it were not for The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books that RPGs as we know them probably would not have existed or at least not in the way they are today.  That is because, Saul says that Gary Gygax was influenced greatly by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.  Jolene has her view on the matter but regardless on where you stand on that discussion, there have been many attempts at making a RPG where you could play in that world. From M.E.R.P to The One Ring, Saul and Jolene talk about playing an RPG in the world of Middle Earth.       Music by Jahzzar, song Wizard off the album Dune.    Available at FreeMusicArchive.com