mmhh this “necroposting” hints me at something…
maybe a section or subsection (in the forum) for games that can USE Mithril would be a good idea don’t you think?
Maybe the Court of Ardor could become larger and include this “portfolio” as well… or another section? (I fear there may be too many sections already)
But there are at least THREE applications possible for Mithril (except simple collecting, painting, displaying or super diorama building) :
– there are Wargames (with house rules as described here or on other mentionned sites)
– there is MERP RPG (the old one playing with old official material, or with converted unofficial MERP material, Gavin is rather an expert at that)
and there is a third one…. That I used to be expert at :
– Middle-Earth : The Wizards Collectible Card Games & all its later addons (this was a collectible card game, released by ICE based on the same material than MERP actually but not an RPG… it was meant to be a CCG like Magic but more rpg oriented… played with middle-earth maps, dices, and lots of cards true to the books (+ the inventions from ICE) I personnaly own the whole collection of those cards though I don’t play it a lot recently, and I used to impersonate my players on the map with Mithril figurines indeed, arranged in companies… Since all companies were formed of personnalities and all those personnalities exist (or at least 95%) in Mithril… anyway…(if you want some info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth_Collectible_Card_Game)
Very nice idea, and nice to meet another ex-METW player (also still own quite a collection, wonderful game! (Where again was the place to buy more time for the ME things in life?)) …
(Actually each year I still receive the newsletters for the Lure of MECCG international events and all news concerning this community maintained by Wolfgang Penetsdorfer. Years ago he referenced me as one of the potential “french” link for this community but I could not find any other french players to organize events so mainly all the MECCG events take place in Germany… I think there is no single card that I miss in the collection (except thos created by fans which are unofficial)
I’ve been doing some research (badly – I’m tired) and I keep coming back to the idea of a skirmish level battle game that uses the MECCG rules to resolve combat.
I’ve no idea how one would do that, but it would be insanely awesome – Mithrils and MECCGS!
mhh why not, I did that once…MECCG using a HUGE map of middle earth and figurines as support and representations.
but such games usually take more than 3 hours for a single ‘duel’
I visited some sites yesterday and found out that some MECCG cards were quite rare actually, especially the Balrog sets… which has a card that allows you to play Sauron himself. I have this card but I did not know it could be so valuable.
well I think this thread should now be put into discussion in the Chambers of Mandos? for technical aspects
The card game is set up, mechanically to have a competitive “deck” of forces moving around a map of Middle Earth.
By “hack” I mean some manner in which the “deck” of forces would move around a smaller map. So you could run the Battle of Dale, say, and have forces moving from place to place on a map covering the Long Lake. So each faction’s deck of cards controls the big events of the battle, and the dice mechanic from the card game deals with the actual skirmishes (for which you use miniatures).
Interesting directions …hmmm … must also consider this in more detail. Some modifiers for the dice throws should be given (range, cover, terrain) etc., perhaps also using some other cards reflecting the environment …
Gildor, I too love MECCG, and this was before I became such a Mithril fanatic. I have them all, and many in multiples. Let me know if you need any special card you are missing.
Oh I miss none of them I just miss doubles of “Morgul Night” to make my “very rare cards” deck with lots of original Nazgul playable.
At the moment I think I only have one or two Morgul Nights and I’d need three but since I have not been playing for years there is no hurry at all in terms of collection I don’t think I miss a single card, not even the “one ring” or the “Sauron” card from ME:BA
On my part, I was turned away from actively pursuing Mithrils for a while exactly because METW (or MECCG, nowadays) drained my budget. Now it is time for reconciliation. I am completely cured from card games. Oh, by the way, anyone having som Finnish or Japanese ME cards to spare?
in terms of collection I don’t think I miss a single card, not even the “one ring” or the “Sauron” card from ME:BA
