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''Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen'' is a 1984 fantasy role-playing game supplement published by
Iron Crown Enterprises Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''R ...
for ''
Middle-earth Role Playing ''Middle-earth Role Playing'' (''MERP'') is a 1984 tabletop role-playing game based on J. R. R. Tolkien ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' under license from Tolkien Enterprises. Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) published the game until ...
''.


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''Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen'' is a
gamemaster's screen A gamemaster's screen, also called a GM's screen, is a gaming accessory, usually made out of either cardboard or card stock, used by a gamemaster to hide all the relevant data related to a tabletop role-playing game session from the players. It al ...
, which provides a comprehensive reference for quick use.


Publication history

''Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen'' was written by Chris White and was published by
Iron Crown Enterprises Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''R ...
in 1984 as two cardstock screens, and two 11" x 17" sheets.


Reception

Andy Blakeman reviewed ''Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen'' for ''
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'' magazine and stated that "one could easily photocopy the tables straight from the rulebook - no new material is presented - for far less than the selling price of the Screen; and ICE could have granted permission for players to do so. As it is, they are selling people something they already have at a price they can hardly afford." ''
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'' #46 commented that the screen does not reach the "fantastic" of Tolkien's work, and the illustrations are only of average quality, but that the
gamemaster A gamemaster (GM; also known as game master, game manager, game moderator, referee, storyteller, or master of ceremonies) is a person who acts as a facilitator, organizer, officiant regarding rules, arbitrator, and moderator for a multiplayer r ...
will find all the tables necessary allowing to complete a game without constantly referring to the rulebook, and lamented that this screen does not contain a scenario which would have given this accessory a plus.


Other recognition

* A copy of ''Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen'' is held in the collection of the
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(object 110.224.19). * A copy of ''Middle-earth Role Playing Combat Screen'' is held in the Edwin and Terry Murray Collection of Role-Playing Games, 1972-2017 at
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(Container Volume 971).


References

{{Middle-earth Role Playing Gamemaster's screens Middle-earth Role Playing supplements Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1984