Session Play

Overview

Session Play is a game mechanic which allows you to play as a unique, temporary character.

During session play, you "are" that character with all its unique skills, strengths and abilities... from the ability to "find worms" as a chicken, to the experience of The One Ring, as Frodo.

Types of Sessions

Landscape Session Play

In the Wildermore, West Rohan, Central Gondor, Dead Marshes, Gundabad and Old Anórien regions, NPCs will sometimes describe events where the player was not present. This is done in form of Session Play.

Quest Name	Character	Told By	Region
Remembering Thrymm	Thrymm Redbeard	Cyneberg	Wildermore
The Day the Giant Came	Gifemund	Gifemund	Wildermore
Núrzum's Wrath	Núrzum	Barallas	Wildermore
The Legend of Folca	Folca	Meregyth	Eastfold
Survivors From the Ford	Elfhelm	Elfhelm	Westfold
Let's Take the Hornburg!	White Hand Soldier	Théoden	Westfold
Passage of the Marshes	Samwise Gamgee	n/a	The Dead Marshes
The Darkness Over Lebennin	Daxamat	Daxamat	Lebennin
A Dream of Cold and Silence	Meriadoc Brandybuck	Meriadoc Brandybuck	Old Anórien
A Secret Return	Aragorn	Mithrandir	Old Anórien
The Battle Under the Trees	Marchwarden of Lothlórien	Thranduil	Caras Galadhon
The Choices of Master Samwise	Samwise Gamgee	Legolas	Cirith Ungol
The Divided Loyalties of Glúrkub the Goblin	Glúrkub	Glúrkub	Máttugard

Critter play

• Chicken Play -- Chicken Play allows you to experience the game from a very different perspective - that of a level 1 chicken; or to be precise, a rooster. Can be played repeatedly.
• Discovering the Descendant -- A series of quests leading to a title and other rewards.

Ettenmoors Session Play

In the case of the Ettenmoors (PvMP), Session Play involves a cost of Commendations; but also has unique rewards.

• Trolls (500 Commendations) -- Available to Creeps only
• Rangers (500 Commendations) -- Available to Freeps only

Epic Session Play

In the Epic line, Session Play is used to allow the player to experience the world of Middle Earth as one of the principle members of the Fellowship, or to enhance the explanation of certain points in the history of Middle Earth.

The Chronicle of Events in Rivendel lists Epic Session Play quests which you have previously completed from Volumes I, II and III of the Epic. Each tale allows you to re-run one of these sessions. However, if you have not completed any of these quests, then the tome will not interact with you. Otherwise, the Chronicle will only display those Session Plays you have already completed.

It does not include the "Interludes" from volume III Book 10. They can be replayed from Gléowine's map.

• Volume I Session Play
• Volume II Session Play
• Volume III Session Play
• Volume IV Session Play