MERP

First Edition (First Printing)

Product: Hillmen of the Trollshaws
Stock #: 8040
Producer: Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE)
Designers: Carl Willner, Terry Amthor and
John Ruemmler.
Release date: 1984
Category: Middle-earth Series Adventure
Module
Format:
Shrink-wrapped
Sourcebook
(Saddle-stapled softcover ANSI A, 36 pages;
Stock # 8040) with three full-color maps of
the Trollshaws area, and the fortress Cameth
Brin and the barracks Tanoth Brin, the area
of Glin a-Creag, and the town Talugderi.

Comments: This adventure module doesnt have a specific time reference but most of the
adventures contained therin are set somewhare after the Great Plauge T.A. 1636-37 (mostly at
T.A. 1670). It centers on the lost Arnorian kingdom of Rhudaur and in particular the
Trollshaws. As usual the module begins with abbreviations, definitions, map keys and
conversion rules, before it presents an overview description of the region, its history, lands
(the Highlands, Trollshaws, Lowlands and rivers, and Cameth Brin and its environments),
climate, ecology, fauna and flora, as well as the peoples (the
Hillmen, Dnedain, Northmen, Dunlendings, and Petty-Dwarves).
Then follows a brief chapter on the politics and power, followed by
a chapter on the various places of interest, such as Rivendell. The
module contains an entire chapter covering most aspects of Cameth
Brin, the old Dnedain fortress and its different levels, including its
hot spring Ureithel, etc. A short chapter describes the town
Talugderi, and then follows a series of four adventures set in and
around Cameth Brin ranging from T.A. 164 to the dawn of the
Fourth Age. There are also tables attached covering beasts and
monsters, herbs and poisons, prices, and NPCs. As with the
previous adventure modules this one presents much background
information to flesh out in great detail the Trollshaws area, with an
emphasis on Cameth Brin. In total, the book contains three major
full color maps, of which one covers the Trollshaws area, while the
others cover Cameth Brin and Talugderi and its vicinity. There are
also nine lesser floorplans which cover the different levels of
Cameth Brin and the tower Tir-barad Tereg.