The One Ring Can Now Be Played Solo

Most tabletop games are multiplayer affairs, but a solitary RPG experience can be done, if the manufacturer wills it. Free League‘s The One Ring, one of their most popular products, now has a means of doing just that. It’s called Strider Mode, and it’s just been added to the digital version of the game.

Designed by Shawn Tomkin (Ironsworn, Starforged) and Matt Click (Ironsworn: Delve, Mecha Hack), The One Ring Strider Mode modifies the rules and establishes additional guides to make venturing across Middle-Earth on your own possible. “The mode also includes guidelines for solo players and a selection of random, but thematic, tables to help incite and inspire your solitary wanderings,” says Free League. “Wonderous adventures awaits in the world of The Lord of the Rings.”

The current new edition of The One Ring, created by game designer Francesco Nepitello, comes in a new hardbound volume containing a set of updated and streamlined rules based on player feedback over the years. The look of the game has been redesigned as well.

• A set of updated and streamlined rules, developed thanks to years of players’ feedback and raising the game to the standards of quality that have made Free League so popular.
•  A new setting to experience – the Lone-lands of Eriador in the year is 2965 of the Third Age. This is a vast land that once saw the glory of the North Kingdom of the Dúnedain.
•  A complete visual redesign of art and graphics, offering a view of Middle-earth that is fresh and familiar at the same time.

The new revised version of The One Ring comes with the core rulebook, the starter set, a branded Loremaster’s Screen & Rivendell Compendium, cloth maps and sets of dice. You can now get a copy at hobby shops nationwide. But currently you can only get Strider Mode on the digital version of The One Ring, and exclusively through DriveThruRPG.net.