Creatures of Middle-earth

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Creatures of Middle-earth is a 1988 role-playing game supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises for Middle-earth Role Playing .

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Creatures of Middle-earth: A Bestiary of Animals and Monsters was written by Ruth Sochard Pitt, Jeff O'Hare, and Peter C. Fenlon, Jr., with a cover by Angus McBride, and illustrations by Jim Holloway, and was published by Iron Crown Enterprises in 1988 as a 64-page book. [1]

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References

  1. Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 190-191. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.