Cubicle7 Cancels their The One Ring and Adventures in Middle Earth Lines

Disappointing news, folks. Cubicle7 has ended their licensing agreement and will no longer be producing one of my favorite RPGs in the last few years, The One Ring. This means the beautiful 2nd Edition won’t be coming out. I’m kicking off a campaign in early 2020, and was excited to see where the 2nd edition rules were going to go.

Below, I’ve copied the press release from Cubicle7 that provides details.

UNEXPECTED TOR2 UPDATE

‘I am with you at present,’ said Gandalf, ‘but soon I shall not be. I am not coming to the Shire.’

We have some very unfortunate and unexpected news to share. Contractual differences arose recently which we have been unable to resolve, and so we have decided to end our licensing agreement with Sophisticated Games. It is with regret that we have made this very tough decision to withdraw. 

This means we will cease publishing The One Ring and Adventures in Middle-earth™ in the first half of 2020. Unfortunately, this doesn’t give us enough time to release the much-anticipated The One Ring – The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game second edition. 

As many of you know, our first edition of The One Ring is eight years old, and we had high hopes of a full product line to support our second edition. Our team have worked incredibly hard on this new edition; with many of the announced titles already written and edited, so being very close to completion makes this decision even harder.

Although we were very close to the finish line when these issues arose, as gamers ourselves we did not feel it was right to release a new edition which we would be unable to support. 

We appreciate how passionate so many of you are, especially those who have followed our journey from first edition and eagerly awaited the second edition. Thank you for your support over the years.

Pre-orders and refunds

Our immediate priority is to make the refunding process as easy as possible for those who pre-ordered from us. Anyone who pre-ordered The One Ring – The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game (standard or collector’s edition) or Rohan Region Guide directly from our webstore should have already received an email from us detailing their options and outlining any action required. We are offering full refunds or Cubicle 7 store credit. More information on this can be found in our detailed blog post here. 

We are commencing our Black Friday offers today which include 50% off current The One Ring first edition stock and 30% off Adventures in Middle-earth™ stock, see our webstore for more information.