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MERP

First Edition (First Printing)Product: The Tower of Cirith Ungol and Shelob’s Lair 

Stock #: 8030

Producer: Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE)

Designers:  Jeff !"eage# $eter %enlon#

John &'eler# Colean Charlton# Terr

*thor# Chris Christensen and +r'!e

 ,eidlinger-

Release date: ./8

Category:  iddle1earth Series *d2ent're

od'le

Format: Shrin1wrapped So'r!eboo 

(Saddle1stapled soft!o2er *,SI *# 3. pages4

Sto! 5 8030) with a f'll1!olor ap of the

north1western part of ordor-

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Comments: This ad2ent're od'le set in the generi! E&$ gae tie T-*- .60 des!ribes

the passagewa whi!h leads to ordor thro'gh inas Ithil and the dar fortress of Cirith

Ungol# whi!h also hosts the giant spider’s lair in its 2i!init- The od'le follows the sae

str'!t're as the pre2io's ones and begins with abbre2iations# definitions# ap es and

!on2ersion r'les# before it presents an o2er2iew

des!ription of the land# plants and anials#in!l'ding the giant spiders- Then follows three

!hapters on the politi!s# phsi!al o2er2iew and

operations of the land# its histor# 7ondor and

inas Ithil (in!l'ding its garrison# proinent

fig'res and pri!es table)# the 2ario's r! Tribes# the

Tower of Cirith Ungol# and Shelob the 7reat# that

terrifing spider and her lair (Torech Ungol ) as

des!ribed b J-&-&- Tolien in The Lord of the

 Rings# who is des!ribed in detail for 'se in the

gae b the 7aeaster- Then follows a !hapter 

des!ribing possible ad2ent'res filled with 2al'ableinforation for the 7# s'!h as floorplans for the

2ario's pla!es of interst# tables for ,$C’s and

en!o'nter tables- ne ad2ent're !enters on Cirit

Ungol# another one of Cirit Ungol and Shelob’s

Lair# a two ore onl on Shelob’s Lair (of whi!h

one is set in the beginning of the %o'rth *ge)- The

od'le ends with a se!tion dealing with a list of agi!al ites# tables of ,$C’s# poisons and

rotten things (9)# and en!hanted or potent s'bstan!es- This od'le presents '!h ba!gro'nd

inforation to flesh o't the area of the two eeps in detail- In total# the boo !ontains one

a:or f'll !olor ap# three a:or and se2en lesser floorplans-