Gareth Hanrahan talks The One Ring: Ruins of the Lost Realm & Tales From the Lone Lands

Gareth Hanrahan, the lead writer on Ruins of the Lost Realm and Tales From the Lone Lands, talks about The One Ring 2e. You can find more about Hanrahan here: https://garhanrahan.com/ 1:00 - What was your first experience with RPGs? 2:40 - How did you start writing professionally? 4:11 - What was the first Middle-earth content your worked on? 6:05 - What's it like working with Francesco Nepitello (Lead Writer on the Core Rules) 7:16 - What separates a LOTR adventure from a more generic fantasy adventure? 10:30 - Using elements from the expanded Legendarium 11:51 - Do you have a favourite scene from the books? 14:30 - How do you find little elements to construct your adventures around? 16:12 - Biggest changes in the RPG industry 18:59 - What do enjoy about exploring the less explored areas of Eriador? 21:40 - How much free rein do you have with writing adventures? (Minor Spoilers) 22:30 - Tales From the Lone Lands - What goes into creating a full campaign? 25:03 - Tales From the Lone Lands - How do you create a new "big bad" in Middle-earth? (End of Spoilers) 30:20 - Can you tell me about your latest book "The Sword Defiant"? 32:54 - What are you working on next?