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View submission: Feeling overwhelmed , help needed
The starter kit has a premade adventure that's lighter weight, and could be a good way to learn the game with a group of people. There's also rules for solo play (strider mode), which is how I got into it (and is nice for learning since you can play entirely at your own pace).
I've found a couple of youtube channels helpful, particularly Ryan of the North[1] and Will at the World's End[2]; both of these have tutorial videos that go over specific mechanics.
1: https://www.youtube.com/@RyanoftheNorth
2: https://www.youtube.com/@willattheworldsend
There's also a pretty active discord[3] that has lots of resources and helpful people on all the time.
3: https://discord.com/invite/the-one-ring-lotr-rpg-348254014598545408
My personal recommendation would be to just make a character, and do a short "quest" without worrying about the story or the details too much; Pick a place to start, do a council (just run through the mechanical bits without worrying about role playing too much). Pick a spot on the map and do a journey, then when you get there, do a small combat. Then you can either throw that away, or start to build a story from there. That's just how I learn best though (hands on). I started with a strider mode character and used ChatGPT to help flesh out some details / come up with ideas.
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