Age of Wonders III

Age of Wonders III

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Middle Earth XL
   
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Oct 4, 2014 @ 5:45pm
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Middle Earth XL

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Extra large map of Middle Earth.
Expansion Required (Middle Earth needs Hobits),
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8 Playable Factions:

Gondor, Rohan, Elf, Dwarf, Mordor, Harad, Gundabad, and Misty Mountain Goblins.

Many minor factions, including: Hobiton, Bree, Mirkwood Elves, Rhun, Isengard, etc.

3 seperate underground areas inlude: Goblin Town / Dwarf ruins, tombs beneath Dul Guldur, and spider cave through Mordor's mountains (ie the path that Frodo took in the movies).
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>You may get a quest offer from a town quite a ways away. You can't view the quest unless you physically make contact with the faction. Ride over to the city, double click on the capitol, and click the option about the quest. I tested it on two different factions and was able to do some quests.

>I'm aware that the rivers on the map are relatively over sized, it's due to the water mechanic in game, as they don't have any smaller stream options.

>Mana is hard to come by (for a reason), as the LoTR universe isn't big on magic. I've placed some around the map, to be a valued resource. Gold should also be tough to come by, especially at first, as factions should struggle a bit to field massive armies.

***Please Read***

First, I haven't had time to do any significant tests with the map. I plan on working on it / playing it more in the coming weeks.

Second, I'm by no means a Tolkien expert, so please forgive spelling errors, name errors, placement errors, scale errors, etc. I took what I could from maps and filled in the rest to avoid an empty landscape. I'm simply a fan of the books and movies and wanted to create a fun map that represented the universe.

Feel free to leave constructive tips or improvements, but please read the above statement when it comes to factual errors.

I used Total War Third Age Mod as inspiration, as well helping with leader names and town names. If you haven't played the Total War conversion, I suggest you do. It is incredible.
118 Comments
>_o Aug 23, 2023 @ 10:11am 
This is maybe nice if you want to see the people and places but it was a super boring scenario.
Fang Dec 13, 2021 @ 5:03am 
Nevermind, for some reason the list was empty but restarting the game fixed it.
Fang Dec 13, 2021 @ 4:59am 
How do you actually play this? I don't see it in the scenarios list.
jncampi Jun 16, 2021 @ 6:16pm 
Thank you for your work:steamthumbsup:
Nemesis I3  [author] Sep 28, 2020 @ 11:40am 
As nice as it is to see people commenting, I stopped work on this many years ago, check out that link below for updated versions (and hopefully all the old glitches and balancing worked out). Glad folks are still enjoying it though :D
FirePrince Sep 27, 2020 @ 3:57pm 
LJK Sep 21, 2020 @ 8:55am 
Thank you for your work.
FirePrince Sep 21, 2020 @ 7:14am 
I / you plan to continue and update this map!?
super7122 Sep 13, 2019 @ 10:48am 
Maybe it was from my mod I created that was causing the issue. Not a big deal, just figured i'd bring it to your attention.
Nemesis I3  [author] Sep 12, 2019 @ 6:41pm 
Yeah that's weird, as theoden was just in grass / normal terrain when i created it. And it certainly wasn't an orc city. Not sure how that would have been changed, but again... this was done many years ago.