Silmarillion map
100x100 tiles
01/06/02 

This is supposed to be a map of Beleriand in the First Age, as shown in the Silmarillion. 

I added hills, forests and lakes in the empty/boring spots on Tolkien's original map. I used jungle instead of swamp because it has the same effect. There are 8 of each strategic ressource and 6 of each luxury ressource. Iron can be found in the Iron Mountains (surprise) and in Ered Lindon (3 each) as well as at Gondolin and Nargothrond. Rubber is concentrated in the forests of Doriath and Taur im Duinath. The other strategic ressources are more or less randomly distributed. Each player should be able to get at least one iron or horse at the start. You can build Ironworks at Angband and Belegost.  

I tried to make it impossible to cross the border of the map by a series of coast and mountain squares. If you want, you can see this as the barrier made by the Valar in the west and as the impassable mountains of Ered Lindon in the east.

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