MAP: Lands of Middle Earth (updated Conquests version)

[Hagbart]

Thank you Gramphos for moving it to the files section.
Congrats on you being selected as the new file-manager

[godinex]

Well done. Is pretty

[Hurin]

Sorry, double-post.

[Hurin]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Its brilliant
But... only Harlan has ever pulled off a LotR scenario for any civ game, so don't be surprised if its never used beyond normal gaming.

Well, my scenario wasn't LotR, but it *was* Tolkien (based on the Silmarillion, the early history of Middle-earth). I was never able to get Apolyton to link to it. . . they are very picky about linking rather than hosting themselves (I assume, considering they never responded to emails)

Anyways, it's a Civ2 scenario so I guess there won't be much interest. But it used to get rave reviews. . . if I do say so myself.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Dagor Bragollach: The Battle of Sudden Flame

http://www.dor-lomin.com/dagor.html

Best Regards,

Hurin

[Immortal Wombat]

Wow, sorry Hurin, I had no idea this scenario existed. From the looks of the site (brilliant site too ) it looks impressive, though alas I have been unable to run Civ2 for a while, so I cannot play it

*sigh*

Oh, and I think you are only the second "settler" I have seen who is shown registered in 1970 That is an impressive restraint on posting

[fatcat]

Originally posted by Mortifer
Nice lol, but how will you make the units for tolkien's world?
It wontbe easy.

I just got done downloadind the map i will try it later it looks like alot of fun

[Hurin]

[SIZE=1]Oh, and I think you are only the second "settler" I have seen who is shown registered in 1970 That is an impressive restraint on posting

Yeah, that's even freakier considering that's 4 years before I was born.

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[lockstep]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Oh, and I think you are only the second "settler" I have seen who is shown registered in 1970 That is an impressive restraint on posting

Maybe Hurin has a special arrangement with the admins ... like a certain Prince ...

[Trevman]

Thought this was interesting:

On my game on this map, I'm playing in the shire area as the Babylonians with the Germans in Mordor. It is the Middle Ages and the Germans recently declared war on me. I got the entire world to declare war on the Germans. Now Mordor is trying to conquer the world. Sounds familiar . . .

[Hagbart]

Originally posted by Trevman
Thought this was interesting:

On my game on this map, I'm playing in the shire area as the Babylonians with the Germans in Mordor. It is the Middle Ages and the Germans recently declared war on me. I got the entire world to declare war on the Germans. Now Mordor is trying to conquer the world. Sounds familiar . . .

Hehe that was funny.
So, how do you like the amount of resources on the map? Is it too much or too little, or just the right amount?

Please tell me if you think some changes are needed

By the way: woohoo 500 downloads on Apolyton
+ woohoo 900 downloads on Civfanatics

[Trevman]

Actually, I think that the resources are a bit on the high side. I mean like, what am I going to do with 7 wines? It makes expansion really fast and easy. If this is what you want then this is fine, its still a very fun map.
However, strategic resources are about average.

P.S. If tobacco was a resource then the Shire should be covered with it!

[Hagbart]

Maybe 7 wines in the Shire area is alot, but in the rest of the world wine is very rare, so the very fine Shire-wine is highly requested in the entire world. Same with the other resources of course.

hehe, my sig works

[Hagbart]

woohoo 1100 downloads!!

[kring]

Originally posted by Hagbart
Maybe 7 wines in the Shire area is alot, but in the rest of the world wine is very rare, so the very fine Shire-wine is highly requested in the entire world.

Dorwinion wines were very potent, check out the Hobbit and the Wood Elves.

I am not sure where you found out that wine is so rare in the rest of the world, though. In my numerous readings of Tolkien and LotR/Middle Earth, I have never come across this information. I will reread some things to be sure, but I recall Dwarves would love good drink, whether wine or ale or beer. Humans love wine also.

I am currently using your map for a game I am playing.

[Trevman]

Well, the war against Mordor was disappointing. I took the long sea route to Mordor to be more realistic. By the time my troops landed, the Germans had lost their outlying cities and pleaded for peace with everyone except me. I took a few cities and then accepted peace. The supply line was too long to keep up the war on my own. Still, I was able to push the Germans back over their mountains.