TATW on a european map

[jord9n]

Hey guys i was wondering if anyone has thought about putting the TATW factions on a vanilla map, or if anyone knows of any submods that concern this? Im not particularly good with computers or modding at all so i have no idea how to do it myself? I know this ruins the lore but i thought it would be fun to play...

Thanks alot in advance

[Qba]

Do you mean something like this?

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...8#post10921448

[Dwarven Berserker]

Lol Scottish hobbits
And I live in Moria

Too bad it's not a real submod (yet), though

[removeduser_3847562873423]

It would be cool! But then is the question, which faction is which country. North Africa --> Harad and Turkey --> Rhun are ok by me. But the rest is difficult.

@ map
Stil don't know why we Dutch are the gobo's! We don't even have mountains!!!

[Cro-Gamer]

Croatia as part of Isengard ?? baaah

[lolIsuck]

It would be cool! But then is the question, which faction is which country. North Africa --> Harad and Turkey --> Rhun are ok by me. But the rest is difficult.

@ map
Stil don't know why we Dutch are the gobo's! We don't even have mountains!!!

The only hilly part (where I live) is white

[The Mouth]

Do you mean something like this?

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...8#post10921448

In Soviet Mordor RING MELTS YOU!... Yeah that's all I've got in the overused jokes department .

But I like that map its somewhat accurate as to where the factions would exist in Europe except maybe Rohan and Fangorn and the elves of mirkwood.

[Legourou]

Or maybe the normal countries left to themselves and the factions of middle earth pop up out of the Mediterranean with their own little island to govern.

[cezarip]

I find this map is way better:

http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.c...ddle-earth.jpg

[Dago Red]

I find this map is way better:

http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.c...ddle-earth.jpg

Yeah that's the one. If you're going to try and equate a TOTALLY FICTIONAL world to the real one, then do it by a real creative process, based in the geography.

The other map is rubbish. And The Shire is anywhere but London!

[Jaldithas]

Yeah that's the one. If you're going to try and equate a TOTALLY FICTIONAL world to the real one, then do it by a real creative process, based in the geography.

The other map is rubbish. And The Shire is anywhere but London!

so you're gonna place Rohan in region which is almost completely covered by deep forests?

[Fanest]

so you're gonna place Rohan in region which is almost completely covered by deep forests?

dude forests are there now though they cover only 30% of the land and who knows what grew there in Third Age . Mybe it was steppe

[Dago Red]

so you're gonna place Rohan in region which is almost completely covered by deep forests?

In that map Rohan is in Southern Germany, which may not be geographically perfect but it's not that bad. The alps below define the mountainous southern border (the white mountains) quite well. And the nearby forests of Fangorn, etc are well represented.

"The landscape of the Southern Germany region is often that of scarp and vale, with the eroded sandstone and limestone scarps facing to the northwest. The lowland terraces of the Rhine, Main, and Neckar river valleys, with their dry and warm climate, are suitable for agriculture and are highly productive. "
http://countrystudies.us/germany/77.htm

and Rohan is most definitely Germanic.

[nein]

how large is middle-earth in comparison to the real world?

[Trailhog250]

It would be interesting, but not for me I just don't see the point in it. Why not have medieval factions in ME instead?

A mod like that would take some time to be well thought out, and as the map suggests, balance for the AI would be a HUGE problem. What's Numenor going to do? What about the Shire? The Elves will attack Gondor and Arnor, and many other oddities. It would work much better the other way around, with medieval coming to ME

EDIT: Referring to the first map, the 2nd looks quite good

[Jaldithas]

well, can you imagine Rohan in Western or Central europe? clearly there are no steppes ( or not that big ones) so surely rohan -> Black sea plains ( on vanilla map Kiev and such)

[Niewadzi]

i live in moria

[cezarip]

i live in moria

Dunland here occasionally visiting Mordor also.

[lolIsuck]

Romania is Mordor, so it's confirmed

[cezarip]

Romania is Mordor, so it's confirmed

ha ha