Re: "War of the Ring" thread
Ok some progress has been made.
There are many tricky design decisions which will shape the game and thats what I'm working on at present. Here is what I'm coming up with.
Two sides each of three players.
Evil
1. Sauron - Castles/forts in Barad-dur, Minas Morgul, Morannon, Dol Gulder, Umbar (Corsairs), and Near Harad (Haradrim).
2. King of the Mountain Goblins - Castles/forts in Mt Gundabad, Moria, Sea of Rhun (Easterlings).
3. Saruman - Isengard
Good guys
1. Gondor/Rohan - Minis Tirith, Dol Amroth, Pelargir, Helms Deep, Edoras.
2. Elrond/Galadrial/Thranduil - Rivendel, Lothlorien, Mirkwood.
3. Dain - Lonely Mountain/Dale, Iron hills.
I have grouped peoples so that those that fought together in the War of the Ring may do so. thus Rohan is with Gondor so that they may fight alongside each other and Harad and Mordor likewise.
It would be possible to do a much more free for all scenario but having decided to leave the quest out for the moment I don't want to give up on too much more of the specific charachter of the books.
I'm working away on units and if anyone compiles a list of equipment I would love to see it.
I would like to have items such as orc mail, light orc mail, crude orc mail, full orc mail, dwarf mail, elvish longbows etc and I assumming this is do-able.
One task which is avaliable for any keen soul is starting work on a master list of charachters, and their items, worked out in the format of the mod files. This could then be worked on and the characters cut and pasted into the appropriate place.
I'm not going away on holiday and should get the opportunity to get quite a bit done in the next month. I will organise a friend to get a web page up for me to post files at for ease of communication/access.
Cheers
Keir
[ December 15, 2003, 03:10: Message edited by: Keir Maxwell ]
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