
Īvailable playable races include Men, Elves and Dwarves for the Free Peoples of Middle-Earth, and the orcs of Mordor, orcs of Isengard, warriors of Harad and Khand, etc. The mod development team took extra care to give each location its unique sense of place. Major and minor Third Age locations from Tolkien's legendarium, such as Edoras, Minas Tirith, Dale, Caras Galadhon, etc., can be fully visited and explored (and depending on the current situation, fought in). This corresponds to the battlefields of the War of the Ring from the books. (The TC derives its title from the fact that the War of the Ring signified the end of the Third Age.) Due to the geographic scope of the war within Middle-earth, the game world only includes Rhovanion (and the eastern side of the Misty Mountains), Gondor, Rohan, Mordor and parts of northern Harad and the East. The Last Days focuses on the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary combatant, male or female, who takes part in the fighting and various military campaigns during the War of the Ring. Many particular designs were also filled in by the modding team's own imagination. Art designs for the mod were mostly inspired by existing Tolkien illustrations, and to a lesser degree by some of the visuals from the film adaptations. Tolkien, especially The Lord of the Rings and other works detailing the Third Age.


The total conversion is based primarily on the literary works of J.R.R.

Based on their choices to side with good or evil, players can form either Fellowships or Warbands with other players and take to the battlefields to triumph over their foes tile by tile. According to a press release, players can form groups in “a multi-layer Fellowship social structure designed to foster collaborative strategies between players. Lord of the Rings: Rise to War’s map will shift and change with each battle as players and their Fellowships or Warbands take over territory throughout a season. Each has stats and specified roles like Control or Warrior, so choosing the correct characters for each battle is vital. Recruit the likes of Gandalf the White, Galadriel, Aragorn, and Legolas to lead your armies to victory. All the stars are here, and they can be your generals in battle. Rise to War puts players in charge of massive armies and your favorite Lord of the Rings characters to take over swaths of the Middle-earth map. Now announced to release next week, Lord of the Rings: Rise to War is described as a “Geo-Strategic Seasonal Wargame” for mobile devices.

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