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Middle Earth Big

Unlocks at level 2 or with the Mega Maps Pack
#Fictional  #Strategic  #Fantasy  
Created by Saruman (all)
Went public on 3/23/2013
Number of ratings: 870
Average rating: 4.208 / 5
264 territories, 104 bonuses, 8 distribution modes

Description

Welcome to middle earth !

Please comment to help in improving the map !

1.12 Version Patch :
-> Focus on cities of importance (Minas Tirith, Barad Dur, Isengard, Helm's Deep)
-> Focus on the Minas Tirith Battle (Pelennor, Pelargir, boats, ...)
-> Some paths through the mountains are more difficult to cross (Moria, Mount Dolmed, Paths of the dead)
-> South Mirkwood is cut in two as it was a large territory.
-> Angband replaced by frozen encampment
-> Bonus modifications (for some it is due to new territories)

1.14 Version Patch :
-> RIVERS AND BRIDGES !
-> New territories for Northmen (Laketown, Dale, City of Wine)
-> New stronghold for ents (Entmoot place)
-> New territories in Vales of Anduin
-> Quest bonuses (with 0 in basic map)

1.15 and 1.16 Version Patch :
-> Many bonus and superbonus changes
-> New scenarios

Reviews

Review by Niclas0611 on 5/7/2013.
Great map, lots of hidden tracks and paths!
20 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
Review by _Ninja_ on 6/6/2013.
just like the real lord of the rings map and even more that isnt in the movie. i can see you did research and if you barely tried i congradulate you XD. p.s. I LOVE THIS MAP FOR MULTIPLAYER WITH 4 PEOPLE. i also think you should make smaller scales of it in certain places. CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT MAPS!
16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.
Review by retribution on 5/31/2013.
this map is really interesting. reminds me of the good ol lord of the rings map, very well done based on strategic importance of land, and symbolic meanings.
13 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Review by Church on 4/20/2013.
Amazing and fun
11 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Review by Adm.Lee on 6/12/2013.
i love this map! thanks for awesome map
8 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
Review by WorldlyBaton51 on 10/15/2013.
Great strategic map well thought out
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by chris_swiss on 10/5/2013.
many nice little cities and pearls
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ryangamer on 9/23/2013.
Well distributed
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by [REGL] Firehawk on 10/18/2013.
Good map.
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by Batu on 4/30/2013.
THIS MAP IS AWESOME
8 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
Review by Archer on 7/19/2013.
I absolutely love the Middle-Earth concept, but this map is a bit complex for my taste. Just a bit, though!
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by Rogue_Shroom on 10/31/2013.
Very good and territory names seem accurate and certainly add to the game
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by orionaux on 7/23/2014.
Only played on a team game, which can make bonuses hard to get.
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by Dogjaw on 10/26/2013.
Good stuff. LOTR.
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by Koceey on 5/5/2014.
Nice and good for strategies! One of my favourites.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Prime on 1/28/2014.
Very enjoyable map. Will definitely be one of my favorites.
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ysayell1 on 4/22/2015.
Solid map. Can't say I love it, it's not exactly easy on the eyes, there's some questionable balance with the choke points heavily favoring some areas and some super bonuses being all but irrelevant since you cannot achieve them until you've basically already won, but it does play pretty well in team games. The city-within-territory bit is a nice touch for keeping those little hold outs. Do wish there was a little more focus on the cities of importance.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by tracy on 3/31/2013.
it' cool
7 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
Review by The Mighty h'Erik on 4/30/2013.
THIS ROX
7 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
Review by HyperionKnight on 11/5/2013.
Great roleplaying map
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by 0liH on 12/31/2014.
Great map and very true to Tolkein's work
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by ironhalo on 1/5/2015.
exellent for team play
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Vatsug on 5/9/2015.
A lovely, well-balanced map. Awesome to play for 2v2, 3v3, 2v2v2, 2v2v2v2 and 3v3v3. A map with several points of huge strategic value, which leads to intense battles and a heart-rate you won't survive long with. I suggest using full city distribution in your templates. It's the map I've played the most and likely the map I will play the most.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nathan on 5/27/2015.
This may be my favorite map of Middle Earth. You have done a great job incorporating many of the important (but unvisited) locations as one-off bonuses. You also lay out chokepoints in a very strategic manner, but most of the board is open for back-and-forth battles. This makes it crucial to secure what defensible bonuses one can and to concentrate on slowly building one's forces. Caution, rather than boldness, wins the day in this incarnation of Middle Earth.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Tyson Stevens on 6/12/2015.
Very fun to use for "chase" games.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Commander9786 on 6/25/2015.
This map had me on the edge of my seat!!! However, the APT reward for Rhovanian is a bit too steep (in my opinion). capturing it provided an early-game advantage that made the win easy.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Petty Officer Peepers on 9/19/2015.
Had an enjoyable game. The territory layouts were interesting and provided a lot of options for strategy. Detailed enough for the casual Tolkien fan but not so much so that a player with limited knowledge of the realm wouldn't be overwhelmed by the new territories. One of my favorite maps.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Arsteel on 12/16/2015.
I think that mordor should have a slightly bigger bonus. 6 or 7.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by LND on 11/19/2017.
Saruman has created the best Warlight map of Middle-Earth in the game, with the geography being as close to perfect as a map of Middle-Earth can get. The bonuses work well. Well done, Saruman!
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Darkenvy on 11/8/2013.
awesome!
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by (deleted) on 10/19/2016.
Good Middle Earth map.
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by Vön Schëfflër on 9/2/2013.
I got fucked, but it was fun.
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by DaSwagginPanda on 4/17/2014.
Great Map
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by El Asesino on 5/5/2014.
This is a very interesting map.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Sam Matney on 6/21/2014.
Pretty Cool.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by antimatterfish on 9/5/2014.
awesome map, lots of cool things to do! Also bonus points for LotR <3
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Thomas on 10/29/2014.
Great map i love Lord of the Rings too so it deserves 5
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by [ROME] Trajan on 10/24/2015.
Awesome. I love the theme
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by dwarfsbeard on 11/4/2015.
This map is awesome to play on. It is incredibly accurate to the middle earth lore and world.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Morgan Barnes on 11/11/2015.
It's alright
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by psykkoman on 11/22/2015.
Enjoyable and challenging map. It is recommended to pick territories manually, as starting position is very important and bonuses differ in their value much. Which is not flaw, Middle Earth rewards smart development, instead of over aggresive behaviour. I would recommend playing here for beginners also, because map itself is helpful in understanding principles of play.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by LazarGalic on 1/3/2016.
Great!
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Elessar on 1/22/2016.
Really love it! Very good job. It's like the true middle earth !
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by warhawk on 3/8/2016.
tight completion makes this a challanging map
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by ChocoTaco on 1/8/2014.
very fun
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by Simont on 7/17/2013.
Very good GODE GODE GODE
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by Wiseneiwski on 8/21/2013.
nice
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by rainbowloff13 on 11/26/2013.
Such A DOG!!
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by VaporWolf [FROG] on 7/17/2014.
I like it <3
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Marakus Coldslayer on 6/27/2016.
This was very cool. The Easterlings were very powerful from the beginning. Luckily, they were on my team.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by 'vander on 7/14/2016.
Really liked the detail and the place names and the mountains. Mordor fell last, but it did fall!!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Unifel on 9/16/2016.
Loved it!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Andalorium on 12/17/2016.
Love the map, a little rough but still good, and fun.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by farer on 4/9/2017.
great map
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Chris on 11/17/2017.
Great map, great setup.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by menwia on 12/28/2017.
Great map, very detailed, great game play.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Bonesoul on 7/2/2018.
First Map in a while you can lose if you are careless playing solo.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by KaiserWilhelm2 on 9/2/2018.
Fantastic for Tolkien Fans!!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by gul dukat on 2/27/2019.
omg so amazing
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Daniel Weiss on 5/25/2019.
great map!!!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by iankukar on 3/18/2020.
its a fun one
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Il Verga on 4/5/2020.
It's realy good. Create a lot of scenarios. I think five or six players are best choise to play this map.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by UK_IN_US on 4/15/2020.
Got off to a very rough start in the north, but focused on taking the South and Harad first, with good results. Midgame was wobbly, but I held at the Anduin, eventually forcing a crossing at the Celebrant, and working my way around into Mordor from Harad and down from Rhun. Arnor was next to be smote (THAT for the Kinstrife, up the Tree, up Gondor!), and then I landed more armies than D-Day on the western coasts and it was all cleanup from there.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by serbac on 5/1/2020.
Well detailed, strategic distribution of the connections and of the recharging points. It would be even nicer with more icons (like the tree of Gondor) from Tolkien's world
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by LJC on 7/11/2020.
Truly felt like Sauron pillaging my way through Middle Earth
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by YK on 7/17/2020.
Really nice map
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Ecthelion on 8/4/2020.
As a huge LOTR fan, I find this map amazing. It's very detailed and it makes me feel like I am actually in Middle Earth. Amazing job Saruman!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Eso z Arizony on 10/31/2020.
Hi, I like this game a lot. Middle Earth is great, LotR is great and author of this map is very likely great man (woman?) too. Thanks.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by B on 6/5/2021.
Kinda tedious
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Sherpafish on 8/30/2021.
Grand
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Pappy on 9/13/2021.
Beautiful map!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Vivichopchop on 1/3/2022.
super nice
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Mikey on 1/4/2022.
Nice
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Bob on 1/14/2022.
Nice map. Well drawn I thought
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by John W. on 2/24/2022.
I love it! I'll take any chance to wander around Middle Earth.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by SireBrest on 3/10/2022.
This map was really fun! I loved the theme! Perhaps a "Ring Journey" Area could be made.(If you control the spaces from Shire to Mordor, 10 armies)
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by superdimentio on 3/25/2022.
awesome
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by ElmosGotaGun! on 3/28/2022.
Great well done map
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Cyanic on 4/27/2022.
Very good multiteam map!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Puthery on 4/29/2022.
One of my favourite maps! The inclusion of mountains to block territory access makes it particularly fun to play and plan.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Danny on 5/30/2022.
Great Map
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by BroBo on 6/11/2022.
As a Middle Earth fan, I love the map. There are some connection points that I don't understand, and negative points in one area that would be nice to have an explanation for. Perhaps if there were labels... all in all, I enjoyed playing!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by TadT on 8/16/2022.
Fun map, dont usually like 4v4 but this was nice.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Aaron on 10/30/2022.
nice
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by iwiner on 2/14/2023.
I like midel earth
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Sauron on 3/3/2023.
It was great fun playing this
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Wedge donovan on 6/8/2023.
Lots of fun! Interesting way to connect and isolate territories.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by DrNightmare on 7/15/2023.
Excellent level design would be a 5-star review if the places were all named, and full but perfect (places missing Angmar
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Federation of Super Earth on 8/2/2023.
Great design
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by KSRD on 8/11/2023.
Excellent!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by skarabaios on 8/21/2023.
Interesting
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by ikkai on 9/2/2023.
imoo why im playing only gondor
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Skata2 on 10/11/2023.
nice!
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by mrgreen on 11/9/2023.
Good
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Asteriks on 11/10/2023.
interesting and different
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Deej on 4/6/2024.
Awesome
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Sasa on 7/26/2024.
great
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by not-just-yeti on 8/3/2024.
[Note: I play single-player / vs AI, so I'm not judging this map on multi-human-player.]

One of my favorite maps! Good structure & balance. Starting in the northeast's center is difficult, but otherwise most all starting-locations are viable. I like the ships' "fast travel" being valuable despite no army-bonuses.

The only tweak I wish is on a couple of the rewards: I feel like harrowing through the Paths of the Dead should get a negative-income, rather than the convoluted negative penalties around Smaug's Desolation.
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Federal Republic of Deutsch-franzosische on 7/4/2013.
Better detail for geography of the map
3 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Review by L0N3GUNM4N on 8/4/2015.
Great action in a FFA scenario!
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by YourMoMMA on 1/13/2018.
Needs to be larger
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by djaidi on 12/5/2023.
Hey there,
thanks for creating the map. It's fun to play strategically. And you can relate to LoR. It's nice.

Sometimes its hard to see if lands are connected or not, e.g. left of Mordor its hard to see the river.

P.S.: Way too easy. It's like a run through, takes the fun away. Happy if you forward it to the level creator.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Yaoel on 12/18/2023.
Got my shit rocked
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by 7ate9 on 7/14/2024.
unique, but no my style
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by DDS on 9/22/2024.
Absolutely perfect, thank you for this
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by MrSharky on 11/26/2024.
very fun
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nateknife on 11/27/2024.
Great!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful.
Review by YellowEwan on 1/23/2015.
good map
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by BigTitsandAFatAss on 2/23/2015.
awsome
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Arachnocat14 on 11/16/2017.
This is a really ugly map, the only cool thing about it is the ships.
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by sfafsfewdc on 4/30/2019.
vfr
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by poonrake on 4/10/2021.
shit map can't see anything
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by wickidd on 6/11/2021.
a complete and utter waste of time. the settings were absolute trash. way too hard. please do better.
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Ashley Rodriguez on 7/23/2021.
very confusing
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Gaz27 on 2/27/2024.
fucking shite
0 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Rogue NK on 3/31/2015.
great game
1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by robiw2 on 4/6/2015.
I like it bro!!! ;D
1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Tjockkorv on 4/24/2015.
Nice, but hard...
1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by TheCondescendingSeal on 5/16/2015.
Great!
1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Coco on 7/15/2015.
Good
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by TheCatGuy on 8/25/2015.
coool
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by yoman1 on 9/19/2015.
Amazing and fun for building empires.
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by DoctorD on 10/28/2015.
It fucking sucked dick
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Ben Monk on 11/11/2015.
afgdhfgjhm
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by AlphaPwNz on 12/6/2015.
allalah bar
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Yakahiro on 4/12/2016.
gdfdghj
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Jazz on 11/10/2014.
Neat.
0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Lightning on 4/8/2015.
why has this map been "nerfed"? liked it a lot more with the higher bonuses.
0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by Wayne Conway on 9/2/2015.
played as the hobbits. there is no way to get any traction at all. way too many surrounding troops, and not near enough troops generated. it takes 10 turns just to be able to take one territory, which doesn't provide any more troops, and then you are completely vunerable.
also the allience system is completley opaque. it is very difficult to determine who anyone is, and what there role should be.
0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Review by OTPM on 12/3/2014.
ㅎㅎㅎ
0 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by sheep1987 on 1/23/2015.
0 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by lasabasballsweg on 4/20/2015.
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0 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by [WM] Gnuffone on 8/1/2013.
gg
0 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
Review by Solis Empire on 4/7/2013.
:D
2 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
Review by Andreco on 7/20/2013.
BACAN!
1 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
Review by AnalLee on 4/19/2013.
s
1 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
Review by robber364 on 5/30/2013.
sucks
2 out of 16 people found this review helpful.
Review by 16chaben on 4/16/2013.
This map is terrible. You can't ever get it to zoom to the right level.
2 out of 18 people found this review helpful.