Released Middle-earth Mods for the Total War Series
MODIFICATION ABBREVIATION: FATW METW LOTRTW TATW
TOTAL WAR PLATFORM: BI BI Alex Kingdoms
COMPLETION STATUS: Finished(1) Abandoned Beta Finished Open Beta
FULLY MODFOLDERED: Yes Yes Yes Yes
INSPIRED BY: Books Books Movies Movies
ERA OF MIDDLE-EARTH: Fourth Age Late Third Age War of the Ring Late Third Age
CAMPAIGN CULTURES/FACTIONS: 7 / 18 (17 Playable) 7 / 11 (11 playable) 6/14 (14 playable) 7/13 (13 playable)
MAP REGIONS: 179 150 95 137
CUSTOM STRATEGY MODELS: Yes Yes Yes Yes
CUSTOM ENVIRONMENTS: Yes(2) No Yes (RS II) No
CUSTOM BATTLEMAP BUILDINGS: Yes(3) No Yes Yes
NUMBER OF UNIT MODELS: 243 224 348 ?
EMPHASIS: ReadThe Fourth Age: Total War - The Dominion of Men…with a focus on original design, stability, full & innovative use of game features, campaign & unit balance, realism, game-play variety, attention to detail, storyline, and faithfulness to the spirit & lore of Tolkien’s world. ReadMiddle-earth: Total War…(never completed) ReadLord of the Rings: Total War…with a focus on replicating the epic story and battles of the Peter Jackson movies, including movie-based settlements, heavy scripting, and ability to control the heroes of the War of the Ring. ReadThe Third Age: Total War…with a focus on 3D building and unit artwork based on the movies.

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Released or Beta Middle-earth Mods for Other Game Engines

The Last Days (Mount & Blade + Warband)

Lord of the Mods (Civilization 3 Conquests)

Middle Earth Project (Crusader Kings 2)

The Lord of the Rings Mod (Minecraft)


(1) Enhancement packs are set for release during 2016.
(2) Environments are unique to and created by the Fourth Age, with skydomes by the Roma Surrectum II team (tweaked by Fourth Age).
(3) Generic cultural settlements. Unique settlements include Minas Anor, the Hornburg and Minas Ithil as of the Cities of Middle-earth 3.2 add-on.