Lord of the Rings (LOTR) Mod v1.0

Quote from the readme: "There are many new units, buildings, wonders, tile improvements and governments, with the goal to make each Realm different from the others...so each Realm will have a different focus. You will have to play the game to unlock what those features are...and I'm not going to give specifics here.

When I revisited Cradle this past year, I immediately saw that the foundation was there to convert Cradle into LOTR. There are a lot of features that are in LOTR that are a part of Cradle. For instance, the basic tech tree of LOTR is a mirror of Cradle's tree. However, the LOTR tech tree adds a great deal of Realm-specific advances, which open the doors for unique realm units, buildings, wonders and wonder units, tile improvements and governments. There are also some in-game events that are geared towards each realm, and the plan is to expand on some of these event in future releases.

What this does is give each realm a distinction that has deeper than any other CTP2 Mod, even over Cradle III which I felt was the pinnacle of all CTP2 Mods in this particular area of gameplay. And to top it off, these advances are hidden to some degree because the Great Library does not give specifics for these advances...the player cannot simply map out a path to victory because he is left in the dark as to what these advances will lead to. This enhances replayability, IMO..."

Due to limitations on this site, the original RAR file needed to be renamed from CTP2_LOTR_100.rar to lotr.rar. It is otherwise identical to the original release.