Hi I'm new to the forum so hello to all.
This is really primarily intended for the HL2 and STALKER modders though it applies to anyone.
Having been a pen and paper role player for the last 25 years it has often struck me the potential that Middle Earth has for modders. The problem seems to me to be the sheer enormity of the task, at least if one wishes to live up to Tolkien's legacy.
I've not really looked through these boards so I apologise in advance if I am ressurrecting old discourse or presume an ignorance.
Basically, is anybody aware of the work done by Iron Crown Enterprises for the Middle Earth Roleplaying game (MERP)? They covered a VAST amount of Middle Earth (esp north western ME). Rather than rely too heavily on the films or completely reinvent the wheel, may I suggest that additionally this resource would prove invaluable both in terms of inspiration and in time saving. Indeed under Tolkien Enterprises' license they proposed their view of the whole of Middle Earth. The continent was on a large scale completely mapped and continues to be by, notably, a Yahoo group.
I would be willing to electronically mail some of this PDF material and/ or at least provide further relevant links. I don't have the time to commit in any other way to a mod project but I do share a similar desire to Middle Earth modders.
Cheers,
Carl

well, we're certainly not using any of the WETA Workshop's imagery at all.

We're well aware of much of the content of ICE's work, and the majority of it is of use as basic reference material and principally as a benchmark: if it's not considerably better quality than ICE's MERP content, we need to do better.

what might be od use is the yahoogroups url, if that's at all possible, and I may well have to take alook and see what's available.

you're welcome to PM me for any details you can give.

Suzerain

Hi suzerain, glad to see you know of ICE's work; a lot of great stuff.
Well, the FTP here http://fanmodules.free.fr/ has a lot of ongoing revision of ICE material but mostly new material created by the hard work and dedication of the folks at the Yahoo group. It is all pen and paper.
Please be respectful of the group and their work. I am not authorised by them to be a spokesman. I am quite new to the group myself. If you do decide to use material please register on the Yahoo list and speak to the owner Eric Dubourg here http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fan-modules/

Perhaps the mod community could contribute to the pen and paper work.

I am known as monkschain on the Yahoo group.
Cheers,
Carl