The 'Middle Earth Roleplaying Project' aims to recreate J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth in the Creation engine of 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'. The player will be plunged into Middle Earth near the end of the Third Age, not long before the War of the Ring

The 'Middle Earth Roleplaying Project' aims to recreate J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth in the Creation engine of 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'. The player will be plunged into Middle Earth near the end of the Third Age, not long before the War of the Ring

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