Fan-made Civ II Lord of the Rings scenario used game mechanics in brilliantly unintended ways
xuenay · x · 2026-09-19
xuenay recalls a fan-made Lord of the Rings scenario for Civilization II that repurposed game mechanics in ways never intended: playing as the Fellowship, you had to escort Frodo across the map to Mt. Doom, detonate the One Ring to wipe out units there, then walk in to capture the city — destroying all of Sauron's armies in one stroke.
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