r/lordoftherings • • 16d ago

Games OpenConquest: Reconstructing The Lord of the Rings: Conquest news

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I’ve been working on OpenConquest, a source reconstruction of the original PC version of The Lord of the Rings: Conquest.

This isn’t a remake in another engine. The goal is to preserve the original game itself while opening it up to much deeper modding, fixes and future development than the original executable ever allowed.

The reconstructed game is already running at the gameplay stage, and I’ve finally started documenting the project publicly after working on it for quite a while.

For anyone here who remembers Conquest and wants to follow the project, I’ve put the current progress, screenshots and future updates on ModDB:

https://www.moddb.com/mods/openconquest

I know Conquest has been gone for a long time, but judging by how many people still bring it up whenever older LOTR games are discussed, I figured some people here would appreciate seeing it being worked on again.


r/lordoftherings • • 17h ago

Art Our Middle-earth Elopement

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In New Zealand, in the very forest where they filmed scenes of Lothlorien 🥹 The most magical day!


r/lordoftherings • • 16h ago

Art Flash sheet I drew this week!

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I do a bunch of fantasy/tolkien tattoos, my page is @mattrawlstattoo on Instagram :)


r/lordoftherings • • 23h ago

Movies I know The Hobbit is hated by some, but the amount of tiny details Peter Jackson hid in those moveis is honestly insane

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It really shows how much care went into these films!

Did you already know all of these or were some of them new to you?


r/lordoftherings • • 17h ago

Art Sketch of Aragorn

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r/lordoftherings • • 20h ago

Art This is an elven cuff bracelet I made with a labradorite stone.

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r/lordoftherings • • 19h ago

Movies I wish we could get some idea of what Saruman's first staff would have looked like in the movies.

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r/lordoftherings • • 6h ago

Discussion I want to paint something Tolkien for my Boyfriend as a gift

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r/lordoftherings • • 1d ago

The Rings of Power Amazon can lie all it wants about viewership numbers and success. But data clearly shows the steep drop off and what an embarrassing failure and flop RoP has been globally.

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This chart shows the steep drop off between S1 and S2. Coincides with third party data about massive drop in viewership


r/lordoftherings • • 1d ago

Art Middle Earth Polyhedral Lamp

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This custom Lord of the Rings themed lamp is a dual morph polyhedral that is 50% in between a pentagonal hexecontahedron and a snub dodecahedron. I used Stella4D to project a customized map of Middle Earth onto the faces and UV printed the map using the Eufymake E1. The frame parts were designed in Fusion 360 and 3D printed on a Bambu X1-C and H2S.


r/lordoftherings • • 1d ago

Art Last March of the Ents

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Started the third installment on my leg tattoo last night. Already completed Bridge of Khazad-dûm and the Witch King


r/lordoftherings • • 10h ago

Lore Did you know about the Middle-earth lore Peter Jackson completely left out of the LOTR movies? Spoiler

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Hey everyone, I’ve been diving deep into Tolkien’s Legendarium lately and realized just how much incredible lore didn’t make the cut in the cinematic trilogy.I'm completely new to content creation, but I started this project simply because I love Middle-earth and I genuinely enjoy sharing these stories. I really hope it catches the interest of fellow lore fans here!I decided to turn these lesser-known stories into quick, digestible YouTube Shorts. Right now, I have 8 shorts up on the channel, covering topics like the tragic fate of the Entwives and the untold stories of the Dúnedain.

My goal is to cover as much forgotten lore as possible, so I will be dropping 2 new shorts every single day.If you love deep Middle-earth lore that the movies skipped,

feel free to check it out here: [ https://www.youtube.com/@FrostBeardTales ] What’s your favorite piece of lore that you wish made it into the films? Let's discuss!

I'm completely new to this, but I'm doing it purely because I enjoy it, and I really hope someone might find it interesting.

Goodbye & Have a good day Everyone!


r/lordoftherings • • 7h ago

Discussion Am I the stupid one

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So my freinds and I are huge fans of LOTR and Hobbit trilogy’s. And I was talking to them and saying how I love both trilogy’s but LOTR is a far superior to the Hobbit trilogy. They then proceed to look at me with disgust. They scoff and say how the hobbit is better because of the visuals and the CGI. Am I stupid for thinking LOTR is better than the Hobbit


r/lordoftherings • • 16h ago

Movies It haunts me still

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So many things that I absolutely loved inFellowship, but the one that lives in my heart more than any other is knowing that Enya singing "May It Be" is the closest thing I will ever hear to an actual Elf singing in this world.


r/lordoftherings • • 1d ago

Art The Arkenstone

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A great jewel discovered beneath the roots of the Lonely Mountain during the reign of Thráin I and prized by his descendants as the “Heart of the Mountain”.

Growing up I always wanted an actual Arkenstone made with materials that bring it to life, not 3D printed items. So why not make it myself, this project took 3 months to create and over a year of planning.

The stones are deep pour resin encased by casted bronze that was hand carved originally out of wax! One day I’ll use real gems but I hope i did it service for now.

Follow for more art like this on Instagram here


r/lordoftherings • • 1d ago

Games Couldn’t pass it up for $50

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Got it from game nerdz with free shipping and fast shipping too. Excited to finally play this with my own fellowship


r/lordoftherings • • 1d ago

Art Sharing some pictures of our Lord of the Rings photoshoot last week on this beautiful location in Wales!

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r/lordoftherings • • 1d ago

Books What do you think Radagast should actually look like

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r/lordoftherings • • 18h ago

Lore My boy Bombadil stays bricked up for his lady Goldberry

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Fully bricked


r/lordoftherings • • 2d ago

Meme Mark your calendars!

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r/lordoftherings • • 17h ago

Movies Starting the LOTR films for the first time! Advice?

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My partner is a huge LOTR fan and she is finally introducing me to the franchise! Will begin Fellowship of the Ring pretty soon. Anything I should know going in? Any advice for a first-time viewer?


r/lordoftherings • • 2d ago

Art Friend painted this in the style of Bob Ross

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r/lordoftherings • • 20h ago

Movies Lord of the Rings Trivia! (new trivia channel on YT)

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This was the second video I posted. I've made some enhancements in production since then, but please take a look and let me know your thoughts.

I've been struggling to find work and have been really committing myself to these videos (I've learned a ton since starting!). Any support or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

So far I also have trivia videos for Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and a new one for PC Gaming (showcasing some of the enhancements I made myself).

I plan on making playlists with multiple videos in each of those topics above, but would like suggestions on more.

Thank you in advance!


r/lordoftherings • • 1d ago

Books Radio Times 7-13 March 1981 LotR Article pp70-74

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This may be of interest. It’s about the 1981 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.


r/lordoftherings • • 2d ago

Books thank you, local library!

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