While the books written by J. J. R. Tolkien himself are the best source materiel you could ever find, sometimes we need add stuff to the mod where his great works did not cover. It could be from either other literature, like the table top games, or media like Peter Jacksons movie trilogy Lord of the Rings or video games like Lord of the Ring Online. This page will try to help sort some of these Lore sources available online.

Here are some Wikipedia like websites that contain LOTR lore, whatever they are from the books alone or have element from say video games.

Tolkien Gateway is a great J.R.R. Tolkien encyclopedia made by it's community.

One Wiki to Rule them all An encyclopedia for The Lord of the Rings, its creator, and the world behind it that anyone can edit.

The New Notion Club Archives New Notion Club Archives is an open project, an encyclopedia dedicated to Expanded Arda, non-canonical sub-creation within J. R. R. Tolkien's World of Arda.Originally dedicated to support and preserve abandoned, out-of-print and fan-made material dedicated to roleplaying games, as time passed this Wiki has moved its focus onto the broader field of sub-creation, including: RPG games (Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP), Questgame, The Lord of the Rings Adventure Game (LotRAG), The Lord of the Rings Role-Playing Game (LotRRPG), The One Ring - Roleplaying in Middle Earth, Adventures in Middle-earth, Ambarquenta); play-by-mail games (Middle-Earth play-by-mail); card games (Middle-Earth Collectible Card Game, The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (LCG)); collectible miniatures (Mithril Miniatures); table-top games (The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game, The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game, The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth); computer and video games (The Lord of the Rings Online); and the wide field of Tolkien- and Arda-related fanfiction.

LOTRO-Wiki.com A dedicated Wiki Fan-site for Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) and pride itself in supplying information and guides to enhance your gaming experience. The site is for players by players!

Tolkiendil.com A very good french wiki, very complete, with tone of essays and arts on different subjects, for french readers.

Different Sites containing knowledge of the fantastic languages spoken in the Word of the Lord of the Rings

Real Elvish.Net the place to get reliable, up to date, well-researched translations in Tolkien’s languages. There are thousands of translations in our databases, all of them made by linguists and Tolkien-language experts. No content here is computer-generated, all translations were done by humans. With pulses even!

Black Speech School A great dictionary where you can learn the language of Orcs, Nazgûls and other Mordor's inhabitants.

Elfdict.com This website is dedicated to Tolkien's languages, with an emphasis on the elvish languages of his legendarium. Our dictionary consists of imported glosses from a variety of quality dictionaries, categorized and searchable by sense, conjugation and more.

Elvish.comThe Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E.L.F.) is an international organization devoted to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien. There is a resource here that tells what different Names is in Quenya.

Neo Khuzdul dictionary this is a Neo Khuzdul dictionary from the Dwarrow Scholar. The Dwarrow Scholar have For over twenty years I have been studying the dwarves of Germanic myth and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Since 2012 his content has been downloaded by millions from all over the world; and has supported fans, game developers and writers alike.

Getting good maps of Middle Earth or Arda itself can be invaluable when modding! So hopefully these will be of some help.

Lindefirion Maps Lindëfirion ("Lay of the Dead") was a Finnish roleplaying world based on a unique vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, created by Sampsa Rydman. The Maps created are both detail and gorgeous.

Dynomap Ruslotro a online map search engine for the game Lord of the Ring Online

Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) is a 1982 role-playing game based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit under license from Tolkien Enterprises. Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) published the game until they lost the license on 22 September 1999.

Other Minds Magazine Other Minds Magazine (OM) and the related websites are dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien and his works. This site and the related magazine have been created by and for Tolkien enthusiasts, scholars, and Tolkien-based role-playing gamers.

Other Hands Collections 1992-2001. Other Hands Magazine. The predecessor to Other Minds Magazine, here you will find the entire collection of Professor Chris Seeman's Other Hands Magazine. Specific issue's:

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Other Hands Magazine, Issue 1 EDITORIAL: Introducing Other Hands Beyond the Third Age: Role-Playing in all ages of Arda, Corruption in Middle-earth: A look at the use and consequances of power, Beyond Anduin: Rhovanion as the northern frontier of Gondor & more.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #2 No Elves in the forth age, Middle Earth Religions, Character Profiles & more.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #3 Thoughts on the population of Gondor and Arnor, Response to "Thoughts on the population of Gondor and Arnor", Developing a magic system for Middle-earth Role Playing, A journey in the dark, The forgotten race of the Drughu, A reply to ICE’s "open letter", Scandinavian influences on Orkish, Product Review: Northwestern Middle-earth Gazetteer, A bibliography of Middle-earth gaming: 1982-199.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #4 Middle-Earth Down Under: An Antipodian Campaign, Winter in Ladros: Report on a First Age Campaign, The Orthanc Fellowship: Notes on a Fourth Age Campaign, Weaving Magical Realism Through Nature, Exile and Return in Tolkien’s World, Metallurgy in the Third Age, More on Population: A Response to Jason Beresford.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #5 Semper Fidelis: Some Ideas for a Second Age Campaign, Before the Trial: An Introduction to a Second Age Campaign, Tarma Tar-Calion: A Historical Note on the Haven of Umbar, The Queen of Shadow: A Fourth Age Campaign.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #6/7 Innate magic in Middle-earth, The Cult of Benish Armon, Ûvatha the Horseman, Tarma Tar-Calion revisited, The Logistics of Minas Tirith, Umbarean trade with Eriador.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #8 The religious rituals of the Dúnedain of Gondor, The lost realm of Myr, The Knife of Betrayal, The legacy of Calimendil, Palantír Quest Review, Moria: the Black Chasm Review.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #9 A GLOBAL DIRECTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH GAMING, THE RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND PRACTICE OF THE ELVES OF MIDDLE-EARTH AT THE TIME OF THE WAR OF THE RING, THE HEALERS OF GONDOR, A COUNT OF THE KHAZAD, FAMILY BUSINESS, THE MILLER'S TALE, Two Reviews of The Kin-strife.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #10/11 The Streets of Minas Tirith, Some brief thoughts on magic in Middle-earth, The Power of Spells in Middle-earth, Scenario: The High Cost of Living, All That Glitters, An Interview with Laurie Battle, Map of Forochel, Product Preview: The Wizards, Product Reviews of; The Shire - Lake-town - Rolemaster Standard Rules.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #12 A Taste of Things to Come, The Balchoth, The Bozishnarod: Using the cultures of Far Harad in MERP, Aggressiveness and Morale for Non-player Characters, Mapping Middle-earth: An Interview with Pete Fenlon, Arda Lore, Product Reviews: Dol Guldur - Angmar - Mirkwood.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #13 A Taste of Things to Come, A Brief History of the Kingdom of Hithlum, An Interview with Jessica Ney-Grimm, Arda Lore, New Middle-earth: Exploring Beyond the Mountains. Product Reviews: Creatures of Middle-earth - Middle-earth Role Playing 2nd edition - Southern Gondor: The People.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #14 The Unique Magic of Middle-earth, The Ships of Belfalas Bay, Arda Lore, Product Reviews: Middle-eartb: The Wizards - Southern Gondor: The Land - Teenagers from Middle-earth.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #15/16 The Making of Amor, Servants of Angmar, The Beggar-king of Tharbad, A Dog's Life, The Peoples of Eriador in the Second Age, The Indigenous Population of Eriador and Gondor, Product Reviews: Middle-earth: The Dragons - Middle-earth: The Wizards.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #15/16 Supplement Arnor Name Glossary

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #17 Let There Be Strife, Product Reviews: Arnor: The People.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #18 The Knight Wives of Calenardhon, PLAYING THE PONIES: IDEAS FOR USING HORSES IN YOUR MDDLE-EARTH CAMPAIGN, Product Review: Arnor: The Land - Arnor: The People - Middle-Earth: Dark Minions.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #19 Middle-earth Role Playin and Hârnmaster, Gondorian Funeral Customs, Thoughts on the Genealogy of the Noldorin Kings, Product Review: Lord of the Rings Adventure Game - The Northern Waste.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #20 From England unto Eglamar, The Mystery of the Blessed Child, Product Review: Hands of the Healer.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #21 Adventuring Among Second Age Edainic People, Broken Covenant.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #22 The Balrogs, Dwarven Magic, An Interview with Chris Tubb, The TA 1640 Campaign - Facts and Problem.

ther Hands Magazine, Issue #23 The Dwarven Engineer, A Character Development System for MERP, Dragons of the North, The Knights of Eärendur.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #24 Oathbreakers and Dunlendings, The Infantry of Angmar, Campaigning in the Northern Waste.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #25 Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, Elf-lords of Lindon, The Tale of Dwari and Kúra.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #26 Dark Undead, Denizens of the Dead Marches.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #27 Magic in the Third Age, Taurinafanto, Enchanters of Mirkwood.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #28 A History of the Nandor, Tatyarin Avari, A Grammar and Dictionary of Silvan Elvish, Halls of the Elven-king, The History of Mt. Gundabad, Siriann's Song got Genelas and Muristil.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #29/30 Magic Feature: Words of Command, An Alternative Continental Map for MERP, The Mûmakanril, Mithril Feature: The Mirror of Fire, The Sisters of Ishtra, Maps of the Utter south.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #29/30 Supplement THE REALM OF BELLAKAR - the full MERP history of Bellakar.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #31/32 Journey to the Crossroads Magic Feature: Heartstrings, The Lughoth, Tol Fuin and the Shadowy Isles, Mithril Feature: Mayhem under the Mountain, Using D&D 3rd Edition for Middle-earth Campaigns, The Great Spiders, Tol Fuin Map.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #31/32 Supplement The Eyes of Oclanoc and other tales SOUTHWESTERN LEBENNIN GAEROS - THE TOWN OF LÓRILAD -THE ERINATH - THE CLIFF CAVES, ADVENTURE GUIDELINES, A DANGEROUS FELON, A BOY CRIES WOLF, THE EYES OF OCLANOC.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #33/34 Why did the Three Rings lose their powers?, Gondorian Warcraft, Eldacar must die!, The House of Warcraft, Dúnadan longevity.

Other Hands Magazine, Issue #33/34 Supplement - Armies of Eriador Arthedain, Cardolan, Rhudaur, Angmar.

Then we there is this google drive (found on google) that contains most if not all MERP books in pdf format

There is also this google drive (Jaco_Daan's) which contains one book Jaco_Daans Google drive

LOTR: Realms in Exile is a Crusader King 3 Mod itself and have other "Sister" mods similar to itself. Whatever to take inspiration from or just adore here you'll find some other mods.

Shadow and Flame Shadow and Flame is a modern reimagining of BFME1, with improved graphics and new gameplay systems. It's goal is to create an RTS experience that is faithful to the spirit of Tolkien's mythos, with diverse, engaging, and balanced gameplay.

The Age of the Ring A BFME2 Mod with new factions, new heroes, new maps, new spells, a brand-new campaign and expanded War of the Ring. Delve deeper into Middle-earth than ever before. AotR's goal is to create an RTS experience that is faithful to the spirit of Tolkien's mythos, with diverse, engaging, and balanced gameplay.

Total War Rise of Mordor Rise of Mordor is a non-commercial, fan-made mod for Total War: Attila. Mod visuals are based on WETA designs for Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films. Mod campaign and battle designs are based on Lord of the Rings and other official books, based in Middle-Earth.