From Book To Game is a Battle For Middle Earth II Modification focused on bringing the lore from J.R.R Tolkien books to the game.
CURRENT STAGE: WIP

--Goblin Archers:
--Cost = 150
--Bought at Cave Rank 1
--Upgrades:
---Scavenged Armour
---Banner Carriers
---Fire Arrows
---At Rank 5 they gain Poisen arrows
---Toggle between Poisen arrows and Fire arrows
--Goblin Spearmen
--Cost = 300
--Bought at Cave Rank 1
Upgrades:
---Scavenged Armour
---Banner Carriers
---Forged Blades
---At Rank 5 they gain Poisen blades
---Toggle betweeb Poisen blades and Forged blades
--Goblin Drummer
--Cost = 500
--Bought at Cave Rank 2
--Abilities:
---Rank 1: Leadership to Goblins and Moria units
---Rank 5: Howl of Rage
--Moria Uruks
--Cost = 800
--Bought at Cave Rank 3
--Upgrades:
---Scavenged Armour
---Banner Carriers
---Moria Blades
--Requires:
---Hidden Jewels
--Limit = 4 Hordes
--Half Troll Maruaders
--Cost = 1200
--Bought at Cave Rank 3
--Upgrades:
---Mithril Mail
---Banner Carriers
---Forged Blades
--Requires:
---Hidden Jewels
--Limit = 4 Hordes
--Gundaband Orcs
--Cost = 50
--Bought at Gundaband Den Rank 1
--Upgrades:
---Banner Carriers
--Requires:
---Gundaband Alliance
--Gundaband Wolf Riders
--Cost = 500
--Bought at Gundaband Den Rank 2
--Upgrades:
---Banner Carriers
--Requires:
---Gundaband Alliance
--Warg Scouts
--Cost = 250
--Bought at Monster Lair Rank 1
--Upgrades:
---Banner Carriers
---Deadly Bite
--Goblin Warg Riders
--Cost = 700
--Bought at Monster Lair Rank 1
--Upgrades:
---Scavenged Armour
---Banner Carriers
---Forged blades
---At Rank 5 they gain Poisen blades
---Toggle Between Poisen blades and Forged blades
--Cave Troll
--Cost = 1000
--Bought at Monster Lair Rank 2
--Upgrades:
---Olog-Hai
--Eregion Troll Horde
--Cost = 800
--Bought at the Monster Lair Rank 2
--Upgrades:
---Olog-Hai
--Fire Drake Horde
--Cost = 1200
--Bought at Monster Lair Rank 3
--Cold Drake Horde
--Cost = 1200
--Bought at Monster Lair Rank 3
*Upgrades:
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--Banner Carriers:
--Cost = 600
--Bought at Treasure Trove Rank 1
--Upgrading Cost = 200
--Scavenged Armour
--Cost = 1000
--Bought at Treasure Trove Rank 2
--Upgrading Cost = 250
--Forged Blades
--Cost = 1200
--Bought at Treasure Trove Rank 2
--Upgrading Cost = 300
--Fire Arrows
--Cost = 1200
--Bought at Treasure Trove Rank 2
--Upgrading Cost = 600
--Mithril Mail
--Cost = 1500
--Bought at Treasure Trove Rank 3
--Upgrading Cost = 500
--Very powerful armour
--Moria Blades
--Cost = 1500
--Bought at Treasure Trove Rank 3
--Upgrading Cost = 500
--Devastating damage
--Foul Bite
--Cost = 800
--Bought at Monster Lair Rank 3
--Upgrading Cost = 300
--Increase the attack damage on warg related units
--Olog-Hai
--Cost = 800
--Bought at Monster Lair Rank 3
--Upgrading Cost = 600
--Trolls are resistant to the sunlight
--Hidden Jewels
--Cost = 1000
--Bought at Mine Rank 3
--All mine production is increased by 25%


*Structures:
-
--Fortress
--Cost = 5000
--Builders
--Hero's
--Upgrades:
---Gundaband Alliance
----Cost = 500
----Requires = Cave
---Cave Bats
----Cost = 1000
----Requires = Gundaband Alliance
---Razor Walls
----Cost = 1500
----Requires = Cave Bats
---Web Cocoon
----Cost = 2500
----Requires = Razor Walls
---Dragon Nest
----Cost = 3500
----Requires = Web Cocoon
--Defence Foundations:
---Arrow Tower
----Cost = 600
---Network Tunnel
----Cost = 300
---Spider Tunnel
----Cost = 500
----Requires = Web Cocoon
--Mine
--Cost = 300
--Rank 3: Hidden Jewels
--Gathers Resources
--Has Tunnel Network
--Lumber Mill
--Cost = 400
--Harvests Trees for Resources
--Cave
--Cost = 400
--Rank 1: Goblin Warriors, Goblin Archers, Goblin Spearmen
--Rank 2: Goblin Drummer
--Rank 3: Half Troll Marauders, Moria Uruks
--Builds Infantry
--Gundaband Den
--Cost = 300
--Rank 1: Gundaband Orcs
--Rank 2: Gundaband Wolf Riders
--Builds Gundaband Units
--Requires = Gundaband Alliance
--Monster Lair
--Cost = 700
--Rank 1: Warg Scouts, Goblin Warg Riders
--Rank 2: Cave Trolls, Eregion Trolls
--Rank 3: Fire Drakes, Cold Drakes, Foul Bite, Olog-Hai
--Builds Creatures and Monsters
--Treasure Trove
--Cost = 1000
--Rank 1: Banner Carriers
--Rank 2: Scavenged Armour, Forged Blades, Fire Arrows
--Rank 3: Mithril Mail, Moria Blades
--Researches Upgrades
--Tower
--Cost = 800
--Upgrades:
---Fire Arrows
---Poison Arrows
--Defensive Building
--Can garrison up to 2 hordes
--Dark Statue
--Cost = 250
--Gives ATK, DEF & EXP bonus to nearby troops

*Hero's:
---Goblin King
--Cost = 1500
--Rank 2: Mount Warg
--Rank 4: Leadership to Goblins
--Rank 6: Howl (only when mounted
--Rank 10: Summon 1 horde of Warriors, Archers and Spearmen
--Shelob
--Cost = 1500
--Rank 3: Leadership to Creaturs & Monsters
--Rank 5: Poison Stinger
--Rank 7: Summon 2 hordes of Spiderlings
--Rank 10: Dig Tunnel
--Moria Uruk Cpt.
--Cost = 1200
--Rank 1: Leadership to Marauders and Moria Uruks
--Rank 3: Poisoned Blade
--Rank 7: Carnage
--Gundaband Orc Jrl.
--Cost = 1200
--Rank 1: Leadership to Gundaband Units
--Rank 4: Inspire Fear (Passive)
--Rank 6: Toggle Weapon
--Requires: Gundaband Alliance
--Troll of High Pass
--Cost = 2000
--Rank 1: Leadership to Creatures and Monsters
--Rank 4: Dominate Lair
--Rank 7: Berserk
--Rank 10: Summon 2 Mt. Giants
--Drogoth
--Cost = 3000
--Rank 1: Leadership to Drakes
--Rank 4: Fireball
--Rank 10: Kill Target Unit
--Requires: Dragons Nest
--Dragon
--Cost = 3000
--Rank 1: Fly
--Rank 4: Fireball
--Rank 10: Destroy target Building
--Requires: Dragons Nest
--Dragon
--Cost = 5000
--Rank 2: Fireball
--Rank 4: Roar
--Rank 7: Leadership to all Units
--Rank 10: Summon 3 drakes
--Requires: Dragons Nest
--Balrog
--Cost = 10000
--Rank 1: Fly
--Rank 3: Toggle Whip
--Rank 5: Massive bonus to all units
--Rank 7: Screech
--Rank 10: Dominating Force
--Requires: The One Ring

*Spellbook:
-
--1
--Name: War chant
--Cost = 5
--2
--Name: Scavenger
--Cost = 5
--3
--Name: Drums in the deep
--Cost = 8
--All Goblins are 10% cheaper
--4
--Name: Blizzard
--Cost = 10
--Drastic wind swoops enemies around
--5
--Name: Watcher in the Water
--Cost = 10
--6
--Name: Iced Land
--Cost = 12
--The ground is covered in ice thus making it harder for enemies to move, but easier for Wild units
--7
--Name: Snow
--Cost = 10
--Snow starts to fall giving Wild units leadership but removing enemy leadership
--8
--Name: March of Gundaband
--Cost = 15
--Summons 4 hordes of Orcs, and 2 hordes of Wolf Riders
--9
--Name: Power of Shadow
--Cost = 18
--All Wild hero's gain 25% ATK & DEF bonuses and their ability timers reacharge 25% quicker
--10
--Name: Avalanche
--Cost = 20
--An avalanche of snow comes crashing down destroying friends or foes
--11
--Name: Flames of the Abyss
--Cost = 25
--Meteors of fire come crashing down
--12
--Name: Colds of the mountain
--Cost = 25
--All units and buildings in the radius are freezed for 3 minutes (effects all players)
Credits:
-Unknown/Clank234 = Project Leader
-Ridder Geel = Advisor, Consultant and Part-time Modding
-luh-koala = Head Skinner and 2D Artist
-Dragon Rider = Head Coder
-Modboy451 = Skinner, Modeller and Part-time Coder
Rastko = 3D Modeller
Bofur01 = Mapper
-Fredius = Ideas and Mapper
--Clement = Morgul Orc Model
Remember to always check up for updates!
3 comments by FellbeastIII on May 19th, 2012
After what, has it been about a month, we've officially joined our two mods under the banner of From Book to Game.
In our previous post, we said that we'd joined, but then it was a rather shaky alliance, and now we're firmly together.
Anyway, I and the whole team just wanted to say thank you all who've followed us thus far, for all your support and criticisms (particularly on Morgoth, whose second model's under way).There have been many ideas and thoughts you people have voiced which have, and continue to, shape the direction of the mod, and we thank you.
Also, here's the logo which will appear along with New Line's and Tolkien Enterprises (which, finally, are skippable!)
Keep up the support, and we'd be grateful if you'd do us the honour of publicising us to family and friends, or anyone who'd be interested; it'd mean a lot to us (even if it's just a Share on Facebook).
- Fellbeast III
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free) and do things you never thought possible.
Looks very promissing. Cant wait to try it out. Also I hope that you will actually finish this and not abandon it in the middle of the development. That would be a shame because it have a big potential.
Keep it up and good luck
Hey guys
We could use a bit of help:
Coders
3D art
2D art
Mapping
E-mail me at clank234@hotmail.com ;)
I would be willing to map, I have done it before.
Send me an e-mail :)
I sent an e-mail and PM to you. :P
An update:
Changes are under discussion ;)
Will you be upgrading the rest of the factions besides the Goblins and Elves? And for example, the Goblins, will you be able to train more than one Balrog or Dragon, or are they just one time things until you retrain them?
There are 3 dragons, 2 which are very special
And the Balrog is the Ring Hero so only 1 of him ;)
Heroes can only have one copy at a time.
And yes, the other factions will be edited as well.
Check here for the other factions:
Forums.revora.net
They took the armor and weapons only once: after the battle of Azanulbizar. They won that. But in Moria, they were all killed, and no one was leftto take their armor and weapons.