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* ''Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game'' (2024) - A life sim about Hobbits in the idyllic town of Bywater.
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* ''The History of The Hobbit'' (2 volumes, 2007)
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* ''The History of The Hobbit'' ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTheHobbit'' (2 volumes, 2007)
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* ''The Nature of Middle-earth'' (2021)
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* ''The ''[[Literature/TheNatureOfMiddleEarth The Nature of Middle-earth'' Middle-earth]]'' (2021)
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* ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1955-1956) - Twelve episodes adaptation for Creator/{{BBC}} Radio's Third Programm
* ''The Hobbit'' (1968) - An adaptation for Creator/{{BBC}} Radio
* ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1979) - Radio adaptation by Bernard Mayes, produced by The Mind's Eye for US National Public Radio.
** ''The Hobbit'' (1979)
* ''Der Hobbit'' (1980) - German radio series
* ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1981) - An adaptation for Creator/{{BBC}} Radio
* ''Hobit'' (1989) - Slovak radio series
* ''Der Herr der Ringe'' (1991-1992) - German language radio adaptation
* ''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003) - Slovak radio series
* ''The Hobbit'' (1968) - An adaptation for Creator/{{BBC}} Radio
* ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1979) - Radio adaptation by Bernard Mayes, produced by The Mind's Eye for US National Public Radio.
** ''The Hobbit'' (1979)
* ''Der Hobbit'' (1980) - German radio series
* ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1981) - An adaptation for Creator/{{BBC}} Radio
* ''Hobit'' (1989) - Slovak radio series
* ''Der Herr der Ringe'' (1991-1992) - German language radio adaptation
* ''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003) - Slovak radio series
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* ''The ''AudioPlay/{{The Lord of the Rings'' Rings|1955}}'' (1955-1956) - Twelve episodes adaptation for Creator/{{BBC}} Radio's Third Programm
*''The Hobbit'' ''AudioPlay/{{The Hobbit|1968}}'' (1968) - An adaptation for Creator/{{BBC}} Radio
*''The ''AudioPlay/{{The Lord of the Rings'' Rings|1979}}'' (1979) - Radio adaptation by Bernard Mayes, produced by The Mind's Eye for US National Public Radio.
**''The Hobbit'' ''AudioPlay/{{The Hobbit|1979}}'' (1979)
*''Der Hobbit'' ''AudioPlay/DerHobbit'' (1980) - German radio series
*''The Lord of the Rings'' ''AudioPlay/TheLordOfTheRings'' (1981) - An adaptation for Creator/{{BBC}} Radio
*''Hobit'' ''AudioPlay/{{Hobit}}'' (1989) - Slovak radio series
*''Der Herr der Ringe'' ''AudioPlay/DerHerrDerRinge'' (1991-1992) - German language radio adaptation
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* ''The Hobbit'' (2016) - Created by Creator/JerseyJackPinball; based on Peter Jackson's film trilogy.
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* ''The Hobbit'' ''Pinball/TheHobbit'' (2016) - Created by Creator/JerseyJackPinball; based on Peter Jackson's film trilogy.
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* ''The Ringbearer'' (1975)
* ''Quest of the Magic Ring'' (1975)
* ''Quest of the Magic Ring'' (1975)
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* ''The Ringbearer'' ''TabletopGame/TheRingbearer'' (1975)
*''Quest of the Magic Ring'' ''TabletopGame/QuestOfTheMagicRing'' (1975)
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* ''The Battle of Five Armies'' (1984) - Tabletop game by Iron Crown Enterprises.
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* ''The Battle of Five Armies'' ''TabletopGame/TheBattleOfFiveArmies'' (1984) - Tabletop game by Iron Crown Enterprises.
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* ''Ringgeister'' (1992)
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* ''Ringgeister'' ''TabletopGame/{{Ringgeister}}'' (1992)
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* ''Lord of the Rings: The Search'' (2001)
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* ''Lord ''[[TabletopGame/LordOfTheRingsTheSearch Lord of the Rings: The Search'' Search]]'' (2001)
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* ''War of the Ring'' (2004) - A strategy board game published by Ares Games.
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* ''War of the Ring'' ''TabletopGame/WarOfTheRing'' (2004) - A strategy board game published by Ares Games.
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* ''The Hobbit: Board Game'' (2010)
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* ''The ''[[TabletopGame/TheHobbitBoardGame The Hobbit: Board Game'' Game]]'' (2010)
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* ''Shadowfax'' (1982) - A simple action game where Gandalf rides around and blasts Nazgul, by Postern Ltd.
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* ''Shadowfax'' ''VideoGame/{{Shadowfax}}'' (1982) - A simple action game where Gandalf rides around and blasts Nazgul, by Postern Ltd.
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* ''Lord of the Rings: Game One'' (1985) - An InteractiveFiction game by Creator/MelbourneHouse.
* ''The Shadows of Mordor'' (1987) - An InteractiveFiction game by Creator/MelbourneHouse.
* ''War in Middle Earth'' (1988) - A RealTimeStrategy game by Creator/MelbourneHouse.
* ''The Shadows of Mordor'' (1987) - An InteractiveFiction game by Creator/MelbourneHouse.
* ''War in Middle Earth'' (1988) - A RealTimeStrategy game by Creator/MelbourneHouse.
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* ''Lord ''[[VideoGame/LordOfTheRingsGameOne Lord of the Rings: Game One'' One]]'' (1985) - An InteractiveFiction game by Creator/MelbourneHouse.
*''The Shadows of Mordor'' ''VideoGame/TheShadowsOfMordor'' (1987) - An InteractiveFiction game by Creator/MelbourneHouse.
*''War in Middle Earth'' ''VideoGame/WarInMiddleEarth'' (1988) - A RealTimeStrategy game by Creator/MelbourneHouse.
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* ''The Lord of the Rings Volume 1'' (1994) - an action role-playing game produced by Interplay Productions for the Platform/{{SNES}}
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* ''The Lord of the Rings Volume 1'' ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsVolume1'' (1994) - an action role-playing game produced by Interplay Productions for the Platform/{{SNES}}
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* ''The Lord of the Rings: Tactics'' (2005) - A tactical role-playing game for the Platform/PlayStationPortable.
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* ''The ''[[VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsTactics The Lord of the Rings: Tactics'' Tactics]]'' (2005) - A tactical role-playing game for the Platform/PlayStationPortable.
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* ''The Lord of the Rings: Middle-earth Defense'' (2010) - A mobile game developed by Glu Mobile
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* ''The ''[[VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsMiddleEarthDefense The Lord of the Rings: Middle-earth Defense'' Defense]]'' (2010) - A mobile game developed by Glu Mobile
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* ''Guardians of Middle Earth'' (2012) - A [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] by Creator/MonolithProductions.
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* ''Guardians of Middle Earth'' ''VideoGame/GuardiansOfMiddleEarth'' (2012) - A [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] by Creator/MonolithProductions.
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* ''The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth'' (2012) - A mobile game developed by Kabam.
* ''The Hobbit: Armies of The Third Age'' (2013) - A browser game developed by Kabam.
* ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - A Journey through Middle-earth'' (2013) - A browser game
* ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Orc Attack'' (2013) - A browser game
* ''The Hobbit: Armies of The Third Age'' (2013) - A browser game developed by Kabam.
* ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - A Journey through Middle-earth'' (2013) - A browser game
* ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Orc Attack'' (2013) - A browser game
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* ''The ''[[VideoGame/TheHobbitKingdomsOfMiddleEarth The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth'' Middle-earth]]'' (2012) - A mobile game developed by Kabam.
*''The ''[[VideoGame/TheHobbitArmiesOfTheThirdAge The Hobbit: Armies of The Third Age'' Age]]'' (2013) - A browser game developed by Kabam.
*''The ''[[VideoGame/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourneyAJourneyThroughMiddleEarth The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - A Journey through Middle-earth'' Middle-earth]]'' (2013) - A browser game
*''The ''[[VideoGame/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaugOrcAttack The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Orc Attack'' Attack]]'' (2013) - A browser game
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* ''The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth'' (2019) - Based on Creator/FantasyFlightGames' ''The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth''.
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* ''The ''[[VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsJourneysInMiddleEarth The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth'' Middle-earth]]'' (2019) - Based on Creator/FantasyFlightGames' ''The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth''.
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* ''FanFic/TheLastRingbearer'' - The novel by the Russian author Kirill Eskov, an alternative retelling of the ''Lord of the Rings''.
* ''FanFic/BeyondTheDawn'' - The novel by the Ukrainian author Olga Chigirinskaya, set in the First Age of Arda.
* ''FanFic/BeyondTheDawn'' - The novel by the Ukrainian author Olga Chigirinskaya, set in the First Age of Arda.
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* ''FanFic/TheLastRingbearer'' ''Fanfic/TheLastRingbearer'' - The novel by the Russian author Kirill Eskov, an alternative retelling of the ''Lord of the Rings''.
*''FanFic/BeyondTheDawn'' ''Fanfic/BeyondTheDawn'' - The novel by the Ukrainian author Olga Chigirinskaya, set in the First Age of Arda.
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* ''The Soddit'', a parody novel of ''The Hobbit'' by Adam Roberts that was marketed as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Bored Of The Rings''. It got a prequel called ''The Sellamillion'' that parodied ''The Silmarillion''.
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* ''The Soddit'', ''Literature/TheSoddit'', a parody novel of ''The Hobbit'' by Adam Roberts that was marketed as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Bored Of The Rings''. It got a prequel called ''The Sellamillion'' that parodied ''The Silmarillion''.
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* ''The Lord of the Rings Volume 1'' (1994) - an action role-playing game produced by Interplay Productions for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}
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* ''The Lord of the Rings Volume 1'' (1994) - an action role-playing game produced by Interplay Productions for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}Platform/{{SNES}}
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* ''The Lord of the Rings: Tactics'' (2005) - A tactical role-playing game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable.
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* ''The Lord of the Rings: Tactics'' (2005) - A tactical role-playing game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable.Platform/PlayStationPortable.
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* TheAgeless: Elves are naturally immortal; death can come though physical injury, poison, or mental/psychological injury.
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* TheAgeless: Elves are naturally immortal; death can come though physical injury, poison, or mental/psychological injury. Orcs, who are ([[FlipFlopOfGod usually]]) understood as corrupted elves, are hinted in a few places to be similarly ageless, but this is not explicitly stated.
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* AllAccessibleMagic: Elves often express some confusion as to what humans and hobbits mean by "magic", as they use it to refer to both the Elves' works, which are born from a very deep and broad knowledge of the world, and to Morgoth and Sauron's "deceptions". Elves have picked up a lot of knowledge over the course of their aeon-long lifespans and the tutelage of the world's creators, and can do things with it that ''seem'' magical (such as creating seemingly enchanted artifacts or shielding their lands from detection and decay), whereas wizards are actually the earthly forms of an order of angels called the Istari, and therefore know the laws of the universe by heart (having worked closely with the guys who wrote 'em in the first place). As such, even the most complicated and wondrous arts that they practice could be taught to people of other races with sufficient time and care. Morgoth and Sauron, being devils, probably actually do and teach witchcraft to their servants (but it's equally likely this is the same intimate knowledge of the laws of reality being put into practice). There are some things that can't be explained by real-lfife science, like "a mirror that shows the future" and "a ring that contains the soul and burning malice of an actual demon", but which still boil down to either things that are possible through ''in-universe'' "science" or the demons' dark works.
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* TranslationConvention: All of our real-world languages do not exist in Middle-earth, and so the common TranslationConvention applies. When not convention-translated, names and speech make use of either Tolkien's constructed languages, or of a real-world language used as stand-in for a fictional one. The latter ones are not chosen randomly, but to represent the relation between the respective "proper" languages, or a certain image. Languages regularly replaced by stand-in languages in the text are: "Westron" a.k.a. the "Common Speech" is ''always'' rendered as English (as it is the Third-Age-novel's POV-character's language), the Rohirric language by Anglo-Saxon a.k.a. Old English (to appear vaguely familiar to the hobbits' Westron-English), the language used by the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain and the Men of Dale by Old Norse, and other Germanic languages for various Northmen people. Information on the "translation" and what these languages "really" look like, can be found [[AllThereInTheManual in various appendices and additional texts]].
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* TranslationConvention: All of our real-world languages do not exist in Middle-earth, and so the common TranslationConvention convention applies. When not convention-translated, names and speech make use of either Tolkien's constructed languages, or of a real-world language used as stand-in for a fictional one. The latter ones are not chosen randomly, but to represent the relation between the respective "proper" languages, or a certain image. Languages regularly replaced by stand-in languages in the text are: "Westron" a.k.a. the "Common Speech" is ''always'' rendered as English (as it is the Third-Age-novel's POV-character's language), the Rohirric language by Anglo-Saxon a.k.a. Old English (to appear vaguely familiar to the hobbits' Westron-English), the language used by the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain and the Men of Dale by Old Norse, and other Germanic languages for various Northmen people. Information on the "translation" and what these languages "really" look like, can be found [[AllThereInTheManual in various appendices and additional texts]].
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* ''The Fall of Númenor'' (2022)
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* ''The Fall of Númenor'' ''Literature/TheFallOfNumenor'' (2022)
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Not a trope and for the most part the Light is Good and Dark is Evil is dichotomy is played straight.
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* DarkIsNotEvil / LightIsNotGood: Well, they ''usually'' are; there are exceptions.
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Tolkien's Mythos leans more towards Humans Are Flawed then bastards.
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* HumansAreBastards: Tolkien has a rather dismal view of humanity, and this reflected in his works. Of the races of Middle-earth, humans are the most easily corrupted by evil, and are painted as ambitious and power-hungry. The creator god Eru apparently made them this way, along with giving them the 'gift' of true death, to be able to supersede Arda. Thus, their fates are not tied to the world itself, which hopefully means that they can accomplish much more than the other races ever could.
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** In the Hobbit, Smaug's dead and the dwarves got their gold, but thousands have been killed in the destruction of Laketown and the Battle of the Five Armies.
** In the Lord of the Rings, the Ring has been destroyed, but Frodo now has PTSD from all the things that he saw or experienced on his journey, the Elves all have to either leave Middle-earth or "diminish" from a proud race of Precursors into TheRemnant, and ten of thousands of people have been killed in the war.
** In the Lord of the Rings, the Ring has been destroyed, but Frodo now has PTSD from all the things that he saw or experienced on his journey, the Elves all have to either leave Middle-earth or "diminish" from a proud race of Precursors into TheRemnant, and ten of thousands of people have been killed in the war.
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** In the Hobbit, ''The Hobbit'', Smaug's dead and the dwarves got their gold, but thousands have been killed in the destruction of Laketown and the Battle of the Five Armies.
** Inthe ''The Lord of the Rings, Rings'', the Ring has been destroyed, but Frodo now has PTSD from all the things that he saw or experienced on his journey, the Elves all have to either leave Middle-earth or "diminish" from a proud race of Precursors into TheRemnant, and ten of thousands of people have been killed in the war.
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* ''The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria'' (2023) - A co-op survival crafting game developed by Free Range Games and published by North Beach Games.
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* ''The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria'' ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsReturnToMoria'' (2023) - A co-op survival crafting game developed by Free Range Games and published by North Beach Games.
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* LightFireJuxtaposition: Light is strictly divine, and it's associated with elves, Maiar, and forces of good. Fire, however, can be used by both good and evil forces and is more heavily associated with the latter: Morgoth, Sauron, dragons and Balrogs all utilize fire.
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* ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1979-1981) - Based on the Ralph Bakshi animated adaptation, illustrated by Luis Bermejo. While available in several European countries and translated into their respective languages, [[NoExportForYou it was never published in English]].
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* ''The Lord of the Rings'' ''ComicBook/TheLordOfTheRings'' (1979-1981) - Based on the Ralph Bakshi animated adaptation, illustrated by Luis Bermejo. While available in several European countries and translated into their respective languages, [[NoExportForYou it was never published in English]].
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* ''Literature/BoredOfTheRings'' - Parody of ''The Lord of the Rings'' written and published in 1969 by the staff of the Harvard University humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon.
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* ''Literature/BoredOfTheRings'' - Parody of ''The Lord of the Rings'' written and published in 1969 by the staff of the Harvard University humor magazine, The ''The Harvard Lampoon.Lampoon''.
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* ''Literature/MuddleEarthStewart'' - Another parody of ''The Lord of the Rings'' by Paul Stewart.
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* ''Literature/MuddleEarthStewart'' ''[[Literature/MuddleEarthStewart Muddle Earth]]'' - Another parody of ''The Lord of the Rings'' by Paul Stewart.
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* ''The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth'' (2023) - A ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' set.
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* RestrictedExpandedUniverse:
** The video games have long faced restrictions from two opposite directions because the licenses to adapt original literary works and Creator/PeterJackson's [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings movies]] were sold to separate studios. On one side were the games unable to use any of the designs, lines or actors from the movies even when they were very well-known and liked (''The Fellowship of the Ring'', ''VideoGame/TheHobbit2003'', ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsWarOfTheRing'', ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline''). On the other side were the games unable to include anything at all that was not explicitly referenced on-screen in the movies, severely limiting available plotlines (''The Two Towers'', ''The Return of the King'', ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsTheThirdAge'', ''VideoGame/TheBattleForMiddleEarth''). And of course, nobody at all has the rights to ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' and ''Literature/UnfinishedTalesOfNumenorAndMiddleEarth'', placing events and characters exclusive to those books permanently off-limits.
** Eventually, some studios were able to obtain both licenses, allowing for the games ''The Battle for Middle-Earth II'' (and its expansion pack) and ''War in the North'' to combine the likeness of actors and location designs with various elements that were AdaptedOut from the movies. The general consensus is that (quality of the gameplay nonwithstanding) this allows for a much more coherent Middle-Earth experience.
** Meanwhile, ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' is still going strong after seven years and five expansion packs, but its license is limited to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and its Appendices only. Rumours are, even ''Literature/TheHobbit'' material cannot be used if it wasn't also mentioned in LOTR as well. This, among other things, prevented the developers from making a proper tie-in to ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' - players had to revisit Bilbo's path in the "present" days of the War of the Ring instead.
** LOTRO also isn't allowed to change the main story in any way, so a lot of the quests don't directly relate to the plot ("Bring Me Twenty Wolf Ears") and those that do are portrayed as being things that help the main characters without actually being able to have a huge impact on the outcome.
** The video games have long faced restrictions from two opposite directions because the licenses to adapt original literary works and Creator/PeterJackson's [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings movies]] were sold to separate studios. On one side were the games unable to use any of the designs, lines or actors from the movies even when they were very well-known and liked (''The Fellowship of the Ring'', ''VideoGame/TheHobbit2003'', ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsWarOfTheRing'', ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline''). On the other side were the games unable to include anything at all that was not explicitly referenced on-screen in the movies, severely limiting available plotlines (''The Two Towers'', ''The Return of the King'', ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsTheThirdAge'', ''VideoGame/TheBattleForMiddleEarth''). And of course, nobody at all has the rights to ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' and ''Literature/UnfinishedTalesOfNumenorAndMiddleEarth'', placing events and characters exclusive to those books permanently off-limits.
** Eventually, some studios were able to obtain both licenses, allowing for the games ''The Battle for Middle-Earth II'' (and its expansion pack) and ''War in the North'' to combine the likeness of actors and location designs with various elements that were AdaptedOut from the movies. The general consensus is that (quality of the gameplay nonwithstanding) this allows for a much more coherent Middle-Earth experience.
** Meanwhile, ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' is still going strong after seven years and five expansion packs, but its license is limited to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and its Appendices only. Rumours are, even ''Literature/TheHobbit'' material cannot be used if it wasn't also mentioned in LOTR as well. This, among other things, prevented the developers from making a proper tie-in to ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' - players had to revisit Bilbo's path in the "present" days of the War of the Ring instead.
** LOTRO also isn't allowed to change the main story in any way, so a lot of the quests don't directly relate to the plot ("Bring Me Twenty Wolf Ears") and those that do are portrayed as being things that help the main characters without actually being able to have a huge impact on the outcome.
