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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Prologue .......................... 4
Chapter 2: Introduction..................... 6
Controls ..................................... 6
Tips, Notes, & Cautions ............... 7
Gameplay Modes ........................ 7
Chapter 3: The Factions ..................... 8
Good ........................................ 15
Dwarves ............................... 15
Elves .................................... 21
Men ..................................... 28
Evil........................................... 36
Goblins................................. 36
Isengard ............................... 42
Mordor................................. 48
Chapter 4: The Campaigns ............... 55
Chapter 5: Skirmish/
Multiplayer Maps .......................... 115
Harad................................. 134
Helm’s Deep ....................... 136
Minas Tirith........................ 143
Minhiriath.......................... 144
Mirkwood........................... 145
Mount Doom ...................... 146
Osgiliath............................. 148
Rhun.................................. 150
Shire .................................. 153
Tower Hills ......................... 154
Downloadable Maps:
Argonath ............................ 156
Umbar ............................... 157
Weathertop ........................ 158
Chapter 6: Appendices................... 159
Two-Player:
Black Gate .......................... 118
Cair Andros......................... 120
Celduin River...................... 121
Dunland............................. 125
Erebor ................................ 127
Ettenmoors ........................ 128
Fangorn ............................. 129
Forlindon ........................... 130
Gap of Rohan ..................... 131
Harlindon........................... 135
High Pass ........................... 137
Iron Hills ............................ 138
Isengard ............................. 139
Good Campaign ........................ 55
Men Units............................... 160
Ithilien............................... 140
Mission 1: Rivendell ............. 55
Men Structures ....................... 160
Lorien ................................ 141
Mission 2: High Pass ............. 60
Dwarven Units........................ 162
Redhorn Pass ..................... 149
Mission 3: Ettenmoors .......... 65
Dwarven Structures ................ 164
Rohan ................................ 152
Mission 4: Blue Mountains.... 70
Elven Units ............................. 162
Withered Heath .................. 155
Mission 5: Grey Havens ......... 75
Elven Structures...................... 166
Three-Player:
Mission 6: Celduin ................ 78
Mordor Units .......................... 166
Grey Havens ....................... 133
Mission 7: Erebor.................. 81
Mordor Structures................... 168
Minas Morgul ..................... 142
Mission 8: Dol Guldur ........... 84
Isengard Units ........................ 168
Rivendell............................ 151
Evil Campaign........................... 88
Isengard Structures................. 170
Four-Player:
Mission 1: Lorien .................. 88
Goblin Units ........................... 170
Arnor ................................. 117
Mission 2: Grey Havens ......... 91
Goblin Structures .................... 172
Buckland............................ 119
Mission 3: The Shire.............. 94
Dagorlad ............................ 122
Mission 4: Fornost ................ 98
Dead Marshes..................... 123
Mission 5: Mirkwood........... 102
Dol Guldur ......................... 124
Mission 6: Withered Heath .. 105
Enedwaith .......................... 126
Mission 7: Erebor................ 108
Gondor............................... 132
Mission 8: Rivendell ........... 111
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The Good Races
Prologue
The Battle in the North
The Battle for Middle-Earth II FAQs
The following collection of frequently asked questions is
designed to help you get a better feel for what
The Lord of the
Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth II™
is all about.
Q: What is
The Lord of the Rings™, The Battle for Middle-earth II™
?
A: The follow-up to EA’s original real-time strategy (RTS) game
takes on the rest of the
The Lord of the Rings
saga set in
J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythical world of Middle-earth.
Note
The previous title was only available on
the PC platform—this is the fi rst time the
armies of Middle-earth have clashed on
console in RTS form.
As the southern lands of Middle-earth shudder beneath the on-
slaught of Mordor and Isengard, and the Ring-Bearer continues
on his perilous quest to destroy the object of Sauron’s murder-
ous desire, the northern lands face their own time of testing.
Besieged not only by Sauron’s malefi cent forces but also by
those of goblin-kind, the Elves, Dwarves, and Men of the North
soon fi nd the War of the Ring on their very doorstep.
Q: What platform is it for?
A: Xbox 360 and Windows PC (please see Prima’s Offi cial Game
Guide for information on the PC edition—the guide you’re
currently reading covers the Xbox 360 platform).
Q: How can there be a sequel to a game that already covered
the War of the Ring?
A: This isn’t a sequel in the strictest sense. The events in
BFMEII
take place
at the same time
as the events in the fi rst game,
only the setting has changed. While
BFME
focused on the
events covered in great detail in the books and the feature
fi lms, the plot of
BFMEII
takes the action to the northern
lands of Middle-earth, where the War of the Ring raged with
vigor equal to that of its southern counterpart.
Q: So does that mean that Aragorn, Gimli, Gandalf, and co.
aren’t in it?
A: They are not in the single-player Campaign mode, but they
are still available to play in the Skirmish and Multiplayer
modes, so you will still be able to play with your favorite
heroes (and villains) from the fi rst game.
Q: I don’t remember anybody talking about a war in the north-
ern lands in the movies—what gives?
A: The events that involve the setting for this game were
touched on in the original novels upon which the fi lms are
based. The fi lms didn’t include any mention of these events.
Note
The Battle for Middle-earth II
is set far to
the north of the events that took place
in the fi rst
BFME
. These events have only
been touched upon in the written works
of J.R.R. Tolkien (the creator and father
of
The Lord of the Rings
), and this is the fi rst
time they’ve been visualized on this scale.
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The following collection of frequently asked questions is
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