Tolkien Sims! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 04-03-2006, 03:16 PM

Erm, not sure if this is the place for it, but as it relates to a game...

I loaded the original Sims game onto my laptop and was looking at created content available for download and found The Simarillion (yes that's the correct spelling!), a website full of Tolkien inspired content. I've decided to post a link to it simply because it's so good! Not only is it great for fellow players of the game, but her interpretations of characters from The Sil are really interesting and intelligently interpreted.

So, if you want a Ted Nasmith tapestry or a Palantir in your Sims' house, you will find it there. You could also set up Angband (there is a Melkor, but no Orcs), Mordor, Valinor, or Rivendell and have your own Tolkienian soap opera going on.

I am tempted to e-mail the site owner and ask if she could make two Balrogs - with wings, and without.

Lalaith · 04-03-2006, 03:35 PM

That site is just amazing. Such attention to detail...so much stuff....you could browse for hours. I love the "winter walls."

Lalwendë · 04-03-2006, 04:48 PM

I liked the 'Carpets of the Valar' - which seemed to be based on the emblems drawn by Tolkien, as seen on the cover of The Sil. And the Scion of the White Tree floor lamp was rather interesting too!

I keep telling davem that it's a 'creative kind of game'...

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-04-2006, 02:06 AM

That is a wonderful site, Lal - thanks for sharing the link! I immediately bookmarked it for future perusal but couldn't tear myself away from it once I started looking...

narfforc · 04-04-2006, 02:56 AM

That is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bêthberry · 04-04-2006, 04:06 AM

Link isn't working for me.

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04-03-2006, 03:16 PM	#1
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Tolkien Sims! Erm, not sure if this is the place for it, but as it relates to a game... I loaded the original Sims game onto my laptop and was looking at created content available for download and found The Simarillion (yes that's the correct spelling!), a website full of Tolkien inspired content. I've decided to post a link to it simply because it's so good! Not only is it great for fellow players of the game, but her interpretations of characters from The Sil are really interesting and intelligently interpreted. So, if you want a Ted Nasmith tapestry or a Palantir in your Sims' house, you will find it there. You could also set up Angband (there is a Melkor, but no Orcs), Mordor, Valinor, or Rivendell and have your own Tolkienian soap opera going on. I am tempted to e-mail the site owner and ask if she could make two Balrogs - with wings, and without. __________________ Gordon's alive!

04-03-2006, 03:35 PM	#2
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	That site is just amazing. Such attention to detail...so much stuff....you could browse for hours. I love the "winter walls." __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

04-03-2006, 04:48 PM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I liked the 'Carpets of the Valar' - which seemed to be based on the emblems drawn by Tolkien, as seen on the cover of The Sil. And the Scion of the White Tree floor lamp was rather interesting too! I keep telling davem that it's a 'creative kind of game'... __________________ Gordon's alive!

04-04-2006, 02:06 AM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,499	That is a wonderful site, Lal - thanks for sharing the link! I immediately bookmarked it for future perusal but couldn't tear myself away from it once I started looking... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-04-2006, 02:56 AM	#5
narfforc Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muddy-earth Posts: 1,297	That is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ [B]THE LORD OF THE GRINS:THE ONE PARODY....A PARODY BETTER THAN THE RINGS OF POWER.

04-04-2006, 04:06 AM	#6
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,979	Link isn't working for me. >>>Cannot find server or DNS Error <<< __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.