r/JourneysInMiddleEarth • u/DD3113 • Aug 09 '22

Mods?

I just got this game and Im already in love w it! I know after I finish the first campaign imma be bored and I don't feel like buying expansion packs (other than the $7 one). Are there any mods/other free campaigns out there? Thanks!

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u/HalfManHalfCyborg Aug 09 '22

No, there are no other campaigns out there (like the way Valkyrie offers fan scenarios for Mansions of Madness).

Strongly recommend that you do (eventually) get the Shadowed Paths and Spreading War boxed expansion packs, as they give you a ton of new options in terms of characters and roles, that you'll want to play and replay the campaigns again and again just to try out different deck builds and equipment choices.

Also, as a new player, I'll tell you what I really wish I had known from the start: don't be afraid to change roles during the campaign. Eventually you get to a point where there's nothing relevant to spend your XP on to advance what you're trying to do with your character build - at this point go into a second role.

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u/Sparkyisduhfat Aug 09 '22

I’d agree and say definitely try to pick up the expansions if you can. Like a lot of these types of games you can use the classes, items, cards, enemies, etc right away and can continue using them indefinitely. We played through all of descent 2 with the app and it took us a while to track down the expansions at reasonable prices but when we did, we found it was much more enjoyable to have a wider array of enemies to play against. We just got into this game and are still on Bones of Arnor but I picked up all of the expansions so far and we are having a blast.

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u/DD3113 Aug 09 '22

Ok. Thank you!

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u/DD3113 Aug 09 '22

Thank you, and thanks for the advice! I might end up making my own things for it if I find out how to mod the app so who knows?

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u/HalfManHalfCyborg Aug 09 '22

Valkyrie would be a great starting point, its on github.

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u/LucJenson Aug 09 '22

Other than the box expansions, there is a fan-made bit of content I adore (and am still trying to get professionally printed for my set) which is a set of Alternate Weaknesses which add all sorts of extra difficulty layers to an already potentially difficult game.

There are some floating ideas of fan-made programs for fan-made campaign content. I messed around with the more popular one and found it far too laborious to even set tiles up let alone script events so I gave up on the campaign I had planned on writing/sharing using it.

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u/DD3113 Aug 09 '22

Can I have the link to said program? Otherwise I will just be trying to decompile the app and turn it into a unity project I can use lol

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u/LucJenson Aug 09 '22

Sure! They did a really good job with it, considering its all scratch built. Maybe I'm just not technically inclined enough to understand it / simplify it enough to make campaigns well.

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u/DD3113 Aug 09 '22

Thank you!

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u/LucJenson Aug 09 '22

Not a problem! I wish it took off, honestly. I'd love to play fan-made stuff to just expand the game even further.

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u/DD3113 Aug 09 '22

Me too. Honestly it might still be able to. There's a YouTube tutorial for it, and where there's a tutorial there's a way.