The creators of the excellent fan-project “Third Age: Total War” have just released the second major release of their mod. Version 2.0 is a brand-new standalone version of the mod that features an updated “Eriador” faction – with the possibility to emerge as a new “Arnor” faction – an all-new scripted fellowship campaign, and a bulkload of tweaks and changes to the AI, existing factions and the campaign map. To play the mod, all you need is the latest version of Medieval 2: Total War with the Kingdoms expansion installed.

For more information on the mod, check out the preview that was posted earlier. For download instructions, check the release announcement. As the download servers and moddb seem to be down, someone has been so kind as to upload a torrent up at the Pirate Bay. Please not that this time around, it is perfectly legal – TATW is basically freeware. You can download that torrent here. Please be so kind as to seed it for other TATW fans as well.

We also have several discussion threads on our boards where fellow players and fans are discussion the game, check it out!