make sure you make it a big one, like 2.1 size. maybe give bonuses for holding special land marks, like the elven fortresses, angband, doriath, ect ect...
Any thoughts? just proposing a new map idea, im a LOTR fan and i think people who have never heard of LOTR would even like this map. It should be large and include everything from the mountains of angband to the "dor firn-i-guinar" ( way way south), and from the sea of belegaer to the blue mountains ...