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So here's what I've been thinking about. Ideal if FL did something like this, but maybe it has to be a fan product.

I want a campaign (chain of 8+ adventures) set in Eriador, designed for younger players (8+). By which I mean:
- Nothing really dark. (I.e., no finding slaughtered bodies, no moral quandaries which leave no good solutions, etc.)
- Easy breadcrumb trail to follow, both within adventures and connecting the adventures. (Tales from Wilderland, for example, has several places where younger players might not put the pieces of the puzzle together.)
- Lots of obvious tie-ins with both Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

I think I mentioned this elsewhere, but I've got a kid who knows the Hobbit well, and has had a little bit of exposure to RPGs, which he loves. I think it would be so great to get some of his friends who know the Hobbit but before they've read (or...I hate to say it...seen) Lord of the Rings and do some adventuring in MIddle-Earth. Then, when they finally do get to the Lord of the Rings it will be one WTF?!?! moment after another. I especially look forward to, "Wait...Strider...our Strider...is really THE KING!?!?!?!"

I'd like that in 2nd edition, the adversaries have a full description in one place (bestiary ? core rules book ?) so that when we have a combat we don't need to look at different pages for description, special abilities description and weapons description.
I would even love some cards, like I did myself in this home made printable cards : http://ostolinde.free.fr/anneau_unique/ ... tiaire.pdf) (sorry it's in french : compétences = skills, compétences d'armes = weapon skills, capacités spéciales = special abilities)

I just saw this news over at Enworld:
https://www.enworld.org/threads/midnight-legacy-of-darkness-announced-at-gencon-online.673654/

The poster described this 3e campaign using the analogue of "what if Sauron won."

But...what if Sauron won?

What if the ring were hidden, or re-lost, or otherwise neither destroyed nor recovered by Sauron, and Sauron crushed Gondor (and friends) at the end of the 3rd Age?

That would be a fun campaign, I think.

But...what if Sauron won?

What if the ring were hidden, or re-lost, or otherwise neither destroyed nor recovered by Sauron, and Sauron crushed Gondor (and friends) at the end of the 3rd Age?

That would be a fun campaign, I think.

I wouldn't expect FL to actively support the idea.

I wouldn't expect FL to actively support the idea.

No, I wouldn't expect them to, either. It would shock me if they did.

But I would much rather buy something that was the product of all those creative minds (and had gorgeous art) than develop it by myself.

Plus it would sell a gazillion copies. I suspect (supported by some anecdotal evidence) that there are a lot of gamers who aren't interested in playing in 3rd Age Middle-earth because 'that story has already been written' but who would flock to a dark and scary 4th age.