@Shkshkshk @furry
I'm too preoccupied with a different genre of at the moment to really dig into these, but I'd heard that Mutants In The Now and Mutants In The Next were both basically attempts to recapture the vibe of 1980s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG while improving the mechanics.
They are here:
https://arbco.itch.io/
@Sandra @mtg
It seems to me there's usually mixes in Middle Earth.
Like order can be good (Aragorn is a healer and acclaimed monarch) but it can also be tyrannical and against the natural order (Sauron and Saruman are all about absolute control, and Rings of Power seem to have an element of prolonging things beyond their natural span).
And Sauron may be about control, but Morgoth seemed more about corruption and wanton destruction (more Black?).
@Shkshkshk @furry
Also, for a very lite game in the same vein, there's Jason Tocci's Junior Hybrid Battle Cryptids (using his 24XX system).
https://jasontocci.itch.io/2400/devlog/560931/junior-hybrid-battle-cryptids-10