I've just mangled Nick McConnell's ASCII map for FAAngband and made a map for the early section of Un in a similar style (thanks Nick!). I wonder if it's readable enough (warning, monospace fonts required) and if there are errors wrt Tolkienology and wrt Un plot and data. And I'm a bit proud of it so here you are:
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=================== "Map" of (northern) Middle Earth ======================= Below is a rough diagram of the linkages between the regions of Middle Earth your character can visit. Dungeons' depths are shown in brackets under the region where the entrance lies. Note that some wilderness areas have no dungeon underneath, but still have a guardian (usually a unique monster), who may or may not block passage to another region. Only passages that are never blocked are shown on the map. This is why only (most of) northern Middle Earth is shown --- to get south to where the fate calls, you need to fight your way through. Some towns of Middle Earth are widely known and these are marked by '*' on the map; the others are for you to discover --- or perhaps help rebuild? The regions change as you shape the fate of Middle Earth by your brave deeds; only the initial situation is shown on this map. Some passages are initially one-way only; they are marked with an arrow. For more information about wilderness and dungeons, see "dungeon.txt". ## Lonely Mountain Trollshaw Forest (5-6) ### (21-38) / | ## | / Midgewater | # | Hobbiton* / / Marshes | | Misty Mountains Lake-town* | \ / / (12-19) | | path ## / | | \ Bree* | | (6-13)<---Beorn's / | | East Road-->(1-4) Weathertop | / # House / | | \ (21-31) \ | Rivendell* ## \ / | | Ferry \ | \ | / \ ## Mirkwood | | Buckland* \ | Ford \ ## (15-26) | Maggot's \ | \ ### / | | Farm Old Forest \ | Caradhras / | | (3-6) \ | / (21-50) / | | Barrow Downs / ## / | | (5-20) / ### / | | West gates ## / | | of Moria <--- East gates | | (7-24) #### of Moria | | | ### | | | ## Dol Guldur | ##Lorien* / (41-65) | ## / | ## / | ### Fangorn/ | ## / Isengard/ (7--35) Parth Galen \ ## \ Marshes ################# Edoras* of the Dead ############## ## (1-22) Paths ##### of the Dead ###### ############## Minas Tirith*
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