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ABOUT, MUME

What is MUME?

MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer role-playing game based upon J.R.R. Tolkien's creations.

The action takes place in the late Third Age, before the events described in The Hobbit and after the loss of the One Ring by Sauron. The key to Erebor has just been found by Gandalf in Dol Guldur and all the epic tales narrated in The Lord of the Rings may take place.

MUME is written in C and in mudlle (a functional language that was developed in order to allow online extensions to the game) and has been running since January 1992.

You can play by connecting directly using telnet to mume.org port 4242 or on our website: https://mume.org/play/browser

If you are new to MUME or MUDs in general, you should consult our newcomer page, help newcomer. It contains introductory texts for complete beginners, as well as information on MUME's unique features for those who have already played other MUDs.

To see how MUME (d)evolved over the years, try help mume <version>, where <version> is a Roman numeral (I, II, III, IV, etc.).

MUME is pronouced Myum.

What is MUME?

MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer text-based online game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth during the epic wars of the late Third Age between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the Free peoples. MUME is completely at no cost and has been continuously running, expanded, and remastered by a community of volunteers since 1991.

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