Cer uU a ma ‘ad . Niortp vey i [ Based on JR.R. Tolkien’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS”INTRODUCTION Nothing helps you familiarize yourself with a strange o fanciful land like a good map. broad, colorfal picture, a map offers an incomparable image. Neither text nor pictures provide as mach information on asingle page. Besides explaining spacial etween places, a map ean even suggest the narut weather, and landscapes. JR. Tolkien recognized the value of maps and took special care ‘tm coordinate his stories with a bie of solid cartography. His maps, and the more derailed vetsions drawn by his son Christopher. illustrated Middle-earth ina brilliant fashion. They forman integeal part of stories like the The Hotbi and The Lord ofthe Rings. In keeping with the Tolkien tradition (as well asourown love for maps), ICE. produces carefully erafted maps to accompany its Maldle-earth adventure game products, These view-style renderings rake ideal role playing accessories. Besides adding flavor to the adventure game experience, they provide a wonderful foundation for campaiges based in Tellkicn’s world, Each map depicts everything a traveler needs to know about given area: including natural features, such as glaciers, hills, rversy and swamps, as well as artificial stenctues like roads, trails, cowns, citadel, and campsites orships of exloares, Usmne ris Work Nonkwenern Middle-earth Map Set contains the campaign maps particular to the most Famous region of Endar, the area depicted in The Hobbis and The Ford of the Ring. Printed at a uniform scale, these naps fietogetherroforma mosuc ofall ofthe areabetween the broad plains of concral Mordor and Rhovanian to the mist-enshrouced islands off the coast of Lindon, Should you want to ereate a single inep, we include instructions for casting and Gitting che pieces ext onthe back coc bn specific puidelines regarding where and how to place the piece in the cartographic puzzle. ‘Note chat, with a few exceptions (e.g sites in che Shire, Dunland, ‘0: Rohan), all of the map labels are rendered in Elvsh. Most appear in Grey-elsish, of Sindazis. If you own the compasion guice, ICE's Nerthuestern Middle-earth Gazetteer, you can readily translate each term. If not, you should refer t© the works of Professor JILR. Tolkien, the posthumous publications edited by his son Christo- pss, or one of the betes secondary works sich as The Compete Guide 4» Middi-cath (2 1978 Ballantine Book) by Robert Fosces or Karen Wynn Fonscad’s Aras f Middle-zanh(a 199 L offering feom Houghton Mifflin Co.) together, Simply refer to the ‘Tins ror Rewovine ano Currin Your Mars As noted, you can remove your maps and use then monic covering all of northwestern Endor. First, you'll need to iples char bind everything together. Then, crim off the white, unprinted margin chat surtounds each page. Make sure the bordersare all emoved before you try piecing things together. Nest, readthe instructions on the backof each map. You'll seethat,inmost cases, the artwork on the edge of one map provides a beter fit than theartwork onan adjoining map. Finally, put your mapstogether by overlapping the adjoining faces, The results should be pleasing enough to make you forget that you just cannibalized a fine publication Note: Te inside of the back cover of iis profit conta adver and ius co fow to pith aap tae, Please eiew the bine afore icing aap tngeer o-crcate lage remove the: MAP INDEX Page numbers below are for the maps. Map descriptions and cutting/ fitting instructions can be found on the back of eact ‘Note: Some waps are prin at rove an one scale and thus buve more than one page rferoce:the deteription and uting/ fing nsratos wll ony te fod on the Bk of oe of tee maps Map I (Angmar @¢Northem Misty Mens). Map 2 (Blue Mens. & Numeriador) Map 3 (Archedain, Cardolan & Rhudaur).. Map 4 (Minhiriath & Eriador Coast) . Map 5 (Rohan & Southern Misty Mens, Map 6 (Lindon) . Map 7 (Southern Gondor & Tolfalas) Map 8 (Ithilien & Gorgoroth) Map 9 (Wold) Map 10 (Lérien & Central Misty Mtns.) « ‘Map 11 (Southern Mirkwood ‘Map 12 (Northern Mirkwood) .. Map 13 (Ciolad) «. s Map [4 (Southern Blac Mens. Map 15 (Andtast) CREDITS Color Maps & Teat : Peter C. Fenlon, Jr ‘Computer Scaling and Water-fills: Terry K. Amthor, Tom Graves, Liz Leonard. Black and White Maps Peter C, Fenlon, Je. and Richard Britton, Project Specific Contributions: Sve Fdter Jessica M,Ney-Griam; Contes dior Pets Fenlon; Pagnabing & Layo: John Curtis; Cover Graphics Teery K. Arthor. ICE Seafl — drt Dirt Jessica M. Ney Grins Color Prac & Dag: “Tenry K. Amthors Sal Manger Deane Bepicbings Hit & Dewloprat Menge Coleman Chaslton; Priden: Pete Fern CEO: Brace Neidlinge; CCasteer Series Heike Kulbasch, David Platnick; Prediction: John Cats, al; Shp Sf David Morzis, Daniel Wilms ‘This work is dedicated to Olivia HL Johnston. © 1989, 1994 Tolkien Enterprises, a division of Elan Merchandising, Berkeley, California USA. Northwstera Middle-earth Map Sut, The Hobbit, and The Lord af the Rings aid all chatacters and places therein, are tradematk properties of Tolkien Enterprises. All characters and places rived from the works of J.R.R. Tolcien are common law trademarks ‘seed under licence from Grafton Books (Harper Collins). publishing successors 1o Unwin Hyman, Led. and George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, London, England. All rights reserved, Produced and distributed by IRON CROWN ENTERPRISES, Inc. P.O, Box 1605, Charlottesville, VA 22902 S Edition, 1994 ISBNI-55806-170-3, Stock #4001