MUME

MUME is a free multiplayer roleplaying game based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth that has been continuously enhanced since fall ’91.

In MUME players can explore and live in this meticulously crafted world during its late Third Age, and possibly join the epic War between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the West. The action takes place before The Hobbit and after the loss of the One Ring by Sauron. The key of Erebor was just found by Gandalf in Dol Guldur and all the epic tales narrated in The Lord of the Rings may take place.

MUME is running on a FIRE machine. You can either play by connecting directly by telnet to mume.pvv.org (won’t work with IE7) or via a server (advised for best link). To list the available servers, type the command server within the game.

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

MUME is written in C, C++, and mudlle (a functional language that was developed in order to allow online extensions to the game).

MUME in numbers

On Januay 4, 2006:

151,152 lines of C/C++ code
316,487 lines of mudlle code
22,331 open rooms in 217 zones
1,332 types of objects
1,400 types of mobiles

2,690 player accounts
18,016 characters in player accounts

1,290 accounts have played the last month
845 accounts have played the last week
586 accounts have played the last day

Host: mume.org

Port: 4242