Quit thinking in terms of literal two-dimensional graph paper, get a blank sheet and a pencil, and just draw arrows representing paths from point to point (even

Quit thinking in terms of literal two-dimensional graph paper, get a blank sheet and a pencil, and just draw arrows representing paths from point to point (even if they cross in non-Euclidean ways). I played its variants, _Adventure_ and _Dungeon_, for many many hours when a teen. Pity all my maps, Zorkmids, and rolls of printed transcripts have vanished. Most memorable was an evening having the whole family involved figuring out how to defeat the Cyclops (who was programmed with a surprisingly extensive repertoire of boredom & eating you).