Six Degrees of Sauron

Many people are familiar with the theory Six Degrees of Separation or the related game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The idea is that each person is separated from any other person in the world by no more than 6 hops*.

Since Emil Johansson and I are J.R.R. Tolkien fanatics, and because Tolkien’s writings feature an enormous cast of characters, we thought it would be fun to apply Six Degrees to Middle Earth. SIX DEGREES OF…