going by the shire map you have around 23 leagues as the crow flies for Michael Delving to Brandywine Bridge, if a league is 3 miles you get to around 70 miles, for a 4 hex distance that makes around 17 miles a hex.....
I do notice on p. 9 of the Shire, they say the distance from Michael delving to the Brandywine Bridge is about 40 leagues. And I notice it’s about 4 hexes inthe map. So is every hex 10 leagues? And a league is ~3 miles. So every hex is 30 miles?
This doesn’t seem to agree very well with journey progress being 1 hex per day, or 2 at a forced march or on horses.
Also doesn’t seem to agree with on that same page the statement that a hobbit could walk from one need to the other of the East Road in about a week, walking 12 mi a day.
Help? Is there a more obvious/easier way of making a rule of thumb for this?
If you want a nice rounded number, 20 would be a good fit.
It also fits close enough to a one day travel distance on foot under normal circumstances, in particular if you go by a 1 day resolution for hex sizes.
not sure if the cited 40 leagues are simply a "as the hobbit walks" addendum to the straight line - would be a lot given that there is nearly a straight road connection - or a sync error in the numbering.