We’ll explore the rich and immersive fantasy world of Asteria, a free-to-play text-based MMORPG. Forge alliances with others, as you explore a rich and immersive fantasy world that is filled with opportunities for questing, battle, crafting, economics, politics, and more. Join in the fun! Play Asteria MUD!
MUD Playthrough – British Legends
We’ll explore the mysterious world of British Legends. This free-to-play text-based MMORPG is based on MUD1, the first virtual world in history. Together we explore The Land, swamp our treasure and combat dangerous creatures. Play British Legends Buy your copy of Designing Virtual Worlds by Richard Bartle *affiliate link
The Best GM’s Tool You’re Not Using
Today we’ll look at why a recording of your game session’s audio is the perfect game master’s tool. Capturing gameplay has many benefits. Automated Note Capturing – your audio recording is almost like having a personal assistant to take notes of everything you missed during the game session. Now you don’t have to worry about…
My NaMuBuMo Experience
I stopped working on the game engine’s hardcode changes for the month of October to build a world instead. Since all of my Alpha One content has been scrapped (it served its purpose and generated a lot of feedback), I needed to build a game world for the upcoming Alpha Two testing. I stuck to…
Why Dawn of Time Is Great for Builders
If you’re still shopping for a MUD codebase to get started on your world-building project for National Mud Builder’s Month, look no further. I’m going to introduce you into the shiniest of the ol’ crusty Diku’s out there. Dawn of Time may have very old-school roots, but it was improved upon lovingly for years by…
Melissa’s Secret Method for Naming Fantasy Characters
Around 2003 or 2004 I met a gamemaster in Pennsylvania named Tonya. Whenever players at her table struggled to come up with character names she would pull out her secret tool – The Baby Naming Book. Inside this little book were thousands of names sorted alphabetically, separated by gender, tagged by the origin and the…