Just wanted to share the love, as I’ve been playing this game off and on since middle school, but it’s still awesome. Very comprehensive rules system, always evolving, and a huge world. The best text-based online game I’ve ever played, by a long shot.
For those of you who haven’t played text based adventure games before - it’s like taking part in a fantasy novel.
Here are some sample room descriptions:
[color=#000080][b][Barbarian Guild, Main Hall]
The austere granite walls of this immense great hall tower upward to the full height of the building. A banner hangs from the ceiling far above. Intricately woven carpets soften the polished mahogany floor and provide traction in the event of a fight. Even in his home, a Barbarian remains ever-vigilant and ready for battle. An enormous jeweled steel greatsword glints above a raised podium at the far end of the hall, from which the Barbarian Guild Leader performs his duties. You also see a large wrought-iron stand with a thick leather tome on it, a winding black-steel stairway leading upstairs, an arched steel-clad door and the Barbarian Guildleader Agonar.
Obvious exits: east, south, out.
[Western Gate Tier, Guard House]
This customs post is the roughest and least desirable station in the entire Militia, and looking at the guards here, you have no doubt of it. Recruits from the town’s most formidable dungeons, a stint in the Militia their ticket to freedom. Weary traders and travelers argue with them about tariffs, and a badly beaten thief and an unconscious black marketeer both dangle from iron manacles against the far wall. You quickly turn and leave, hoping not to catch the eye of a surly guard. You also see a wooden table and a prominent sign.
Obvious exits: out.[/b][/color]