A Dreamers Introduction to MU*s
Iron Realms So you've just finished having a monthlong text based roleplaying experience and you want more. You're casting around for other places to be deranged online. You're still dreaming in dark grey with white text. Well do I have good news for you. Something's gotta be better than nothing. Nothing will match what Over/Under was but as there are parallels in other places. While I have no doubt that people will be able to discuss online wargames, discord roleplaying groups, tabletop games, and LARP better than I, I am well positioned to talk about MU*s . So let's do that. Starting with... In The Beginning There was Adventure . From Adventure was born Zork . In 1978 came Multi-User Dungeon which is better known as Essex MUD or MUD1 . The goal of MUD1 was to gain points in a text based adventure game until you earned enough to become a wizard, giving you powers over other players. A similar early game includes Scepter ...
