MUDs & Text Games
147 sites
http://eternal-city.wikidot.com/
The Eternal City Wiki is an unofficial fan-maintained reference for The Eternal City, a Roman-themed text-based MUD owned by ThreeSeas LLC. Visitors can browse detailed maps of the game world, explore lore about cities and regions, and use calculators for rank bonuses, training costs, combat mechanics, and more.
http://brasslantern.org/
Brass Lantern is a comprehensive resource for interactive fiction and text adventure enthusiasts, covering everything from beginner guides to deep IF theory articles and game reviews. Stephen Granade built this site into a rich hub featuring competition reviews, language comparisons between TADS and Inform 7, puzzle design essays, and ongoing news about the interactive fiction community.
https://gathering.org.uk/
The Gathering is a long-running text-based chat community accessible via telnet or a web browser interface, keeping an old-school MUD-style social experience alive for modern users. The site offers helpful instructions for connecting through PuTTY and configuring Windows to handle telnet links, bridging classic internet culture with contemporary hardware.
http://jedimud.net/
JediMUD is a classic text-based multiplayer RPG (MUD) offering adventure, PvE, PvP, quests, and a persistent world accessible via telnet or dedicated MUD clients. The site provides connection instructions, a new player guide, server status, and links to a community wiki and Discord for this long-running online game.
https://ymusk.sourceforge.net/
Ymusk is a MUSH client written in Perl by a developer named Yenzie, offering features like ANSI color support, text filters, multi-input boxes, spell-checking, and an ICQ-like GUI for managing pages. The site hosts multiple versioned releases with screenshots, a user guide, and CVS access, making it a practical hub for MUSH players looking for a customizable Telnet-based client.
https://wocmud.org/welcome.php
Worlds of Carnage is a long-running fantasy MUD run by Robert Cummings (Blobule) that lets players explore a text-based realm filled with mythical creatures, races, guilds, and classic telnet-era adventure. The site serves as a portal to jump directly into the game via browser or telnet, and includes information about races, lore, a wiki, forums, and building tools for this non-profit community.
https://elissablack.com/swords-of-freeport
Elissa Black, a writer and game developer, announces Swords of Freeport, a text-mode ANSI-colour multiplayer game for Linux and Mac inspired by classic BBS Door games and MUDs like Legend of the Red Dragon. The post dives into her nostalgic love of once-a-day text RPGs from the 90s and details her development progress toward an MVP release on Itch.io.
https://www.gammon.com.au/
Nick Gammon's software solutions page is home to MUSHclient, a popular MUD/MUSH client, alongside utility programs, electronics resources focused on Arduino and microprocessors, and a weaving program called Weavedraft. The site blends hobbyist programming tools with practical software downloads, making it a useful stop for MUD enthusiasts and tinkerers alike.
https://wiki.adrift.co/Main_Page
The official wiki manual for ADRIFT 5, a toolkit for creating interactive fiction and text adventure games, covering everything from beginner setup to advanced scripting. Organized into a user guide, tutorials, and a detailed reference manual, it serves as the comprehensive documentation hub for anyone writing or playing ADRIFT-powered text adventures.
https://aardwolf.com/
Aardwolf is a long-running free text-based MUD set in the fantasy world of Andolor, featuring 28 character classes, hundreds of quests, real-time overhead maps, and a thriving multiplayer community. The site serves as the official hub for the game, offering a web client to play directly, a wiki, Lua coding documentation, clan and race information, and regularly updated news about game changes.