MUDs & Text Games
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https://quiz.ravenblack.net/blood.pl
Vampires! The Dark Alleyway is a browser-based multiplayer vampire role-playing game where players create their own vampire character and drink the blood of others to survive. The site serves as the login and registration portal for this classic text-driven online game, complete with a FAQ and how-to guide for new players.
https://mmucl.sourceforge.net/
Mmucl (pronounced 'muckle') is an open-source MUD client written entirely in Tcl by Mark Patton, offering both graphical and text-based interfaces including Tk and Gnome support. The project page includes download links, a feature list, and news updates spanning several years of development under the GNU General Public License.
https://crawl.tildeverse.org/
The Tildeverse DCSS Server hosts a public instance of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, the classic roguelike game, accessible via SSH connection from any Linux, BSD, or macOS terminal. Visitors can play console games, browse morgue files and player recordings, and find setup scripts for tilde server operators who want to offer DCSS access to their own users.
https://xyllomer.de/
Xyllomer is a long-running fantasy MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) with a richly detailed world featuring guilds, player-owned houses and ships, horses, trading, and a strong emphasis on roleplay over combat. Players can explore a complex alternate reality where good battles evil, gnomes live alongside centaurs, and the world is governed by player-elected judges.
http://t2tmud.org/
The Two Towers MUD is a free text-based multiplayer roleplaying game set entirely within Tolkien's Middle-earth, recreating over 100,000 rooms from Mithlond to Mordor. Established in 1994 and still actively developed, it offers hundreds of quests, player guilds, and a global community immersed in the events of the Lord of the Rings.
http://kallindor.org/
Kallindor MUD is a text-based multiplayer online game built on the foundations of classic MUDs Myrradel and Alhazi Invasion, offering over 100 original areas, 18 races, and 5 base classes with 15 additional subclasses. Players can dive into hack-and-slash combat, clan warfare, PK systems, and a meta progression system with hundreds of unique skills and spells.
http://discworld.starturtle.net/lpc
Discworld MUD is a long-running text-based multiplayer online game set in Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld universe, where players can join guilds like Assassins, Witches, or Wizards and explore a richly detailed world. The site serves as the official hub for the game, offering documentation, creator manuals, atlases, player wikis, and a browser or download client to jump right in.
http://discworld.imaginary.com/lpc/about/articles/languages_in_muds.html
An in-depth article from the Discworld MUD site exploring how to implement languages for different ethnic groups in MUD game design, covering both the benefits for player immersion and the practical challenges of implementation. Written by a creator for the long-running Discworld MUD, it discusses various technical methods for language transformation and the balance between realism and playability.
https://tharel.net/
Adventures Unlimited is a long-running text-based MUD set in the fantasy world of Tharel, online since 1999 and featuring 17,000 rooms, 9 character classes, 17 races, and a rich player-killing and roleplay system. With 12 unique deities, five religion-based clans, clan warfare mechanics, and a built-in automapper, this is a deeply developed old-school online RPG with an active community.
https://aocmud.com/
Age of Chaos is a long-running text-based MUD inspired by Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time universe, featuring 22,000+ rooms, 14 character classes, 8 races, and a rich PvP and PvE system that has been active since 1997. Players can dive into clan wars, custom crafting, ancient race progression, and a massive labyrinth, all accessible via a custom client or any standard MUD client.