Comments on: Editorial: Getting Dirty With MUDs

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 23:28:22 +0000

@Matt: I haven’t played in some time because it’s just rough to get enough people you know well together in one room at my age. It seems more like a dorm room college-age thing.

By: Dancing Matt

Dancing Matt — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 20:45:00 +0000

I never got a chance to play D&D with anybody, and probably never will in person, though I read some of the handbooks and modules and understand the systems. A D20 based MUD sounds like the way to go; there looks like a lot to wade through on the website you linked. I’m rarely at the computer though, so maybe I’ll never get around to it. Interesting article nonetheless.

By: Java

Java — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 18:19:51 +0000

I miss D&D, which is largely why I play MUDs, since it is not hard to find one based on the d20 system. I’ve tried to get my weekly board gaming group to give D&D a shot, but there is no interest, oddly enough, so I have nobody to play with.

It is also woefully hard to get people interested in this subject. The attitude I usually get is “why would I play a text game when I can play a graphical game that uses the same systems?” and I have no really convincing answer to that, since I enjoy both, equally.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:46:46 +0000

This certainly gets me in the mood for D&D, and you’re quite right that calling these just a text adventure is reductive. It would be like calling regular D&D a game of dice.