The Two Towers MUD

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Post by astronads » Sat, Jul 05, 2025, 7:25 PM UTC

The Two Towers MUD
t2tmud.org

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by astronads » Sat, Jul 05, 2025, 7:29 PM UTC

Anyone out there still playing MUDs? Any good ones to recommend?

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by BrenBarn » Mon, Jul 07, 2025, 1:10 AM UTC

astronads wrote: post #2

Anyone out there still playing MUDs? Any good ones to recommend?

Been a while since I did but sometimes I hop on one I played back in the day, like Ishar or Materia Magica, to scratch a certain itch. Looks like a good number of the old ones are still going.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by cess11 » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:03 AM UTC

astronads wrote: post #2

Anyone out there still playing MUDs? Any good ones to recommend?

You could try out http://discworld.starturtle.net/lpc/.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by xedrac » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:05 AM UTC

I haven't played a MUD in the last 25 years, but I think I would enjoy playing this one if I had time. In some ways MUDs were much more fun than modern games. I wonder what codebase it derives from.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by forgetfreeman » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:11 AM UTC

astronads wrote: post #2

Anyone out there still playing MUDs? Any good ones to recommend?

discworld.atuin.net. If it's still up it's not to be missed. Easily the richest MUD experience I've encountered in decades of playing, regardless of how you feel about Terry Pratchet.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by blazinglambda » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:12 AM UTC

astronads wrote: post #2

Anyone out there still playing MUDs? Any good ones to recommend?

Valhalla MUD is really good, and has had a resurgence of activity recently. They've redone the class system, added a bunch of zones, and added some discord integration etc. I played decades ago starting as an 8 year old who knew nothing lol but I still log in from time to time. Super deep game if you have time to invest.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by SeanAnderson » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:15 AM UTC

Wow! The front page shows a list of updates being made to the game. Lots of recent changes.

Then I clicked into the MUD, just to have a look, and the intro page said "celebrating 31 years online!"

It's cool to come across software that's both historical and current!

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by floren » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:17 AM UTC

xedrac wrote: post #5

I haven't played a MUD in the last 25 years, but I think I would enjoy playing this one if I had time. In some ways MUDs were much more fun than modern games. I wonder what codebase it derives from.

After trying the tutorial it feels like a Diku MUD, but of course heavily modified. I'd be interested to know more too, though, and will be poking around the website.

Re: The Two Towers MUD

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Post by xahrepap » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:19 AM UTC

Oh wow! Didn’t expect to see this piece of my childhood on the front page!

I used to spend hours on telnet playing this game with my friend. What a fun blast to the past!